Everett-Green Evelyn. The Lord of Dynevor: A Tale of the Times of Edward the First
CHAPTER I. DYNEVOR CASTLE
CHAPTER II. THE BROTHERS
CHAPTER III. THE EAGLE'S CRAG
CHAPTER IV. WENDOT'S REWARD
CHAPTER V. THE KING'S CHILDREN
CHAPTER VI. WELSH WOLVES
CHAPTER VII. THE KING'S JUDGMENT
CHAPTER VIII. TURBULENT SPIRITS
CHAPTER IX. THE RED FLAME OF WAR
CHAPTER X. CARNARVON CASTLE
CHAPTER XI. THE KING'S CLEMENCY
CHAPTER XII. A STRANGE BRIDAL
CHAPTER XIII. THE NEW LORD OF DYNEVOR
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"What is that you dare to say?"
The voice was harsh, the words were spoken with a rough accent, unlike the gentler tones of Wendot and Griffeth. The child uttered a little cry and shrank back away from the grip of the strong hand, and might have been in some danger of losing her balance and of falling over the balustrade, had not Wendot thrown a protecting arm round her, whilst pushing back with the other hand that of the rude interloper.
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The old man made no direct response, but went on speaking in low even tones.
"The maid has dwelt in the household of the great king. She has played with his children, been the companion of the young princesses. She is beloved of them and of the monarch and his wife. Let them but hear that she is lost in the fastness of Dynevor, and the royal Edward will march in person to her rescue. All the country will rise in arms to defend itself. The north will join with the south, and Wales will shake off the hated foreign yoke banded as one man against the foreign foe."
