CHAPTER XLIV.
CAPTAIN JACK PAYS NED WARBECK AN UNEXPECTED VISIT—THE REVELATION.
“Who the devil are you?” said Ned, rising hastily, and drawing a pistol. “Who the devil are you? What do you want, and where do you come from? Answer instantly, or a bullet shall whistle through your head.”
“Put down your pistol, my brave lad,” said Captain Jack, smiling. “My name is Captain Jack. I am one of the crown officers; in other words, a detective, and am just come from one of the strongest prisons in the kingdom.”
“Indeed! and what has all that to do with me?”
“A great deal, as you will quickly hear.”
“And how gained you admittance into this library?”
“By a secret door, as you perceive.”
“I never knew that one existed.”