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In an hour, however, he returned out of breath and with a face white

fro at his table, but at his first

glance towards Gaydon he started quickly to his feet, and altogether

forgot to cover over his sheet of paper He carefully shut the door

"You have bad news," said he

"There was never worse," answered Gaydon He had run so fast, he was so

discoasped his bad

news out in the end

"I went tohis

friends He had a letter thisand he read it

aloud The letter said a ruan had already rescued the Princess and was being hotly

pursued on the road to Trent"

If Wogan felt any disquietude he was careful to hide it He sat

comfortably down upon the sofa

"I expected rumour would be busy with us," said he, "but never that it

would take so favourable a shape"