[produced] [by] [jo] [churcher] [.] [html] [version] [by] [al] [haines] [.] [puck] [of] [pook's] [hill] [by] [rudyard] [kipling] [contents] [weland] ['s] [sword] [puck] ['s] [song] [a] [tree] [song] [young] [men] [at] [the] [manor] [sir] [richard] ['s] [song] [the] [knights] [of] [the] [joyous] [venture] [harp] [song] [of] [the] [dane] [women] [thorkild] ['s] [song] [old] [men] [at] [pevensey] [the] [runes] [on] [weland] ['s] [sword] [a] [centurion] [of] [the] [thirtieth] ['] [cities] [and] [thrones] [and] [powers] ['] [a] [british-roman] [song] [on] [the] [great] [wall] [a] [song] [to] [mithras] [the] [winged] [hats] [a] [pict] [song] hal o ['] [the] [draft] ['] [prophets] [have] [honour] all over [the] [earth] ['] [a] [smugglers] ['] [song] 1 hal 2 o 2 o 11 over 10 all 11 over ['] [dymchurch] [flit] ['] [the] [bee] [boy] ['s] [song] [a] [three-part] [song] [the] [treasure] [and] [the] [law] [song] [of] [the] [fifth] [river] [the] [children] ['s] [song] [weland's] [sword] [puck] ['s] [song] see [you] the [dimpled] track [that] [runs] [,] [all] [hollow] [through] [the] [wheat] [?] 1 see 5 track 3 the 5 track o [that] [was] [where] [they] hauled the guns [that] [smote] [king] [philip] ['s] [fleet] [!] 1 o 8 guns 6 hauled 7 the 7 the 8 guns see [you] our little mill that clacks , [so] busy by the brook ? 1 see 5 mill 3 our 5 mill 4 little 5 mill 5 mill 6 that 5 mill 7 clacks 5 mill 10 busy 6 that 7 clacks 8 , 10 busy 10 busy 11 by 10 busy 14 ? 11 by 13 brook 12 the 13 brook she has ground her corn and paid her [tax] [ever] [since] [domesday] [book] [.] 1 she 2 has 2 has 6 and 3 ground 5 corn 3 ground 6 and 4 her 5 corn 6 and 7 paid 7 paid 8 her see [you] our [stilly] woods of oak , [and] the dread ditch [beside] [?] 1 see 5 woods 3 our 5 woods 5 woods 6 of 6 of 8 , 7 oak 8 , 8 , 12 ditch 10 the 12 ditch 11 dread 12 ditch o [that] was [where] [the] [saxons] [broke] [,] [on] [the] [day] that [harold] died [!] 1 o 3 was 3 was 12 that 12 that 14 died see [you] the windy levels spread [about] the gates [of] [rye] [?] 1 see 5 levels 1 see 6 spread 3 the 5 levels 4 windy 5 levels 5 levels 6 spread 6 spread 9 gates 8 the 9 gates o [that] [was] [where] the [northmen] [fled] [,] [when] [alfred] ['s] ships [came] [by] [!] 1 o 12 ships 5 the 12 ships see [you] our pastures wide and lone [,] [where] [the] [red] [oxen] [browse] [?] 1 see 4 pastures 1 see 6 and 3 our 4 pastures 5 wide 6 and 6 and 7 lone o [there] [was] [a] [city] thronged and [known] [,] [ere] [london] boasted [a] [house] [!] 1 o 6 thronged 1 o 7 and 7 and 12 boasted and [see] you , [after] rain , the trace [of] mound and ditch and wall [?] 1 and 3 you 3 you 4 , 4 , 6 rain 4 , 14 and 7 , 11 mound 7 , 12 and 8 the 9 trace 8 the 11 mound 12 and 13 ditch 12 and 14 and 14 and 15 wall o [that] [was] [a] [legion] 's camping-place , [when] [caesar] [sailed] [from] [gaul] [!] 1 o 6 's 6 's 7 camping-place 7 camping-place 8 , and [see] you [marks] [that] [show] and fade [,] [like] shadows [on] [the] [downs] [?] 1 and 3 you 1 and 7 and 7 and 8 fade 8 fade 11 shadows o [they] [are] the lines [the] [flint] [men] [made] [,] [to] [guard] [their] [wondrous] [towns] [!] 1 o 5 lines 4 the 5 lines she is not [any] common [earth] , [water] [or] [wood] [or] [air] , [but] [merlin] ['s] [isle] [of] [gramarye] , [where] you and [i] will fare [.] 1 she 2 is 2 is 3 not 3 not 5 common 5 common 7 , 7 , 23 and 13 , 20 , 20 , 22 you 20 , 23 and 23 and 26 fare 25 will 26 fare the children [were] [at] [the] [theatre] , [acting] [to] [three] [cows] [as] [much] [as] [they] [could] [remember] [of] [midsummer] [night] ['s] [dream] [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 7 , dan was [puck] [and] [nick] [bottom] [,] as well [as] [all] [three] [fairies] [.] 1 dan 2 was 2 was 8 as 8 as 9 well una was [titania] [,] with a wreath of columbines and a foxglove wand [.] 1 una 2 was 2 was 5 with 5 with 7 wreath 6 a 7 wreath 7 wreath 8 of 8 of 10 and 9 columbines 10 and 10 and 13 wand 11 a 12 foxglove 11 a 13 wand 12 foxglove 13 wand the [theatre] [lay] [in] [a] meadow [called] [the] [long] [slip] [.] 1 the 6 meadow everything else was a sort of thick , sleepy stillness smelling of meadow-sweet and dry grass [.] 1 everything 2 else 1 everything 3 was 3 was 10 stillness 4 a 5 sort 5 sort 6 of 5 sort 10 stillness 6 of 10 stillness 7 thick 8 , 7 thick 10 stillness 9 sleepy 10 stillness 10 stillness 11 smelling 10 stillness 12 of 12 of 13 meadow-sweet 13 meadow-sweet 14 and 14 and 15 dry 14 and 16 grass their play went beautifully [.] 1 their 2 play 2 play 3 went 3 went 4 beautifully this was when they heard a whistle among the alders on the bank , and they jumped . 1 this 2 was 2 was 3 when 3 when 4 they 3 when 5 heard 4 they 5 heard 5 heard 7 whistle 5 heard 8 among 5 heard 11 on 6 a 7 whistle 7 whistle 8 among 8 among 10 alders 9 the 10 alders 10 alders 11 on 11 on 15 and 12 the 13 bank 13 bank 15 and 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 they 16 they 17 jumped 17 jumped 18 . the bushes parted [.] 1 the 2 bushes 2 bushes 3 parted ['] [what] [hempen] [homespuns] [have] [we] [swaggering] [here] [,] [so] [near] [the] [cradle] [of] [the] [fairy] [queen] [?] ['] he [stopped] , [hollowed] one hand round his ear , and [,] [with] [a] [wicked] [twinkle] [in] [his] eye [,] [went] [on] [:] 1 he 19 eye 3 , 7 round 3 , 10 , 5 one 7 round 6 hand 7 round 7 round 8 his 7 round 9 ear 8 his 9 ear 10 , 11 and 11 and 19 eye ['] [what] [,] [a] [play] [toward] [?] i 'll be [an] auditor [;] [an] [actor] , [too] , perhaps , [if] [i] see [cause] [.] ['] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 9 , 3 be 5 auditor 3 be 9 , 9 , 11 , 11 , 12 perhaps 11 , 13 , 13 , 16 see the children looked and gasped [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 4 and 3 looked 4 and 4 and 5 gasped the [small] thing he was [no] [taller] [than] [dan] ['s] [shoulder] [stepped] [quietly] [into] [the] [ring] [.] 1 the 3 thing 3 thing 5 was 4 he 5 was ['] [i] ['m] [rather] [out] [of] [practice] [,] ['] [said] [he] [;] ['] [but] [that] ['s] [the] [way] [my] [part] [ought] [to] [be] [played] [.] ['] still the children stared at him from his dark-blue cap , like a big columbine flower , to his bare , hairy feet [.] 1 still 3 children 2 the 3 children 3 children 4 stared 4 stared 5 at 4 stared 7 from 4 stared 18 to 5 at 6 him 7 from 10 cap 8 his 10 cap 9 dark-blue 10 cap 10 cap 12 like 11 , 12 like 12 like 16 flower 12 like 17 , 13 a 16 flower 14 big 15 columbine 15 columbine 16 flower 18 to 23 feet 19 his 23 feet 20 bare 21 , 20 bare 23 feet 22 hairy 23 feet at last he laughed . 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 he 3 he 4 laughed 4 laughed 5 . ['] [please] [don't] [look] [like] [that] [.] it isn't my fault [.] 1 it 2 isn't 2 isn't 4 fault 3 my 4 fault what else could you expect [?] ['] [he] [said] [.] 1 what 2 else 1 what 3 could 3 could 4 you 3 could 5 expect ['] [we] [didn't] [expect] [any] [one] [,] ['] [dan] [answered] [slowly] [.] ['] [this] [is] [our] [field] [.] ['] ['] [is] [it] [?] ['] [said] [their] [visitor] [,] [sitting] [down] [.] [pook] ['s] [hill] [puck] ['s] [hill] [puck] ['s] [hill] [pook] ['s] [hill] [!] it 's as plain as the nose on my face [.] ['] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 plain 3 as 4 plain 4 plain 5 as 4 plain 8 on 5 as 7 nose 6 the 7 nose 7 nose 8 on 8 on 10 face 9 my 10 face he pointed to the bare , fern-covered slope of [pook] ['s] [hill] [that] runs up from the far side of the mill-stream to a dark wood [.] 1 he 2 pointed 2 pointed 3 to 3 to 8 slope 4 the 8 slope 5 bare 6 , 5 bare 8 slope 7 fern-covered 8 slope 8 slope 9 of 9 of 22 mill-stream 14 runs 15 up 15 up 16 from 16 from 19 side 17 the 19 side 18 far 19 side 19 side 20 of 20 of 21 the 21 the 22 mill-stream 22 mill-stream 23 to 23 to 26 wood 24 a 25 dark 25 dark 26 wood ['] [by] [oak] [,] [ash] [,] [and] [thorn] [!] ['] [he] [cried] [,] [still] [laughing] [.] ['] [we] [didn't] [know] [it] [was] [wrong] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [wrong] [!] ['] the little fellow shook with laughter [.] 1 the 3 fellow 2 little 3 fellow 3 fellow 4 shook 4 shook 5 with 5 with 6 laughter ['] [indeed] [,] [it] [isn't] [wrong] [.] you ['ve] [done] [something] [that] [kings] [and] [knights] [and] [scholars] [in] [old] [days] would have [given] their crowns [and] [spurs] [and] [books] to find out . 1 you 14 would 14 would 15 have 15 have 18 crowns 15 have 23 to 17 their 18 crowns 23 to 24 find 24 find 25 out 25 out 26 . if [merlin] [himself] [had] [helped] you [,] [you] couldn't have managed [better] [!] 1 if 6 you 6 you 9 couldn't 9 couldn't 10 have 10 have 11 managed you 've broken [the] [hills] [you] ['ve] [broken] [the] [hills] [!] 1 you 2 've 2 've 3 broken it hasn't happened in a thousand years [.] ['] 1 it 2 hasn't 2 hasn't 3 happened 3 happened 4 in 4 in 7 years 5 a 6 thousand 6 thousand 7 years ['] [we] [we] [didn't] [mean] [to] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [of] [course] [you] [didn't] [!] that 's just why you did it [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 just 2 's 4 why 4 why 5 you 4 why 6 did 5 you 6 did 6 did 7 it unluckily [the] [hills] [are] [empty] now , and all [the] [people] [of] [the] [hills] are gone [.] 1 unluckily 6 now 1 unluckily 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 all 9 all 15 are 15 are 16 gone i 'm the only one left [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 5 one 3 the 4 only 3 the 5 one 5 one 6 left if you don't , of course you ['ve] only [to] say so , and [i] ['ll] go [.] ['] 1 if 2 you 1 if 4 , 1 if 7 you 2 you 3 don't 5 of 6 course 6 course 7 you 7 you 14 and 9 only 11 say 11 say 12 so 11 say 14 and 13 , 14 and 14 and 17 go he looked at the children , and the children looked at him for [quite] half a minute [.] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 3 at 17 minute 4 the 5 children 5 children 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 children 7 and 10 looked 8 the 9 children 10 looked 11 at 10 looked 13 for 11 at 12 him 13 for 17 minute 15 half 16 a 16 a 17 minute his eyes did not twinkle any more [.] 1 his 2 eyes 2 eyes 3 did 3 did 4 not 3 did 5 twinkle 4 not 5 twinkle 5 twinkle 7 more 6 any 7 more they were [very] [kind] , and there was the beginning of a good smile on his lips [.] 1 they 5 , 2 were 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 there 6 and 8 was 8 was 15 on 9 the 10 beginning 10 beginning 11 of 11 of 14 smile 12 a 13 good 12 a 14 smile 13 good 14 smile 14 smile 15 on 15 on 17 lips 16 his 17 lips una put out her hand [.] 1 una 2 put 2 put 3 out 2 put 5 hand 4 her 5 hand ['] [don't] [go] [,] ['] [she] [said] [.] ['] [we] [like] [you] [.] ['] ['] [have] [a] [bath] [oliver] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [and] [he] [passed] [over] [the] [squashy] [envelope] [with] [the] [eggs] [.] ['] [by] [oak] [,] [ash] [and] [thorn] [,] ['] [cried] [puck] [,] [taking] [off] [his] [blue] [cap] [,] ['] [i] [like] [you] [too] [.] sprinkle a plenty salt on the biscuit , [dan] [,] and [i] ['ll] [eat] it with you [.] 1 sprinkle 3 plenty 1 sprinkle 16 with 2 a 3 plenty 4 salt 5 on 4 salt 8 , 5 on 7 biscuit 6 the 7 biscuit 8 , 11 and 11 and 15 it 15 it 16 with 16 with 17 you that 'll show you [the] [sort] [of] [person] [i] [am] [.] 1 that 2 'll 2 'll 3 show 3 show 4 you [but] [i] ['m] [puck] [!] ['] he brushed the crumbs carefully from his doublet and shook hands [.] 