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Both Sides the Border

CHAPTER 12: A Dangerous Mission
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Tell him to look after the monk's comfort.

This evening he can bring him down to the hall, and I will question him as to his journey." Roger followed the man through the courtyard.

He paid, apparently, no attention to what was going on there, but a quick glance enabled him to perceive that the hold was full of men.

He followed his guide up a winding stair, to a turret on the wall, the lower story of which was inhabited by the priest.
The soldier knocked at the door, and on its being opened by the priest, he gave Baird's message to him.

He was a tall man, spare and bony.


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