And that is all I know," he added in conclusion, with a careless shrug of the shoulders.
"Quite a romance!" remarked Mistress Pyncheon dryly.
"You should speak to him, good Sir Marmaduke," said Dame Harrison decisively, "you are a magistrate.

'Tis your duty to know more of this fellow and his antecedents." "Scarcely that, ma'am," rejoined Sir Marmaduke, "you understand ...

I have a young ward living for the nonce in my house ...

she is very rich, and, I fear me, of a very romantic disposition ...

I shall try to get the man removed from hence, but until that is accomplished, I prefer to know nothing about him ..." "How wise of you, good Sir Marmaduke!" quoth Mistress Pyncheon with a sigh of content.
A sentiment obviously echoed in the hearts of a good many people there present.
"One knows these foreign adventurers," concluded Sir Marmaduke with pleasant irony, "with their princely crowns and forlorn causes ...