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The keys were conveyed by the porter to Leonard, and the latter handed them in his turn to John Lutcombe, who engaged to have the horses at the lower end of the south avenue an hour before midnight. Buscot and Leonard repaired to Amabel's chamber.
Guided by the keeper, who ran beside them, the fugitives proceeded for a couple of miles at a rapid pace over the downs, when, it not appearing that they were followed, John Lutcombe halted for a moment to recover breath. The fresh air had in some degree revived Amabel, and the circumstance of their providential deliverance raised the spirits of the whole party.
Skirting a thick grove of trees, they presently came to a gate, which the keeper opened, and led them through an orchard towards what appeared to be in the gloom a moderately-sized and comfortable habitation. "The owner of this house, Mrs. Compton," observed John Lutcombe to Amabel, "is a widow, and the kindest lady in Berkshire.
The store ponds were visited for fish by John Lutcombe; and as the country abounded with game, a large supply of pheasants, partridges, and rabbits was speedily procured by the keeper and his assistants.
I implore you, my lord, to desist from this outrage. You will gain nothing by it but my death." "Let him touch you at his peril," cried John Lutcombe, rushing towards them, and interposing his stalwart person between her and the earl. "Stand aside, dog!" cried Rochester furiously, "or I will trample you beneath my horse's hoofs." "You must first get near me to do it," rejoined the keeper.
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