When the restitution has been fully and legally made,
without speck or flaw in title, and passed as such by my lawyers, the
letter will be returned to you sealed as now, and of course I shall be
rigidly silent on the matter. Your lordships," he ended coldly, "may start
for London at once to see to the matter."
The old earl started for the door eagerly, calling down on his son dire
and foul curses. Brocton looked poisonously at me before following, and I
knew I had not done with him yet.
"I've got you your lands, Oliver, but there has been no time to get you
pardoned. The King was at Windsor; every moment was precious; and there
was no use, in the temper of the town, in dealing with underlings. It will
not do to run any risk of your being retaken, for Cumberland loves
blood-letting, and is no friend of mine. We shall take you to a little
fishing village on the Solway and get you a cast over to Dublin, whither
my good ship, 'Merchant of London,' Jonadab Kilroot, Master, outward bound
for the Americas, will pick you up. When we all meet again in London, in a
few months, you will be pardoned.
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