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The Hosts of the Air

CHAPTER III
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"We've agreed that we can't spend the night in the cathedral.

Perhaps there is no better refuge so far as the storm is concerned, but a pew is not a good bed, except for hardened old soldiers like you and me, Antoine." "No, Mr.Scott, it is not." "Then I suggest that we leave Mademoiselle Lannes and Suzanne here while we look for shelter." But Julie would not agree.

They must all go out together.

What was a little snow?
Should a Lannes mind it?
She drew her great red cloak more closely around her and led the way from the choir to the bronze doors, the others following in silence.
John felt that Julie had shown much decision and firmness.

When she had declared that she would not remain in the church her tone and manner were wonderfully like those of her brother Philip.


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