1 he 9 and 2 brushed 4 crumbs 2 brushed 5 carefully 2 brushed 6 from 2 brushed 9 and 3 the 4 crumbs 6 from 8 doublet 7 his 8 doublet 9 and 10 shook 10 shook 11 hands ['] [she] [means] [meeting] [a] [fairy] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [i] [never] [believed] [in] ['] [em] [not] [after] [i] [was] [six] [,] [anyhow] [.] ['] ['] [i] [did] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [at] [least] [,] [i] [sort] [of] [half] [believed] [till] [we] [learned] ["] [farewell] [,] [rewards] ["] [.] do you know ["] [farewell] , [rewards] and [fairies] ["] [?] ['] 1 do 2 you 2 you 6 , 3 know 6 , 6 , 8 and ['] [do] [you] [mean] [this] [?] ['] [said] [puck] [.] he threw his big head back and began at the second line [:] 1 he 7 and 2 threw 5 head 2 threw 6 back 2 threw 7 and 3 his 5 head 4 big 5 head 7 and 8 began 7 and 9 at 9 at 12 line 10 the 11 second 10 the 12 line ( ['] [join] in , [una] [!] ['] ) 1 ( 4 in 4 in 5 , 5 , 9 ) than maids were [wont] [to] [do] [,] [yet] [who] of [late] [for] [cleanliness] [finds] sixpence in her shoe [?] ['] 1 than 2 maids 2 maids 3 were 3 were 10 of 10 of 15 sixpence 15 sixpence 18 shoe 16 in 17 her 16 in 18 shoe the echoes flapped all along the flat meadow [.] 1 the 2 echoes 2 echoes 3 flapped 3 flapped 4 all 3 flapped 5 along 4 all 5 along 5 along 8 meadow 6 the 7 flat 6 the 8 meadow ['] [of] [course] [i] [know] [it] [,] ['] [he] [said] [.] ['] [and] [then] [there] ['s] [the] [verse] [about] [the] [rings] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [when] [i] [was] [little] [it] [always] [made] [me] [feel] [unhappy] [in] [my] [inside] [.] ['] " ['] [witness] [those] [rings] [and] [roundelays] " [,] [do] [you] [mean] [?] ['] [boomed] [puck] [,] [with] [a] [voice] [like] [a] [great] [church] [organ] [.] 1 " 8 " ['] [it] ['s] [some] [time] [since] [i] [heard] [that] [sung] [,] [but] [there] ['s] [no] [good] [beating] [about] [the] [bush] [:] [it] ['s] [true] [.] the [people] [of] [the] [hills] [have] [all] left [.] 1 the 8 left i saw them come [into] [old] [england] and [i] [saw] [them] go [.] 1 i 8 and 2 saw 3 them 2 saw 4 come 2 saw 8 and 8 and 12 go i [came] [into] [england] [with] [oak] [,] [ash] [and] [thorn] [,] [and] [when] [oak] [,] [ash] [and] [thorn] [are] [gone] [i] shall go [too] . ['] 1 i 22 shall 22 shall 23 go 23 go 25 . ['] [it] ['s] [all] [right] [,] ['] [he] [said] [;] [and] [added] [,] ['] [i] ['m] [planting] [a] [lot] [of] [acorns] [this] [autumn] [too] [.] ['] ['] [then] [aren't] [you] [most] [awfully] [old] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [not] [old] [fairly] [long-lived] [,] [as] [folk] [say] [hereabouts] [.] let me see my friends used to set my dish of cream for me [o] ['] nights when [stonehenge] [was] [new] [.] 1 let 2 me 1 let 3 see 3 see 5 friends 4 my 5 friends 5 friends 6 used 6 used 7 to 6 used 8 set 7 to 8 set 8 set 10 dish 8 set 13 for 9 my 10 dish 10 dish 11 of 11 of 12 cream 12 cream 13 for 13 for 17 nights 14 me 17 nights 17 nights 18 when yes , [before] [the] [flint] [men] [made] [the] [dewpond] [under] [chanctonbury] [ring] . ['] 1 yes 2 , 2 , 13 . una clasped her hands , [cried] ['] [oh] [!] ['] and nodded her head [.] 1 una 2 clasped 1 una 5 , 2 clasped 4 hands 3 her 4 hands 5 , 11 and 11 and 12 nodded 12 nodded 14 head 13 her 14 head ['] [she] ['s] [thought] [a] [plan] [,] ['] [dan] [explained] [.] ['] [she] [always] [does] [like] [that] [when] [she] [thinks] [a] [plan] [.] ['] ['] [i] [was] [thinking] [suppose] [we] [saved] [some] [of] [our] [porridge] [and] [put] [it] [in] [the] [attic] [for] [you] [?] they 'd notice if we left it in the nursery [.] ['] 1 they 2 'd 2 'd 3 notice 3 notice 4 if 4 if 5 we 4 if 6 left 5 we 6 left 6 left 7 it 6 left 8 in 8 in 10 nursery 9 the 10 nursery ['] [bless] [your] [heart] [o] ['] [gold] [!] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [you] ['ll] [make] [a] [fine] [considering] [wench] [some] [market-day] [.] they felt they could not be afraid of him any more than of [their] [particular] [friend] [old] [hobden] the hedger [.] 1 they 2 felt 2 felt 3 they 2 felt 6 be 3 they 4 could 4 could 5 not 4 could 6 be 5 not 6 be 6 be 7 afraid 7 afraid 8 of 7 afraid 11 more 7 afraid 12 than 8 of 9 him 10 any 11 more 12 than 13 of 13 of 20 hedger 19 the 20 hedger ['] [have] [you] [a] [knife] [on] [you] [?] ['] [he] [said] [at] [last] [.] dan handed over his big one-bladed outdoor knife , and [puck] [began] [to] [carve] [out] a piece of [turf] [from] the centre of the [ring] [.] 1 dan 22 centre 2 handed 3 over 2 handed 9 , 3 over 8 knife 4 his 8 knife 5 big 8 knife 6 one-bladed 8 knife 7 outdoor 8 knife 9 , 10 and 10 and 17 piece 16 a 17 piece 17 piece 18 of 18 of 21 the 21 the 22 centre 22 centre 23 of 23 of 24 the ['] [what] ['s] [that] [for] [magic] [?] ['] [said] [una] [,] [as] [he] [pressed] [up] [the] [square] [of] [chocolate] [loam] [that] [cut] [like] [so] [much] [cheese] [.] ['] [one] [of] [my] [little] [magics] [,] ['] [he] [answered] [,] [and] [cut] [another] [.] you certainly deserve it [.] ['] 1 you 2 certainly 2 certainly 3 deserve 3 deserve 4 it ['] [what] ['s] [taking] [seisin] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [cautiously] [.] ['] [it] ['s] [an] [old] [custom] [the] [people] [had] [when] [they] [bought] [and] [sold] [land] [.] he held out the turves [.] 1 he 2 held 2 held 3 out 2 held 5 turves 4 the 5 turves ['] [but] [it] ['s] [our] [own] [meadow] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [drawing] [back] [.] ['] [are] [you] [going] [to] [magic] [it] [away] [?] ['] puck laughed [.] 1 puck 2 laughed ['] [i] [know] [it] ['s] [your] [meadow] [,] [but] [there] ['s] [a] [great] [deal] [more] [in] [it] [than] [you] [or] [your] [father] [ever] [guessed] [.] [try] [!] ['] he turned [his] [eyes] [on] [una] [.] 1 he 2 turned ['] [i] ['ll] [do] [it] [,] ['] [she] [said] [.] dan followed her example at once [.] 1 dan 2 followed 2 followed 4 example 2 followed 6 once 3 her 4 example 5 at 6 once ['] [now] [are] [you] [two] [lawfully] [seised] [and] [possessed] [of] [all] [old] [england] [,] ['] [began] [puck] [,] [in] [a] [sing-song] [voice] [.] [fast] [!] hold fast all [i] [give] [you] [.] ['] 1 hold 2 fast 1 hold 3 all the children shut their eyes [,] [but] [nothing] [happened] [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 shut 3 shut 5 eyes 4 their 5 eyes ['] [well] [?] ['] [said] [una] [,] [disappointedly] [opening] [them] [.] ['] [i] [thought] [there] [would] [be] [dragons] [.] ['] " ['] [though] [it] [shall] [have] [happened] [three] [thousand] [year] , " ['] said [puck] , and [counted] [on] his fingers [.] 1 " 17 and 11 , 12 " 11 , 16 , 14 said 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 21 fingers 20 his 21 fingers ['] [no] [;] [i] ['m] [afraid] [there] [were] [no] [dragons] [three] [thousand] [years] [ago] [.] ['] ['] [but] [there] [hasn't] [happened] [anything] [at] [all] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [wait] [awhile] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [you] [don't] [grow] [an] [oak] [in] [a] [year] [and] [old] [england] ['s] [older] [than] [twenty] [oaks] [.] let's sit down again and think [.] 1 let's 5 and 2 sit 3 down 2 sit 5 and 3 down 4 again 5 and 6 think i can do that for a century at a time [.] ['] 1 i 2 can 2 can 3 do 3 do 4 that 3 do 5 for 3 do 8 at 5 for 7 century 6 a 7 century 7 century 8 at 8 at 10 time 9 a 10 time ['] [ah] [,] [but] [you] ['re] [a] [fairy] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [have] [you] [ever] [heard] [me] [say] [that] [word] [yet] [?] ['] [said] [puck] [quickly] [.] ['] [no] [.] you talk about ["] [the] [people] [of] [the] [hills] ["] , [but] [you] [never] [say] " [fairies] " [,] ['] said [una] . 1 you 2 talk 2 talk 3 about 3 about 11 , 11 , 16 " 11 , 21 said 16 " 18 " 21 said 23 . ['] [i] [was] [wondering] [at] [that] [.] don't you like it [?] ['] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 like 3 like 4 it ['] [i] [shouldn't] [like] [it] [at] [all] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [that] ['s] [how] [the] [djinns] [and] [afrits] [talk] [in] [the] [arabian] [nights] [.] ['] ['] [and] [that] ['s] [how] [i] [feel] [about] [saying] [that] [word] [that] [i] [don't] [say] [.] i know ['] [em] [!] ['] 1 i 2 know ['] [we] [don't] [mean] [that] [sort] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [we] [hate] ['] [em] [too] [.] ['] ['] [exactly] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] butterfly wings , [indeed] [!] 1 butterfly 3 , 2 wings 3 , [butterfly-wings] [!] and the [horses] [of] the [hills] [picked] [their] [way] [from] [one] wave [to] [another] by [the] lightning [flashes] [!] 1 and 2 the 2 the 17 lightning 5 the 12 wave 5 the 17 lightning 12 wave 15 by that was how it was in the old days [!] ['] 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 how 3 how 4 it 3 how 5 was 4 it 5 was 5 was 6 in 6 in 9 days 7 the 9 days 8 old 9 days ['] [splendid] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [but] [una] [shuddered] [.] ['] [i] ['m] [glad] [they] ['re] [gone] [,] [then] [;] [but] [what] [made] [the] [people] [of] [the] [hills] [go] [away] [?] ['] una asked [.] 1 una 2 asked ['] [different] [things] [.] i 'll tell you one of [them] some day the thing that made the biggest flit of [any] , ['] said [puck] . 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 tell 3 tell 5 one 3 tell 11 thing 4 you 5 one 5 one 6 of 6 of 9 day 8 some 9 day 10 the 11 thing 11 thing 12 that 11 thing 13 made 11 thing 17 of 12 that 13 made 13 made 15 biggest 13 made 16 flit 14 the 15 biggest 17 of 19 , 19 , 21 said 21 said 23 . ['] [but] [they] [didn't] [all] [flit] [at] [once] [.] they dropped off , one by one , through the centuries [.] 1 they 2 dropped 2 dropped 3 off 2 dropped 7 one 2 dropped 9 through 4 , 7 one 5 one 6 by 6 by 7 one 7 one 8 , 9 through 11 centuries 10 the 11 centuries most of them were foreigners who couldn't stand our climate [.] 1 most 2 of 1 most 3 them 2 of 3 them 3 them 4 were 4 were 5 foreigners 5 foreigners 6 who 5 foreigners 7 couldn't 6 who 7 couldn't 7 couldn't 8 stand 8 stand 10 climate 9 our 10 climate they flitted early [.] ['] 1 they 2 flitted 2 flitted 3 early ['] [how] [early] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [a] [couple] [of] [thousand] [years] [or] [more] [.] the fact is [they] [began] [as] [gods] [.] 1 the 2 fact 2 fact 3 is they were always landing in those days , or being driven back to their ships , and they [always] brought [their] [gods] with them [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 always 2 were 4 landing 2 were 5 in 2 were 13 to 5 in 9 or 6 those 7 days 7 days 9 or 8 , 9 or 9 or 10 being 9 or 11 driven 9 or 13 to 11 driven 12 back 13 to 17 and 14 their 15 ships 15 ships 17 and 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 they 17 and 20 brought 20 brought 23 with 23 with 24 them england is [a] bad [country] [for] [gods] [.] 1 england 2 is 2 is 4 bad now , [i] [began] as [i] [mean] [to] go [on] [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 9 go 2 , 5 as i [belong] [here] [,] [you] see , and [i] have [been] mixed [up] with people all my days [.] 1 i 7 , 6 see 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 have 10 have 12 mixed 12 mixed 14 with 14 with 15 people 14 with 16 all 16 all 17 my 16 all 18 days 17 my 18 days ['] [people] [burned] [in] [wicker] [baskets] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [like] [miss] [blake] [tells] [us] [about] [?] ['] ['] [all] [sorts] [of] [sacrifices] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] i never liked it [.] 1 i 3 liked 2 never 3 liked 3 liked 4 it they were a stiff-necked [,] extravagant set of [idols] , [the] [old] [things] . 