Part 38 (2/2)
”Come, Master Catesby, our late respective positions are now reversed,”
said I calht be clear to his dazed senses ”Dost hear me?”
In a feeble voice, and with the use of roans, he answered that he did
”Before thou diest thou shalt have an opportunity for the s that thou hast done to me
Tell me where I may find the Lady Hazel”
He raised hi limp and twisted at his side
”And what shall I receive for the telling of this to thee?”
”The weight of one good act to place opposite to the great load of evil on the scales of justice, when thou dost shortly appear before the seat of judgh ”And dost thou then think that I a from me all that I do possess ith to buy my life? Nay, unless thou dost spare my life, thou mayest search from now until thy death, ere thou dost find the lady that thou seekest”
I held er to his throat, but still he did hold his secret fast
”Thy miserable life is then spared, for the present, if thou dost tell me where the lady is”
”And wilt thou forbid yon de me?”
”Thou shalt not be harmed by either of us; but for thy treatment at the hands of the Earl of Richreed! my life shall rest upon the hazard of this battle, as it did ere we met this day”
”Remember, if thou liest it shall be thy last; for thou dost still remain my prisoner”
”Go then unto the Town of Leicester--if thou ever canst--and within the Sanctuary near Grey Friars' Church thou shalt find the lady There was she sent from the house in which I left thee, and there did I obtain admittance for her I have not seen her since thou hast; but last evening I went unto the place and gave strict orders that there she et her out without this ring Here, draw it froer”
This I did, and then I commanded Michael to take him to the rear of Richmond's arht as well have tried to escape frohty Michael
The battle raged not nearby where I stood; but down at the ht was at its thickest Hastily did I secure a horse, and I spurred him hard as I land now dashed forward, and the two flags ell nigh together
”This now ood sword in circles round my head
Then caallant horseallant standard of the noble Earl, as Richard hiround Sir Willia forward from the side of Richmond and faced the desperate tyrant He met the same fate as Brandon Richmond waved his sword in defiance of the boar, and the two ht Richard's blow upon ate traitor! Have at thee!”
Again did I catch his savage blow, and this tiht point beneath his helht dashed in and, as he saw Richard strike at ht blade flashed through the air and struck the tyrant fair upon his hel both at once, drove Richard froh a bolt fro, and with er clipped the laces of his headpiece Already the eyes were rolled far back, and stared up blindly at me Not a quiver stirred his fra of an eye
The sun now rent asunder the clouds of Heaven, as had the two flashi+ng swords torn the darkest clouds that had surrounded us all for so long a tihtness Mayhap it was the resounding shouts of victory of our now half-crazed army that did rend the heavy clouds; for one could scarce hear hiladness all around us