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Updated: May 31, 2025
"It is a terrible thought, Stefan, but may they not have reserved her for Vasilici's vengeance? Did they not cry to us that we might go free if the lad were given up? She heard that; she argued with us, you remember. She has sacrificed herself for us." "Well, Captain, shall we follow? Give me but leave to kill something on the way and get on friendly terms with my stomach.
"Vasilici's knife would have written finis to my history had it not been for you, Grigosie." The boy colored a little with pleasure. "Still you forget, Captain, that Anton and I were not of your choosing. We forced ourselves into your company." "What of it? I am glad, I " and then the look in Grigosie's eyes stopped Ellerey suddenly.
Then turning to Stefan, he directed him and another of the men to climb up carefully to the plateau. "Some outpost of Vasilici's may hold it," he remarked. Leaving their horses, Stefan and his companion went up the zig-zag way and were lost to view. It seemed a long time before their figures stood on the edge of the plateau and waved to their comrades to ascend.
After the excitement caused by the search for Captain Ellerey the city was ready to believe anything. As the Baron's servant had related, the horsemen were loud in their boasting of loyalty. They had followed Captain Ellerey because they believed they were on the King's service, they said, and never for a moment had they supposed otherwise until they had seen the golden cross in Vasilici's hands.
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