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Lieutenant Diego Bernal led the way rapidly to the house of the Governor
General, and four soldiers closed up by the side of them as an escort and
guard. But the four had no thought of attempting escape. Their minds were
wholly occupied with what might occur when they were a second time in the
presence of the Governor General.
They were taken through the anteroom and then into the large hall of
audience where the Governor General sat, as before, in the great chair
with his secretary at the little table at his right. At one side of the
room were Francisco Alvarez, and Braxton Wyatt, both frowning, and at the
other side were Oliver Pollock and Henry Ware, neither frowning at all.
Henry came forward and shook hands warmly with his comrades.
"What is it, Henry?" whispered Paul. "What has happened?"
"Wait," replied Henry in a similar whisper. "We must see what Bernardo
Galvez is going to do."
The Governor General motioned the four, now the five once more, to seats,
and they noticed that the audience was marked by unusual state. Two
soldiers, as a guard, stood near one of the windows, and the secretary was
ready with his ink and goose quills to write down whatever he might be
ordered to write. Alvarez and Braxton Wyatt were visibly uneasy.
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