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Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

CHAPTER XII
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We are not uncertain as to the manner of his escape.

Some of the servants do say that the Earl of Leicester be now visiting the Duke of Devonshire; and some also do say that his Lordship be fond of disguises in his gallantry.

They do also say that the queen is in love with him, and that he must disguise himself when he woos elsewhere, or she be's famously jealous.

It would be a pretty mess the master has brought us all into should Tom-Tom prove to be my lord Earl of Leicester.

We'd all hang and to hell." "Bess, that tongue of yours will cost you your head one of these good times," I remarked, while I rubbed my face with the towel.
"I would sooner lose my head," retorted Bess, "than have my mouth shut by fear.


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