they respectively dressed?"

"Captain de Haldimar in his uniform; Donellan, as far as
I could observe, in his regimental clothing also, with
this difference, that he wore his servant's round glazed
hat and his grey great coat."

"How then do you account for the extraordinary circumstance
of Donellan having been found murdered in his master's
clothes? Was any allusion made to a change of dress before
they left the fort?"

"Not the slightest," returned the prisoner; "nor can I
in any way account for this mysterious fact. When they
quitted the garrison, each wore the dress I have described."

"In what manner did Captain de Haldimar and Donellan
effect their passage across the ditch?" continued the
president, after glancing at the second slip of paper.
"The draw-bridge was evidently not lowered, and there
were no other means at hand to enable him to effect his
object with promptitude. How do you explain this, prisoner?"

When this question was put, the whole body of officers,
and the governor especially, turned their eyes
simultaneously on Halloway, for on his hesitation or
promptness in replying seemed to attach much of the credit
they were disposed to accord his statement. Halloway
observed it, and coloured. His reply, however, was free,
unfaltering, and unstudied.