MORTIMER’S HOLE.
Going next to the fine old town of Nottingham, almost the first thing which the boys desired to see was Mortimer’s Hole. This is a passage through a sand-rock, more than three hundred feet in length. Through this passage young Edward entered Nottingham Castle by night, and thus surprised and captured Mortimer (Earl of March). The wicked Earl was conveyed by the same passage out of the castle so secretly that the guards were not aware that it had been entered.
In the evening spent at Nottingham, Tommy Toby was asked about his story of which he had spoken in connection with the place.
MURDER OF THOMAS À BECKET.