"Charles Stuart, By the Grace of God King of England and Scotland.
"Lucy Walters.
"Pierre Rousseau.
"François Abelard."
I saw, too, that Pierre Rousseau was stated to be a priest of the Roman Catholic Church who had performed the sacrament of marriage, and that François Abelard, a brother of the Benedictine Order, had witnessed thereto.
"There, you have seen it; now let me put it away."
"No," I replied, "let me read it again; I would commit the writing to memory."
He paid no heed to me, however, and before I well knew what he was doing he had struck the paper from my hands. The box closed with a snap, and he placed it in its hiding-place again.
"You have seen," he cried. "Oh, it is rare fun. Now, then, you must swear to what I dictate, or you will never again see the light of the sun."
"Swear what?" I cried, for I felt angry with myself for having allowed him to put the thing back into its hiding-place.