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The Lion of the North

CHAPTER XXIV MALCOLM'S ESCAPE
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None have thought of me.

I was an old man, too insignificant for notice, and I have passed the day in my chamber lamenting the kindest of lords, the best of masters.

Last evening I heard the soldiers boasting that today they would capture the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and I determined to foil them.

They have been feasting and drinking all night, and it is but now that the troopers have fallen into a drunken slumber and I was able to possess myself of the key of your dungeon.
"Here is your helmet.

I will lead you to the stable, where I have saddled the best and fastest of my master's horses.


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