Poor Mary was still lying in the chair in which she had been placed, and was tended by the hostess and a female servant, who had come into the room. A handkerchief had been bound round her arm by Careless to stanch the blood. The prisoner gazed at her for some moments with a look of unutterable affection. "She will live," he murmured. "Heaven be thanked I have not killed her!" "No, thou art spared that crime," said Careless. "She is not much hurt." Bending down, Urso kissed her pallid brow. The contact of his lips caused her to open her eyes, but on beholding him she shuddered, and immediately closed them. With a sharp pang Urso turned away. Attended by the guard, the prisoner was taken at once to the Commandery. Though it was now close upon daybreak, Charles had not retired to rest. He was so much disturbed by the result of the night attack that, feeling he could not sleep, he remained in converse with Middleton and the two other unsuccessful commanders. The king and his companions were in the refectory, when Careless entered and informed his majesty that he had captured the spy. He then explained how the arrest had been accomplished, and after giving the king all needful particulars, the prisoner was introduced. Urso Gives did not seem at all intimidated by the presence in which he stood, but maintained a resolute demeanour. General Middleton at once recognised him as the eavesdropper he had noticed in the garden. When interrogated by Charles, the prisoner refused to answer any questions, and though threatened by Middleton with the thumbscrew, declared, with a firmness that carried conviction with it, that no torture should force him to make a confession. After hearing Careless's relation, confirmed as it was by various circumstances, and, above all, by the discovery on the person of the prisoner of an order in Cromwell's handwriting, Charles could entertain no doubt of Urso's guilt. He ordered him to be hanged at mid-day on the Sidbury-gate, so that the spectacle of his ignominious death might be witnessed by the rebel army. The prisoner, who heard his sentence without betraying the slightest emotion, was then removed, and taken by the guard to Edgar's Tower, where the king had ordered him to be kept till the hour appointed for his execution. CHAPTER XXI. SHOWING HOW DAME GIVES BECAME A WIDOW.