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And then one day, quite as though it were the most natural thing in the world, his cousin Edred and Lady Arden his aunt were set free from the Tower and came home. The King had suddenly decided that they at least had had nothing to do with the plot. Lady Arden cried all the time, and, as Dickie owned to himself, "there was enough to make her." AND THEN ONE DAY QUITE AS THOUGH IT WERE THE MOST NATURAL THING IN THE WORLD HIS COUSIN EDRED AND LADY ARDEN HIS AUNT WERE SET FREE FROM THE TOWER AND CAME HOME THE KING HAD SUDDENLY DECIDED THAT THEY AT LEAST HAD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PLOT LADY ARDEN CRIED ALL THE TIME AND AS DICKIE OWNED TO HIMSELF THERE WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE HER
nd Elfrida it was, and not Mr. Tresham, Lord Monteagle's cousin, who had given away the whole business. But how had Elfrida known? Could it be that she had dreams like his, and in those dreams visited later times when all this was matter of history? Dickie's brain felt fat--swollen--as though it would burst, and he was glad to go to bed--even in that cupboardy place with the panels. But he begged the nurse to leave the panel open. And when he woke next day it was all true. His aunt and uncle and his two cousins were in the Tower and gloom hung over Arden House in Soho like a black thunder-cloud over a mountain. And the days went on, and lessons with Mr. Parados were a sort of Inquisition torture to Dickie. For the tutor never let a day pass without trying to find out whether Dickie had shared in any way that guilty knowledge of Elfrida's which had, so Mr. Parados insisted, overthrown the fell plot of the Papists and preserved to a loyal people His Most Gracious Majesty James the First. N CARRIED OUT AND ELFRIDA IT WAS AND NOT MISTER TRESHAM LORD MONTELL'S COUSIN WHO HAD GIVEN AWAY THE WHOLE BUSINESS BUT HOW HAD ELFRIDA KNOWN COULD IT BE THAT SHE HAD DREAMS LIKE HIS AND IN THOSE DREAMS VISITED LATER TIMES WHEN ALL THIS WAS MATTER OF HISTORY DICKY'S BRAIN FELT FAT SWOLLEN AS THOUGH IT WOULD BURST AND HE WAS GLAD TO GO TO BED EVEN IN THAT CUPBODY PLACE WITH THE PANELS BUT HE BEGGED THE NURSE TO LEAVE THE PANEL OPEN AND WHEN HE WOKE NEXT DAY IT WAS ALL TRUE HIS AUNT AND UNCLE AND HIS TWO COUSINS WERE IN THE TOWER AND GLOOM HUNG OVER ARDEN HOUSE IN SOHO LIKE A BLACK THUNDERCLOUD OVER A MOUNTAIN AND THE DAYS WENT ON THE LESSONS WITH MISTER PARADOSE WERE A SORT OF INQUISITION TORTURE TO DICKIE FOR THE TUTOR NEVER LET A DAY PASS WITHOUT TRYING TO FIND OUT WHETHER DICKIE HAD SHARED IN ANY WAY THAT GUILTY KNOWLEDGE OF ELFRIDA'S WHICH HAD SO MISTER PARADOSE INSISTED OVERTHROWN THE FELL PLOT OF THE PAPISTS AND PRESERVED TO A LOYAL PEOPLE HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY JAMES THE FIRST
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