LATIMER'S JOURNAL, IN CONTINUATION The important interview expected at the conclusion of my last took place sooner than I had calculated; for the very day I received the letter, and just when my dinner was finished, the squire, or whatever he is called, entered the room so suddenly that I almost thought I beheld an apparition.

The figure of this man is peculiarly noble and stately, and his voice has that deep fullness of accent which implies unresisted authority.

I had risen involuntarily as he entered; we gazed on each other for a moment in silence, which was at length broken by my visitor.
'You have desired to see me,' he said.

'I am here; if you have aught to say let me hear it; my time is too brief to be consumed in childish dumb-show.' 'I would ask of you,' said I, 'by what authority I am detained in this place of confinement, and for what purpose ?' 'I have told you already,' said he, 'that my authority is sufficient, and my power equal to it; this is all which it is necessary for you at present to know.' 'Every British subject has a right to know why he suffers restraint,' I replied; 'nor can he be deprived of liberty without a legal warrant.
Show me that by which you confine me thus.' 'You shall see more,' he said; 'you shall see the magistrate by whom it is granted, and that without a moment's delay.' This sudden proposal fluttered and alarmed me; I felt, nevertheless, that I had the right cause, and resolved to plead it boldly, although I could well have desired a little further time for preparation.

He turned, however, threw open the door of the apartment, and commanded me to follow him.