AndanotherletterwasfromColonelEsmondtohiskinsman，tosaythatoneCaptainHoltonhadbeenwithhimofferinghimlargebribestojoin，YOUKNOWWHO，andsayingthattheheadofthehouseofCastlewoodwasdeeplyengagedinthatquarter。ButforhisparthehadbrokehisswordwhentheK。leftthecountry，andwouldneveragainfightinthatquarrel。TheP。ofO。wasaman，atleast，ofanoblecourage，andhisduty，and，ashethought，everyEnglishman\'s，wastokeepthecountryquiet，andtheFrenchoutofit:and，infine，thathewouldhavenothingtodowiththescheme。
Oftheexistenceofthesetwolettersandthecontentsofthepillow，ColonelFrankEsmond，whobecameViscountCastlewood，toldHenryEsmondafterwards，whentheletterswereshowntohislordship，whocongratulatedhimself，ashehadgoodreason，thathehadnotjoinedintheschemewhichprovedsofataltomanyconcernedinit。But，naturally，theladknewlittleaboutthesecircumstanceswhentheyhappenedunderhiseyes:onlybeingawarethathispatronandhismistresswereinsometrouble，whichhadcausedtheflightoftheoneandtheapprehensionoftheotherbytheofficersofKingWilliam。
Theseizureofthepaperseffected，thegentlemendidnotpursuetheirfurthersearchthroughCastlewoodHouseveryrigorously。
TheyexaminedMr。Holt\'sroom，beingledthitherbyhispupil，whoshowed，astheFatherhadbiddenhim，theplacewherethekeyofhischamberlay，openedthedoorforthegentlemen，andconductedthemintotheroom。
Whenthegentlemencametothehalf—burnedpapersinthebrazier，theyexaminedthemeagerlyenough，andtheiryoungguidewasalittleamusedattheirperplexity。