" "Oh, no, I make no doubt they escaped." "That is my trouble; I have a fear that this is so, and your suspicion doth confirm it, you having the same fear. "I should not call it by that name though. I do suspect that they escaped, but if they did, I am not sorry, certainly." "I am not sorry, I THINK - but -" "What is it? What is there for one to be troubled about?" "IF they did escape, then are we bound in duty to lay hands upon them and deliver them again to their lord; for it is not seemly that one of his quality should suf

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