You meant that King John might have spent it on that ? ' ` Even so , ' said Kadmiel . The firing broke out again close behind them . The pheasants poured over the top of a belt of tall firs . They could see young Mr Meyer , in his new yellow gaiters , very busy and excited at the end of the line , and they could hear the thud of the falling birds . ` But what did Elias of Bury do ? ' Puck demanded . ` He had promised money to the King . ' Kadmiel smiled grimly . ' I sent him word from London that the Lord was on my side . When he heard that the Plague had broken out in Pevensey , and that a Jew had been thrust into the Castle to cure it , he understood my word was true . He and Adah hurried to Lewes and asked me for an accounting . He still looked on the gold as his own . I told them where I had laid it , and I gave them full leave to pick it up ... Eh , well ! The curses of a fool and the dust of a journey are two things no wise man can escape ... But I pitied Elias ! The King was wroth with him because he could not lend ; the Barons were wroth too because they heard that he would have lent to the King ; and Adah was wroth with him because she was an odious woman . They took ship from Lewes to Spain . That was wise ! ' ` And you ? Did you see the signing of the Law at Runnymede ? '
said XXXXX , as Kadmiel laughed noiselessly .
Adah Kadmiel King Lewes London Pevensey Puck Spain escape firs