1 they 2 were 2 were 7 set 3 a 4 stiff-necked 3 a 7 set 4 stiff-necked 6 extravagant 7 set 8 of 8 of 10 , 10 , 14 . but what was the result [?] 1 but 2 what 1 but 3 was 3 was 5 result 4 the 5 result men don't like being sacrificed at the best of [times] [;] [they] [don't] [even] [like] [sacrificing] their farm-horses [.] 1 men 2 don't 2 don't 3 like 3 like 4 being 3 like 6 at 4 being 5 sacrificed 4 being 6 at 6 at 8 best 7 the 8 best 8 best 9 of 9 of 18 farm-horses 17 their 18 farm-horses some of them took to hanging about trees , and hiding in graves and groaning [o] ' nights [.] 1 some 2 of 1 some 3 them 2 of 3 them 3 them 4 took 4 took 5 to 4 took 7 about 4 took 12 in 5 to 6 hanging 7 about 10 and 8 trees 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 hiding 12 in 14 and 13 graves 14 and 14 and 18 nights 15 groaning 17 ' 17 ' 18 nights i remember one [goddess] [called] [belisama] [.] 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 3 one she became [a] common [wet] [water-spirit] [somewhere] [in] [lancashire] [.] 1 she 2 became 2 became 4 common and there were hundreds of other friends of mine [.] 1 and 2 there 2 there 3 were 3 were 7 friends 4 hundreds 5 of 4 hundreds 7 friends 5 of 7 friends 6 other 7 friends 7 friends 8 of 8 of 9 mine first they were [gods] . 1 first 2 they 2 they 3 were 3 were 5 . there was [only] one [old] [thing] , [i] [remember] , who honestly worked for his living after he came down in the world [.] 1 there 7 , 2 was 4 one 2 was 7 , 7 , 10 , 10 , 11 who 10 , 13 worked 11 who 13 worked 12 honestly 13 worked 13 worked 14 for 13 worked 17 after 14 for 16 living 15 his 16 living 17 after 18 he 17 after 19 came 18 he 19 came 19 came 20 down 19 came 21 in 21 in 22 the 22 the 23 world he was [called] [weland] , and he was a smith [to] [some] [gods] . 1 he 2 was 2 was 14 . 5 , 6 and 5 , 14 . 6 and 7 he 6 and 8 was 8 was 10 smith 9 a 10 smith i 've forgotten [their] names [,] [but] [he] [used] to make [them] swords and spears [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 forgotten 3 forgotten 5 names 5 names 10 to 10 to 15 spears 11 make 13 swords 11 make 14 and 14 and 15 spears i think [he] [claimed] [kin] [with] [thor] of [the] [scandinavians] [.] ['] 1 i 2 think 2 think 8 of ['] [heroes] [of] [asgard] [thor] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] she had been reading the book [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 reading 4 reading 6 book 5 the 6 book ['] [perhaps] [,] ['] [answered] [puck] [.] ['] [none] [the] [less] [,] [when] [bad] [times] [came] [,] [he] [didn't] [beg] [or] [steal] [.] he worked [;] and [i] was lucky enough to be able to do [him] a good turn [.] ['] 1 he 2 worked 1 he 4 and 2 worked 4 and 4 and 6 was 6 was 7 lucky 7 lucky 8 enough 7 lucky 9 to 7 lucky 10 be 9 to 10 be 10 be 11 able 11 able 12 to 11 able 13 do 12 to 13 do 13 do 17 turn 15 a 16 good 15 a 17 turn 16 good 17 turn ['] [tell] [us] [about] [it] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [i] [think] [i] [like] [hearing] [of] [old] [things] [.] ['] they rearranged themselves comfortably , each chewing a grass stem [.] 1 they 2 rearranged 2 rearranged 3 themselves 2 rearranged 4 comfortably 2 rearranged 7 chewing 5 , 7 chewing 6 each 7 chewing 7 chewing 10 stem 8 a 10 stem 9 grass 10 stem puck propped himself on one strong arm and went on : 1 puck 8 and 1 puck 11 : 2 propped 3 himself 2 propped 4 on 2 propped 8 and 4 on 7 arm 5 one 7 arm 6 strong 7 arm 8 and 9 went 9 went 10 on ['] [let] ['s] [think] [!] i [met] [weland] [first] [on] [a] [november] [afternoon] [in] [a] [sleet] storm [,] [on] [pevensey] [level] [.] ['] 1 i 12 storm ['] [pevensey] [?] over [the] [hill] [,] you [mean] [?] ['] 1 over 5 you dan pointed south [.] 1 dan 2 pointed 2 pointed 3 south ['] [yes] [;] [but] [it] [was] [all] [marsh] [in] [those] [days] [,] [right] [up] [to] [horsebridge] [and] [hydeneye] [.] bitter cold it was [!] 1 bitter 2 cold 1 bitter 4 was 3 it 4 was there were icicles hanging from her deck and the oars were glazed over [with] [ice] , and there was ice on [weland] 's lips [.] 1 there 2 were 2 were 3 icicles 2 were 13 over 3 icicles 8 and 3 icicles 11 were 3 icicles 12 glazed 4 hanging 5 from 4 hanging 8 and 5 from 7 deck 6 her 7 deck 8 and 10 oars 8 and 11 were 9 the 10 oars 13 over 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 there 17 and 23 's 18 there 19 was 19 was 20 ice 20 ice 21 on 23 's 24 lips i didn't care [!] 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 care i 'd [seen] [too] [many] [gods] [charging] [into] [old] [england] [to] be upset about it [.] 1 i 2 'd 2 'd 12 be 12 be 13 upset 13 upset 14 about 14 about 15 it ['] [what] [did] [weland] [say] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [was] [he] [angry] [?] ['] ['] [he] [called] [me] [names] [and] [rolled] [his] [eyes] [,] [and] [i] [went] [away] [to] [wake] [up] [the] [people] [inland] [.] but the pirates conquered the country , and [for] [centuries] [weland] was a [most] important [god] [.] 1 but 3 pirates 1 but 8 and 2 the 3 pirates 3 pirates 4 conquered 5 the 6 country 6 country 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 15 important 12 was 13 a 12 was 15 important he had temples [everywhere] [from] [lincolnshire] [to] [the] [isle] of [wight] , [as] [he] [said] and his sacrifices were simply scandalous [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 temples 3 temples 10 of 10 of 12 , 12 , 16 and 16 and 18 sacrifices 16 and 19 were 17 his 18 sacrifices 18 sacrifices 19 were 19 were 20 simply 19 were 21 scandalous in the old days the congregation were unhappy until the priests had chosen their sacrifices [;] [and] [so] [would] [you] [have] [been] [.] 1 in 4 days 1 in 7 were 2 the 4 days 3 old 4 days 5 the 6 congregation 6 congregation 7 were 7 were 8 unhappy 8 unhappy 9 until 9 until 11 priests 9 until 13 chosen 10 the 11 priests 11 priests 12 had 12 had 13 chosen 13 chosen 15 sacrifices 14 their 15 sacrifices then everybody shouted : ["] [a] [sacrifice] [to] [weland] [!] 1 then 2 everybody 2 everybody 3 shouted 2 everybody 4 : a sacrifice [to] [weland] [!] ["] ['] 1 a 2 sacrifice ['] [and] [the] [man] [wasn't] [really] [dead] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [not] [a] [bit] [.] all as much pretence [as] [a] dolls ['] tea-party [.] 1 all 2 as 1 all 7 dolls 2 as 4 pretence 3 much 4 pretence 7 dolls 9 tea-party that counted the same as if a man and a horse had been killed [.] 1 that 2 counted 2 counted 4 same 2 counted 6 if 3 the 4 same 5 as 6 if 6 if 9 and 6 if 14 killed 7 a 8 man 8 man 9 and 9 and 11 horse 9 and 12 had 10 a 11 horse 12 had 13 been 13 been 14 killed i saw [poor] [weland] ['s] [face] through the smoke , and [i] [couldn't] help [laughing] . 1 i 11 and 2 saw 7 through 2 saw 11 and 7 through 9 smoke 8 the 9 smoke 10 , 11 and 11 and 14 help 14 help 16 . he looked so disgusted and so hungry , and all he had to satisfy himself was a horrid smell of burning hair [.] 1 he 8 , 2 looked 5 and 2 looked 8 , 3 so 4 disgusted 4 disgusted 5 and 5 and 6 so 5 and 7 hungry 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 all 9 and 16 was 10 all 11 he 10 all 14 satisfy 10 all 16 was 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 to 15 himself 16 was 16 was 19 smell 17 a 18 horrid 17 a 19 smell 18 horrid 19 smell 19 smell 20 of 20 of 21 burning 21 burning 22 hair just [a] dolls ['] tea-party [!] 1 just 3 dolls 3 dolls 5 tea-party none of [the] [people] [of] [the] [hills] [could] tell me [anything] about him , and [i] [supposed] that [he] had left [england] [.] ['] 1 none 2 of 1 none 20 had 2 of 15 and 9 tell 10 me 9 tell 12 about 9 tell 14 , 12 about 13 him 14 , 15 and 15 and 18 that 20 had 21 left puck turned , lay on his other elbow , and thought for a long time [.] 1 puck 2 turned 2 turned 4 lay 3 , 4 lay 4 lay 5 on 4 lay 12 for 5 on 10 and 6 his 7 other 7 other 8 elbow 8 elbow 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 thought 10 and 12 for 12 for 15 time 13 a 15 time 14 long 15 time ['] [let] ['s] [see] [,] ['] [he] [said] [at] [last] [.] ['] [if] [you] [mean] [old] [hobden] [the] [hedger] [,] [he] ['s] [only] [seventy-two] [.] he told me so [himself] , ['] said [dan] . 1 he 2 told 2 told 3 me 2 told 4 so 4 so 6 , 6 , 8 said 8 said 10 . ['] [he] ['s] [a] [intimate] [friend] [of] [ours] [.] ['] ['] [you] ['re] [quite] [right] [,] ['] [puck] [replied] [.] ['] [i] [meant] [old] [hobden] ['s] [ninth] [great-grandfather] [.] he was a free man and burned charcoal hereabouts [.] 1 he 6 and 2 was 5 man 2 was 6 and 3 a 4 free 3 a 5 man 4 free 5 man 6 and 7 burned 7 burned 8 charcoal 7 burned 9 hereabouts i 've known the family [,] [father] [and] [son] [,] [so] [long] [that] [i] [get] [confused] [sometimes] [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 known 3 known 5 family 4 the 5 family hob [of] [the] [dene] [was] [my] [hobden] 's [name] [,] [and] [he] [lived] at the [forge] cottage [.] 1 hob 8 's 8 's 17 cottage 14 at 15 the 15 the 17 cottage he jerked his head westward , where the valley narrows between wooded hills and steep hop-fields [.] 1 he 2 jerked 2 jerked 4 head 2 jerked 5 westward 2 jerked 7 where 3 his 4 head 6 , 7 where 7 where 9 valley 7 where 10 narrows 8 the 9 valley 9 valley 10 narrows 10 narrows 11 between 11 between 14 and 12 wooded 13 hills 13 hills 14 and 14 and 16 hop-fields 15 steep 16 hop-fields ['] [why] [,] [that] ['s] [willingford] [bridge] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [we] [go] [there] [for] [walks] [often] [.] there 's a kingfisher there [.] ['] 1 there 2 's 2 's 4 kingfisher 2 's 5 there 3 a 4 kingfisher 4 kingfisher 5 there ['] [it] [was] [weland] ['s] [ford] [then] [,] [dearie] [.] there was no trace of [weland] [,] [but] [presently] [i] [saw] a fat [old] farmer [riding] [down] [from] [the] [beacon] [under] [the] greenwood tree [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 trace 3 no 4 trace 4 trace 5 of 5 of 24 tree 12 a 13 fat 12 a 24 tree 13 fat 15 farmer 15 farmer 23 greenwood then he sat down and went to sleep . 1 then 2 he 2 he 5 and 3 sat 4 down 3 sat 5 and 5 and 6 went 6 went 7 to 7 to 8 sleep 8 sleep 9 . it was [weland] [himself] [.] 1 it 2 was i was so [astonished] that [i] jumped [out] [and] [said] : " what [on] [human] [earth] are you doing here [,] [weland] [?] ["] ['] 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 so 3 so 5 that 3 so 11 : 5 that 7 jumped 11 : 12 " 11 : 13 what 13 what 17 are 17 are 18 you 17 are 19 doing 19 doing 20 here ['] [poor] [weland] [!] ['] [sighed] [una] [.] ['] [he] [pushed] [the] [long] [hair] [back] [from] [his] [forehead] [(] [he] [didn't] [recognize] [me] [at] [first] [)] [.] then he said : " you ought to know . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 said 3 said 4 : 4 : 5 " 4 : 6 you 4 : 10 . 6 you 7 ought 7 ought 8 to 8 to 9 know you foretold it [,] [old] [thing] [.] 1 you 2 foretold 2 foretold 3 it i 'm shoeing horses [for] hire [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 shoeing 3 shoeing 4 horses 3 shoeing 6 hire i 'm not even [weland] [now] [,] ["] [he] [said] [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 not 3 not 4 even " [they] [call] [me] [wayland-smith] [.] " ['] 1 " 7 " ['] [poor] [chap] [!] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [what] [did] [you] [say] [?] ['] ['] [what] [could] [i] [say] [?] " ['] [isn't] [there] [any] [way] [for] [you] [to] [get] [back] [to] [valhalla] [,] [or] [wherever] [you] [come] [from] [?] " 1 " 21 " i said . 1 i 2 said 2 said 3 . " ['] [i] ['m] [afraid] [not] , " he said , rasping away at the hoof [.] 