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then, very briefly, of the men who had accompanied Sir Heribert. Then they, too, went to bed. |
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Hours later a door opened slowly and cautiously, then closed. A shadow moved along the wall, hardly visible in the dim light of the night candles that burned near the banked hearth, the hood of a dark cloak pulled forward to hide any gleam of pale skin. At the door of Walter's chamber, the shadow paused, the hooded head turned outward, looking across the hall. An arm slipped out of the folds of the cloak, pale against the dark fabric, to reach behind the body. The door latched clicked, and the figure slipped inside the smallest possible opening. |
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