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Rupert of Hentzau

CHAPTER XIX
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And there was another corpse, almost shapeless, utterly unrecognizable.

We saw it; the charcoal-burners saw it.

Then more peasants came round, drawn by the sight of the flames.

None could tell who it was; only I and James knew.
And we mounted our horses and have ridden here to tell the king." Sapt finished his lesson or his story.

A sob burst from the queen, and she hid her face in her hands.


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