Let. lis take the autlior-privilege and ascend the
etairs. First we come to Jim's room ; we pass
through that into Hannah's apartment. There is
a bolt on the inside of her door ; we pass on into
the room of Adolphus ; it, too, has a bolt on the
inside. Now all the virtues guide and protect us,
for we are in the sleeping-apartment of the spinster
sister ! It, too, has a bolt on the inside ; and here
we are in the tower: the door, like the rest, is
bolted. There is nothing in the room but the
carpet on the floor ; no stair-case, but a trap-door
in the ceiling. It is but a short flight for fancy to
reach the upper story. The trap is bolted in the
floor; there is a ladder standing beside it; here
are chairs, a bureau, a table, with an extinguished
candle, and the moonlight falls in a narrow strip
across the features of Captain Belgrave, fast asleei',
and beside him a Bible, and an enormous hcrse-
pistol, loaded.
