ANOTHER DREAM. 259

‘It is strange,’ said Walter, after a pause, ‘that I
have begun to hope better things; for, as I lay asleep
last night, methought I saw him in the flesh, and
that he looked high and brave, and that he told me
how the blessed Katherine had preserved him from
evil,’

‘ May your dream be realised ere we depart from
this holy land, good Walter!’ said Guy, with sym-
pathy.

‘Amen,’ added Bisset, earnestly. ‘ More unlikely
things have come to pass.’

_ And, in truth, such a result was not altogether im-
possible; for at that moment Walter Espec and
Osbert Espec were both within the walls of Acre.
But Walter was preparing to embark for Europe; and
Osbert was on the eve of setting out for the castle of
Kakhow, not to return for many days. But the stars
had decreed that they were to meet.