They then ascended to the upper structure, and visited the choir, the transepts, and the nave, but with no better result.
"If you still think they are here," said Judith, "we will mount to the summit of the tower ?" "I will never quit the cathedral without them," replied Leonard.
"Come on, then," returned Judith.
So saying, she opened the door in the wall on the left of the choir, and, ascending a winding stone staircase to a considerable height, arrived at a small cell contrived within the thickness of the wall, and desired Leonard to search it.

The apprentice unsuspectingly obeyed.

But he had scarcely set foot inside when the door was locked behind him, and he was made aware of the treachery practised upon him by a peal of mocking laughter from his conductress.
VI.
OLD LONDON FROM OLD SAINT PAUL'S.
After repeated, but ineffectual efforts to burst open the door, Leonard gave up the attempt in despair, and endeavoured to make his situation known by loud outcries.

But his shouts, if heard, were unheeded, and he was soon compelled from exhaustion to desist.

Judith having carried away the lantern, he was left in total darkness; but on searching the cell, which was about four feet wide and six deep, he discovered a narrow grated loophole.