“And all this mighty struggle took place in Mr. Radcliffe’s Plantation?” he asked.
“Yes, sir.”
“Well within it?”
“Yes, sir; a hundred yards or more.”
“Not on the highroad?”
“Oh, no, sir, else he wouldn’t have been trespassing.”
“Quite so, quite so, a very shrewd and proper remark. All among the bracken, I suppose?”
“Yes, sir.”
“How was the prisoner dressed?”
“Same as he is now, sir”