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"A strange story," said Hugh, "though I have heard something like it in other cities through which we have passed. Well, till to-morrow at this hour, friend Basil." "We have learned two things, master," said Dick, when the lawyer had bowed himself out. "First, that Acour is, or has been, in Avignon, and secondly, that Murgh the Messenger, Murgh the Sword, has been or is in Avignon.
He told everything, save only the tale of what Sir Andrew had seen in the House of Murgh in far Cathay.
That is all the story, save that it has pleased you to let me live, who evidently could have slain me, for which I thank you. "'You are wrong, Sir Andrew, he answered, 'I did not draw you to me. Men come to Murgh at their appointed hour; Murgh does not come to them. You sought him before your hour, and therefore he refused you.
I followed, knowing that he was sore wounded and must die, and that then the beauty which has lured me to shame and ruin would be mine, if only for an hour. I followed, and here at this place of evil omen, where first I saw my foe, I found you, O Incarnate Sword of Vengeance." Murgh unfolded his bare arms and lifted his head, which was sunk upon his breast.
"Yet it is well to have the blessings of Holy Church ere such a business as ours, Dick; that is, if it can be come by." "Mayhap, master. But for my part I am content with that of Murgh, which he gave us, you may remember, or so I understood him. Moreover, did he not teach that he and all are but ministers of Him above?
He had received letters from his council in England warmly congratulating him on the results of his "noble voyage" and his successes against "his rebel Make Murgh."
They bade her bring them food, which they needed much who had laboured so hard on that sorrowful day, and after they had eaten took counsel together. "Seeing that all three of us are still in health, as if there is anything in the promises of Murgh we should remain, is it not time, master," asked Grey Dick, "that we left this accursed Venice?
"It was a war shaft having two black feathers and the third white but chequered with four black spots and a smear of brown," answered Hugh. "Then is that the same arrow, master, which this Murgh loosed from more than a mile away?" Hugh examined it with care. Thrice he examined it, point and shaft and feathers. Then in a low voice he answered: "Yes!"
Had I killed him at once I should be cooler now, but it came into my mind to let the hound live. Indeed, to speak truth, I thought that I heard the voice of Murgh behind me, saying, 'Spare, and knew that I must obey." "I hope he will say nothing of the sort to me presently," answered Hugh, "if he is here, which I doubt. Why, what is it now? Those gold-coated marshals are talking again."
For where these creatures were should be more besides Grey Dick and himself and the Man of many names. He looked toward Murgh to see that he had bent himself and with his gloved hand was drawing lines upon the snow. Those lines when they were done enclosed the shape of a grave! "Archer," said Murgh, "unsheath your axe and dig."
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