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He took fright, the foolish lad, at something or other which our Baron did in his moody humour, and so he jumped into the lake and swam ashore like a wild-duck. Robin of Redcastle spoiled a good gelding in chasing him this morning." "And why did he chase the youth?" said the Sub-Prior; "what harm had he done?"
"A large black dog, Wolf by name, who brought me into the castle one day in his mouth, like a hurt wild-duck, and presented me to the lady." "A most respectable introduction, truly," said Catherine; "and what might you learn at this same castle? I love dearly to know what my acquaintances can do at need." "To fly a hawk, hollow to a hound, back a horse, and wield lance, bow, and brand."
Fens and field were round me, as the map had said; willows and osier-beds; the dim forms of cattle; the low melody of wind roaming unfettered over a plain; once or twice the flutter and quack of a startled wild-duck. Presently I came to a farmhouse, dark and silent; opposite it, in the canal, a couple of empty barges.
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