“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”