[St. George and St. Michael by George MacDonald]@TWC D-Link bookSt. George and St. Michael CHAPTER XXVII 5/12
Then I might have looked to move thee from thy purpose, for truly I like it not.
But thou will never bring an old woman into trouble, master Richard ?' 'Or a young one either, if I can help it Mother Rees,' answered Richard. 'But come now, thou must trust me, and tell me all I want to know.' He drew from his pocket paper and pencil, and began to put to her question after question as to the courts and the various buildings forming them, with their chief doors and windows, and ever as she gave him an answer, he added its purport to the rough plan he was drawing of the place. 'Listen to me, Master Heywood,' said the old woman at length after a long, silence, during which he had been pondering over his paper.
'An' thou get once into the fountain court thou will know where thee is by the marble horse that stands in the middle of it.
Turn then thy back to the horse, with the yellow tower above thee upon thy right hand, and thee will be facing the great hall.
On the other side of the hall is the pitched court with its great gate and double portcullis and drawbridge. Nearly at thy back, but to thy right hand, will lie the gate to the bowling-green.
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