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Chamber at the other end of the passage. Do you know
that?”

“T know the Priest’s Chamber of course, because you go
through that to get to the long passage, but I don’t know of
any special hiding-place there.”

“Toubtless Sir Marmaduke did not think it necessary
to show it you then, sir, but he would have done it later on,
so I do not consider that I am breaking my oath of secrecy
in telling you. You know the little narrow loophole in the
corner?”

“Ves, of course; there is no other that gives light to the
room. It is hidden from view outside by the ivy.”

“Well, sir, you count four bricks below that, and you
press hard on the next, that is the fifth, then you will hear
a click, then you press hard with your heel at the corner,
in the angle, of the flag below, and you will find the other
corner rise. ‘Then you get hold of it and lift it up, and
below there is a stone chamber two feet long and about eigh-
teen inches wide and deep. It was made to conceal papers
in the old days, and I believe food was always kept there in
case the chamber had to be used in haste. Sir Marmaduke
uses it as a store-place for his money. He has laid by a
good deal every year, knowing that money would be wanted
when troops had to be raised. I was with him about three
weeks ago when he put in there half the rents that had been
paid in. So if you want money for any purpose you will
know where to find it.”

“Thank you, Banks, it may be very useful to have such
a store now.”

“Where shall I send to you, sir, if I have any news that
it is urgent you should know of? is

“Send to Mr. Jervoise, Banks. Ii I am not there he will
know where I am to be found.”

“T will send Will ‘Vicehurst, Master Charles. He is a
stout lad, and a shrewd one, and I know there is nothing