'And after that—'
'You can shoot the bolt on the inside of the little side-door at the west front, and climb over the railing.'
'Boys are animals not to be kept in, that is certain! So you were pioneer! But you had nothing to do with those cards?'
'No, my Lord. But I ought not to have told how I got out, for there were some who would do it afterwards. However, those cards were none of ours.'
'Whose were they?'
'Walter Shapcote's, my Lord. He is gone now, so it does not signify.'
'That nephew Mr. Shapcote had in his office?'
'Yes, my Lord; he had got the command of poor Gus, because he had lent him money for some debt that Gus was afraid to let his father know of, and made him get the key, and let him out and in.'
'You all knew of this?'
'Yes, my Lord; but poor Gus was sure that his father would be so dreadful, that we durst not let out a word. Mr. Shapcote makes every soul afraid of him.'