1 " 10 said 7 , 8 " 7 , 9 he 9 he 10 said 10 said 11 , 10 said 12 rasping 11 , 12 rasping 12 rasping 13 away 12 rasping 14 at 14 at 16 hoof 15 the 16 hoof he had a wonderful touch with horses [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 5 touch 3 a 5 touch 4 wonderful 5 touch 5 touch 6 with 6 with 7 horses the old beast was whinnying on his shoulder [.] 1 the 3 beast 2 old 3 beast 3 beast 4 was 4 was 5 whinnying 5 whinnying 6 on 6 on 8 shoulder 7 his 8 shoulder ["] [you] [may] [remember] [that] [i] [was] [not] [a] [gentle] [god] [in] [my] [day] [and] [my] [time] [and] [my] [power] [.] i shall never be released till some human being truly wishes me well [.] ["] 1 i 2 shall 2 shall 4 be 3 never 4 be 4 be 5 released 5 released 6 till 6 till 9 being 6 till 11 wishes 7 some 9 being 8 human 9 being 9 being 11 wishes 10 truly 11 wishes 11 wishes 12 me 11 wishes 13 well " ['] [surely] [,] ["] said [i] [,] ["] the farmer can't do [less] [than] that [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 11 farmer 10 the 11 farmer 11 farmer 12 can't 12 can't 13 do 13 do 16 that you 're shoeing the horse all round for him [.] ["] 1 you 2 're 2 're 3 shoeing 3 shoeing 5 horse 4 the 5 horse 5 horse 6 all 5 horse 7 round 6 all 7 round 7 round 8 for 8 for 9 him " ['] [yes] [,] ["] said he , " and my nails will hold a shoe from one full moon to the next . 1 " 6 said 6 said 7 he 6 said 8 , 6 said 24 . 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 and 10 and 12 nails 10 and 14 hold 11 my 12 nails 12 nails 13 will 13 will 14 hold 14 hold 16 shoe 14 hold 17 from 14 hold 21 to 15 a 16 shoe 16 shoe 17 from 17 from 20 moon 18 one 20 moon 19 full 20 moon 20 moon 21 to 21 to 23 next 22 the 23 next but farmers and [weald] clay , " said he , " are both uncommon cold and sour . ["] 1 but 2 farmers 2 farmers 12 are 3 and 5 clay 5 clay 6 , 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 said 8 said 9 he 8 said 10 , 8 said 12 are 10 , 11 " 12 are 13 both 12 are 16 and 14 uncommon 15 cold 15 cold 16 and 16 and 17 sour 17 sour 18 . ['] [would] [you] [believe] [it] [,] [that] [when] [that] [farmer] [woke] [and] [found] [his] [horse] [shod] [he] [rode] [away] [without] [one] [word] [of] [thanks] [?] ['] [were] [you] [invisible] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] puck nodded , gravely [.] 1 puck 2 nodded 2 nodded 4 gravely 3 , 4 gravely the farmer [thought] [he] was bewitched well , he was , of course and began to pray and shout [.] 1 the 2 farmer 2 farmer 5 was 5 was 6 bewitched 6 bewitched 18 and 7 well 8 , 8 , 14 and 9 he 10 was 9 he 14 and 10 was 14 and 11 , 13 course 11 , 14 and 12 of 13 course 14 and 15 began 15 began 16 to 16 to 18 and 17 pray 18 and 18 and 19 shout i didn't care [!] 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 care ['] [what] ['s] [a] [novice] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] hugh was his name , and [he] had got up to go fishing hereabouts [.] 1 hugh 6 and 2 was 4 name 2 was 6 and 3 his 4 name 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 had 8 had 9 got 9 got 10 up 10 up 11 to 10 up 13 fishing 11 to 12 go 12 go 13 fishing 13 fishing 14 hereabouts his people owned all this [valley] [.] 1 his 2 people 2 people 3 owned 3 owned 5 this 4 all 5 this hugh heard the farmer shouting , and asked him what in the world he meant [.] 1 hugh 7 and 2 heard 4 farmer 2 heard 7 and 3 the 4 farmer 4 farmer 5 shouting 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 asked 8 asked 9 him 8 asked 10 what 8 asked 11 in 11 in 13 world 12 the 13 world 13 world 14 he 13 world 15 meant 14 he 15 meant ( [the] [people] of the [hills] [are] [like] otters [they] [don't] [show] [except] [when] [they] [choose] [.] [)] 1 ( 4 of 4 of 5 the 5 the 9 otters but the novice wasn't a fool [.] 1 but 3 novice 1 but 4 wasn't 2 the 3 novice 3 novice 4 wasn't 4 wasn't 6 fool 5 a 6 fool he looked down at the horse 's feet , and saw the new shoes fastened as [only] [weland] [knew] [how] to fasten ['] em [.] 1 he 10 and 2 looked 3 down 2 looked 10 and 3 down 4 at 4 at 8 feet 5 the 6 horse 6 horse 7 's 7 's 8 feet 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 saw 11 saw 14 shoes 11 saw 15 fastened 12 the 14 shoes 13 new 14 shoes 15 fastened 16 as 16 as 21 to 21 to 22 fasten 22 fasten 24 em ( [weland] [had] [a] [way] of turning down the nails [that] [folks] [called] [the] [smith] ['s] [clinch] [.] [)] 1 ( 6 of 6 of 7 turning 7 turning 8 down 7 turning 10 nails 9 the 10 nails " ['] ['h'm] [!] ["] said the novice [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 8 novice 7 the 8 novice " [where] [did] [you] [get] [your] [horse] [shod] [?] " 1 " 10 " ['] [the] [farmer] [wouldn't] [tell] [him] [at] [first] [,] [because] [the] [priests] [never] [liked] [their] [people] [to] [have] [any] [dealings] [with] [the] [old] [things] [.] at last he [confessed] [that] [the] [smith] had done it [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 he 3 he 8 had 8 had 9 done 9 done 10 it " [what] [did] [you] [pay] [him] [?] ["] said the novice [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 11 novice 10 the 11 novice " [penny] [,] ["] said the farmer , very sulkily [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 7 farmer 5 said 10 sulkily 6 the 7 farmer 8 , 10 sulkily 9 very 10 sulkily " [that] ['s] [less] [than] [a] [christian] [would] [have] [charged] [,] ["] said the novice [.] 1 " 13 said 13 said 15 novice 14 the 15 novice " [i] [hope] [you] [threw] [a] ['] [thank] [you] ['] [into] [the] [bargain] [.] " 1 " 15 " " [no] [,] ["] said the farmer [;] ["] [wayland-smith] ['s] [a] [heathen] [.] ["] 1 " 5 said 5 said 7 farmer 6 the 7 farmer " [then] [by] [your] [reasoning] [i] ought to say ['] [thank] [you] ['] [to] [satan] [if] [he] [helped] [me] [?] ["] 1 " 9 say 7 ought 8 to 8 to 9 say " [don't] [roll] [about] [up] [there] [splitting] [reasons] [with] [me] [,] ["] said the novice [.] 1 " 13 said 13 said 15 novice 14 the 15 novice " [come] [back] [to] [the] [ford] [and] [thank] [the] [smith] [,] [or] [you] ['ll] [be] [sorry] [.] " 1 " 18 " ['] [back] [the] [farmer] [had] [to] [go] [.] when [we] [reached] [the] [ford] [again] [it] was [five] [o'clock] and [misty] [still] under the oaks the farmer simply wouldn't say ["] thank [you] [.] ["] 1 when 8 was 8 was 23 thank 11 and 18 farmer 11 and 23 thank 14 under 16 oaks 14 under 18 farmer 15 the 16 oaks 17 the 18 farmer 18 farmer 20 wouldn't 19 simply 20 wouldn't 20 wouldn't 21 say he [said] [he] 'd tell [the] [abbot] [that] [the] [novice] [wanted] him to worship [heathen] [gods] [.] 1 he 4 'd 4 'd 5 tell 5 tell 12 him 5 tell 13 to 13 to 14 worship [then] [hugh] [the] [novice] [lost] [his] [temper] [.] ['] [did] [weland] [see] [all] [this] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [oh] [yes] [,] [and] [he] [shouted] [his] [old] [war-cry] [when] [the] [farmer] [thudded] [on] [to] [the] [ground] [.] he was delighted [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 delighted then the novice turned to the oak tree and said , ["] [ho] , [smith] of [the] [gods] [!] 1 then 11 , 1 then 14 , 2 the 3 novice 3 novice 9 and 4 turned 5 to 4 turned 9 and 5 to 8 tree 6 the 8 tree 7 oak 8 tree 9 and 10 said 10 said 11 , 14 , 16 of then he picked up his fishing-rod it looked more like a tall spear than ever and tramped off down your valley [.] ['] 1 then 2 he 2 he 16 and 3 picked 4 up 3 picked 5 his 3 picked 14 than 3 picked 15 ever 3 picked 16 and 6 fishing-rod 8 looked 7 it 8 looked 8 looked 9 more 8 looked 10 like 10 like 13 spear 11 a 13 spear 12 tall 13 spear 13 spear 14 than 16 and 17 tramped 17 tramped 18 off 17 tramped 19 down 19 down 21 valley 20 your 21 valley ['] [and] [what] [did] [poor] [weland] [do] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [he] [laughed] [and] [he] [cried] [with] [joy] [,] [because] [he] [had] [been] [released] [at] [last] [,] [and] [could] [go] [away] [.] but he was [an] honest [old] [thing] . 1 but 2 he 1 but 8 . 2 he 3 was 3 was 5 honest he had worked for his living and he paid his debts before he left [.] 1 he 2 had 1 he 7 and 3 worked 4 for 3 worked 7 and 4 for 6 living 5 his 6 living 7 and 9 paid 8 he 9 paid 9 paid 11 debts 9 paid 12 before 10 his 11 debts 12 before 13 he 12 before 14 left 13 he 14 left " [i] [shall] [give] [that] [novice] [a] [gift] [,] " [said] [weland] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [a] [gift] [that] [shall] [do] [him] [good] [the] [wide] [world] [over] [and] [old] [england] [after] [him] [.] blow [up] my fire , [old] [thing] , [while] [i] get the iron for my last task [.] ["] 1 blow 4 fire 1 blow 5 , 3 my 4 fire 5 , 8 , 8 , 11 get 11 get 13 iron 12 the 13 iron 13 iron 14 for 14 for 17 task 15 my 16 last 15 my 17 task then he made a sword a dark-grey , wavy-lined sword and [i] [blew] the fire [while] [he] [hammered] [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 made 3 made 5 sword 3 made 15 fire 4 a 5 sword 6 a 7 dark-grey 6 a 9 wavy-lined 7 dark-grey 8 , 9 wavy-lined 10 sword 10 sword 11 and 11 and 14 the 14 the 15 fire by [oak] , [ash] and [thorn] [,] [i] [tell] you , [weland] [was] [a] [smith] of [the] [gods] [!] 1 by 3 , 3 , 5 and 5 and 10 you 5 and 11 , 11 , 16 of " [old] [thing] , " he said to me , wiping his forehead , " this is the best blade that [weland] [ever] made [.] 1 " 7 said 4 , 5 " 4 , 6 he 6 he 7 said 7 said 8 to 7 said 11 wiping 7 said 14 , 7 said 16 this 7 said 17 is 8 to 9 me 10 , 11 wiping 11 wiping 13 forehead 12 his 13 forehead 14 , 15 " 16 this 17 is 17 is 20 blade 18 the 19 best 18 the 20 blade 20 blade 21 that 20 blade 24 made even the user will never know how good it is [.] 1 even 3 user 2 the 3 user 3 user 4 will 4 will 6 know 5 never 6 know 6 know 7 how 7 how 8 good 8 good 10 is 9 it 10 is come to the monastery [.] ["] 1 come 2 to 2 to 4 monastery 3 the 4 monastery the novice [came] [first] of all , [waving] [his] new [sword] [and] shouting [saxon] battle-cries . 1 the 2 novice 1 the 16 . 2 novice 5 of 5 of 7 , 6 all 7 , 7 , 15 battle-cries 10 new 13 shouting 13 shouting 15 battle-cries take your sword , and keep your sword , and go with your sword , and be as gentle as you are strong and courteous . 1 take 3 sword 1 take 4 , 2 your 3 sword 4 , 5 and 5 and 10 and 5 and 22 are 6 keep 10 and 7 your 8 sword 8 sword 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 16 and 11 go 12 with 11 go 16 and 12 with 14 sword 13 your 14 sword 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 be 18 as 19 gentle 19 gentle 20 as 20 as 21 you 21 you 22 are 22 are 24 and 23 strong 24 and 24 and 25 courteous 25 courteous 26 . then they went to bed again , [all] except the novice , and he sat up in the garth playing with his sword . 1 then 2 they 2 they 3 went 3 went 5 bed 3 went 6 again 3 went 9 except 4 to 5 bed 7 , 9 except 9 except 11 novice 9 except 12 , 10 the 11 novice 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 he 13 and 24 . 14 he 15 sat 15 sat 16 up 16 up 17 in 17 in 19 garth 18 the 19 garth 19 garth 20 playing 19 garth 21 with 21 with 23 sword 22 his 23 sword then [weland] said [to] [me] [by] [the] [stables] : " [farewell] , [old] [thing] [;] you [had] [the] [right] [of] [it] . 1 then 12 , 1 then 16 you 3 said 9 : 3 said 12 , 9 : 10 " 16 you 22 . you saw me come to [england] , and you see me go [.] 1 you 8 and 2 saw 3 me 2 saw 8 and 4 come 5 to 5 to 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 12 go 9 you 10 see 10 see 11 me 10 see 12 go [farewell] [!] ["] that was how it happened [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 how 3 how 4 it 3 how 5 happened 4 it 5 happened i saw it [.] ['] 1 i 2 saw 2 saw 3 it both children drew a long breath [.] 