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But Jefan bade that man who had shot at him see to him, and that was the punishment for his deed. Men say that when a storm breaks round Dynedor hill fort it is ill to be there, for then he wanders round the gate unquiet and wailing; and so he also is not forgotten, nor the evil which he wrought.
It shone on the white faces of the great Hereford oxen and kine, and showed us the keen dogs herding them skilfully as men. So at last the black hill of Dynedor, crested with its works, rose before us, and from it shone a score of watch fires. "See, Hilda," I said, "yonder is your father, and all will be well."
Once beyond that he did not think there was any risk. Most likely Jefan and his men were on Dynedor hill fort, their nearest post to the river, for he had seen a fire there. What he did fear was that Gymbert had his spies in the town, and would beset all the roads. "He cares naught for reeve or for archbishop either, for that matter," he said.
We have lifted every head of stock well-nigh up to Sutton walls since dusk," and he chuckled. "There was no man to hinder us." Then he told us that we were all bound for Dynedor hill fort together, and that there we should find Jefan. And so we went slowly, with the herd of raided cattle before us, with a silence which made me wonder. Presently I said as much, and the chief chuckled again.
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