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IT was nearly daylight when Charles of Leon and his esquire reached the small hill where the former had been captured by the Moors. The east was already streaked with glowing red, and the stars were beginning to fade from sight. They reached the small wood at the foot of the hill, and here they stopped.
"Now throw off your wig and beard, and cast away that robe," said Pedro, "for should those come after us who would trace our steps, such marks would surely betray us."