VII. How Wyat beheld Mabel Lyndwood--And how he was rowed by
Morgan Fenwolf upon the Lake.
When perfect consciousness returned to him, Wyat found himself lying
upon a pallet in what he first took to be the cell of an anchorite; but as
the recollection of recent events arose more distinctly before him, he
guessed it to be a chamber connected with the sandstone cave. A
small lamp, placed in a recess, lighted the cell; and upon a footstool by
his bed stood a jug of water, and a cup containing some drink in which
herbs had evidently been infused. Well-nigh emptying the jug, for he felt
parched with thirst, Wyat attired himself, took up the lamp, and walked
into the main cavern. No one was there, nor could he obtain any answer
to his calls. Evidences, however, were not wanting to prove that a feast
had recently been held there. On one side were the scarcely
extinguished embers of a large wood fire; and in the midst of the
chamber was a rude table, covered with drinking-horns and wooden
platters, as well as with the remains of three or four haunches of
venison. While contemplating this scene Wyat heard footsteps in one
of the lateral passages, and presently afterwards Morgan Fenwolf made
his appearance.
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