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My heart jumped up amongst my lungs. I never waited for to look further, but uncocked my gun and went sneaking back on my tiptoes as fast as ever I could. Every now and then I stopped a second amongst the thick leaves and listened, but my breath come so hard I couldn't hear nothing else. I slunk along another piece further, then listened again; and so on, and so on.
"Our and his Majesty's friends wounded English soldiers who had been fighting upon our side." There was a burst of ejaculations; swords were sheathed, and the dethroned Spanish monarch uncocked his pistol and thrust it back into his belt. "They have had a narrow escape," he said bitterly. "Why were you not here with the friends you promised?"
Edward then uncocked his gun, with his eyes fixed upon the man, and the verderer did the same: and then they walked side by side, Edward keeping at the distance of three yards from him, in case of treachery. After a few moments' silence, the verderer said, "You tell me you are going to the intendant's house; he is not at home." "But young Mistress Patience is, I presume," said Edward.
We've just got to stand 'em off." He threw down and back the lever of his old 44 Winchester, and softly uncocked the arm. Then he sat down by Miss Caldwell. From various directions, silently, warriors on horseback sprang into sight and moved dignifiedly toward the first-comer, forming at the last a band of perhaps thirty men.
"D n!" muttered the man; and, turning aside from her, he uncocked the pistol, and replaced it in his pocket "I am a villain," he said, "steeped in guilt and wretchedness, but not wicked enough to do you any harm! I only wished to terrify you into my measures She hears me not she is gone! Great God! what a wretch am I become!"
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