The afternoon passed without bringing the ships together, and at ten o'clock in the evening, finding that the nearest ship could not answer the night signal, Hull decided to lose no time in escaping.

He questions me concerning the letter of General Jackson to Mr. Monroe which Crawford alleges to have been produced at the Cabinet meetings on the Seminole War, and asks for copies, if I think proper to give them, of Crawford's letter to me which I received last summer, and of my answer.

The Fourth Act very luckily begun before I had time to give the old Gentleman an Answer: Well, says the Knight, sitting down with great Satisfaction, I suppose we are now to see Hector's Ghost.

and without staying for my Answer told me, That he was afraid of being insulted with Latin and Greek at his own Table; for which Reason he desired a particular Friend of his at the University to find him out a Clergyman rather of plain Sense than much Learning, of a good Aspect, a clear Voice, a sociable Temper, and, if possible, a Man that understood a little of Back-Gammon.

The Genius making me no Answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the Vision which I had been so long contemplating; but Instead of the rolling Tide, the arched Bridge, and the happy Islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow Valley of Bagdat, with Oxen, Sheep, and Camels grazing upon the Sides of it.

" A pressure of his hand was my only answer.

Alfred Bourdon was first brought in; and he having been duly cautioned that he was not obliged to answer any question, and that what he did say would be taken down, and, if necessary, used against him, I proposed the following questions: "Have you the key of your laboratory?" "No; the door is always open.

"You need not answer the question," said the magistrate, "unless you choose to do so.

"Again I caution you," iterated the magistrate, "that you are not bound to answer any of these questions.

Mrs. Wareing appeared in answer to the call, and was duly sworn "to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."

" She did not answer, and I repeated the question.

And pray, Mrs. Tucker, were you ever 'in trouble' in London for robbing your lodgings?" I thought she attempted to answer, but no sound passed her lips.

" "Very well: either answer will do.

"You must answer, woman," said the judge sternly, "unless you know your answer will criminate yourself.

"You must answer, woman," said the judge sternly, "unless you know your answer will criminate yourself.

The case for the crown was over, and the prisoner was told that now was the time for him to address the jury in answer to the charge preferred against him.

Bid him declare, as he shall answer at the bar of Almighty God, who is the murderer for whom he is about to madly sacrifice himself, and you will then find" "Your request is an absurd one," interrupted the judge with some asperity.

The answer smote him as with a thunderbolt, and he staggered backwards, till arrested by the wall of the apartment, and then sank feebly, nervelessly, into a chair.

The answer was the usual civil refusal to accept the proffered security for repayment"the bank was just then full of discounts.

The messenger despatched by the bankers to Hornby returned with an answer that the alleged acceptance was a forgery.

"You need not answer these wild adjurations, Mr. Hornby," said the judge, as soon as he could make himself heard.

" Mary Austin reappeared in answer to the violent ringing of her impatient lady's bell, and stated that the jewel-case could nowhere be found in Mademoiselle's dressing-room.

"He is still alive," replied a young man in answer to Mr. White's hurried inquiry.

"What answer have you to make to this gentleman's statement, thus corroborated?" demanded Jackson, senior.

He stooped down to gather up the dispersed pastils, and as he did so, said, in answer to my request, "that he had not the slightest objection to do so.