Chapter 13 RETRIBUTION.

"Ay, think upon the cause-

Forget it not. When you lie down to rest,

Let it be black among your dreams; and when

The morn returns, so let it stand between

The sun and you, as an ill-omened cloud

Upon a summer-day of festival."

-Byron.

A month passed. Night and day the search had been carried on; enormous rewards were offered; d