Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 16, 2025
No doubt they were hidden away, as soon as the troop was seen, but one is never secure against treachery." Philip was restless and uncomfortable all day, and walked about the wood, impatiently longing for night to come. As soon as it was dark they mounted, and rode back to the wood near Merlincourt. The five men were at once sent off to the chateau where they had left their leaders.
At daybreak the chateau was surrounded, and they were seized before they had time to offer resistance. The troop of horse we saw have all day been searching for us, and went back before nightfall to Merlincourt; thinking that we should be sure to be going there, sometime or other, to inquire after our captain.
The five men returned an hour after they set out, and reported that all was quiet at Merlincourt; and that the Sieur D'Arblay had sent a message, to Philip, to move a few miles farther away before morning, and to return to the wood soon after nightfall. Philip gave the men six hours to rest themselves and their horses.
In future we had best take some of the men-at-arms with us, when we pay our visits, or we may be caught like rats in a trap." Making a circuit of twenty miles, they approached Merlincourt that evening and, establishing themselves as usual in a wood, remained quiet there next day.
"I am sorry that I killed him," Philip replied. "He seemed a brave gentleman, and was not very many years older than I am, myself." "He drew it upon himself," D'Arblay said. "If he had not come out to take us, he would be alive now. "Well, as soon as our fellows return we will move round to Merlincourt, on the other side of the town.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking