14/32 I tried hard enough! But even if I had broken loose, I could never have fought my way through the crowd alone. The noose was around my neck." He stopped, as if he had told everything. "How did you escape? He had a little learning, and could pass for a monk when he could get a cowl. He went out before it was daylight that morning, and exchanged clothes with a burly friar whom he met in a quiet place." "But how did the friar agree to that ?" asked Arisa in surprise. |