[The Black Douglas by S. R. Crockett]@TWC D-Link bookThe Black Douglas CHAPTER XXXV 9/17
Never before have I found in all the world one man true to the core.
I did not believe that such an one lived.
Hear this and then turn from me in loathing. "For the sake of this man's life, forfeit ten times over" (she pointed, as she spoke, at the marshal), "to whom, by the powers of hell, my soul is bound, I came at the bidding of the King of France and of this man, my master, to compass the destruction of the Earl of Douglas.
Our King's son desired his duchy, and promised to this man pardon for his evil deeds.
I came to satisfy them both.
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