[For the Faith by Evelyn Everett-Green]@TWC D-Link bookFor the Faith CHAPTER X: A Startling Apparition 8/22
He had been much moved by Garret's emotion, and for a brief space a wild impulse came over him to share his flight and his future life.
What lay before him in Oxford if he stayed? Would he not be betrayed by the servant as Garret's accomplice? Would he not certainly be arrested and examined, and perhaps thrown into prison--perhaps led to the stake? Who could tell? And here was a chance of life and liberty and active service in the cause.
Should he not take it? Would he not be wise to fly whilst he had still the chance? Who could say how soon the authorities might come to lay hands on him? Then it would be too late. He had well-nigh made his decision, when the thought of Freda came over him, and his heart stood still.
If he fled from Oxford and from her, would he ever see her again? What would she think of him and his flight? Would that be keeping "faithful unto death"? If he left her now, would he ever see her again? And then there was Master Clarke, another father in God.
Could he bear to leave him, too--leave him in peril from which he had refused to fly? The struggle was sharp, but it was brief, and with the tears running down his face, Dalaber embraced Master Garret with sincere affection, but told him that he could not be his companion.
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