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Crispin: Cross of Lead Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Crispin hides throughout the day, pondering everything the priest told him.
At nightfall, he goes to Goodwife Peregrine's cottage.
Before he can get there, though, a boy named Cerdic intercepts him and tells him Father Quinel couldn't come.
Unwilling to trust Cerdic, Crispin goes to Goodwife Peregrine anyway.
She is also surprised that Father Quinel isn't there, but she gives Crispin a leather pouch and says some (magic?) words over him. She also gives him bread for the journey.
Cerdic says the steward is offering a reward of twenty shillings for Crispin's capture, which is half a year's wages.
Goodwife Peregrine just about pushes him out of her cottage.

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