29/53 Can you not reconsider your decision about the sister of the Dove? And the life in the woods is marvelous in its freedom and variety!" But Robert plead extreme youth once more, and the Owl was forced to be resigned. The small tent in which guard and prisoner were to sleep was almost in the center of the camp and Robert truly would have needed wings and the power of invisibility to escape then. Instead of it he let the thought pass for a while and went to sleep on a blanket. The Marquis was in much perplexity. |