Paula

“Giltspur to Ludgate and then toward Smoothfield where stands St. Mark’s. Dost remember the long wall that is about the garden of thy father’s house?” “Yes, ” said Robin, “of course. Why?” “Dost remember, too, the wall about the Tower or any other wall?” Robin nodded. “Have they not all a door somewhere?” “Yes,” said Robin again. “Always remember that,” said the friar. “Thou hast only to follow the wall far enough and there will be a door in it.” “I will remember,” Robin promised, but he wasn’t sure that he knew what Brother Luke meant to say. While he was speaking, the friar had been caring for Robin, easing his tired muscles, and making him clean and”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“D’Ath,”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“Each of us has his place in the world,” he said. “If we cannot serve in one way, there is always another. If we do what we are able, a door always opens to something else.”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“I had a message from Sir Peter only the day before your letter reached me asking what had happened to you, for John-the-Fletcher never returned. Some evil befell him surely, for he was an honorable servant. Sir Peter was wounded while bringing up forces to my aid, so sorely wounded that he has been taken to a castle near by where he will stay until he is able to be taken home.”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall