"In two words--if so be that such a man can understand me who hath
more wine than wit in him--in two words, and, a-Mary's name, begone
out of this house, where, if ye continue to abide, ye will not only
hang yourself, but me also! Faith, then, up foot! be yare, or, by
the mass, I may forget that I am in some sort your captain and in
some your debtor! Go!"
The sham monk was now, in some degree, recovering the use of his
intelligence; and the ring in Dick's voice, and the glitter in
Dick's eye, stamped home the meaning of his words.
"By the mass," cried Lawless, "an I be not wanted, I can go;" and
he turned tipsily along the corridor and proceeded to flounder
down-stairs, lurching against the wall.
So soon as he was out of sight, Dick returned to his hiding-place,
resolutely fixed to see the matter out. Wisdom, indeed, moved him
to be gone; but love and curiosity were stronger.
Time passed slowly for the young man, bolt upright behind the
arras. The fire in the room began to die down, and the lamp to
burn low and to smoke.
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