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... ARUNDEL SAILED FOR BRITTANY , AND HOW VENGEANCE OVERTOOK HIM WHEN HE GOT TO SEA 213 XXIX . SIR HUGH CALVERLEY'S EXPEDITION IN AID OF THE DUKE OF BRITTANY • 224 · XXX . THE EXPEDITION CROSSES TO FRANCE- SIEGE OF FOLANT CASTLE 232 XXXI ...
... ARUNDEL SAILED FOR BRITTANY , AND HOW VENGEANCE OVERTOOK HIM WHEN HE GOT TO SEA 213 XXIX . SIR HUGH CALVERLEY'S EXPEDITION IN AID OF THE DUKE OF BRITTANY • 224 · XXX . THE EXPEDITION CROSSES TO FRANCE- SIEGE OF FOLANT CASTLE 232 XXXI ...
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... Arundel , the new earl mar- shal ? " I said . " Surely he is bound to lend you aid ! " “ I would rather pluck out my tongue than ask it , " said Philpot . " I trust that man's honesty as little as his word . The Duke of Lancaster , who ...
... Arundel , the new earl mar- shal ? " I said . " Surely he is bound to lend you aid ! " “ I would rather pluck out my tongue than ask it , " said Philpot . " I trust that man's honesty as little as his word . The Duke of Lancaster , who ...
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... Arundel , the earl marshal . " Lower that sail , or I'll arrest every man of you . " But as Sir John Arundel was not master of the ship , no one obeyed his order ; and as Philip Aubert , who was the captain , was seized with sudden ...
... Arundel , the earl marshal . " Lower that sail , or I'll arrest every man of you . " But as Sir John Arundel was not master of the ship , no one obeyed his order ; and as Philip Aubert , who was the captain , was seized with sudden ...
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... Arundel's mis- sion had been undertaken specially in my interests . The Wanderer was as pretty a cog as there was in the squadron -180 tons burden , long and sharp , with a fine tall mast fit for the king's galley . Her sail was of ...
... Arundel's mis- sion had been undertaken specially in my interests . The Wanderer was as pretty a cog as there was in the squadron -180 tons burden , long and sharp , with a fine tall mast fit for the king's galley . Her sail was of ...
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... Arundel's presence had inspired . There was also another reason why I should be indifferent to Sir John Arundel or any other like him . Alice Philpot stood by her father , looking like what she was - the most winsome , lovable ...
... Arundel's presence had inspired . There was also another reason why I should be indifferent to Sir John Arundel or any other like him . Alice Philpot stood by her father , looking like what she was - the most winsome , lovable ...
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