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The virtuous servant, Roger Cly, swore his way through the case

at a great rate. He had taken service with the prisoner, in good

faith and simplicity, four years ago. He had asked the prisoner,

aboard the Calais packet, if he wanted a handy fellow, and the

prisoner had engaged him. He had not asked the prisoner to take

the handy fellow as an act of charity--never thought of such a

thing. He began to have suspicions of the prisoner, and to keep

an eye upon him, soon afterwards. In arranging his clothes, while

travelling, he had seen similar lists to these in the prisoner's

pockets, over and over again. He had taken these lists from the

drawer of the prisoner's desk. He had not put them there first.

He had seen the prisoner show these identical lists to French

gentlemen at Calais, and similar lists to French gentlemen, both

at Calais and Boulogne. He loved his country, and couldn't bear

it, and had given information.