CHAP. VII.

Note 1. Author’s note.—“Perhaps put this narratively, not as spoken.”

Note 2. Author’s note.—“He was privately married to the heiress, if she were an heiress. They meant to kill him in the wood, but, by contrivance, he was kidnapped.”

Note 3. Author’s note.—“They were privately married.”

Note 4. Author’s note.—“Old descriptive letters, referring to localities as they existed.”

Note 5. Author’s note.—“There should be symbols and tokens, hinting at the schoolmaster’s disappearance, from the first opening of the scene.”