"And what of the harbor-master when the 'Ben-my-Chree' was taken away from her moorings?"
"He also was spirited away."
"By whom?"
"The same messenger—Will-as-Thorn, the parish clerk."
"Old Gorry, the sumner, gave up the prison keys to the Bishop, you say?"
"To the Bishop, sir."
"And left him in the cell, and found the door open and the prisoner gone upon his return?"
"Just so, sir."
"What have you been doing in the matter?"
"Been to Ramsey, sir, and stationed three men on the quay to see that nobody leaves the island by the Cumberland packet that sails at midnight."