eing so true to your principles, and that
he was very glad to find that I had made friends with you. There, now
you can tell me as much as you like. Nothing at all, if you think
proper; but I shall trust you as much as you'll let me, my lad. There,
it's time to go in. I want to hear more about what they're doing. As
they know that your father has been seen, they'll be more strict than
ever. But let's go round by your old house."

"No, no," said Frank, with a shudder.

"Better go.--Come, don't shiver like that. You were a man last night;
be one now."

"Come along then," said Frank firmly; and they walked sharply round by
the end of the canal, and back along the opposite side toward
Westminster, passing several people on the way, early as the hour was.

"Don't seem to notice any one," said Andrew; "and walk carelessly and
openly, just as if you were going--as we are--to look at your old house
where the adventure was."

"Why?"

"Because several of the people we pass will be spies. I don't want to
put you all in a fidget; but neither you nor your mother will be able to
stir now without being watched."

"Do you think so?" said Frank, who felt startled.

"Sure of it. There, that's doing just what I told you not to do,
opening your mouth like a bumpkin for the flies to jump down your
throat, and making your eyes look dark all round like two burnt holes in
a blanket. Come along. You mustn't mind anything now. I don't: I'm
used to it. Let 'em see that you don't care a rush, and that they may
watch you as much as they please. Now don't say anything to me, only
walk by me, and we'll go by the Park front of your place. I want to
have a quiet stare at the tops of the houses and at the corner where
your father slipped down the rope."

Frank obeyed his companion, and they walked on, seeing no one in
particular, save an elderly man with a very bad cough, who stopped from
time to time to rest upon his crutch-handled stick, and indulge in a
long burst of coughing, interspersing it with a great many "Oh dears!"
and groans. They left him behind, as they passed the last tall house,
where Frank shuddered as he saw the upright leaden stack, the hole in
the parapet, where the rope was tied, and the garden beneath.

The boy turned hot as he went over the whole adventure again and thought
the same thoughts. Then he glanced sharply through the iron railings in
search of footmarks, but saw none, for Andrew uttered a wa