17/53 No one had been there; and, at the long end, he said, 'Make no more talk about it, Ducie. There's _them_ that go up and down the fellside that no one sees. _They_ lift the latch, and wait not for the open door, the king's command being urgent. I have had a message.' He fell an hour afterwards, Charlotte. He did not think he was much hurt at the time, but he got his death-throw. |