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But the old stone tower of Stormount claims our attention. It was of considerable circumference, three stories in height, the walls massive and substantial, the strongest gales could not shake it, nor any blasts find entrance.
When the old tower of Stormount was being fitted for a modern habitation, the original arrangements of the interior had been in a great measure restored. Entering at the gateway, a narrow passage led to the foot of a spiral stair which ran up to the top of the building. On each story there was a landing-place, into which the rooms opened.
"Can you pilot us into Stormount Bay, friend?" asked the captain. "I should think I could, since I've sailed in and out of it, man and boy, for pretty nigh forty years," answered the man. "It makes no matter night or day to us now either. You see that bright light just now, beaming out from the top of the cliff it seems?
Do not mention the least of this to any mortal; and take care that Lord Albemarle do not suspect that you know anything of the matter. Lord Huntingdon and Lord Stormount are, I hear, arrived at Paris; you have, doubtless, seen them.
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