Mr. Chichester hung down his head, and made no reply. The counsel for the prisoner repeated the question in a deliberate and emphatic matter. At length, Mr. Chichester was fairly bullied into a humble acknowledgment "that he had no right to the distinction, but that he had assumed it as a convenient West-End appendage." The cross examination then proceeded. "Did you not travel under the name of Winchester?" "I did--in Germany." "With what motive did you assume a false name?" "I had no particular motive." "Did you not leave England in debt? and were you not afraid of your bills of exchange following you abroad?" "There is some truth in that; but the most honourable men are frequently involved in pecuniary difficulties." "Answer my questions, sir, and make no observations. You will leave me to do that, if you please. Now sir--tell the jury whether you were not accompanied by a valet or coachman in your German trip?" "I am always accustomed to travel with a domestic." "A man who runs away from his creditors, should have more delicacy than to waste his money in such a manner. When you were at Baden-baden, were you not involved in some gambling transactions which compelled you to quit the Grand-Duchy abruptly?" "I certainly had a dispute with a gentleman at cards: and I left the town next morning." "Yes--and you left your clothes and your servant behind you--and your bill unpaid at the hotel?" "But I have since met my servant, and paid him more than double the wages then due." "You may stand down, sir," said the counsel for the defence--a permission of which the witness availed himself with surprising alacrity. The counsel for the prosecution now called Mr. Whittingham. The poor butler ascended the witness-box with a rueful countenance; and, after an immense amount of badgering and baiting, admitted that his young master had meditated a sudden and abrupt departure from England, the very day upon which he was arrested. In his cross-examination he declared that the motives of the journey were founded upon certain regrets which Richard entertained at having permitted himself to be led away by Messrs. Chichester and Talbot, and Sir Rupert Harborough. "And, my Lords," ejaculated the old domestic, elevating his voice, "Master Richard is no more guilty of this here circumwention than either one of your Lordships; but the man that did it all is that there Chichester, which bilked his wally-de-shamble, and that wulgar fellow, Talbot, which called me _a tulip_." This piece of eloquence was delivered with much feeling; and the Judges smiled--for, they appreciated the motives of the honest old domestic. The officer who arrested Markham, proved that he found upon his person, when he searched him at Bow Street, a pocket-book, containing between thirty and forty pounds, in notes and gold, together with a note for fifty pounds.