The Curse Upon Mitre Square — page 30: what you’re looking at

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22, THE CURSE UPON MITRE SQUARE. was subservient and corrupt, the nobles plotted one against the other, and the party favoured by the king invariably gained the upper hand. The people wisely held aloof from politics, were time-serving to a degree, and accepted changes without murmur. Woe to the man who questioned the doings of a king’s favourite. If noble, his estate was in danger; if commoner, his life! Bluff King Hal ruled with an iron hand, and was not too scrupulous in his dealings. In fear and trembling one or two of the boldest followed the mysterious couple and tracked them to the church of St. Catherine Cree, where the woman had arranged to meet the monk. None dared to follow into the church, and were about to depart, when a muffled figure brushed past them and stealthily took the same direction as the other two. Though the people stood in awe of the man who visited their silent neighbour, judging him to be some noble or State official, they did not fear this muffled figure, so quickly going back to the entrance of the church, they faced him before he could evade them. Notwithstanding his attempts to shield his. features, they recognised the monk, whose appear- ance was well known to them, though they were ignorant of his name. Now that an inmate of the monastery should be . so evidently in league with the suspicious pair much puzzled them; perhaps after all no harm was meant. Had they not better abandon their watchings ? But why had the monk shielded his features and avoided . eo eS GComicbooks €o m