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Updated: May 9, 2025
Hardly had they reached Redware when they heard the news of the active operations at Raglan, and Richard rode off to see how things were going not a little anxious concerning Dorothy, and full of eagerness to protect her, but entirely without hope of favour either at her hand or her heart.
'Thy horse is at Redware, Scudamore; I carry him not in my pocket. I saw him yesterday; his flesh hath swallowed a good many of his bones since I looked on him last. What wouldst thou with him? 'What is that to thee? Let me have him. 'Softly, sir Rowland! It is true I promised thee thy liberty, but liberty doth not necessarily include a horse.
'How then came the mare in my stable? 'That is not a question for me to answer, my lord. 'Doubtless thou didst lose her in battle against thy sovereign. 'She was in Redware stable last night, my lord. 'Which of you, knaves, stole the gentleman's mare? cried the marquis. 'But, Mr. Heywood, there can be no theft upon a rebel.
She is lost to me indeed; but so also is my poor mare, which was stolen last night from Redware stables as the watchers slept. 'Alack-a-day! cried goody Rees, holding up her hands in sore trouble for her friend. 'But what then dreams thou of doing? Not surely, before all the saints in heaven, will thou adventure thy body within Raglan walls? But I speak like a fool. Thou canst not.
She would have sent at once to Redware to let his father know where and in what condition he was, but not a single person came near the cottage the whole day, and she dared not leave him before the fever had subsided.
She would have sent at once to Redware to let his father know where and in what condition he was, but not a single person came near the cottage the whole day, and she dared not leave him before the fever had subsided.
How much of her hay hath she eaten, Stopchase? he added, as the man returned with disconsolate look. 'About a bottle, sir, answered Stopchase, rather indefinitely; but the conclusion drawn was, that she had been taken very soon after the house was quiet. The fact was, that since the return of their soldiers, poor watch had been kept by the people of Redware.
'This is young Mr. Heywood of Redware, he said, and moved towards the wicket, leaning on Richard's arm. But the old warder stepped in front, and stood between them and the gate. 'Not a damned roundhead of the pack shall set foot across this door-sill, so long as I hold the gate, he cried, with a fierce gesture of the right arm. And therewith he set his back to the wicket.
'How then came the mare in my stable? 'That is not a question for me to answer, my lord. 'Doubtless thou didst lose her in battle against thy sovereign. 'She was in Redware stable last night, my lord. 'Which of you, knaves, stole the gentleman's mare? cried the marquis. 'But, Mr. Heywood, there can be no theft upon a rebel.
'But, all things being lawful in love and war, not to mention hate and rebellion, this mare, if I am blessed with a chance, shall be well, shall be translated. 'You mean from Redware to Raglan. 'Where she shall be entertained in a manner worthy of her, which is saying no little, if all her paces and points be equal to her walk and her crest.
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