ABSTRACT
While Lord Kencarth visited the stable to purchase a hunter which had been sold by Lady Emily Delvin, in part payment of Lord Linbourne’s debt, I strolled towards the Black Lion to inquire after honest Ned, and to satisfy my mind respecting the fate of the young highwayman. On my arrival I found the house uninhabited; and was informed by a villager, whose cottage was not far distant, that the landlord, being suspected of having some concern in stopping the carriage of Lady Emily Delvin, had prudently absconded, to avoid the danger of a criminal prosecution. I was apprehensive that any minute inquiries on my part might increase suspicion; and therefore, without farther investigation of the business, I returned to Devizes.
