If any one appears,
make him a prisoner."
"Your majesty's orders shall be faithfully obeyed," replied Bouchier.
Bound hand and foot, Fenwolf was thrown upon the back of a horse,
and guarded by two halberdiers, who were prepared to strike him dead
on the slightest movement. In this way he was conveyed to the castle,
and placed in the guard-chamber of the lower gate till further orders
should be issued respecting him.
IX. Showing how Morgan Fenwolf escaped from the Garter Tower.
Half-an-hour afterwards Fenwolf was visited by the Duke of Suffolk and
a canon of the college; and the guard-chamber being cleared, the duke
enjoined him to make clear his bosom by confession.
"I hold it my duty to tell you, prisoner," said Suffolk, "that there is no
hope of your life. The king's highness is determined to make a fearful
example of you and all your companions in crime; but he does not seek
to destroy your soul, and has therefore sent this holy man to you, with
the desire that you may open your heart to him, and by confession and
repentance save yourself from eternal perdition."
"Confession will profit me nothing," said Fenwolf moodily. "I cannot
pray if I would.
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