[Saint Bartholomew’s Eve by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookSaint Bartholomew’s Eve CHAPTER 11: Jeanne Of Navarre 22/36
Keep them for me, until you learn that there is no chance of my ever returning to claim them; and then give them to my cousin, and beg him in my name to return the ring to the Queen of Navarre, and the dagger to the young prince." "I like not all these provisions," Pierre said to himself. "Hitherto the master has never, since I first knew him, given any commands to me, as to what was to be done in case he were captured or killed.
It seems to me that the danger here is as nothing to that he has often run before, and yet he must have some sort of foreboding of evil.
If I were not a Huguenot, I would vow a score of pounds of candles, to be burnt at the shrine of the Holy Virgin, if the master gets safe out of yonder town." Philip rode on across the bridge, and entered the gates without question.
Up to this time, his followers had kept close behind him; but now, in accordance with his instructions, they dropped behind. He continued his way to the principal square, rode up to an inn, entered the courtyard, and gave his horse to the stableman. "Give it a feed," he said, "and put it in the stable.
I shall not require it until the afternoon." Then he went into the public room, called for food and wine, and sat down.
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