[Saint Bartholomew’s Eve by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookSaint Bartholomew’s Eve CHAPTER 7: A Rescue 22/40
You need not look so indignant; better men than you have been dragged from their homes, to prison and death, by your orders.
Now it is your turn to be a prisoner. "I might, if I chose, set fire to this chateau, and cut the throats of all in it; but we do not murder in the name of God.
We leave that to you. "Take this man away with you, Eustace.
I give him into your charge. If he struggles, or offers the least resistance, stab him to the heart." "You will at least give me time to dress, sir ?" the president said. "Not a moment," Philip replied.
"The night is warm, and you will do very well, as you are. "As for you," he went on, turning to the servants, "you will remain quiet until morning; and if any of you dare to leave the house, you will be slain without mercy.
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