"You can now put any questions to him you think proper." The stranger did not require the suggestion to be repeated, but instantly hastened to the apprentice.

"Do you remember me ?" he asked.
Leonard answered in the affirmative.

"I owe you a large debt of obligation," continued the stranger, "and you shall not find me slow in paying it.

But let it pass for the moment.

Do you know aught of Nizza Macascree?
I know she was taken to Oxford by the king, and subsequently disappeared." "Then you know as much as I do of her, sir," rejoined Leonard.
"I was right, you see, Mr.Thirlby," interposed Judith, with a malicious grin.