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I had lingered behind purposely, fearing some outrage, and determined, if possible, to prevent it. "At length," thought I, "they have all gone!" and putting spurs to my horse, I galloped after. When I had ridden about a hundred yards from the walls, a loud yell rang behind me; and, reining in my horse, I turned in the saddle and looked back.
But reining his horse on the furthest edge of the lighted circle, he said, debatingly: "I've little time enough to get to the Rise, and the order was to go through, hand the information to Inspector Jules, and be back within forty-eight hours. Is it flesh and blood they think I am?
The horse is rearing; the fallen enemy is vainly striving to defend himself; the victor in one drawing is reining in his steed, in another is waving a truncheon, in a third is brandishing his sword, in a fourth is holding the sword in act to thrust. The designs for the pedestals, sometimes treated as a tomb and sometimes as a fountain, are equally varied.
'So there is! roared another; 'Hoo-ray! 'Hoo-ray! yelled two or three more. 'Stop him! cried another. 'Call him in, roared Sir Harry, 'and let's liquor him. 'Hilloo! Mister What's-your-name! exclaimed the other Spangles, throwing up the window. 'Hilloo, won't you come in and have some refreshment? 'Who's there? asked Mr. Sponge, reining in the brown.
Evidently some troop was out from Verde and had taken the old short cut to Chevelon Fork, expecting by that route to make the quickest time to the Sunset crossing of the Colorado River. In all probability this was one of the troops coming out in search of and to succor him and his party. Reining his jaded horse to the left, the captain rapidly followed on the trail.
An interval of some twenty paces, and then came the marshal's body-guard, composed of one hundred mounted gentlemen of the Inns of Court twenty-five from each house; showing in their faces the signs of gentle birth and honorable nurture; and with strong hands reining mettlesome chargers that had been furnished for their use by the greatest nobles of the land.
"Now, cap'n," cried the guide, reining up, and pointing to the entrance, "hyur's yur place to make stand. We kin keep them back till thur sick i' the guts; that's what we kin do." "You are sure there is no pass that leads out but this one?" "Ne'er a crack that a cat kud get out at; that ur, 'ceptin' they go back by the other eend; an' that'll take them a round-about o' two days, I reckin."
He had an impression of many eyes, of a dense crew of squat bodies, of long, many-jointed limbs hauling at their mooring ropes to bring the thing down upon him. For a space he stared up, reining in his prancing horse with the instinct born of years of horsemanship.
I shall go back by the downs. Are you ready now? Pull in a bit, Tom. Now off you go!" Not waiting to watch the issue of this momentous contest, he turned to where Rosalind sat, and reining up at the foot of her perch, dismounted. She came down to meet him, palette in hand. "Mr Armstrong, I am so glad to see you. I want to speak to you dreadfully. Are you in a great hurry?" "Not at all.
"I hate you, I utterly hate you!" cried Nina, her anger getting the better of her fear. The duke laughed maliciously. "I had scarcely hoped to make so deep a mark on your emotions! If you hate me, then truly you will marry me! against your will, if need be," he added, reining back his horse at last. "I will wait to make you love me afterward."
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