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He had done his best, and the unpleasant epithets that followed him along the quay at Dunchurch as he followed in the wake of his sea-chest were the result. Master and mate nodded in grim appreciation of the crew's efforts.
He had prudently locked the door, and carried on his operations solely through the window, or he would have been driven wild and lost all his money. "Thomas, do be quick; we shall never catch the Highflyer at Dunchurch." "That's your money all right, Green." "Hullo, Thomas, the Doctor said I was to have two pound ten; you've only given me two pound." Green is forced away from the window.
On we go again, through the noble avenue of trees near Dunchurch; through quaint and picturesque Coventry; past Meriden, where we see the words, "Meriden School," built curiously, with vari-coloured bricks, into a boundary wall.
Expatiating upon this learned and remarkable theory, and citing many curious statistical and other facts in its support, Sam Weller beguiled the time until they reached Dunchurch, where a dry postboy and fresh horses were procured; the next stage was Daventry, and the next Towcester; and at the end of each stage it rained harder than it had done at the beginning.
A pleasant ride along a splendid road, shaded for miles with rows of spreading elms, brings me to the charming old village of Dunchurch, where everything seems moss-grown and venerable with age.
"You'll have half Dunchurch round you, praising you and patting you on the back all in front of Venia, mind you. It'll be put in all the papers and you'll get a medal." "And suppose we are both drowned?" said Mr. Blundell, soberly. "Drowned? Fiddlesticks !" said Mr. Turnbull. "However, please yourself. If you're afraid " "I'll do it," said Blundell, decidedly.
A number of Catholic gentlemen not in the secret, were invited, on pretence of a hunting party, to meet Sir Everard Digby at Dunchurch on the fatal day, that they might be ready to act together. And now all was ready. But, now, the great wickedness and danger which had been all along at the bottom of this wicked plot, began to show itself.
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