Yes, and the murderer can be but a little way off. Assist us in securing him.
SERVANT.
There is a breach in the hedge at the end of that walk: he will escape that way if we are not quick. Let somebody come with me, for I cannot grapple with a ruffian single-handed.
FIRST MAN (looking in at the window).
Ay, there lies the body within, as stark as any corse, upon a board.
MORGAN.
For God's sake, don't think of satisfying curiosity now! Try to secure the villain first, or he will escape. Come with me in this direction; and (toSecond Man) do you follow the footman yonder, since nobody will go alone.
FIRST MAN (as they are about to disperse).
Here is a hat on the grass.
OMNES (gathering round him).
A hat?
SECOND MAN.
Poh! it is but a boy's hat. Some varlet has come over the hedge to gather gooseberries.
