[Micah Clarke by Arthur Conan Doyle]@TWC D-Link bookMicah Clarke CHAPTER XXI 18/45
This little piece of metal may furnish ten pikemen.
What have we here? A letter and an enclosure.
"To James, Duke of Monmouth"-- hum! It was written before we assumed our royal state.
"Sir Jacob Glancing, late of Snellaby Hall, sends greeting and a pledge of affection.
Carry out the good work. A hundred more such ingots await you when you have crossed Salisbury Plain." Bravely promised, Sir Jacob! I would that you had sent them. Well, gentlemen, ye see how support and tokens of goodwill come pouring in upon us.
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