The Forest Lovers by Maurice Hewlett
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too." _Entra per me_, he read, and was no wiser. "This man and I
will meet again," he said. "Meantime I will remember _Entra per me_." He raised his voice to call to Isoult--"Come, child; the way is clear enough." She came over the brook at once, alighted on the further side, and came creeping up to her husband to kneel before him as once before that morning; but he put his hand on her shoulder to stay her. "Come," he said, smiling, "no more ceremony between you and me, my dear. Rather let us get forward out of the reach of hue-and-cry. For when the foresters find him that will be the next move in the game." To Galors he turned with a "By your leave, my friend," and took his sword; then having put Isoult upon her donkey and mounted his own beast, he led the way up the ridge wondering where they had best turn to avoid hue-and-cry. Isoult, who guessed his thoughts, told him of the minster at Gracedieu. Sanctuary attached to the Church, she said, as all the woodlanders knew. "Excellent indeed," Prosper cried; "that jumps with what I had determined on before. Moreover, I suppose that Gracedieu is outside the Malbank fee?" "Yes, lord, it is far beyond that." "And how far is it to Gracedieu?" "It is the journey of two days and nights, my lord." |
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