21/22 "I think, sirs, that here is no more to be done. Are the streets safe, Mr.Wilding ?" "Not only safe, Your Majesty, but the twenty men of Slape's and your own life-guards are waiting to escort you. Not a second time did he offer to confer the honour of knighthood upon his saviour. The Duke and his officers followed more leisurely. As they reached the door, a woman's cry broke the silence behind them. |