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Chapter 13

           ThePrincelookednarrowlyatthesuperscription,andthenattheseal,placedsoastosecuretheflex-silkwithwhichthebilletwassurrounded,andwhichboretheimpressionofthreefleurs-de-lis.Johnthenopenedthebilletwithapparentagitation,whichvisiblyandgreatlyincreasedwhenhehadperusedthecontents,whichwereexpressedinthesewords:

           "TakeheedtoyourselffortheDevilisunchained!"

           ThePrinceturnedaspaleasdeath,lookedfirstontheearth,andthenuptoheaven,likeamanwhohasreceivednewsthatsentenceofexecutionhasbeenpasseduponhim.Recoveringfromthefirsteffectsofhissurprise,hetookWaldemarFitzurseandDeBracyaside,andputthebilletintotheirhandssuccessively."Itmeans,"headded,inafalteringvoice,"thatmybrotherRichardhasobtainedhisfreedom."

           "Thismaybeafalsealarm,oraforgedletter,"saidDeBracy.

           "ItisFrance’sownhandandseal,"repliedPrinceJohn.

           "Itistime,then,"saidFitzurse,"todrawourpartytoahead,eitheratYork,orsomeothercentricalplace.Afewdayslater,anditwillbeindeedtoolate.Yourhighnessmustbreakshortthispresentmummery."

           "Theyeomenandcommons,"saidDeBracy,"mustnotbedismisseddiscontented,forlackoftheirshareinthesports."

           "Theday,"saidWaldemar,"isnotyetveryfarspentletthearchersshootafewroundsatthetarget,andtheprizebeadjudged.ThiswillbeanabundantfulfilmentofthePrince’spromises,sofarasthisherdofSaxonserfsisconcerned."

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