said the baron , gloomily , `` thus shall every terror attend upon the passage of my soul ! Sir , pray rather to live hard , that ye may die easy , than to be fooled and fluted all through life , as to the pipe and tabor , and , in the last hour , be plunged among misfortunes ! Howbeit , I have that upon my mind that must not be delayed . We have no priest aboard ? '' `` None , '' replied Dick . `` Here , then , to my secular interests , '' resumed Lord Foxham : `` ye must be as good a friend to me dead , as I found you a gallant enemy when I was living . I fall in an evil hour for me , for England , and for them that trusted me . My men are being brought by Hamley -- he that was your rival ; they will rendezvous in the long holm at Holywood ; this ring from off my finger will accredit you to represent mine orders ; and I shall write , besides , two words upon this paper , bidding Hamley yield to you the damsel . Will he obey ? I know not . '' `` But , my lord , what orders ? '' inquired Dick . `` Ay , '' quoth the baron , `` ay -- the orders ; '' and he looked upon Dick with hesitation . `` Are ye Lancaster or York ? '' he asked , at length . `` I shame to say it , '' answered Dick , `` I can scarce clearly answer . But so much I think is certain : since I serve with Ellis Duckworth , I serve the house of York . Well , if that be so , I declare for York . '' `` It is well , '' returned the other ; `` it is exceeding well . For , truly , had ye said Lancaster , I wot not for the world what I had done .
But sith ye are for XXXXX , follow me .
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