Are you willing to do this, or shall I strike upon the bell, and have you bound hand and foot, and conveyed to the Gatehouse ?" "I will write that I was employed by the Countess of Exeter to poison you and my Lady Roos," replied Luke Hatton, stubbornly; "but I will do nothing more." "That will suffice," replied Lady Lake, after a moment's reflection.
"And when I have done it, I shall be free to go ?" he asked.
"You shall be free to go," she replied.
There were writing materials on an adjoining table, and, without another word, Luke Hatton sat down, and with great expedition drew up a statement which he signed, and handed to Lady Lake; asking if that was what she required?
A smile lighted up her ghastly features as she perused it.
"It will do," she said.

"And now answer me one question, and you are free.

Will this cordial have the same effect on my daughter as on me ?" "Precisely the same.

It will cure her.

But you must proceed more cautiously.