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And besides, it pleases me, for a reason I cannot entirely fathom, to be unpardonably candid and to fling my destiny into your lap. To-night, as I have said, the Tranchemer lies off Manneville; keep counsel, get me a horse if you will, and to-morrow I am embarked for desperate service under the harried Kaiser of the Greeks, and for throat-cuttings from which I am not likely ever to return.
Aboard the Tranchemer the Free Companions awaited their captain; and the savage land they were bound for was a thought beyond the reach of a kingdom's lamentable curiosity concerning the whereabouts of King Helmas' treasure. The worthless life of Perion was safe. For worthless, and far less than worthless, life seemed to Perion as he thought of Melicent and waited for her messenger.
And until this the imposture amused me. But this" his hand waved toward the Tranchemer "this, my fair friends, is past a jest." "You talk and talk," cried Perion, "while I reflect that I love the fairest lady who at any time has had life upon earth." "The proof of your affection," the bishop returned, "is, if you will permit the observation, somewhat extraordinary.
Thus they came to Manneville and, skirting the town, came to Fomor Beach, a narrow sandy coast. It was dark in this place and very still save for the encroachment of the tide. Yonder were four little lights, lazily heaving with the water's motion, to show them where the Tranchemer lay at anchor. It did not seem to Perion that anything mattered. "It will be nearing dawn by this," he said.
Two weeks of safety till the Tranchemer sailed I therefore valued at a perhaps preposterous rate. To-night, as I have said, the ship lies at anchor off Manneville." Melicent said an odd thing, asking, "Oh, can it be you are a less despicable person than you are striving to appear!"
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