Bridgenorth, though strong-minded and sagacious, is haunted by the fears of Popery, which are the bugbears of his sect.

My residence in the family of the Countess of Derby is more than enough to inspire him with suspicions of my faith, from which, thank Heaven, I can vindicate myself with truth and a good conscience." So thinking, he again adjusted the girths of his palfrey, replaced the bit which he had slipped out of its mouth, that it might feed at liberty, and mounting, pursued his way back to the Castle of Holm-Peel, where he could not help fearing that something extraordinary might have happened in his absence.
But the old pile soon rose before him, serene, and sternly still, amid the sleeping ocean.

The banner, which indicated that the Lord of Man held residence within its ruinous precincts, hung motionless by the ensign-staff.

The sentinels walked to and fro on their posts, and hummed or whistled their Manx airs.

Leaving his faithful companion, Fairy, in the village as before, Julian entered the Castle, and found all within in the same state of quietness and good order which external appearances had announced..