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Updated: May 13, 2025
He took fright, the foolish lad, at something or other which our Baron did in his moody humour, and so he jumped into the lake and swam ashore like a wild-duck. Robin of Redcastle spoiled a good gelding in chasing him this morning." "And why did he chase the youth?" said the Sub-Prior; "what harm had he done?"
"A large black dog, Wolf by name, who brought me into the castle one day in his mouth, like a hurt wild-duck, and presented me to the lady." "A most respectable introduction, truly," said Catherine; "and what might you learn at this same castle? I love dearly to know what my acquaintances can do at need." "To fly a hawk, hollow to a hound, back a horse, and wield lance, bow, and brand."
Fens and field were round me, as the map had said; willows and osier-beds; the dim forms of cattle; the low melody of wind roaming unfettered over a plain; once or twice the flutter and quack of a startled wild-duck. Presently I came to a farmhouse, dark and silent; opposite it, in the canal, a couple of empty barges.
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