"Then, where is he?"
"Why, my dear, it will afford you no pleasure if I tell you. You had better not press the question."
"But I must press the question; and I must request to know where he is."
"Well, my dear, since you must have it, the gentleman who waited on him for the payment of the money, has very kindly given him permission to stay in his house till it is paid."
"What! is he in prison?"
"No, not exactly in prison; only the formalities of the law require that he should remain with the gentleman till the money is paid."
"Can I see him?"
"Why, you had better not. You had better write to your father on the business, or let the Colonel write."
"Then let the Colonel write, for I can never consent to tell such a tale to my father, after having treated his remonstrances with so much contempt; and violating my most solemn pledge, that I would never suffer myself to be beguiled again from the path of duty."