"All are well known and peaceful citizens, as can be testified by any magistrate." "Where is the man who was with you ?" the officer said, looking round.
"There is, so far as I am aware, no one in the house, sir, beyond these gentlemen and my domestics." "It is a lie!" the officer exclaimed, furiously.

"A man was seen to enter this house, an hour and a half ago, and no one has left since." "A young man! Oh, I suppose you mean the young fellow who brought me a message from my cousin, at Waterford, and who called to ask if I had yet found him any employment.

Oh yes, he has been here, but left some time ago, unless he is chatting with the maids in the kitchen." The officer directed a rigorous search to be made of the house.

The soldiers soon reported that every nook and corner had been examined, but that no one was to be found.

At this moment, a shot was fired in the street, and a sergeant ran in.
"Captain Peters bid me say, sir, that they have just caught sight of a man on the roof of a house, some distance along the street." "Take the prisoners to the castle, under a strong guard, sergeant.