On the road, the visitor asked if anybody had marked the accused stone.

Henry said he should know it again.

"That is right," said the other.
On entering the room, this personage took Billy by the arm, and held him.

"Let us have no false alarms," he said, and blindfolded the boy with his handkerchief in a moment.
And now an examination commenced, which the time and the place rendered curious and striking.
It was a long, lofty room; the back part mainly occupied by the drums that were turned by the driving-power.

The power was on the floor above, and acted by means of huge bands that came down through holes in the ceiling and turned the drums.