1 both 2 children 2 children 3 drew 3 drew 6 breath 4 a 5 long 4 a 6 breath 5 long 6 breath ['] [but] [what] [happened] [to] [hugh] [the] [novice] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [and] [the] [sword] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] puck looked down the meadow that lay all quiet and cool in the shadow [of] [pook] ['s] [hill] [.] 1 puck 2 looked 2 looked 3 down 2 looked 10 and 3 down 5 meadow 4 the 5 meadow 5 meadow 6 that 5 meadow 7 lay 6 that 7 lay 8 all 9 quiet 9 quiet 10 and 10 and 11 cool 11 cool 12 in 12 in 14 shadow 13 the 14 shadow a corncrake jarred in a hay-field near by , and the small trouts of the brook began to jump [.] 1 a 2 corncrake 2 corncrake 3 jarred 2 corncrake 10 and 3 jarred 4 in 3 jarred 7 near 4 in 6 hay-field 5 a 6 hay-field 8 by 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 13 trouts 10 and 14 of 10 and 17 began 11 the 13 trouts 12 small 13 trouts 14 of 15 the 15 the 16 brook 17 began 18 to 18 to 19 jump ['] [do] [you] [really] [want] [to] [know] [?] ['] puck said [.] 1 puck 2 said ['] [we] [do] [,] ['] [cried] [the] [children] [.] ['] [awfully] [!] ['] ['] [very] [good] [.] i 'll walk with you as far as the gate [.] ['] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 walk 3 walk 4 with 3 walk 7 far 3 walk 8 as 4 with 5 you 6 as 7 far 8 as 10 gate 9 the 10 gate ['] [will] [you] [be] [here] [when] [we] [come] [again] [?] ['] [they] [asked] [.] ['] [surely] [,] [sure-ly] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [i] ['ve] [been] [here] [some] [time] [already] [.] one minute first [,] [please] [.] ['] 1 one 3 first 2 minute 3 first he gave them each three leaves one of [oak] , [one] of [ash] and one of [thorn] [.] 1 he 2 gave 2 gave 3 them 2 gave 4 each 2 gave 6 leaves 5 three 6 leaves 6 leaves 7 one 6 leaves 8 of 6 leaves 16 of 8 of 10 , 10 , 12 of 14 and 15 one 14 and 16 of ['] [bite] [these] [,] ['] [said] [he] [.] [bite] [!] ['] they bit hard , and found themselves walking side by side to the lower gate [.] 1 they 5 and 2 bit 3 hard 2 bit 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 found 6 found 7 themselves 6 found 8 walking 8 walking 11 side 8 walking 12 to 9 side 10 by 10 by 11 side 12 to 15 gate 13 the 15 gate 14 lower 15 gate their father was leaning over it [.] 1 their 2 father 2 father 3 was 3 was 4 leaning 3 was 5 over 4 leaning 5 over 5 over 6 it ['] [and] [how] [did] [your] [play] [go] [?] ['] [he] [asked] [.] ['] [oh] [,] [splendidly] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [only] [afterwards] [,] [i] [think] [,] [we] [went] [to] [sleep] [.] it was very hot and quiet [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 hot 3 very 4 hot 4 hot 5 and 5 and 6 quiet don't you remember [,] [una] [?] ['] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 remember una shook her head and said nothing [.] 1 una 5 and 2 shook 4 head 2 shook 5 and 3 her 4 head 5 and 6 said 6 said 7 nothing ['] [i] [see] [,] ['] [said] [her] [father] [.] but why are you chewing leaves at your time of life , daughter [?] 1 but 2 why 2 why 3 are 3 are 4 you 3 are 5 chewing 5 chewing 6 leaves 5 chewing 7 at 7 at 9 time 8 your 9 time 9 time 10 of 10 of 12 , 11 life 12 , 12 , 13 daughter for fun [?] ['] 1 for 2 fun ['] [no] [.] it was for [something] , [but] [i] [can't] [exactly] [remember] , ['] [said] [una] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 for 3 for 5 , 5 , 11 , 11 , 15 . and neither of them could [till] 1 and 2 neither 2 neither 3 of 2 neither 5 could 3 of 4 them [a] [tree] [song] sing [oak] and [ash] [and] [thorn] , [good] [sirs] [(] all of a [midsummer] morn ) ! 1 sing 3 and 3 and 16 ) 7 , 11 all 7 , 16 ) 11 all 12 of 12 of 15 morn 13 a 15 morn 16 ) 17 ! surely [we] sing [no] [little] [thing] , [in] [oak] and [ash] [and] [thorn] [!] 1 surely 3 sing 3 sing 7 , 7 , 10 and sing [oak] and [ash] [and] [thorn] , [good] [sirs] [(] all of a [midsummer] morn ) ! 1 sing 3 and 3 and 16 ) 7 , 11 all 7 , 16 ) 11 all 12 of 12 of 15 morn 13 a 15 morn 16 ) 17 ! england [shall] [bide] [till] [judgement] [tide] , [by] [oak] and [ash] [and] [thorn] [!] 1 england 7 , 7 , 10 and [young] [men] [at] [the] [manor] the trees closing overhead made long tunnels through which the sunshine worked in blobs and patches [.] 1 the 2 trees 2 trees 3 closing 2 trees 5 made 3 closing 4 overhead 5 made 7 tunnels 5 made 14 blobs 5 made 15 and 6 long 7 tunnels 7 tunnels 8 through 8 through 9 which 8 through 11 sunshine 8 through 12 worked 10 the 11 sunshine 11 sunshine 12 worked 12 worked 13 in 15 and 16 patches ['] [we] ['ve] [got] [half] [a] [dozen] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [after] [a] [warm] [,] [wet] [hour] [.] ['] [i] [vote] [we] [go] [up] [to] [stone] [bay] [and] [try] [long] [pool] [.] ['] when they were in the open they nearly fell down with astonishment [.] 1 when 2 they 1 when 3 were 1 when 7 they 2 they 3 were 3 were 4 in 4 in 6 open 5 the 6 open 7 they 9 fell 8 nearly 9 fell 9 fell 10 down 9 fell 11 with 11 with 12 astonishment on his back sat an old , white-haired man dressed in a loose glimmery gown of chain-mail [.] 1 on 3 back 1 on 4 sat 2 his 3 back 4 sat 9 man 5 an 6 old 5 an 9 man 6 old 7 , 6 old 9 man 8 white-haired 9 man 9 man 10 dressed 10 dressed 11 in 11 in 15 gown 12 a 13 loose 12 a 15 gown 13 loose 14 glimmery 15 gown 16 of 16 of 17 chain-mail he was bare-headed , and a nut-shaped iron helmet hung at his saddle-bow [.] 1 he 4 , 2 was 3 bare-headed 2 was 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 8 iron 5 and 10 hung 6 a 7 nut-shaped 7 nut-shaped 8 iron 9 helmet 10 hung 10 hung 11 at 11 at 13 saddle-bow 12 his 13 saddle-bow ['] [look] [!] ['] [said] [una] [,] [as] [though] [dan] [were] [not] [staring] [his] [very] [eyes] [out] [.] ['] [it] ['s] [like] [the] [picture] [in] [your] [room] ["] [sir] [isumbras] [at] [the] [ford] ["] [.] ['] ['] [they] [should] [be] [here] [now] [,] [sir] [richard] [,] ['] [said] [puck] ['s] [deep] [voice] [among] [the] [willow-herb] [.] ['] [they] [are] [here] [,] ['] [the] [knight] [said] [,] [and] [he] [smiled] [at] [dan] [with] [the] [string] [of] [trouts] [in] [his] [hand] [.] ['] [there] [seems] [no] [great] [change] [in] [boys] [since] [mine] [fished] [this] [water] [.] ['] the great horse turned and hoisted himself into the pasture with a kick and a scramble that tore the clods down rattling [.] 1 the 3 horse 2 great 3 horse 3 horse 5 and 4 turned 5 and 5 and 6 hoisted 5 and 7 himself 5 and 8 into 5 and 11 with 5 and 22 rattling 8 into 10 pasture 9 the 10 pasture 10 pasture 11 with 11 with 14 and 12 a 13 kick 13 kick 14 and 14 and 16 scramble 14 and 17 that 14 and 18 tore 15 a 16 scramble 17 that 18 tore 18 tore 20 clods 19 the 20 clods 21 down 22 rattling ['] [your] [pardon] [!] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [to] [dan] [.] ['] [when] [these] [lands] [were] [mine] [,] [i] [never] [loved] [that] [mounted] [men] [should] [cross] [the] [brook] [except] [by] [the] [paved] [ford] [.] but [my] [swallow] here was thirsty , and [i] wished to meet you [.] ['] 1 but 4 here 1 but 5 was 5 was 6 thirsty 6 thirsty 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 wished 10 wished 11 to 11 to 12 meet 12 meet 13 you ['] [we] ['re] [very] [glad] [you] ['ve] [come] [,] [sir] [,] ['] [said] [dan.'it] [doesn't] [matter] [in] [the] [least] [about] [the] [banks] [.] ['] [una] [walked] [behind] [with] [puck] [.] she remembered everything now [.] 1 she 2 remembered 2 remembered 3 everything 2 remembered 4 now ['] [i] [s'pose] [not] [,] ['] [una] [answered] [.] ['] [but] [you] [said] [that] [all] [the] [fair] [people] [of] [the] [hills] [had] [left] [england] [.] ['] ['] [so] [they] [have] [;] [but] [i] [told] [you] [that] [you] [should] [come] [and] [go] [and] [look] [and] [know] [,] [didn't] [i] [?] the knight isn't a fairy [.] 1 the 2 knight 2 knight 3 isn't 3 isn't 5 fairy 4 a 5 fairy he 's [sir] [richard] [dalyngridge] [,] a [very] [old] friend of mine [.] 1 he 2 's 2 's 10 friend 7 a 10 friend 10 friend 11 of 11 of 12 mine he came over with [william] [the] [conqueror] , and he wants to see you particularly . ['] 1 he 2 came 2 came 3 over 2 came 4 with 4 with 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 9 and 15 particularly 10 he 11 wants 11 wants 12 to 12 to 13 see 13 see 14 you 15 particularly 16 . ['] [what] [for] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [on] [account] [of] [your] [great] [wisdom] [and] [learning] [,] ['] [puck] [replied] [,] [without] [a] [twinkle] [.] ['] [us] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [why] [,] [i] [don't] [know] [my] [nine] [times] [not] [to] [say] [it] [dodging] [,] [and] [dan] [makes] [the] [most] [awful] [mess] [of] [fractions] [.] he can't mean us [!] ['] 1 he 2 can't 2 can't 3 mean 3 mean 4 us ['] [una] [!] ['] dan called back [.] 1 dan 2 called 2 called 3 back ['] [sir] [richard] [says] [he] [is] [going] [to] [tell] [what] [happened] [to] [weland] ['s] [sword] [.] he 's got it [.] 1 he 2 's 2 's 3 got 3 got 4 it isn't it splendid [?] ['] 1 isn't 2 it 1 isn't 3 splendid ['] [nay] [nay] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [,] [dismounting] [as] [they] [reached] [the] [ring] [,] [in] [the] [bend] [of] [the] [mill-stream] [bank] [.] he slipped the bit out of [swallow] ['s] mouth , dropped the ruby-red reins over his head , and the wise horse moved off to graze [.] 1 he 10 , 2 slipped 4 bit 2 slipped 6 of 2 slipped 10 , 3 the 4 bit 4 bit 6 of 5 out 6 of 6 of 9 mouth 10 , 11 dropped 10 , 25 to 11 dropped 14 reins 11 dropped 15 over 12 the 14 reins 13 ruby-red 14 reins 14 reins 15 over 15 over 19 and 16 his 17 head 17 head 19 and 18 , 19 and 19 and 22 horse 19 and 23 moved 20 the 22 horse 21 wise 22 horse 23 moved 24 off 25 to 26 graze sir [richard] ( they noticed he limped a little ) unslung [his] great sword [.] 1 sir 7 limped 1 sir 14 sword 3 ( 7 limped 4 they 5 noticed 5 noticed 6 he 5 noticed 7 limped 6 he 7 limped 8 a 9 little 8 a 11 unslung 9 little 10 ) 11 unslung 14 sword 13 great 14 sword ['] [that] ['s] [it] [,] ['] [dan] [whispered] [to] [una] [.] ['] [this] [is] [the] [sword] [that] [brother] [hugh] [had] [from] [wayland-smith] [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [said] [.] [see] [!] ['] he [half] drew it from its sheath and turned it before them [.] 1 he 8 and 3 drew 4 it 3 drew 8 and 4 it 5 from 5 from 7 sheath 6 its 7 sheath 8 and 9 turned 9 turned 10 it 9 turned 11 before 10 it 11 before 11 before 12 them ['] [now] [,] [what] [thing] [made] [those] [?] ['] [said] [he] [.] ['] [i] [know] [not] [,] [but] [you] [,] [perhaps] [,] [can] [say] [.] ['] ['] [tell] [them] [all] [the] [tale] [,] [sir] [richard] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [it] [concerns] [their] [land] [somewhat] [.] ['] ['] [from] [the] [beginning] [,] [then] [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [said] [,] ['] [since] [it] [concerns] [your] [land] [,] [i] [will] [tell] [the] [tale] [.] i did not then know that [england] [would] [conquer] [me] [.] 1 i 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 5 know 3 not 5 know 4 then 5 know 5 know 6 that we went [up] to [santlache] with the [rest] a very great host of us [.] ['] 1 we 2 went 2 went 4 to 4 to 12 host 6 with 7 the 7 the 12 host 9 a 10 very 10 very 11 great 11 great 12 host 12 host 13 of 13 of 14 us ['] [does] [that] [mean] [the] [battle] [of] [hastings] [ten] [sixty-six] [?] ['] una whispered , and [puck] nodded , so as [not] to interrupt [.] 