Thou wilt not think thyself forgotten ?" Brother Emmanuel's eyes were fixed with a tender gaze upon the faces of the bold, generous boys.

He took their hands in his, and they bent the knee to receive his blessing.

His words were few and brief, but each lad as he rose resolved deep down in his heart that he would suffer the penalty of death itself sooner than betray the secret hiding place and give the brother up to his foes.
Then with a few more last words respecting the hiding place and the arrangements made for the comfort of its occupant, the pair stole away, and soon found themselves safely within the walls of their own room, the door of which was still safely locked.

They looked each other in the face with a proud, glad smile.
"It is done!" cried Edred, drawing a long breath.
"Nay, not altogether," answered Julian, with eyes that flashed with excitement; and drawing a step nearer his brother, he said in changed tones, "Now must that rascally priest have fled, and it behoves us to search the precincts of the place with all diligence.
We must not leave a nook or a cranny unvisited, and must make a mighty coil.

Thou takest me, brother, dost thou not ?" Edred made a quick, eager sign of assent.
"Ay, Julian, I do; and when we have done all that, let us back to the priory again.