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" "Thou hast not slain these men ?" she asked.

"That were deadly sin." "Nay, they do but sleep, and will waken belike ere the fresh guard comes, wherefore we must make haste." "When I have freed thee, do on thy body, above thy raiment, this doublet of mine, for it carries the cross of England, and, I being of little stature, you may well pass for me.

Moreover, this cloak and its hood, which I wore when I came in, will cover thee.