If you will--" He proceeded no further, for without vouchsafing him a reply, Hervey, now quite master of the situation, passed through the door, and the Professor hastily followed him.

Those who remained looked at one another, scarcely knowing what to say, or how to act.
"They will arrest thee, my angel," cried Donna Inez, clasping Random's arm.
"Let them," retorted the young man defiantly.

"They can prove nothing.
With all my heart and soul I believe Hervey to be the guilty person.
Hope, what do you say ?--and you, Miss Kendal ?" "Hervey has certainly made an excellent defense," said Archie cautiously.

"He wouldn't have been such a fool as to murder Bolton ashore when he could have done it so easily when on the narrow seas." "I agree with you there," said Random quickly.

"But if he is innocent; if he did not bring the manuscript into my room, who did ?" "I wonder if Widow Anne herself is guilty ?" said Lucy in a musing tone.
All present turned and looked at the girl.
"Who is Widow Anne ?" asked Don Pedro with a puzzled air.
"She is the mother of Sidney Bolton, the man who was murdered," said Hope quickly.