“Second, At your return to the landlord, you must tell him that you were dreadfully frightened and alarmed at the apparition you saw in his house, and engage him to pull it down, and make the best of the materials, as nobody will ever live among spectres who have sworn vengeance to him and his family if the house be inhabited.
“Should you consent to these conditions, you shall be set free, and your servant also.
“But mind, if you ever break the oath that is required of you, on the least danger threatening us, the next day shall not see you alive.
“We have confederates in all parts of the country, who will avenge us, and strike the fatal blow your wild will would have deserved.
“Your servant has seen nothing since he has been among us.
“Should he attempt to speak of being let down a trap, and seeing strange men, contradict him flatly, and treat his speech as the wanderings of an imagination deceived by terror, or the effect of liquor.
“I leave you now to your reflections, and give you an hour to make up your mind.”
The captain then rose, and walked to and fro with hurried steps, and then left the vaulted chamber.
Young Warbeck requested pen, ink, and paper, and wrote as follows:—
“Captain, I have had for a few moments a most terrible struggle in my mind.