[The Boy Knight by G.A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookThe Boy Knight CHAPTER XIX 16/18
Without adventure Cuthbert and his followers arrived at Dresden, and he immediately presented himself at the castle of the duke.
The instant that he sent in his name as Sir Cuthbert of Evesham, a knight of King Richard, he was conducted to the presence of the duke and of his wife, the sister of King Richard. "Are you bearer of news of my brother Richard ?" the duke said, advancing a step to meet the young knight as he entered the hall. "Alas! my lord duke, I am not," Cuthbert said; "but had hoped to gain tidings from you." "From me ?" the duke said in surprise.
"What should lead you to believe that I have any news of King Richard later than that which others have received? The last I heard of him was upon the day of his departure from the Holy Land, before the storm arose which scattered his fleet, and I am ignorant whether he has foundered at sea, or whether, as some suppose, his vessel may have been taken captive by the Moors." "I bear you later tidings," Cuthbert said, "than those you have received.
I was on board the ship with King Richard.
We were wrecked upon the Island of Corfu and there hiring a small ship, we proceeded to Zara.
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