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Updated: May 27, 2025
'Tis not therefore the Poet that is to be blamed, tho' they would father it all on him; but the fabulous Historians in after Ages, who have so odly drest up this Story by their fantastical Inventions, that there is no knowing the truth, till one hath pull'd off those Masks and Visages, wherewith they have disguised it. But whether these Partridges are as big as Geese, I leave as a Quære. Nat.
"'Tis my head that aches," answer'd the girl. The men finish'd their drink, and saunter'd out. I crept from under the counter, and look'd at her. "Father'll kill me for this!" "Then you shall say Is it forward or back I must go?" "Neither." She pull'd up a trap close beside her feet, and pointed out a ladder leading down to the darkness. "The courts are full of troopers," she added. "The cellar?"
Now of all those not a vestige left; all had been pull'd down, erased, and the plough and harrow pass'd over foundations, road-spaces and everything, for many summers; fenced in at present, and grain and clover growing like any other fine fields. Only a big hole from the cellar, with some little heaps of broken stone, green with grass and weeds, identified the place.
Molly came to my call and trotted beside me the Captain following some paces behind, and Billy last, to keep a safe watch on his movements. At the gate, however, where we turned into the road, I tethered the mare, lest the sound of her hoofs should betray us: and down toward the sea we pelted, till almost at the foot of the hill I pull'd up and listen'd, the others following my example.
Thereupon, one of them pull'd out a Leather-Pouch, wherein was some of it in Powder; he was a notable Hunter, and affirm'd to me, That that Powder, blown into the Eyes, strengthen'd the Sight and Brain exceedingly, that being the most common Use they made of it.
"Bravissimo! More, Master Carter more!" "O mammy, O nunky, here's cousin Jack Frog With a fa-la " I lifted my knuckles and tapp'd on the pane; whereon Prince Maurice starts up with an oath, and coming to the window, flings it open. "Pardon, your Highness," said I, and pull'd myself past him into the room, as cool as you please. 'Twas worth while to see their surprise.
Only try me oh, the shame of speaking thus!" Her voice had grown more rapid toward the close: and now, breaking off, she put both hands to cover her face, that was hot with blushes. I went over and took them in mine: "You have made me the blithest man alive," said I. She drew back a pace with a frighten'd look, and would have pull'd her hands away.
To my delight, the door of this was ajar, with a glimmer of light slanting through the crack. I made straight toward it, and pull'd the door softly. It open'd, and show'd a lantern dimly burning, and the staircase of the keep winding past me, up into darkness. My chance was, of course, to descend: which I did on tiptoe, hearing no sound.
I heard a low sob behind me. The jailer's daughter was going. "Lend me your bodkin, my dear, for a memento." She pull'd it out and gave it to me. "Thank you, and now good-bye! Stop: here's a kiss to take to my dear mistress. They shan't hang me, my dear." The girl went out, sobbing, and lock'd the door after her. I sat down for a while, feeling doleful.
Captain Settle's bravado was plainly oozing away before this polite audacity: and seeing Sir Deakin taste the punch, he pull'd off his cap in a shamefaced manner and sat down by the table with a word of thanks. "Come in, sirs come in!" call'd the old gentleman; "and follow your friend's example. 'Twill be a compliment to make me mix another bowl when this is finish'd."
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