"Botts!" said a voice apparently issuing from the mouth of the monkey. Bragg started back with a look of amazement. The crowd of boys opened and they fell back in awe and terror.
"Bill," said a boy to his companion, "that monkey spoke."
"True as preaching!" said Bill. "I heard it."
Bragg stood speechless for some minutes. Then, in solemn tones, he exclaimed,—
"Gentlemen, did you not hear that?"
"What?" said Toney, who with Tom stood at a distance of some paces. "I heard nothing."
"Did you not hear a voice issuing from the mouth of the corpse and proclaiming the name of the murderer?" exclaimed Bragg.
"Impossible!" said Seddon.
"By no means impossible," said the Professor. "Shakspeare, who is good authority on all such subjects, tells us that