"For what purpose?"
"Simply as an interesting relic of antiquity, and as a very picturesque building."
Here the magistrates looked at each other and smiled.
"What sort of night was that on which you visited this abbey?"
"A very severe and inclement night."
"And on such a night you were engaged in studying the picturesque?"
The prisoner was silent.
"You stated that you were apprehended at this abbey: who were the persons that delivered you?"
"I do not know."
"Upon what motives did the persons act who rescued you?"