"Why should you doubt it?" answered Wallace.
"Because," replied the servant, "I wish the brother of the King of
France to know the foul deeds which are doing in his dominions."
"By whom?" asked Wallace, surprised at this address.
"By the Earl de Valence, prince," answered he; "he has now in this
castle a beautiful lady, whom he brought from a foreign land, and
treats in a manner unbecoming a knight or a man."
"And what would you have me do?" said Wallace, willing to judge whether
this applicant were honest in his appeal.
"Come in the power of your royal brother," answered he, "and demand the
Lady Helen Mar of Lord de Valence."
Helen, who had listened with trepidation to this dialogue, drew nearer
Wallace, and whispered in an agitated voice, "Ah! let us hasten away."
The man was close enough to hear her.
"Hah!" cried he, in a burst of doubtful joy; "is it so? Is she here?
say so, noble knight, and Joppa Grimsby will serve ye both forever!"
"Grimsby!" cried Helen, recollecting his voice the moment he had
declared his name; "what! the honest English soldier? I and my
preserver will indeed value so trusty a follower.
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