He has a way with him that wins men's hearts; yet it is but the fatal fascination of the glittering snake, that snares the fluttering bird to its destruction.

So, at least, I have heard." Cuthbert made no direct reply.

He would have liked to tell Culverhouse of the incident of the lonely house on the river, and the dark cellar in which Catesby and others had been at work; but his tongue was bound by his promise.

Moreover, the hour for sleep was at hand, and the travellers, wrapping themselves in their cloaks and stretching their limbs upon their soft couch, were soon lost in the land of dreams.
The following morning dawned as fair and clear and bright as heart could wish.

It was just such a May Day as one pictures in reading of those old-time festivities incident to that joyous season.