[Red Axe by Samuel Rutherford Crockett]@TWC D-Link bookRed Axe CHAPTER XXXV 3/7
Save the Count von Reuss, there is none who could now recognize me within the city walls." "What think ye, Dessauer ?" said the Prince, looking over at the High Chancellor. "I think well," said he, a little doubtfully; "but would it not be better that two should go than that one should adventure alone into the wolf's den ?" "Surely it were better to keep the matter between our three selves," the Prince made answer; "not even the Princess must know of our attempt.
Keep a candle flame within the hollow of your palm, and though the wind blow the sparks will not fly far." "I will go with the lad, Prince Karl," said the Chancellor, firmly.
"In my youth I had some practice as a leech.
I am acquainted with the art of healing.
I could travel either as a doctor of healing, as a travelling philosopher seeking disputation with the scholars of each country, or, perhaps best of all, in mine own quality of a doctor of law.
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