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 theft, they had got the boy sent from the castle.

Lord Glenarvon then briefly stated, that he had rescued him from Gondimar's hands, with the assistance of a servant named Macpherson, and some of his followers; and that ever since he had kept him concealed at the priory. "And where is he at this time?" said the duke.—"He was with Lord Glenarvon's cousin, Colonel de Ruthven, at Colwood Bay."—"And when could the duke speak with Viviani?"—"When it was his pleasure." "That night?"—"Yes, even on that very night."—"What witness could Lord Glenarvon bring, as to the truth of this account, besides Viviani?"—"La Crusca, an Italian, from whom Macpherson had received the child when in Italy—La Crusca the guilty instrument of Viviani's crimes."—"And where was La Crusca?"—"Madness had fallen on him after the child had been taken from him