`` By the Saints , '' said he , `` why didst thou not say thou wast on the Duke Robert 's side at the first ? '' ' `` Am I ? '' said De Aquila . ` Fulke laughed and said , `` No man who serves King Henry dare do this much to his messenger . When didst thou come over to the Duke ? Let me up and we can smooth it out together . '' And he smiled and becked and winked . ' `` Yes , we will smooth it out , '' said De Aquila . He nodded to me , and Jehan and I heaved up Fulke -- he was a heavy man -- and lowered him into the shaft by a rope , not so as to stand on our gold , but dangling by his shoulders a little above . It was turn of ebb , and the water came to his knees . He said nothing , but shivered somewhat . ` Then jehan of a sudden beat down Gilbert 's wrist with his sheathed dagger . `` Stop ! '' he said . `` He swallows his beads . '' ' `` Poison , belike , '' said De Aquila . `` It is good for men who know too much . I have carried it these thirty years . Give me ! '' ` Then Gilbert wept and howled .
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