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However , as my bare chamber offered no concealment even for a cat , they had to be satisfied at last ; and they went away , only charging me straitly that so soon as Dalaber should return , I must tell him to repair him instantly to the prior , who would have speech of him . This I promised to do , though with a woeful heart , for I felt that evil was meant him , and I love him right well . '' `` Yes , yes ; and what followed next ? '' `` Marry , this -- that so soon as ever the college gates were open in the morning , at five o'clock , in comes Anthony Dalaber himself , his shoes and hosen all stained with mud , his face pale as though with watching and anxious thought , though his aspect was calm and resolute ; and he came up the stairs without seeing me , and began to unlock his door . But the lock had been twisted and bent , and he was still struggling with it when I came out to him and began to tell him what had happened . He got his door opened , and the sight he saw before his eyes confirmed my tale , and he sat down and listened to all I had to say , very quietly , and without flinching . He told me that he and certain of the brethren had passed the night together , in his old lodging at St. Alban Hall , in prayer for grace and guidance ; but that , though they had prayed of him to fly , it had not seemed good to him to do so ; and that he had resolved to return immediately to his own lodging , and to await there whatever might befall him . ''