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I had in my mind arranged the spot, close by the ford, where I should fall upon him, rob him of his dispatches, and take him bound hand and foot if necessary to Vallancey's, who lives close by; and there I'd leave him until word came that the Duke had landed." "That the Duke had landed?" cried Wilding. "You talk as though the thing were imminent." "And imminent it is.
Odsbud, Dick! twenty miles and more in the saddle before coming on the ground. Heard you ever of the like madness? He'll be stiff as a broom-handle an easy victim." Richard listened, stared, and, finding Vallancey's eyes fixed steadily upon him, attempted a smile and achieved a horrible grimace. "What ails you, man?" cried his second, and caught him by the wrist.
What had the authorities been about that they had permitted Monmouth to come ashore, or had Vallancey's information been wrong in the matter of the numbers that accompanied the Protestant Champion? Wilding's red coat attracted some attention. In the dusk its colour was almost all that could be discerned of it.
Trenchard, neglectful of his finery and oblivious of the ubiquitous brambles, left his horse in Vallancey's care and crept to the edge of the thicket that he might take a peep at the pursuers. They came up very soon, six militiamen in lobster coats with yellow facings, and a sergeant, which was what Mr. Trenchard might have expected. There was, however, something else that Mr.
How modest do Captain Vallancey's words sound now, when we read them again, knowing what we know: "The day that sees this far-spread evil completely eradicated from India, and known only in name, will greatly tend to immortalize British rule in the East." It would be hard to word a claim more modestly than that for this most noble work.
"I am here, and here I stay." "Get to horse, you fool, and ride to Walford as you proposed, there to ambush the messenger. The letter will go to Whitehall none the less in spite of what I shall tell Albemarle. If things go well with me, I shall join you at Vallancey's before long." "Why, if that is your intention," said Trenchard, "I had better stay, and we can ride together.
How modest do Captain Vallancey's words sound now, when we read them again, knowing what we know: "The day that sees this far-spread evil completely eradicated from India, and known only in name, will greatly tend to immortalize British rule in the East." It would be hard to word a claim more modestly than that for this most noble work.
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