This,
with some trouble, he effected, and he then made fast the window that
had been forced open behind. Before he removed the boy, who lay with
his face buried on the corpse, and appeared to be in a state of
insensibility, Edward examined the corpse as it lay. Although plainly
dressed, yet it was evident that it was not the body of a rustic; the
features were fair, and the beard was carefully cut; the hands were
white, and the fingers long, and evidently had never been employed in
labor. That the body was that of some superior person disguised as a
rustic, was evident, and this was corroborated by the conversation
which took place between the two robbers. "Alas!" thought Edward, "the
family of Arnwood appear not to be the only people who are in disguise
in this forest. That poor boy! he must not remain there." Edward
looked round, and perceived that there was a bed in the adjoining
room, the door of which was open; he lifted up the boy, and carried
him, still insensible, into the room, and laid him on the bed. He then
went for some more water, which he found and threw into his face, and
poured a little into his mouth. Gradually the boy stirred, and
recovered from his stupor, and then Edward held the water to his
mouth, and made him drink some, which he did; and then, suddenly
aroused to a recollection of what had passed, the boy gave a shriek of
woe, and burst into a paroxysm of tears.
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