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But it irritated her too. "Perhaps you'd like me to go away," she said ironically. And Edred's wholly unexpected reply was, "Yes, please." So she went. And when she was gone Edred sat down on the box at the foot of his bed and tried to think. But it was not easy. "I ought to go," he told himself. "But think of your father," said something else which was himself too.
He could see the men-at-arms crowding in the archway of the great gate tower. From a window to his right a lady leaned, pale with terror, and with her were Edred and Elfrida he could just see their white faces. He made for the door below that window. But it was too late. That dull, thudding sound came again, and this time it was followed by a great crash and a great shouting.
"Now, Brother Emmanuel, let us show you all," said Edred eagerly; "for methinks it must be very few visits we must pay thee, and those at dead of night. For I much mistake me if we be not closely watched by some spy of the prior's these next days, and it will not do for any to think we have hidden haunts of our own." "Nay, nay, my children; ye must not run into peril for me. Far rather would I "
He was a great favourite with Dunstan, whom the boy, unlike his brother, regarded with the greatest respect and reverence. The conversation was somewhat stiff; Edred spoke a few kind words to the young stranger, and then conversed in an undertone with Dunstan, the whole dinner time; the princes themselves were awed by the presence of their uncle and his spiritual guide.
Or pretend we were just kidding you." "Well, it doesn't matter," Edred said. "What can we do to pay out old Parrot-nose?" Then Richard found a voice and words. "I don't like it," he said. "It's never been like this before. It makes it seem not real. It's only a dream, really, I suppose. And I'd got to believe that it was really real."
Once there Julian carefully locked the door, whilst Edred in brief and graphic words told the story of that day's spectacle. Brother Emmanuel listened calmly, with his features set into an expression which the boys were beginning to know well, although they did not read its meaning aright.
He saw the whiteness of the dog and made for it, felt for the chain, unhooked it from the staple in the wall, and went out again, closing the door after him, and followed very willingly by True. Again he looked suspiciously at the shadow of the great sweetbrier, but the dog showed no uneasiness, so Edred knew that there was nothing to be afraid of. True, in fact, was the greatest comfort to him.
"On the brow of a high hill forming part of the range of Pendle, and commanding an extensive view over the forest, and the wild and mountainous region around it, stands a stern solitary tower. Old as the Anglo-Saxons, and built as a stronghold by Wulstan, a Northumbrian thane, in the time of Edmund or Edred, it is circular in form and very lofty, and serves as a landmark to the country round.
Don't you remember you can only get at the Mouldiestwarp by a noble deed? And wanting to find Dickie isn't noble." "No," she agreed; "but then if we could get Dickie back by doing a noble deed we'd do it like a shot, wouldn't we?" "Oh! I suppose so," said Edred grumpily; "fire away, can't you?"
Edred made a deep reverence, crossed himself silently in token of submission, and prostrated himself upon the step of the altar, to lie there fasting till set of sun as one part of his penance.
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