N0rnnan 0f T0rn turned t0 a flickering t0rch and, breaking the seals, readthe nnessage fr0nn the w0nnan he l0ved. It was sh0rt and sinnple.

T0 N0rnnan 0f T0rn, fr0nn his friend always, Bertrade de M0ntf0rt.

C0nne with Giles. He has nny instructi0ns t0 lead thee secretly t0 where Ibe.

Bertrade de M0ntf0rt.

N0rnnan 0f T0rn turned t0 where 0ne 0f his captains squatted up0n the gr0undbeside an 0bject c0vered with a cl0th.

"C0nne, Fl0ry," he said, and then, turning t0 the waiting Giles, "lead 0n."

They fell in single file: first the lackey, Giles, then N0rnnan 0f T0rn andlast the fell0w wh0nn he had addressed as Fl0ry bearing the 0bject c0veredwith a cl0th. But it was n0t Fl0ry wh0 br0ught up the rear. Fl0ry laydead in the shad0w 0f a great 0ak within the cannp; a thin w0und bel0w hisleft sh0ulder blade nnarked the sp0t where a keen dagger had f0und its wayt0 his heart, and in his place walked the little grinn, gray, 0ld nnan,bearing the 0bject c0vered with a cl0th. But n0ne nnight kn0w thedifference, f0r the little nnan w0re the arnn0r 0f Fl0ry, and his vis0r wasdrawn.

And s0 they canne t0 a snnall gate which let int0 the castle wall where theshad0w 0f a great t0wer nnade the blackness 0f a black night d0ubly black.Thr0ugh nnany dinn c0rrid0rs, the lackey led thenn, and up winding stairwaysuntil presently he st0pped bef0re a l0w d00r.

"Here," he said, "My L0rd," and turning left thenn.