Chapter 17 THE GROOM IN GREY.

"Heroes and kings, in exile forced to roam,

Leave swelling phrase and seven-leagued words at home."

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Another summer and winter had gone by and harvest time had come again, when Steadfast with little Ben, now seven years old, for company, took two sacks of corn to be ground at the mill, where the skirmish had been fought in which Emly