United States or Malaysia ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
We must be on, for the work of the Lord must be done." "They say that this forest is many miles in length and breadth," observed another of the men, "and we may ride many a mile to no purpose; but here is James Southwold, who once was living in it as a verderer; nay, I think that he said that he was born and bred in these woods. Was it not so, James Southwold?"
I tell you thus much, that you may not do anything foolish; and having said this, I advise you to think twice before you act once. Let me proceed in peace, or you may lose your place, if you do not by your own rashness lose your life." There was something so cool and so determined in Edward's quiet manner, that the verderer hesitated.
"I acknowledge nothing for Jacob Armitage; he may answer for himself," replied Edward; "but allow me to assure you that if he has killed venison, no one can blame him." "Perhaps you will explain why?" "Nothing is more easy. Jacob Armitage served King Charles, who employed him as a verderer in the forest, and paid him his wages.
The fact was, that Holdfast had smelt some meat in the pocket of the verderer, and had been putting his nose in to ascertain what it was: in so doing he had wakened up Corbould, who had saluted him with a heavy blow on the head: this occasioned the puppy to give the howl, and also occasioned Corbould to seize his gun, and follow stealthily in the track of the dog, which he well knew to be the one he had seen the day before with Edward.
I tell you thus much, that you may not do any thing foolish; and having said this, I advise you to think twice before you act once. Let me proceed in peace, or you may lose your place, if you do not, by your own rashness, lose your life." There was something so cool and so determined in Edward's quiet manner, that the verderer hesitated.
"I acknowledge nothing for Jacob Armitage, he may answer for himself," replied Edward; "but allow me to assure you that if he has killed venison no one can blame him." "Perhaps you will explain why?" "Nothing is more easy. Jacob Armitage served King Charles, who employed him as a verderer in the forest, and paid him his wages.
Do you choose to enter it with me, or will you go to Oswald Partridge and tell him that you have met with Edward Armitage in me forest, and that I should be glad to see him? I believe you are under his orders, are you not?" "Yes, I am," replied the verderer, "and as I suppose that all's right, I shall go and deliver your message."
Do you choose to enter it with me, or will you go to Oswald Partridge and tell him that you have met with Edward Armitage in the forest, and that I should be glad to see him? I believe you are under his orders, are you not?" "Yes I am" replied the verderer, "and as I suppose that all's right, I shall go and deliver your message."
"Many thanks, Oswald; I must take my chance." Edward then told Oswald of their having taken the gipsy boy in the pit, at which he appeared much amused. "What is the name of the verderer whom I met in the forest?" inquired Edward. "James Corbould; he was discharged from the army," replied Oswald. "I do not like his appearance," said Edward.
At the close of every verse he mimicked an owl's call to the life having in his young days been a verderer of the New Forest, on the edge of Bradley Plain; and at the end of his third verse, in the middle of a hoot, was answered by a trumpet not far away upon the road to Alton.
Word Of The Day