A blanket was tightly swathed around him, and a large cloth was bound round his head in lieu of a nightcap.

Leonard instantly set about releasing him, and had just unfastened the straps when he heard footsteps approaching, and looking up, perceived the stranger and Judith Malmayns advancing towards him.
II.
THE SECOND PLAGUE-PIT.
Judith, being a little in advance of her companion, took Leonard in the first instance for a chirurgeon's assistant, and called to him, in a harsh and menacing voice, to let her charge alone.

On drawing near, however, she perceived her mistake, and recognising the apprentice, halted with a disconcerted look.

By this time, the stranger had come up, and remarking her embarrassment, inquired the cause of it.
"Look there," cried Judith, pointing towards the apprentice.

"Yonder stands the very man you seek." "What! Leonard Holt," cried the other, in astonishment.
"Ay, Leonard Holt," rejoined Judith.