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– I was put on the waiting list for the scaffold after her.

There was a pause.

We were kept here in the castle. In the cramped basement of the west wing of this building. There's a hiding place under a big rock, and I think it still contains her correspondence.

The Falcon recoiled from the Countess as if from a plague. The blood was pounding in his temples.

Anna seemed to peel away from the wall and stagger away down the gray corridor.

Robin was lying on the bed in his own bedroom, and Arthur was pacing up and down beside him.

– I understand the need for these strategies, so you don't have to spend the night with me tonight, dear, – the king said.

– And you won't be offended? – The head of the Bear clan asked in the same tone.

Robin was bending down to remove his boots when the door opened and Edward burst in. Arthur opened his mouth to make a joke, but when he saw the deathly pallor on his friend's face, he immediately closed it.

– I need the magic passwords for the basements in the west wing.