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Chapter 20

           "Thatiswellthoughtonalso,"repliedtheCaptain;"andwhereistheFriar?"

           "Inhiscell."

           "ThitherwillIgo,"saidLocksley."Disperseandseekyourcompanions.Collectwhatforceyoucan,forthere’sgameafootthatmustbehuntedhard,andwillturntobay.Meetmeherebydaybreak.Andstay,"headded,"IhaveforgottenwhatismostnecessaryofthewholeTwoofyoutaketheroadquicklytowardsTorquilstone,theCastleofFront-de-Boeuf.Asetofgallants,whohavebeenmasqueradinginsuchguiseasourown,arecarryingabandofprisonersthitherWatchthemclosely,foreveniftheyreachthecastlebeforewecollectourforce,ourhonourisconcernedtopunishthem,andwewillfindmeanstodoso.Keepaclosewatchonthemtherefore;anddispatchoneofyourcomrades,thelightestoffoot,tobringthenewsoftheyeomenthereabout."

           Theypromisedimplicitobedience,anddepartedwithalacrityontheirdifferenterrands.Inthemeanwhile,theirleaderandhistwocompanions,whonowlookeduponhimwithgreatrespect,aswellassomefear,pursuedtheirwaytotheChapelofCopmanhurst.

           Whentheyhadreachedthelittlemoonlightglade,havinginfrontthereverend,thoughruinouschapel,andtherudehermitage,sowellsuitedtoasceticdevotion,WambawhisperedtoGurth,"Ifthisbethehabitationofathief,itmakesgoodtheoldproverb,ThenearerthechurchthefartherfromGod.

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