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A little lower down the table, Hugh Calverley's mind was also full of one subject. "Nay," he whispered earnestly to Bertram: "he is yet hid some whither, here, in Wales. Men wit not where; and God forbid too many should!" "Then men be yet a-searching for him?" "High and low, leaving no stone unturned. God keep His true servant safe, unto His honour!"
Asmund bought for Thorgils the land at Brookmeet, and there he farmed. Thorgils was a great store-gatherer, and went a-searching to the Strands every year, and there he gat for himself whales and other gettings; and a stout-hearted man he was.
"Tall fellows are not scarce amongst the foresters, and Morgans are as plentiful as oak trees." "Then am I like to be long a-searching. However, tired eyes ne'er found a treasure; I must find Rob and the fellow with whom he dwells. How far is it to Gloucester now?" "A matter of less than three miles to the Cross."
"Well, sir, he is and he isn't, as you may say," answers he, dropping into a familiar, confidential tone after casting his eye over me to be sure I was no great person. "He ails nothing, to be sure, for I hear he is ever afoot from morn till even a-searching hither and thither; but a more downhearted, rueful looking gentleman for his age I never see.
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