Afy said she had been in the woods at the back of the house, and when she came in, father lay dead, and Mr.Locksley was standing over him.

He said he had heard the shot, and come up just in time to see Richard fly from the house, his shoes covered with blood.

He has never been heard of since; but there is a judgment of murder out against him; and the fear and shame is killing his mother by inches." "And Afy ?" "The worst is to come my lady.

Afy followed him directly after the inquest, and nothing has been known since of either of them.

I was taken ill, after all these shocks, with nervous fever, and Miss Carlyle took care of me, and I have remained with her ever since.