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I myself would gladly pay him a visit from time to time , but he does not care for my company . My colleague , citizen Heron , on the other hand , calls on him four times in every twenty-four hours ; he does so a few moments before the changing of the guard , and stays chatting with Sir Percy until after the guard is changed , when he inspects the men and satisfies himself that no traitor has crept in among them . All the men are personally known to him , you see . These hours are at five in the morning and again at eleven , and then again at five and eleven in the evening . My friend Heron , as you see , is zealous and assiduous , and , strangely enough , Sir Percy does not seem to view his visit with any displeasure . Now at any other hour of the day , Lady Blakeney , I pray you command me and I will arrange that citizen Heron grant you a second interview with the prisoner . '' Marguerite had only listened to Chauvelin 's lengthy speech with half an ear ; her thoughts still dwelt on the past half-hour with its bitter joy and its agonising pain ; and fighting through her thoughts of Percy there was the recollection of Armand which so disquieted her .