[A Knight of the White Cross by G.A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookA Knight of the White Cross CHAPTER XI IN COMMAND OF A GALLEY 22/30
It was the Greek; he stood there for a minute or two listening, and then went down again; he did this five or six times, and at one o'clock they saw him throw up his arms, as if in despair; he stepped ashore, and was about to make his way up into the town when they rushed out and seized him.
There is no doubt as to what his fate will be.
I am sorry to say that I hear my friend Vrados has been arrested; but there can be no doubt about his loyalty, and he will assuredly be able to explain to the satisfaction of the council how this man became a resident at his house." "I am sorry I met him there, Ralph.
It is a very unpleasant thing to have gone to a house, to have been received kindly, and then to be the means of bringing trouble upon it." "Yes.
I feel that a little myself, because I took you there; and yet I cannot regret it, for if you had not seen him and taken an objection to him, you might not have noticed him particularly when he spoke to one of the galley slaves.
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