"I left my vessel here, where I have told you, and had I made a certain signal, the last night, from the heights of St.Agata, le Feu-Follet would have stood in near to the rocks of the Sirens, and taken me off again.

As the hour is passed, and the signal is not likely to be made, it is probable my lieutenant has gone to another rendezvous, of which the witness knows nothing, and which, certainly, I shall never betray." There was so much manliness and quiet dignity in Raoul's deportment, that whatever he said made an impression.

His answer disposed of the matter, for the moment at least.

The Judge Advocate, accordingly, turned to other inquiries.

Little remained, however, to be done.