In His Name
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...do no such thing. And I have not spoken to him from that day to this. And now he is lying under some fig-tree yonder, and I am standing in his castle court. Your Reverence, I should ...
MoreThis historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...do no such thing. And I have not spoken to him from that day to this. And now he is lying under some fig-tree yonder, and I am standing in his castle court. Your Reverence, I should have said this morning that all the devils in hell could not bring me into the shadow of Meximieux's walls. And see what you have done." " Ah, my lord," said the other, who had already mounted, " a messenger from heaven, though he be a very humble one, can do a great deal that the devils in hell cannot do. And now, my lord, good-by. Give a poor priest's best salutations to the Lady Alix. And, my lord, when Meximieux comes home, win a greater victory than he has done. Ask him if, for the love of Christ, he will not make it right about the fish, and see what a pilgrim like him will answer, In His Name." He gave the Baron his hand, and was gone. " As good a horseman," said the old man, " as ever served under King Philip. And I wonder how many of them all are doing as good service as he is this day! " Gualtier of the Mill had not exaggerated the worth of the horse which the priest mounted, and the horse had never had a better rider. From Meximieux to Lyons, the road was and is more than seven leagues; but the rider knew that it was by far the easier part of the way, and, thanks to Chilperic and the Baron, he had left full half the time allotted for his journey. He had the hope, also, which proved well founded, that he might not have to rely on the miller's horse alone, but that he might find at Miribel, or some other village on the road, a fresh horse sent out to meet him by Jean Waldo. In this hope, he rode faster than he would have dared to do, were he obliged to use one horse for the whole journey. And at a rapid rate, indeed, and without companionship or adventure, he...
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