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But she rode on unhurt, meditating how to secure Upstill when she got him to Wyfern, whither she doubted not he would follow her. Her difficulties were not yet past, however, for just as she reached her own ground, she was once again met by the order to stand.
Thou hadst better keep me in sight, she added, as she gave Dick his head, 'for no one else can free thee. Upstill ceased his futile efforts, caught up his carbine, and fired not without risk to Dorothy, for he was far too wrathful to take the aim that would have ensured her safety.
'Holy Mary! cried dame Upstill, whose protestantism was of doubtful date, and thrust the paper into her own bosom. 'That paper hath nothing to do with state affairs, I protest, expostulated Dorothy. 'I will give thee ten times its weight in gold for it. But mistress Upstill had other passions besides avarice, and was not greatly tempted by the offer. She took Dorothy by the arm, and said,
While she spoke, Upstill, who had followed his enemy as the sole hope of deliverance, drew near, in such plight as the dignity of narrative refuses to describe. 'Upstill, said Richard, 'what meaneth this? Wherefore hast thou left thy post? And above all, wherefore hast thou permitted this lady to pass unquestioned?
'An' thou come not quickly, I will cry that all the parish shall hear me. 'I tell thee, mistress Upstill, on the oath of a Christian woman, it is but a private letter of mine own, and beareth nothing upon affairs. Prithee read a word or two, and satisfy thyself.
To make certain however that he was alone in the place, ere he secured himself from intrusion, he ran up the stair, gave a glance at the doors as he ran, and reached the top just as Upstill in fierce discrowning pride was heaving the first capstone from between two battlements.
The pair wandered all over the ruins together, and Dorothy had a hundred places to take Richard to, and tell him what they had been and how they had looked in their wholeness and use amongst the rest her own chamber, whither Marquis had brought her the letter which mistress Upstill had found so badly concealed.
While she spoke, Upstill, who had followed his enemy as the sole hope of deliverance, drew near, in such plight as the dignity of narrative refuses to describe. 'Upstill, said Richard, 'what meaneth this? Wherefore hast thou left thy post? And above all, wherefore hast thou permitted this lady to pass unquestioned?
'Ask the lady to pardon thee, Upstill. I can do nothing for thee, said Richard. Upstill would have knelt, in lack of other mode of petition strong enough to express the fervour of his desires for release, but Dorothy was content to see him punished, and would not see him degraded. 'Nay, master Upstill, she said, 'I desire not that thou shouldst take the measure of my foot to-night.
The pair wandered all over the ruins together, and Dorothy had a hundred places to take Richard to, and tell him what they had been and how they had looked in their wholeness and use amongst the rest her own chamber, whither Marquis had brought her the letter which mistress Upstill had found so badly concealed.
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