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to speak with Grizel, if we may, he said gently.
 Will you call her and ask her to join us?
 I will call her if you wish, came the reply,  but she will not come, not even to me.
 Why not?
 Because her spirit abides still with the Crown, watching over its resting place. She has
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no leave to quit her charge.
 And where is this resting place? Sir John asked.
 In the same room at Fyvie where her blood was spilled.  The Green Lady! Caitlin
murmured in a startled undertone, speaking for the first time since they had begun. At
Peregrine s glance of inquiry, she added,  I collect ghost stories. One of the rooms at
Fyvie Castle is supposedly haunted by a ghost known as the Green Lady. Gray, you don t
suppose she might be Grizel Seton?
Returning his attention to Adam, Sir John nodded distractedly.  This begins to follow a
pattern. Lady Jean, what if you were to go to her? he inquired of Adam s alter ego.
 Would your sister be willing to show you where the Crown is hidden?
Adam gazed at him, uncertainty in the dark eyes.  While we lived and breathed, there
was nothing she would not confide in me, he said.  But this secret is not hers alone to
disclose.
 No, said the voice of Dundee,  it is mine. Ah, faithful Grizel, he continued, shaking
his head on a note of somber tenderness.  In committing the Crown to her care, I little
thought that her faithfulness would be tested even unto death. This much and more do I
owe her - to release her from that charge. Say you will go to her, Jean, as my appointed
messenger. Show her the ring upon your hand, and take the cross I wore unto my death,
and instruct her in my name to relinquish the Crown to you. Give her my loving thanks
and bid her depart in peace, for others now are prepared to take up the burden of
guardianship. Adam inclined his head in grave assent, answering again in Jean Seton s
voice.
 I will do as you bid me, my lord, and with right goodwill.
 Sweet Jean& , Dundee murmured.
But McLeod s bluff face was beginning to show signs of strain, his breathing quicker
than it had been. At Sir John s beckoning glance, Caitlin bent to set a hand to the
inspector s wrist while her great-grandfather murmured a few words in Adam s ear that
closed his eyes and set him drifting passively.  His pulse is a little unsteady, Caitlin
murmured, after a silent few seconds of assessment.  We probably ought to bring this
interview to a close.  I agree, Sir John replied.  I think we ve learned what s needed.
Addressing himself then to Dundee, he said,  The body in which you are guest grows
tired. Will it please you to release it now?
 Yes, with my heartfelt thanks to him and to the one who now bears the burden of my
charge.
 It is we who thank you, said Sir John.  Armed with your knowledge, we will find the
means to keep bound the evil you and your Order have sought to contain all these long
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centuries, He reached across and set his free hand on McLeod s wrist.  Return now in
peace to the realms of the Light, and may all bright blessings attend you.
McLeod s eyes rolled upward in their sockets, a long-drawn sigh escaping his lips as he
slumped forward bone-lessly in his chair, head lolling. Abandoning Adam for the
moment, Sir John leaned closer to remove the Templar cross from around McLeod s
neck, then traced a sign above the bridge of McLeod s nose before laying a blue-veined
hand lightly across his eyes.  The guest has departed, Noel; you may now return, he said
quietly.  When you feel ready, take a deep breath and let it out slowly, and find yourself
here and now, grounded and in full control again, feeling relaxed and refreshed. As Sir
John took his hand away, McLeod drew a deep breath and exhaled audibly, then opened
his eyes. Like a man newly roused from a sound night s sleep, he blinked and shook
himself upright.
 Not half-bad, he mumbled drowsily.  Wish it were always that easy& . His
wandering gaze focused on Adam s passive form, curious rather than alarmed, and he
looked first to Peregrine, then to Sir John for enlightenment.  You re not the only one
who s been playing host tonight to a shade from the past, Sir John said.
Leaving McLeod to complete the inferences for himself, he laid the Templar cross back
on the altar, then took Adam s hand and removed the Dundee ring, addressing himself
once again to Lady Jean Seton.
 John Grahame of Claverhouse has returned unto the Light, he informed her gravely,
 and we have much work to do in his behalf. Lady Jean Seton may return whence she
came, to come again when the ring is placed on your finger. Go deep now, Adam, and
begin coming forward in time& . Return to Adam Sinclair, gently& when you are
ready& .
chapter eighteen
DRIFTING passively in the midst of pearly seas, Adam was conscious of nothing
beyond a sense of peace until a voice called him by name. Drawn back toward self-
awareness, he oriented toward the voice, swimming languidly upward through milky
layers of translucent light toward a distant point of brightness which was the present
moment in time. The sensation was effortless, even agreeable. He broke the surface with
a slight start and opened his eyes to find Sir John Graham crouching at his knees, gazing
up at him.
 Welcome back, said his counterpart.  How do you feel?  All right, he said, darting a
glance at McLeod to assure himself that the inspector likewise was all right.  Good Lord,
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