CHAPTER XI

MERIBAH "_Oh-ho, my friend! You are gotten into Lob's pond_." JACK THE GIANT-KILLER Lord Peter broke his journey north at York, whither the Duke of Denver had been transferred after the Assizes, owing to the imminent closing-down of Northallerton Gaol. By dint of judicious persuasion, Peter contrived to obtain an interview with his brother. He found him looking ill at ease, and pulled down by the prison atmosphere, but still unquenchably defiant. "Bad luck, old m…