The vault yonder has suggested itself as convenient and snug for one of the same family; but the mental problem that stays my hand is, how am I to despatch and bury you there without the workmen seeing ?' ''Tis a strange problem, certainly,' replied Dare, 'and one on which I fear I could not give disinterested advice.

Moreover, while you, as a traveller, always carry a weapon of defence, as a traveller so do I.And for the last three-quarters of an hour I have been thinking concerning you, an intensified form of what you have been thinking of me, but without any concern as to your interment.

See here for a proof of it.' And a second steel nose rested on the edge of the table opposite to the first, steadied by Dare's right hand.
They remained for some time motionless, the tick of the tower clock distinctly audible.
Mr.Power spoke first.
'Well, 'twould be a pity to make a mess here under such dubious circumstances.

Mr.Dare, I perceive that a mean vagabond can be as sharp as a political regenerator.

I cry quits, if you care to do the same ?' Dare assented, and the pistols were put away.
'Then we do nothing at all, either side; but let the course of true love run on to marriage--that's the understanding, I think ?' said Dare as he rose.
'It is,' said Power; and turning on his heel, he left the vestry.
Dare retired to the church and thence to the outside, where he idled away a few minutes in looking at the workmen, who were now lowering into its place a large stone slab, bearing the words 'DE STANCY,' which covered the entrance to the vault.