1 una 12 interrupt 2 whispered 3 , 3 , 4 and 4 and 6 nodded 6 nodded 11 to 7 , 11 to 8 so 9 as 9 as 11 to 11 to 12 interrupt ['] [at] [santlache] [,] [over] [the] [hill] [yonder] ['] [he] [pointed] [south-eastward] [towards] [fairlight] ['] [we] [found] [harold] ['s] [men] [.] we fought [.] 1 we 2 fought at the day 's end they ran [.] 1 at 5 end 1 at 6 they 2 the 3 day 3 day 4 's 4 's 5 end 6 they 7 ran there [a] [single] [saxon] [cried] [out] [to] [me] [in] [french] , and we fought [together] . 1 there 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 we 12 and 16 . 13 we 14 fought i [should] have known [his] [voice] , but we fought together [.] 1 i 8 but 3 have 8 but 4 known 7 , 7 , 8 but 8 but 10 fought 9 we 10 fought 10 fought 11 together for a long time neither had any advantage , till by pure ill-fortune his foot slipped and his sword flew from his hand [.] 1 for 4 time 2 a 3 long 2 a 4 time 3 long 4 time 4 time 6 had 5 neither 6 had 6 had 8 advantage 6 had 10 till 7 any 8 advantage 9 , 10 till 10 till 17 and 10 till 20 flew 11 by 13 ill-fortune 11 by 17 and 12 pure 13 ill-fortune 14 his 15 foot 15 foot 16 slipped 15 foot 17 and 17 and 19 sword 17 and 20 flew 18 his 19 sword 20 flew 21 from 21 from 23 hand 22 his 23 hand " [a] [plague] [on] [my] [sword] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 10 he 11 . ["] [it] [has] [lost] [me] [my] [first] [fight] [.] you have spared my life [.] 1 you 2 have 2 have 3 spared 3 spared 5 life 4 my 5 life take my sword [.] ["] 1 take 3 sword 2 my 3 sword ( the children looked at the sword as though it might speak again [.] [)] 1 ( 5 at 2 the 3 children 3 children 5 at 4 looked 5 at 5 at 7 sword 5 at 9 though 6 the 7 sword 8 as 9 though 9 though 10 it 9 though 12 speak 10 it 11 might 11 might 12 speak 12 speak 13 again thus , see [you] , he saved my life . 1 thus 2 , 1 thus 10 . 2 , 7 saved 3 see 5 , 3 see 6 he 6 he 7 saved 7 saved 9 life 8 my 9 life he put me on my horse and led me through the woods ten [long] miles to this valley [.] ['] 1 he 7 and 2 put 3 me 2 put 4 on 2 put 7 and 4 on 6 horse 5 my 6 horse 7 and 8 led 8 led 9 me 8 led 10 through 8 led 15 miles 8 led 16 to 10 through 12 woods 11 the 12 woods 13 ten 15 miles 16 to 18 valley 17 this 18 valley ['] [to] [here] [,] [d'you] [mean] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [to] [this] [very] [valley] [.] we came [in] by [the] [lower] [ford] under the [king] ['s] [hill] [yonder] ['] [he] [pointed] eastward [where] [the] [valley] widens [.] 1 we 2 came 2 came 4 by 4 by 21 widens 8 under 9 the 9 the 21 widens 17 eastward 21 widens ['] [and] [was] [that] [saxon] [hugh] [the] [novice] [?] ['] dan asked . 1 dan 2 asked 2 asked 3 . ['] [yes] [,] [and] [more] [than] [that] [.] ['] [why] [wouldn't] [he] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] it was [that] [very] [saxon] [hugh] tempted [me] to do it , and we had not met since that day [.] 1 it 12 , 2 was 7 tempted 2 was 12 , 7 tempted 9 to 9 to 10 do 10 do 11 it 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 we 13 and 17 met 14 we 15 had 15 had 16 not 15 had 17 met 16 not 17 met 17 met 18 since 18 since 20 day 19 that 20 day i [remember] [i] warned [him] to beware [of] [sorcery] [and] [quick] [enchantments] [.] ['] 1 i 4 warned 4 warned 6 to 6 to 7 beware sir [richard] [smiled] [to] [himself] . 1 sir 6 . ['] [i] [was] [very] [young] [very] [young] [!] ['] [when] [we] [came] [to] [his] [house] [here] [we] [had] [almost] [forgotten] [that] [we] [had] [been] [at] [blows] [.] it was [near] [midnight] , [and] [the] [great] [hall] was full of men and women waiting news [.] 1 it 5 , 2 was 5 , 5 , 10 was 10 was 17 news 11 full 12 of 11 full 14 and 12 of 13 men 14 and 16 waiting 14 and 17 news 15 women 16 waiting there [i] [first] [saw] [his] [sister] , [the] [lady] [aelueva] , of [whom] he had spoken to us [in] [france] . 1 there 7 , 7 , 21 . 11 , 14 he 11 , 21 . 12 of 14 he 14 he 15 had 15 had 16 spoken 16 spoken 17 to 17 to 18 us " ['] [this] [is] [thy] [fault] [,] ["] said [the] [lady] [aelueva] to me , and she [kneeled] [above] [him] [and] called [for] wine [and] [cloths] [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 24 wine 13 to 14 me 13 to 15 , 13 to 24 wine 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 she 17 she 22 called " ['] [if] [i] [had] [known] , " [i] [answered] [,] " he [should] [have] ridden [and] [i] [walked] [.] 1 " 16 ridden 7 , 8 " 7 , 13 he 8 " 12 " 13 he 16 ridden but he set me on my horse [;] [he] [made] [no] [complaint] [;] [he] [walked] [beside] [me] [and] [spoke] [merrily] [throughout] [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 3 set 2 he 3 set 3 set 4 me 3 set 5 on 5 on 7 horse 6 my 7 horse i [pray] [i] have done him [no] [harm] [.] ["] 1 i 4 have 4 have 5 done 5 done 6 him " ['] [thou] [hast] [need] to pray , " she said , catching up her underlip [.] 1 " 11 said 6 to 7 pray 6 to 8 , 6 to 10 she 8 , 9 " 10 she 11 said 11 said 13 catching 12 , 13 catching 13 catching 14 up 13 catching 16 underlip 15 her 16 underlip " [if] he dies , [thou] shalt [hang] . ["] 1 " 3 he 3 he 4 dies 4 dies 7 shalt 4 dies 9 . 5 , 7 shalt they cracked nuts with their knife-hilts [the] [while] [.] ['] 1 they 2 cracked 2 cracked 3 nuts 2 cracked 4 with 4 with 6 knife-hilts 5 their 6 knife-hilts ['] [and] [how] [did] [you] [feel] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [very] [weary] [;] [but] [i] [did] [heartily] [pray] [for] [my] [schoolmate] [hugh] [his] [health] [.] gilbert de [aquila] [came] [with] [them] , [for] [it] [was] [his] [boast] [that] , like his father , [he] [forgot] [no] [man] that served [him] . 1 gilbert 2 de 2 de 7 , 7 , 26 . 14 , 15 like 14 , 18 , 15 like 17 father 16 his 17 father 18 , 23 that 18 , 26 . 23 that 24 served he was little , like his father , but terrible , with a nose like an eagle 's nose and yellow eyes like an eagle [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 9 but 3 little 5 like 3 little 9 but 4 , 5 like 5 like 7 father 5 like 8 , 6 his 7 father 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 terrible 10 terrible 12 with 11 , 12 with 12 with 20 and 13 a 14 nose 14 nose 15 like 14 nose 20 and 15 like 19 nose 16 an 17 eagle 17 eagle 18 's 18 's 19 nose 20 and 22 eyes 20 and 23 like 21 yellow 22 eyes 23 like 25 eagle 24 an 25 eagle he rode tall warhorses roans , which [he] bred himself and he could never abide to be helped into the saddle [.] 1 he 6 , 2 rode 5 roans 2 rode 6 , 3 tall 4 warhorses 4 warhorses 5 roans 6 , 11 and 7 which 11 and 9 bred 10 himself 9 bred 11 and 11 and 15 abide 11 and 16 to 12 he 13 could 13 could 15 abide 14 never 15 abide 16 to 17 be 17 be 18 helped 18 helped 19 into 19 into 21 saddle 20 the 21 saddle he saw the rope hanging from the beam and [laughed] , and his men [laughed] , [for] [i] was too stiff to rise [.] 1 he 9 and 2 saw 4 rope 2 saw 6 from 2 saw 9 and 3 the 4 rope 4 rope 5 hanging 4 rope 6 from 6 from 8 beam 7 the 8 beam 9 and 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 14 men 12 and 23 rise 13 his 14 men 16 , 19 was 19 was 21 stiff 20 too 21 stiff 21 stiff 22 to 22 to 23 rise show [me] , [boy] [,] [to] [whom] [thou] [owest] [most] [,] and we will pay them out [of] [hand] [.] ["] ['] 1 show 3 , 3 , 12 and 12 and 13 we 12 and 15 pay 13 we 14 will 15 pay 16 them 15 pay 17 out ['] [what] [did] [he] [mean] [?] to kill ['] em [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] 1 to 2 kill 2 kill 4 em ['] [assuredly] [.] but [i] [looked] at [the] [lady] [aelueva] [where] [she] [stood] [among] her maids [,] and her brother [beside] [her] . 1 but 4 at 1 but 15 and 4 at 13 maids 12 her 13 maids 15 and 17 brother 15 and 20 . 16 her 17 brother de [aquila] ['s] [men] had driven them all [into] [the] [great] [hall] [.] ['] 1 de 5 had 5 had 6 driven 6 driven 8 all 7 them 8 all ['] [was] [she] [pretty] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [as] [i] [looked] [at] [her] [i] [thought] [i] [might] [save] [her] [and] [her] [house] [by] [a] [jest] [.] but my voice shook [.] 1 but 3 voice 1 but 4 shook 2 my 3 voice 3 voice 4 shook it is it was not good to jest with that little man [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 6 good 3 it 4 was 4 was 5 not 5 not 6 good 6 good 7 to 6 good 8 jest 7 to 8 jest 8 jest 9 with 9 with 12 man 10 that 12 man 11 little 12 man ['] [all] [were] [silent] [awhile] [,] [till] [de] [aquila] [laughed] [.] " [look] [,] [men] [a] [miracle] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 10 he 11 . by [the] [saints] , " he said , rubbing his nose , ["] [i] [never] [thought] [england] would be so easy [won] [!] 1 by 4 , 4 , 5 " 4 , 7 said 6 he 7 said 7 said 9 rubbing 7 said 12 , 8 , 9 rubbing 9 rubbing 11 nose 10 his 11 nose 12 , 18 would 18 would 19 be 19 be 21 easy 20 so 21 easy surely [i] [can] [do] [no] [less] [than] [give] [the] [lad] [what] he has taken [.] 1 surely 12 he 12 he 13 has 13 has 14 taken this [manor] [shall] be thine , [boy] , " he said , " [till] [i] come again , [or] [till] [thou] [art] [slain] . 1 this 4 be 1 this 6 , 4 be 5 thine 6 , 24 . 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 he 8 , 18 , 10 he 11 said 11 said 12 , 12 , 13 " 12 , 16 come 16 come 17 again 18 , 24 . now , [mount] , men , and ride . 1 now 2 , 1 now 4 , 4 , 7 and 5 men 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 ride 8 ride 9 . we follow [our] [duke] [into] [kent] to make him [king] [of] [england] [.] ["] 1 we 2 follow 2 follow 7 to 7 to 8 make 8 make 9 him " ['] [hark] to me , " he said , [fretting] with his great war-gloves . 1 " 9 said 4 to 5 me 4 to 6 , 4 to 8 he 6 , 7 " 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 , 9 said 16 . 10 , 12 with 12 with 15 war-gloves 13 his 14 great 14 great 15 war-gloves " ['] [alas] [,] [i] [have] [no] [cunning] [,] " [said] [i] [.] 1 " 10 " " ['] [not] [yet] [,] ["] said he , hopping abroad , [foot] [in] stirrup , and poking his horse in the belly with his toe . 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 9 , 7 said 27 . 9 , 11 abroad 10 hopping 11 abroad 12 , 17 and 12 , 27 . 15 stirrup 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 poking 17 and 19 his 17 and 20 horse 19 his 20 horse 20 horse 21 in 20 horse 24 with 21 in 23 belly 22 the 23 belly 23 belly 24 with 24 with 26 toe 25 his 26 toe ["] [not] [yet] [,] [but] [i] [think] [thou] [hast] [a] [good] [teacher] [.] [farewell] [!] hold [the] [manor] and live [.] 1 hold 4 and 4 and 5 live lose [the] [manor] and hang , " he said , and spurred out , [his] shield-straps squeaking behind him . 1 lose 4 and 4 and 5 hang 5 hang 20 . 6 , 11 and 6 , 20 . 7 " 8 he 8 he 11 and 9 said 11 and 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 spurred 11 and 16 shield-straps 13 out 14 , 13 out 16 shield-straps 16 shield-straps 17 squeaking 17 squeaking 18 behind 18 behind 19 him ['] [and] [that] [was] [here] [at] [home] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [yes] [,] [here] [.] [see] [!] a hornets ' nest indeed [!] 1 a 2 hornets 2 hornets 3 ' 3 ' 4 nest 4 nest 5 indeed " ['] [how] [could] [i] [know] [that] [de] [aquila] [would] [give] [it] [me] [?] " 1 " 15 " i said . 1 i 2 said 2 said 3 . " [if] [i] [had] [told] [him] [i] [had] [spent] [my] [night] [in] [your] [halter] he would have burned the place twice over [by] [now] [.] ["] 1 " 15 he 15 he 16 would 16 would 17 have 17 have 18 burned 18 burned 20 place 18 burned 21 twice 18 burned 22 over 19 the 20 place " ['] [lady] [,] ["] said [i] , ["] there is no captive in this valley except one , and he is not [a] [saxon] . ["] 1 " 6 said 6 said 20 and 8 , 10 there 8 , 19 , 10 there 11 is 11 is 13 captive 11 is 14 in 11 is 17 except 12 no 13 captive 13 captive 14 in 14 in 16 valley 15 this 16 valley 16 valley 17 except 17 except 18 one 19 , 20 and 20 and 21 he 20 and 22 is 22 is 23 not 23 not 26 . [into] [the] [fields] [!] she had never seen the face of war [!] 