In the rector's house lights gleamed from several windows; and as Garret was pushed in at a side door, which was securely locked behind him, and led into a large, square hall, he saw the stern and frowning face of Dr.London gazing at him from the stairway, and a loud and masterful voice exclaimed: "Take him into the strong room, and lock him up for the night.

I will have speech with him upon the morrow." Garret was led down a short, flagged passage, and thrust through an open door into a perfectly dark room.

The door was closed, the bolt shot home, and he was left in silence and blackness to the company of his own thoughts..