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The Lion of the North

CHAPTER XXI FLIGHT
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But my turn is at hand, and when the hand which saved his throne shall cast him from it he will learn how rash he has been to have deceived and slighted me.
And you say that the stars last night all pointed to a favourable conjunction, and that the time for striking the great blow is at hand ?" "Nothing could be better," the astrologer said; "Jupiter, your own planet, and Mars are in the ascendant.

Saturn is still too near them to encourage instant action, but he will shortly remove to another house and then your time will have come." "So be it," Wallenstein said, "and the sooner the better.

Now I will leave you to your studies, and will ride out to inspect the troops, and to see that they have all that they need, for they must be kept in the best of humours at present.".


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