1 she 2 had 2 had 4 seen 3 never 4 seen 4 seen 6 face 5 the 6 face 6 face 7 of 7 of 8 war we [heard] [de] [aquila] ['s] [trumpets] blow [thin] [through] [the] [woods] [kentward] [.] 1 we 7 blow " ['] [shall] [we] [hang] [these] [?] " [said] [my] [men] [.] 1 " 8 " " ['] [none] [,] " [said] [they] [all] [.] 1 " 5 " " she bade [us] [hang] [thee] [if] [our] [master] [died] [.] 1 " 3 bade 2 she 3 bade and we would have hanged thee . 1 and 2 we 1 and 7 . 2 we 3 would 3 would 4 have 4 have 5 hanged 5 hanged 6 thee there is no more to it [.] ["] 1 there 2 is 2 is 4 more 2 is 5 to 3 no 4 more 5 to 6 it " ['] [norman] [or] [saxon] [,] ["] [said] [i] [,] ["] we must beat them back [,] [or] [they] [will] [rob] [us] [every] [day] [.] 1 " 12 we 12 we 13 must 13 must 14 beat 14 beat 15 them 14 beat 16 back out at them with any arms ye have [!] ["] 1 out 7 ye 2 at 3 them 2 at 7 ye 4 with 6 arms 4 with 7 ye 5 any 6 arms 7 ye 8 have we beat them off , and saved our pork [.] 1 we 6 and 2 beat 3 them 2 beat 4 off 2 beat 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 saved 7 saved 9 pork 8 our 9 pork one hundred and seventy pigs [we] saved in that great battle [.] ['] 1 one 2 hundred 2 hundred 3 and 3 and 4 seventy 4 seventy 5 pigs 5 pigs 7 saved 7 saved 8 in 8 in 11 battle 9 that 10 great 10 great 11 battle sir [richard] [laughed] . 1 sir 4 . said he to me , riding home : " thou hast [gone] far to conquer [england] this evening [.] ["] 1 said 2 he 1 said 3 to 1 said 6 riding 1 said 8 : 1 said 10 thou 1 said 11 hast 3 to 4 me 5 , 6 riding 6 riding 7 home 6 riding 8 : 8 : 9 " 10 thou 11 hast 11 hast 13 far 11 hast 14 to 11 hast 18 evening 14 to 15 conquer 17 this 18 evening i [answered] [:] ["] [england] must be thine and [mine] , [then] . 1 i 9 and 6 must 7 be 6 must 9 and 7 be 8 thine 9 and 11 , 11 , 13 . help me , [hugh] [,] [to] [deal] [aright] [with] [these] [people] [.] 1 help 2 me 1 help 3 , " [that] [may] [well] [be] [true] [,] ["] said he , and [gave] [me] his hand . 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 9 said 11 , 9 said 17 . 11 , 12 and 12 and 15 his 12 and 16 hand " [better] [the] [devil] [we] [know] [than] [the] [devil] [we] [know] [not] [,] [till] [we] [can] [pack] [you] [normans] [home] [.] " 1 " 22 " and [so] , [too] , [said] his [saxons] [;] and they laughed as we drove the pigs downhill [.] 1 and 3 , 3 , 10 and 5 , 7 his 5 , 10 and 10 and 11 they 10 and 12 laughed 11 they 12 laughed 12 laughed 13 as 13 as 14 we 13 as 15 drove 14 we 15 drove 15 drove 17 pigs 15 drove 18 downhill 16 the 17 pigs but [i] [think] [some] [of] [them] , even then , [began] not to hate me [.] ['] 1 but 7 , 1 but 10 , 7 , 8 even 8 even 9 then 10 , 13 to 12 not 13 to 13 to 14 hate 14 hate 15 me ['] [i] [like] [brother] [hugh] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] [softly] [.] side by side we fought against all who came thrice a week sometimes we fought against thieves and landless knights looking for good manors [.] 1 side 2 by 2 by 3 side 3 side 4 we 4 we 5 fought 5 fought 6 against 5 fought 10 thrice 5 fought 12 week 5 fought 13 sometimes 5 fought 22 for 6 against 7 all 7 all 8 who 7 all 9 came 8 who 9 came 11 a 12 week 14 we 15 fought 15 fought 16 against 16 against 18 and 17 thieves 18 and 18 and 20 knights 18 and 21 looking 18 and 22 for 19 landless 20 knights 22 for 24 manors 23 good 24 manors i kept the roof on the hall and the thatch on the barn , [but] . [the] [english] [are] [a] [bold] people [.] 1 i 8 and 2 kept 4 roof 2 kept 5 on 2 kept 8 and 3 the 4 roof 4 roof 5 on 5 on 7 hall 6 the 7 hall 8 and 10 thatch 8 and 11 on 9 the 10 thatch 11 on 14 , 12 the 13 barn 13 barn 14 , 14 , 16 . 16 . 22 people [wonderful] [!] ['] ['] [aye] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [breaking] [in] [for] [the] [first] [time] [.] ['] [not] [i] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] ah , [good] [days] [!] 1 ah 2 , ah , wonderful people [!] 1 ah 2 , 1 ah 4 people 3 wonderful 4 people and [i] [loved] [them] all [.] ['] 1 and 5 all i saw him first at the [lower] [ford] [,] [with] [a] [swineherd] ['s] brat [on] [his] saddle-bow [.] 1 i 2 saw 2 saw 3 him 2 saw 4 first 2 saw 5 at 5 at 17 saddle-bow 6 the 17 saddle-bow 14 brat 17 saddle-bow " ['] [there] [is] [no] [need] [for] [thee] [to] [give] [any] [account] [of] [thy] [stewardship] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 18 said 18 said 19 he 19 he 20 . " [i] [have] [it] [all] [from] [the] [child] [here] [.] " 1 " 11 " ['] [he] [pinched] [the] [child] ['s] [cheek] [,] [and] [looked] [at] [our] [cattle] [in] [the] [flat] [by] [the] [river] [.] " ['] [both] [fat] [,] ["] said he , rubbing his nose [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 10 rubbing 9 , 10 rubbing 10 rubbing 12 nose 11 his 12 nose " [this] is craft [and] [cunning] [such] [as] [i] [love] [.] 1 " 3 is 3 is 4 craft what [did] [i] [tell] [thee] [when] [i] [rode] [away] , [boy] [?] " 1 what 10 , 10 , 13 " " ['] [hold] [the] [manor] [or] [hang] [,] ["] said [i] [.] i had [never] forgotten it [.] 1 " 10 said 10 said 13 i 13 i 14 had 14 had 16 forgotten 16 forgotten 17 it ["] ['] [true] [.] and thou hast [held] [.] ["] 1 and 2 thou 2 thou 3 hast he [clambered] [from] [his] [saddle] [and] [with] [his] [sword] 's point cut out [a] turf from the bank and gave it me [where] [i] [kneeled] [.] ['] 1 he 10 's 10 's 11 point 11 point 19 and 12 cut 13 out 12 cut 15 turf 12 cut 16 from 12 cut 19 and 15 turf 16 from 16 from 18 bank 17 the 18 bank 19 and 20 gave 19 and 22 me 20 gave 21 it dan looked at [una] , and [una] [looked] [at] [dan] [.] 1 dan 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 3 at 5 , 5 , 6 and ['] [that] ['s] [seisin] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [in] [a] [whisper] [.] this must serve [till] the [king] ['s] clerks write [out] [thy] title [on] [a] [parchment] [.] 1 this 2 must 2 must 3 serve 3 serve 12 title 5 the 8 clerks 5 the 12 title 8 clerks 9 write england is [all] ours if we can hold it [.] ["] 1 england 2 is 2 is 4 ours 2 is 5 if 5 if 6 we 5 if 8 hold 6 we 7 can 7 can 8 hold 8 hold 9 it " ['] [what] [service] [shall] [i] [pay] [?] " 1 " 9 " i [asked] [,] [and] [i] [remember] [i] was proud beyond words [.] 1 i 8 was 8 was 9 proud 9 proud 10 beyond 10 beyond 11 words " ['] [knight] ['s] [fee] [,] [boy] [,] [knight] ['s] [fee] [!] ["] said he , [hopping] round his horse on one foot [.] 1 " 14 said 14 said 15 he 14 said 16 , 14 said 18 round 18 round 20 horse 18 round 21 on 19 his 20 horse 20 horse 21 on 21 on 23 foot 22 one 23 foot ( [have] [i] said he was little , and could not endure to be helped to [his] saddle [?] [)] 1 ( 18 saddle 4 said 9 and 5 he 9 and 6 was 7 little 6 was 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 could 10 could 11 not 10 could 12 endure 12 endure 13 to 13 to 14 be 14 be 15 helped 15 helped 16 to 16 to 18 saddle ["] [i] [have] [never] [seen] [such] [bright] [straw] [.] " ['] [alas] [!] ["] said [i] [,] ["] [then] [my] [manor] [is] [already] forfeit [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 15 forfeit i am [under] vow not to enter [the] [great] [hall] [.] ["] 1 i 2 am 2 am 4 vow 4 vow 6 to 5 not 6 to 6 to 7 enter and [i] [told] [him] what [i] had [sworn] [to] [the] [lady] [aelueva] [.] ['] 1 and 5 what 5 what 7 had ['] [and] [hadn't] [you] [ever] [been] [into] [the] [house] [since] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [never] [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [answered] [,] [smiling] [.] ['] [i] [had] [made] [me] [a] [little] [hut] [of] [wood] [up] [the] [hill] [,] [and] [there] [i] [did] [justice] [and] [slept] [....y] de [aquila] [wheeled] [aside] , and [his] [shield] [shook] on his back [.] 1 de 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 10 on 10 on 12 back 11 his 12 back " [no] [matter] [,] [boy] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 8 said 8 said 9 he 9 he 10 . " [i] [will] [remit] [the] [homage] [for] [a] [year] [.] " ['] 1 " 11 " ['] [he] [meant] [sir] [richard] [needn't] [give] [him] [dinner] [there] [the] [first] [year] [,] ['] [puck] [explained] [.] but [never] he named [the] [lady] [aelueva] ['s] [name] , [nor] went he [near] [the] [great] [hall] . 1 but 10 , 1 but 13 he 3 he 10 , 4 named 10 , 10 , 12 went 13 he 18 . by night he drank with us in the hut [.] 1 by 2 night 1 by 3 he 3 he 4 drank 4 drank 5 with 4 drank 7 in 5 with 6 us 7 in 9 hut 8 the 9 hut " ['] [look] [you] [,] [boys] [,] ["] said he , " [i] [am] [born] [out] [of] [my] [due] [time] . 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 9 said 11 , 9 said 21 . 11 , 12 " five hundred years [ago] [i] [would] have made [all] [england] [such] [an] [england] [as] [neither] [dane] [,] [saxon] [,] [nor] [norman] [should] [have] [conquered] [.] 1 five 2 hundred 2 hundred 3 years 3 years 7 have 7 have 8 made five hundred years [hence] [i] [should] have been such a counsellor to [kings] [as] the [world] hath [never] [dreamed] [of] [.] 1 five 2 hundred 2 hundred 3 years 3 years 7 have 7 have 8 been 8 been 11 counsellor 9 such 10 a 10 a 11 counsellor 11 counsellor 12 to 12 to 17 hath 15 the 17 hath ['] [tis] [all] [here] [,] ["] [said] [he] [,] [tapping] [his] [big] [head] [,] ["] [but] [it] [hath] [no] [play] [in] [this] [black] [age] [.] now [hugh] here is a better man than [thou] art [,] [richard] [.] ["] 1 now 3 here 3 here 4 is 4 is 7 man 4 is 8 than 5 a 7 man 6 better 7 man 8 than 10 art he had made his voice harsh and croaking [,] [like] [a] [raven] ['s] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 made 3 made 5 voice 3 made 7 and 4 his 5 voice 6 harsh 7 and 7 and 8 croaking " ['] [truth] [,] " [said] [i] [.] 1 " 5 " " [but] [for] [hugh] [,] [his] [help] [and] [patience] [and] [long-suffering] [,] [i] [could] [never] [have] [kept] [the] [manor] [.] " 1 " 21 " " ['] [nor] [thy] [life] [either] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [hugh] [has] [saved] [thee] [not] [once] [,] [but] [a] [hundred] [times] [.] be still , [hugh] [!] " he said [.] 1 be 2 still 1 be 3 , 3 , 8 said 6 " 7 he 7 he 8 said " [dost] [thou] [know] , [richard] , why [hugh] slept , and why he [still] sleeps [,] [among] [thy] [norman] [men-at-arms] [?] ["] 1 " 16 sleeps 5 , 7 , 7 , 8 why 7 , 11 , 10 slept 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 14 he 13 why 14 he 14 he 16 sleeps " ['to] [be] [near] [me] [,] " [said] [i] [,] [for] [i] [thought] [this] [was] [truth] [.] 1 " 7 " " ['] [fool] [!] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 5 " " [it] is [because] [his] [saxons] [have] [begged] [him] [to] [rise] [against] [thee] [,] [and] [to] sweep [every] [norman] out of the valley [.] 1 " 3 is 3 is 17 sweep 17 sweep 21 of 20 out 21 of 21 of 23 valley 22 the 23 valley no matter [how] [i] [know] [.] 1 no 2 matter it is truth [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 truth and this [his] [saxons] [know] [.] 1 and 2 this is it true , [hugh] [?] " 1 is 2 it 1 is 4 , 2 it 3 true 4 , 7 " " ['] [in] [some] [sort] [,] ["] said [hugh] shamefacedly [;] " [at] [least] [,] [it] [was] [true] [half] [a] [year] [ago] [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 10 shamefacedly 10 shamefacedly 12 " my [saxons] [would] [not] harm [richard] [now] [.] 