“Much,” replied the other. “Join us, and I will engage to procure her liberation.”
“On those terms I will join you,” said Osbert. “What would you have me do?”
“I cannot explain our plans now. But meet me to-morrow, at midnight, in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, and I will introduce you to the chief conspirators.”
“I will be there at the hour appointed,” said Osbert. “Till then, farewell!”
And moving away, he followed the procession to Saint Paul’s, leaving De Noailles well satisfied with his manœuvre.
CHAPTER IV.
WHAT PHILIP HEARD WHILE CONCEALED BEHIND