"'After or before the prisoner left it?'—'After Miss Phœbe left.'
"'Were you spoken to about her having gone away?'—'Yes.'
"'By whom?'—'By Mrs. Lethbridge.'
"'What did she say to you?'—'That Miss Phœbe, without asking her advice, had gone to Parksides, and would I go after her and see that she would come to no harm.'
"'Was there any fear of her coming to harm in her father's house?'—'A good deal. She wasn't safe there.'
"'That is your opinion?'—'Yes, it's my opinion, and the truth.'
"'You went?'—'Yes. I had time, without interfering with my duty.'
"'You were glad to go?'—'I was glad to do anything to serve Miss Phœbe.'
"'Did you go by the train?'—'I was too late for trains; I walked.'
"'A tiring walk?'—'Not for me. I shouldn't think anything of forty mile.'