6/39 I promised to do so, one day this week." "That is right. Does Sir Marmaduke think, then, that he will be arrested ?" "I don't know that he expects it, sir, but he says that it is possible." "I do not see that they have anything to go upon, Charlie. As we agreed last night, that spy never had any opportunity of overhearing us before, and, certainly, he can have heard nothing yesterday. The fellow can only say what many people know, or could know, if they liked; that half a dozen of Sir Marmaduke's friends rode over to take supper with him. They can make nothing out of that." "No, sir; and my father said that, at the worst, it could be but the matter of a fine." "Quite so, lad; but I don't even see how it could amount to that. |