[11] Although I have used it in my story, this beautiful reference was not made at this time. It was really spoken two hundred and fifty years before, on the introduction of Christianity into England.
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"Softly," he replied. "Here we can abide as Alfred's thanes.
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Softly, he replied. "Here we can abide as Alfred's thanes.
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