29/33 I have no right to risk my life, after my good friends have done so much to save me. John Dormay may enjoy his triumph for a while, but a day of reckoning will surely come. Have all escaped in safety ?" "All. Your boy brought me the news of your arrest, and that we were charged with plotting William's assassination. I rode that night with the news, and next day all were on the road to the coast, and were happily on board and away before the news of their escape could be sent to the ports." "And now, what are your plans, Jervoise--that is, if you have any plans, beyond reaching a port and taking ship for France ?" "I am going to Sweden," Mr.Jervoise said, and then repeated the reasons that he had given Charlie for taking this step. |