[The Shadow of the North by Joseph A. Altsheler]@TWC D-Link bookThe Shadow of the North CHAPTER XI 23/38
As the curtain went down for the last time he saw that Tayoga, too, was moved. "The English king was a wicked man," he said, "but he died like a great chief." They all passed out now, the street was filled with carriages and the torches of the link boys and there was a great hum of conversation. St.Luc returned to Robert's mind, but he kept to himself the fact that he had been in the theater.
It might be his duty to state to the military that he had seen in the city an important Frenchman who must have come as a spy, but he could not do so.
Nor did he feel any pricklings of the conscience about it, because he believed, even if he gave warning of St.Luc's presence, the wary chevalier would escape. They stood at the edge of the sidewalk, watching the carriages, great high-bodied vehicles, roll away.
Mr.Hardy had a carriage of his own, but the distance between his house and the theater was so short that he had not thought it necessary to use it.
The night was clear, very cold and the illusion of the play was still upon the younger members of his group. "You liked it ?" said Mr.Hardy, looking keenly at Robert. "It was another and wonderful world to me," replied the youth. "I thought it would make a great appeal to you," said Master Benjamin. "Your type of mind always responds quickly to the poetic drama.
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