"God bless me, what's this?" said the old man.
"What's this? Why, your bondman, your bondman, and the key, the key," shouted Jason, and he laughed once more. "Did you think you would never see it again? Did you think I would run away and leave you? Not I, old mole, not I."
"Has he gone?" said the priest, glancing fearfully into the room.
"Gone? Why, yes, of course he has gone," laughed Jason. "They have both gone."
"Both!" said the priest, looking up inquiringly, and at sight of his face Jason laughed louder than ever.
"So you didn't see it, old mole?"
"See what?"
"That she was his wife?"
"His wife? Who?"
"Why, your housekeeper, as you called her."