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You are thieves; you are wicked men; you are not men of Sevenbergen, or you would know Margaret Brandt better than to look for her lover in this room of all others in the world. Oh, brave! Four great hulking men to come, armed to the teeth, to insult one poor honest girl! The women that live in your own houses must be naught, or you would respect them too much to insult a girl of good character."
The others I whiles buffet, or how would the house fare? but did you, Kate, ever have harsh word or look from your poor mother, that you Nay, I will not have ye cry, girl; ten to one ye had your reason; so rise up, brave heart, and tell me all, better late than ne'er; and first and foremost when ever, and how ever, wend you to Sevenbergen wi' your poor crutches, and I not know?"
"It only remains for you to start. Here are the papers; I advise you to keep them carefully sorted. This, in cipher, is for James. It is full of promises; and in addition, to keep his spirits up, you can give him an account of the mutiny, pointing out how near it came to success. A boat shall take you to Sevenbergen; after that you know the road the usual one. The word is Modena.
"Ay, to the foot, but not to the heart. I am there, sleeping and waking, and almost every minute of the day." "In Burgundy? Why, I thought you had never " "In Burgundy?" cried Gerard contemptuously. "No, in sweet Sevenbergen. Ah! well-a-day! well-a-day!" Many such dialogues as this passed between the pair on the long and weary road, and neither could change the other.
"What, are you against me too?" said Gerard, sadly; and he rose with a deep sigh, and left the house and went to Sevenbergen.
The Frisian girl, after biting her lips impatiently a little while, turned upon Catherine. "Why, dame, think you 'twas for that alone Margaret and Peter hath left Sevenbergen? Nay." "For what else, then?" "What else? Why, because Gerard's people slight her so cruel.
Then the tears came and stood thick in Margaret's eyes. But Gerard was a man, and noticed not his sister's sigh. As they turned to go to Sevenbergen, the dwarf nudged Gerard with his bundle of parchments and held out a concave claw. Margaret dissuaded Gerard. "Why take what is not ours?" "Oh, spoil an enemy how you can." "But may they not make this a handle for fresh violence?" "How can they?
It is not as though they were dishonest folk flying the country; they owe not a stiver in Sevenbergen; and dear heart, Denys, you can't hunt all Holland for her." "Can I not?" said Denys grimly. "That we shall see." He added, after some reflection, that they must divide their forces; she stay here with eyes and ears wide open, and he ransack every town in Holland for her, if need be.
Well you shall judge: the lads clept her 'the beauty of Sevenbergen; the lasses did scout it merrily, and terribly pulled her to pieces, and found so many faults no two could agree where the fault lay." "That is enough," said Catherine. "I see, the bakers are no fools in Sevenbergen, and the young women no shallower than in other burghs." Kate met her outside the town with beaming eyes.
"My orders are to keep you thus until you shall bind yourself by an oath to leave Margaret Brandt, and return to the Church, to which you have belonged from your cradle." "Death sooner." "With all my heart." And the burgomaster retired. Martin went with all speed to Sevenbergen; there he found Margaret pale and agitated, but full of resolution and energy.
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