"You have a chaplain on board," says her ladyship to Captain Norman; "let him attend to-night in the ruined chapel, marry Violet, and away with you to sea." By this means she hoped to be quit of him forever.
But unfortunately the conversation had been overheard by Beevor, and reported to Ashdale.

Ashdale determined to be at the chapel and carry off Violet; as for Beevor, he sent Gaussen to the chapel to kill both Ashdale and Norman; thus there would only be Lady Arundel between him and the title.
Norman, in the meanwhile, who had been walking near the chapel, had just seen his worthy old friend, the priest, most barbarously murdered there.
Sir Maurice Beevor had set Gaussen upon him; his reverence was coming with the papers concerning Norman's birth, which Beevor wanted in order to extort money from the countess.

Gaussen was, however, obliged to run before he got the papers; and the clergyman had time, before he died, to tell Norman the story, and give him the documents, with which Norman sped off to the castle to have an interview with his mother.
He lays his white cloak and hat on the table, and begs to be left alone with her ladyship.

Lord Ashdale, who is in the room, surlily quits it; but, going out, cunningly puts on Norman's cloak.

"It will be dark," says he, "down at the chapel; Violet won't know me; and, egad! I'll run off with her!" Norman has his interview.