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Both Sides the Border

CHAPTER 16: A Letter For The King
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I will give you a scroll, ordering that you are allowed to pass out at any time, by night or day." "Thank you, sir.

I had intended to start tomorrow morning, two hours before daybreak, so as to get well into the forest before sunrise.

I shall, of course, go first to Llanidloes; where, doubtless, a strong guard will have been left.

As far as that I cannot well miss my way, as I shall have but to keep along the side of the valley." "That is so.

Beyond that, the river is a mere streamlet, and you will have to make across the hills." "Do you know, sir, whether the force that went to Llanfair was to effect a junction with the king ?" "No, I believe not; at any rate, not for the present.


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