He paused in the act.

"Aye," said he, "misled by our blindness.

What else, after all, should we have expected of him ?" he cried contemptuously.

"The Cause is good; but its leader---Pshaw! Would you have such a puppet as that on the throne of England ?" "He does not aim so high." "Be not so sure.

We shall hear more of the black box anon, and of the marriage certificate it contains.