Osmond Mounchensey had disappeared.

But, just as the young Knight and his fair companion were quitting the house, Luke Hatton, followed by two porters, bearing a stout chest, approached them, and said-- "Sir Jocelyn, you have seen the last of your uncle.

He has charged me to bid you an eternal adieu.

You will never hear of him again, unless you hear of his death.

May no thoughts of him mar your happiness--or that of her you love.