He would carry with him two bundles, his own and Mary's
clothing, and leave them to be taken up when they should go
a-shipboard. Eight horses would be procured; four to be left as a
relay at an inn between Berkeley Castle and Bristol, and four to be
kept at the rendezvous some two leagues the other side of Berkeley for
the use of Brandon, Mary and the two men from Bristol who were to act
as an escort on the eventful night. There was one disagreeable little
feature that we could not provide against nor entirely eliminate. It
was the fact that Jane and I should be suspected as accomplices before
the fact of Mary's elopement; and, as you know, to assist in the
abduction of a princess is treason--for which there is but one remedy.
I thought I had a plan to keep ourselves safe if I could only stifle
for the once Jane's troublesome and vigorous tendency to preach the
truth to all people, upon all subjects and at all times and places.
She promised to tell the story I would drill into her, but I knew the
truth would seep out in a thousand ways.
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