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A tremendous rush of men followed, who drove in before them the terrified fragment of Borroughcliffe's command, that had held the vestibule; and the outer room became filled with a dark mass of human bodies. "Let them hear ye, lads!" cried their leader; "the abbey is your own!"
"Ay, ay," cried the impatient old seaman; "I have had it flashing under my nose by the hour; what then?" "Why, then, what I have to propose will be nothing to a man like you you found the beef wholesome, and the grog mellow!" "Ay, ay, all well enough; but what is that to an old sailor?" asked the cockswain, unconsciously grasping the collar of Borroughcliffe's coat, in his agitation; "what then?"
The bodies of the slain were left unsheltered, the seclusion of the ruin being deemed a sufficient security against the danger of any discovery, until darkness should favor their removal, In conformity with Borroughcliffe's plan to monopolize the glory.
It was extremely fortunate for Dillon, that the animation of his aged kinsman kept his head and body in such constant motion, during this apostrophe, as to intercept the aim that the cockswain was deliberately taking at his head with one of Borroughcliffe's pistols; and perhaps the sense of shame which induced him to sink his face on his hands was another means of saving his life, by giving the indignant old seaman time for reflection.
Barnstable then proceeded to lay before his mistress a project he had formed for surprising the abbey that night, which was so feasible that Katharine, notwithstanding her recent suspicions of Borroughcliffe's designs, came gradually to believe it would succeed.
After an embarrassing pause of a moment, Colonel Howard broke the silence: "There is reason in Borroughcliffe's hint, for such I take it to be " "I meant it for a plain, matter-of-fact complaint," interrupted the soldier. "And you have cause for it," continued the colonel.
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