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The Hosts of the Air

CHAPTER IX
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"You appear to be a peasant, but your voice is that of another kind.

No, do not protest or say anything.

It is no business of mine that you're not the peasant you claim to be, nor do I ask the nature of your errand behind the German army." "I could not tell it to you, Father, but it is an errand of peace.

I think it the highest and holiest I could undertake, and, in undertaking it, I believe myself to be animated by such a spirit as the knights felt in the first flush of the Crusades." "I believe your words.

When I first looked into your eyes I said they were those of an honest young man.


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