He went down the side of the curtain-wall that shuts in the ruins, taking as much cover as ever he could find--at the end of the wall, he popped into the wood that stands between the ruins and his house.

And then, of course, I lost all sight of him." "And--Mr.Oliver ?" said Copplestone.

"Did you see him again ?" Spurge took a pull at his rum and water, and relighted his pipe.
"I did not," he answered.

"I was there until a quarter-past three--then I went away.

And no Oliver had come out o' that door when I left.".