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The Path of the King

CHAPTER 10
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'Tis raight so to dispose of the boady that the complaicity of the Paapists will be clear to every doubting fool.

I, Taitus Oates, take upon myself this responsibility, seeing that under Goad I am the chosen ainstrument for the paiple's salvation.

To Soamersait Haase with it, say I, which is known for a haaunt of the paapistically-minded....

The postern ye know of is open, Mr.Prance ?" "I have seen to it," said the man, who seemed to conduct himself in this wild business with the decorum of a merchant in his shop.
"Up with him, then," said Oates.
Prance and Bedloe swung the corpse on their shoulders and moved out, while the doctor, gripping Lovel's arm like a vice, followed at a little distance.
The Savoy was very quiet that night, and very dark.

The few loiterers who observed the procession must have shrugged their shoulders and turned aside, zealous only to keep out of trouble.


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