reversed,"
said I calmly and distinctly, that my speech might be clear to his
dazed senses. "Dost hear me?"

In a feeble voice, and with the use of many curses intermixed with
groans, he answered that he did.

"Before thou diest thou shalt have an opportunity for the making of
some slight restitution for the many wrongs that thou hast done to me.
Tell me where I may find the Lady Hazel."

He raised himself up and leaned on his well arm, whilst the other did
hang 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 judgment."

"Ha, ha, ha!" loud did he laugh. "And dost thou then think that I am
bereft of reason, to thus fling from me all that I do possess wherewith
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 my dagger 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 demon from murdering me?"

"Thou shalt not be harmed by either of us; but for thy treatment at the
hands of the Earl of Richmond I cannot speak.

"Agreed! 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
must be kept until I sent or came for her. Thou canst not get her out
without this ring. Here, draw it from my finger."

This I did, and then I commanded Michael to take him to the rear of
Richmond's army.

I felt no fear of Catesby's escape; for he might as well have tried to
escape from the unrelenting gates of Hell, as from the mighty Michael.

The battle raged not nearby where I stood; but down at the marsh the
fight was at its thickest. Hastily did I secure a horse, and I spurred
him hard as I made for Richmond's standard.

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