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escape, and the whole neighbourhood has been in commotion.

But he has not escaped?

They believe not. Shall I go with the message?

By no means, till we see how the matter stands.

You come in good time, Kranzberg: know you any thing of this escape, or attempted escape, of Van Maurice?

An escape has no doubt been attempted, and has been as certainly foiled. But there is such a confusion of accounts, that it would be difficult to come at the real truth, as is generally the case in such matters.

It is very bad to petition for delay, and in the mean time attempt to elude justice.

The cause, I fear, is desperate, and that must