"Well, sir, perhaps I shall."
"Good night to you. Take what rest and refreshment you can, my good friend, and believe that there are better days in store for you."
"I will strive to think so.—Good night."
There was such a mournful cadence in the voice of the imprisoned young man, as he said "Good night," that the secretary remarked in a low voice to Sir Richard—
"Would it not be a mercy now to let him free, and take him away with us?"
"I don't like his concealing his name, my lord."
"Well, it is not the thing exactly."
"His imprisonment now will be of very short duration indeed, and his liberation is certain, unless by some glaring act of imprudence he mars his own fortune. But now, gentlemen, I have a sight to show you in these vaults that you have come to see, and yet, that I think it would have been wise if you had left unseen."
"Indeed!"
"Yes. You will soon agree with me in opinion."