"How came you to see that?
Were you looking for something of the sort ?" The witness shivered.

He didn't know how he come to see it.

He was on the strade, not looking for nothing, when he saw some'at dark among the reeds, and told the harvesters when they come by.

They said it was a man, got him out, and then found it was his lordship.
There was only one peculiarity about the boy's evidence--his manner.
All he said was feasible enough; indeed, what would be most likely to happen under the circumstances.

But whence arose his terror?
Had he been of a timid temperament, it might have been natural; but the miller had spoken the truth--he was audacious and hardy.