human
Ah, he said,
gpt
I have,
human
Which way went he, in God's name, said Deville.
gpt
Quick, or I lose a chance--he's worth the having, I can assure you.
human
I will put you upon his trail, said Grasp,
gpt
Treason is his crime, said Deville,
human
Well, then, said Grasp,
gpt
I can only tell you in return for your secret that your man, or woman rather, was here beside me in company with four others. Catholics, I dare be sworn, for they looked upon the burning of yonder priests with a devilish expression of horror, in place of viewing it as you and I. They marked me as I watched them, and they are off; but I heard one of them name some place in Blackfriars as where he resided.
human
How said ye, exclaimed Doubletongue,
gpt
As how?
human
As thus, said Doubletongue.
gpt
Dost remember the night on which we consulted with Lawyer Quillet at the Blue Boar Inn?
human
Truly so, said Grasp,
gpt
On that night I marked, although you did not, a couple of persons who kept themselves altogether apart from the other guests--a young and a middle-aged person. Nay, I especially marked the younger of the twain, and as I looked upon the tiny foot, the sparkling eyes, and the slender form, methinks I penetrated through the disguise worn, and beheld a female.
human
Ah! caitiff, said Grasp,
gpt
And so, I said to myself, where disguise is there mischief is meant, and I resolved to know more. Acting upon this resolve, albeit I lost sight of them during the riot which ensued in the tavern, I followed them out into the street, dodged them to their lair--
human
And that is--?
gpt
In the Blackfriars, at a house down by the water-side, and which I can point out.
human
But thou may'st have been mistaken, said Grasp,
gpt
Not a whit, said Doubletongue.
human
I took some pains to make assurance; for, sooth to say, I was taken with this mysterious female. I watched about the house till I again saw her. I even ventured within, concealed myself during the absence of herself and him who seemed her protector, and I found in the room which she inhabited--
gpt
What? said Grasp, who expected a written list of the conspirators.
human
In God's name what did you find?
gpt
Her doublet and hose, said Doubletongue.
human
The very pair of nether garments in which I had seen her masquerading at the Blue Boar the first night I beheld her.
gpt
Oh, monstrous! said Grasp.
human
Tis, undoubtedly the person of whom you are in quest. See, the execution is over and the criminals burnt. Wherefore not at once, proceed to Blackfriars and identify the house? To-morrow we will procure assistance and pounce upon her;