CHAPTER XXII

MR. VAMPER IS INFORMATIVE The rising moon made a patch of silvery brightness amid the surrounding gloom, and thither Sir Marmaduke dragged his captive who, crouched there upon his knees, a miserable, abject wretch, mired and ragged, pinched and haggard with want, now began to plead his hunger and supplicate for money. "A shilling, sir, to buy food, a few pence--" but, meeting his captor's fierce and stony glare he fell silent and shrank away. "So you followed us?" "Only in friendship, sir, Jimmy's oath! Only to te…