"Falling upon his knees, he implored my pardon for the artifice he had practised, and said he had been compelled to have recourse to it in order to save me from the king.

He then began to plead his own suit; but finding his protestations of passion of no effect, he became yet more importunate; when, at this juncture, one of the men who had acted as my conductor on the previous night suddenly entered the room, and told him he must return to Oxford without an instant's delay, as the king's attendants were in search of him.

Casting a look at me that made me tremble, he then departed; and though I remained more than two months in that house, I saw nothing more of him." "Did you not attempt to escape during that time ?" asked Leonard.
"I was so carefully watched by Mrs.Carteret and Hassan, that it would have been vain to attempt it," she replied.

"About a week ago, the two men who had conducted me to my place of captivity, again made their appearance, and told me I must accompany them to London.

I attempted no resistance, well aware it would be useless; and as the journey was made by by-roads, three days elapsed before we reached the capital.