2/14 Father Oldcorne has escaped, and is within a short distance of us, and Guy Fawkes is fully able to undertake a journey of any distance. But I am assured, if you will allow me to exercise the slight surgical skill I possess in your behalf, that you will be able to accompany us." "Do with me what you please, my son," groaned Garnet. "But, if my case is as desperate as I believe it, I entreat you not to bestow any further care upon me, and, above all, not to expose yourself to risk on my account. Our enemies are sure to pursue us,--and what matter if I am captured? |