The Black Arrow


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How say ye now?" asked the tall man, frowningly, of Dick.  
Sir," replied Dick, "I am here in sanctuary, is it not so? Well, sir, I  
see by your bearing that ye are high in station, and I read in your  
countenance the marks of piety and justice. To you, then, I will yield  
me prisoner, and that blithely, foregoing the advantage of this holy  
place. But rather than to be yielded into the discretion of that  
man--whom I do here accuse with a loud voice to be the murderer of my  
natural father and the unjust retainer of my lands and revenues--rather  
than that, I would beseech you, under favour, with your own gentle hand,  
to despatch me on the spot. Your own ears have heard him, how before  
that I was proven guilty he did threaten me with torments. It standeth  
not with your own honour to deliver me to my sworn enemy and old  
oppressor, but to try me fairly by the way of law, and, if that I be  
guilty indeed, to slay me mercifully."  
"My lord," cried Sir Daniel, "ye will not hearken to this wolf? His  
bloody dagger reeks him the lie into his face."  
"Nay, but suffer me, good knight," returned the tall stranger; "your own  
vehemence doth somewhat tell against yourself."  
And here the bride, who had come to herself some minutes past and looked  
wildly on upon this scene, broke loose from those that held her, and fell  
upon her knees before the last speaker.  
"My Lord of Risingham," she cried, "hear me, in justice. I am here in  


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