1 my 5 harm i think they know him [but] [i] [judged] [it] [best] [to] [make] [sure] [.] ["] 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 they 2 think 4 know 3 they 4 know 4 know 5 him ['] [look] [,] [children] [,] [what] [that] [man] [had] [done] [and] [i] [had] [never] [guessed] [it] [!] " ['] [yes] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 5 " " [and] he is a swordless man [.] ["] 1 " 3 he 3 he 4 is 4 is 7 man 5 a 6 swordless 5 a 7 man he carried only the short knife and the long-bow [.] 1 he 2 carried 2 carried 3 only 2 carried 7 and 4 the 5 short 5 short 6 knife 6 knife 7 and 7 and 9 long-bow 8 the 9 long-bow " [swordless] [and] [landless] [art] [thou] [,] [hugh] [;] [and] [they] [call] [thee] [kin] [to] [earl] [godwin] [.] " 1 " 19 " ( [hugh] [was] [indeed] of [godwin] ['s] blood [.] [)] 1 ( 5 of 5 of 8 blood " [the] [manor] [that] was thine [is] [given] [to] [this] [boy] [and] [to] [his] [children] [for] [ever] . 1 " 5 was 5 was 6 thine 6 thine 18 . sit up and beg , for he can turn thee out like a dog , [hugh] [.] " 1 sit 2 up 1 sit 3 and 3 and 4 beg 4 beg 6 for 5 , 6 for 6 for 14 dog 6 for 15 , 7 he 8 can 8 can 9 turn 9 turn 10 thee 10 thee 11 out 11 out 12 like 12 like 14 dog 13 a 14 dog 15 , 18 " then [de] [aquila] [laughed] [till] [the] [tears] [ran] [down] his face [.] 1 then 10 his 10 his 11 face " ['] [i] [warned] [the] [king] [,] ["] said he , " what would come [of] [giving] [england] to us [norman] [thieves] . 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 9 said 11 , 9 said 23 . 11 , 12 " 11 , 13 what 13 what 14 would 14 would 15 come 15 come 19 to 19 to 20 us here [art] [thou] , [richard] , [less] [than] two [days] confirmed [in] [thy] [manor] , and already thou hast [risen] against thy overlord [.] 1 here 4 , 1 here 6 , 6 , 9 two 6 , 15 , 11 confirmed 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 already 16 and 18 thou 16 and 19 hast 18 thou 19 hast 19 hast 21 against 21 against 23 overlord 22 thy 23 overlord what shall we do to him , [sir] [hugh] [?] " 1 what 4 do 1 what 7 , 2 shall 3 we 2 shall 4 do 4 do 5 to 5 to 6 him 7 , 11 " " ['] [i] [am] [a] [swordless] [man] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 9 " " do not jest with [me] , ["] and he [laid] [his] [head] [on] [his] [knees] [and] groaned [.] 1 " 18 groaned 2 do 4 jest 3 not 4 jest 4 jest 5 with 5 with 7 , 7 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 10 he 18 groaned " ['to] [me] [?] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " " [i] [am] [a] [saxon] [,] [and] [,] [except] [that] [i] [love] [richard] [here] [,] [i] [have] [not] [sworn] [fealty] [to] [any] [norman] [.] " 1 " 25 " ["] [if] [i] [know] [men] [,] [thou] [art] [more] [faithful] [unsworn] [than] [a] [score] [of] [normans] [i] [could] [name] [.] take [dallington] , and join [sir] [richard] to fight [me] tomorrow , [if] [it] [please] [thee] [!] ["] 1 take 3 , 3 , 4 and 4 and 9 fight 4 and 12 , 5 join 8 to 8 to 9 fight 11 tomorrow 12 , " ['] [nay] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [i] [am] [no] [child] [.] very [often] [i] [myself] [lay] up in the woods [and] [watched] [on] [her] [also] [.] 1 very 6 up 6 up 9 woods 7 in 8 the 8 the 9 woods then she wept [,] [but] [we] [were] [alone] [.] ['] 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 wept the knight was silent for a long time , his face turned across the valley , smiling [.] 1 the 2 knight 2 knight 3 was 3 was 4 silent 4 silent 5 for 4 silent 13 across 5 for 8 time 6 a 7 long 6 a 8 time 7 long 8 time 9 , 11 face 10 his 11 face 11 face 12 turned 11 face 13 across 13 across 16 , 14 the 15 valley 15 valley 16 , 16 , 17 smiling ['] [oh] [,] [well] [done] [!] ['] [said] [una] [,] [and] [clapped] [her] [hands] [very] [softly] [.] ['] [she] [was] [sorry] [,] [and] [she] [said] [so] [.] ['] ['] [aye] [,] [she] [was] [sorry] [,] [and] [she] [said] [so] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [,] [coming] [back] [with] [a] [little] [start] [.] dust lay on the hilt [,] [for] [i] [saw] [him] [blow] [it] [off] [.] 1 dust 2 lay 2 lay 3 on 3 on 5 hilt 4 the 5 hilt de [aquila] [leaped] [up] [;] [but] [there] was [only] the moonlight fretty on the floor [.] 1 de 8 was 8 was 12 fretty 10 the 12 fretty 11 moonlight 12 fretty 12 fretty 13 on 13 on 15 floor 14 the 15 floor " ['] [hearken] [!] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " " [it] [is] my sword , ["] and as he [belted] [it] [on] [the] [music] ceased [.] 1 " 16 ceased 4 my 5 sword 5 sword 6 , 6 , 8 and 8 and 10 he 9 as 10 he 10 he 16 ceased " ['] [over] [gods] [,] [forbid] [that] [i] [should] [ever] [belt] [blade] [like] [that] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 16 " " [what] [does] [it] [foretell] [?] " 1 " 7 " ["] ['] [the] [gods] [that] [made] [it] [may] [know] [.] last time it [spoke] was at [hastings] , [when] [i] [lost] [all] my lands [.] 1 last 2 time 2 time 3 it 3 it 5 was 5 was 6 at 6 at 14 lands 8 , 13 my 13 my 14 lands belike it sings [now] that [i] [have] [new] [lands] and am a man again , " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 belike 2 it 1 belike 15 , 2 it 10 and 3 sings 5 that 3 sings 10 and 10 and 11 am 11 am 13 man 11 am 14 again 12 a 13 man 15 , 16 " ['] [now] [that] [was] [the] [second] [time] [in] [all] [my] [life] [i] [heard] [this] [sword] [sing] [.] ['] [...] ['] [look] [!] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [there] ['s] [mother] [coming] [down] [the] [long] [slip] [.] what will she say [to] [sir] [richard] ? 1 what 2 will 2 will 3 she 2 will 4 say 4 say 8 ? she can't help seeing [him] [.] ['] 1 she 2 can't 2 can't 3 help 3 help 4 seeing ['] [and] [puck] [can't] [magic] [us] [this] [time] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [but] [what] [befell] [the] [sword] [and] [my] [brother] [hugh] [i] [will] [tell] [on] [another] [time] [,] ['] [said] [he] [,] [rising] [.] ['] [ohe] [,] [swallow] [!] ['] the great horse cantered up from the far end of the meadow , [close] [to] [mother] . 1 the 3 horse 2 great 3 horse 3 horse 4 cantered 4 cantered 5 up 5 up 6 from 6 from 9 end 7 the 9 end 8 far 9 end 9 end 10 of 10 of 11 the 11 the 12 meadow 12 meadow 13 , 13 , 17 . they [heard] [mother] [say] [:] ['] [children] [,] [gleason] ['s] [old] [horse] [has] broken [into] the meadow [again] [.] 1 they 14 broken 14 broken 17 meadow 16 the 17 meadow where did he get through [?] ['] 1 where 2 did 2 did 3 he 2 did 4 get 4 get 5 through ['] [just] [below] [stone] [bay] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [he] [tore] [down] [simple] [flobs] [of] [the] [bank] [!] we noticed it just now [.] 1 we 2 noticed 2 noticed 3 it 3 it 4 just 4 just 5 now and we 've caught no end of fish [.] 1 and 2 we 1 and 3 've 2 we 3 've 3 've 4 caught 4 caught 6 end 5 no 6 end 6 end 7 of 7 of 8 fish we 've been at [it] all the afternoon [.] ['] 1 we 2 've 2 've 3 been 3 been 4 at 4 at 6 all 6 all 7 the 6 all 8 afternoon 7 the 8 afternoon and they honestly believed that they had [.] 1 and 2 they 1 and 4 believed 2 they 4 believed 3 honestly 4 believed 4 believed 5 that 5 that 6 they 5 that 7 had 6 they 7 had they [never] noticed [the] [oak] , [ash] and [thorn] leaves that [puck] had [slyly] thrown into their laps [.] 1 they 6 , 3 noticed 6 , 6 , 8 and 8 and 10 leaves 8 and 15 thrown 11 that 13 had 13 had 15 thrown 15 thrown 16 into 16 into 18 laps 17 their 18 laps [sir] [richard] ['s] [song] [the] [knights] [of] [the] [joyous] [venture] harp [song] of the [dane] [women] 1 harp 3 of 3 of 4 the what [is] [a] [woman] [that] [you] [forsake] [her] , [and] [the] [hearth-fire] and [the] [home-acre] [,] [to] [go] with the [old] grey [widow-maker] [?] 1 what 9 , 9 , 13 and 13 and 22 grey 19 with 20 the 20 the 22 grey dan hiked and howked with a boat-hook [(] the brook was too narrow for [sculls] ) , and [una] punted with a piece of hop-pole [.] 1 dan 3 and 1 dan 17 , 2 hiked 3 and 3 and 4 howked 3 and 5 with 5 with 7 boat-hook 6 a 7 boat-hook 7 boat-hook 10 brook 7 boat-hook 14 for 9 the 10 brook 10 brook 11 was 11 was 12 too 11 was 13 narrow 14 for 16 ) 17 , 18 and 18 and 20 punted 20 punted 21 with 21 with 23 piece 22 a 23 piece 23 piece 24 of 24 of 25 hop-pole the kingfisher was asleep on his watching-branch , and the blackbirds scarcely took the trouble to dive into the next bush [.] 1 the 2 kingfisher 2 kingfisher 3 was 3 was 4 asleep 4 asleep 5 on 5 on 21 bush 6 his 7 watching-branch 7 watching-branch 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 blackbirds 9 and 13 took 10 the 11 blackbirds 12 scarcely 13 took 13 took 15 trouble 13 took 16 to 14 the 15 trouble 16 to 17 dive 17 dive 18 into 18 into 21 bush 19 the 20 next 19 the 21 bush then the little voices of the slipping water began again [.] 1 then 4 voices 2 the 4 voices 3 little 4 voices 4 voices 5 of 4 voices 9 began 5 of 8 water 6 the 8 water 7 slipping 8 water 9 began 10 again ['] [it] ['s] [like] [the] [shadows] [talking] [,] [isn't] [it] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] she had given up trying to read [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 4 up 3 given 4 up 4 up 5 trying 5 trying 6 to 6 to 7 read dan lay over the bows , trailing his hands in the current [.] 1 dan 2 lay 2 lay 3 over 3 over 5 bows 4 the 5 bows 5 bows 7 trailing 6 , 7 trailing 7 trailing 9 hands 7 trailing 10 in 8 his 9 hands 10 in 11 the 11 the 12 current they heard feet on the gravel-bar that runs half across the pool and saw [sir] [richard] [dalyngridge] standing over them [.] 1 they 2 heard 2 heard 3 feet 2 heard 18 standing 3 feet 4 on 3 feet 7 that 3 feet 13 and 4 on 6 gravel-bar 5 the 6 gravel-bar 7 that 13 and 8 runs 9 half 8 runs 10 across 8 runs 13 and 9 half 10 across 10 across 12 pool 11 the 12 pool 13 and 14 saw 18 standing 19 over 19 over 20 them ['] [was] [yours] [a] [dangerous] [voyage] [?] ['] [he] [asked] [,] [smiling] [.] ['] [she] [bumped] [a] [lot] [,] [sir] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [there] ['s] [hardly] [any] [water] [this] [summer] [.] ['] ['] [ah] [,] [the] [brook] [was] [deeper] [and] [wider] [when] [my] [children] [played] [at] [danish] [pirates] [.] are you pirate-folk [?] ['] 1 are 2 you 1 are 3 pirate-folk ['] [oh] [no] [.] we gave up being pirates years ago [,] ['] [explained] [una] [.] 1 we 3 up 2 gave 3 up 3 up 4 being 4 being 5 pirates 4 being 7 ago 6 years 7 ago ['] [we] ['re] [nearly] [always] [explorers] [now] [.] sailing [round] [the] [world] , you know [.] ['] 1 sailing 5 , 5 , 6 you 5 , 7 know 6 you 7 know ['] [round] [?] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] he sat him in the comfortable crotch of an old ash-root on the bank [.] 1 he 2 sat 2 sat 3 him 2 sat 4 in 4 in 7 crotch 5 the 7 crotch 6 comfortable 7 crotch 7 crotch 8 of 8 of 10 old 9 an 10 old 10 old 11 ash-root 11 ash-root 12 on 12 on 14 bank 13 the 14 bank ['] [how] [can] [it] [be] [round] [?] ['] ['] [wasn't] [it] [in] [your] [books] [?] ['] dan suggested [.] 1 dan 2 suggested he had been doing geography at his last lesson [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 doing 4 doing 5 geography 4 doing 6 at 5 geography 6 at 6 at 9 lesson 7 his 8 last 7 his 9 lesson ['] [i] [can] [neither] [write] [nor] [read] [,] ['] [he] [replied] [.] ['] [canst] [thou] [read] [,] [child] [?] ['] ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [,] ['] [barring] [the] [very] [long] [words] [.] ['] ['] [wonderful] [!] read [to] [me] [,] that [i] [may] [hear] [for] [myself] [.] ['] 1 read 5 that dan flushed , but opened the book and began [gabbling] [a] [little] [at] ['] [the] [discoverer] [of] [the] [north] [cape] [.] ['] 1 dan 4 but 2 flushed 4 but 3 , 4 but 4 but 8 and 5 opened 7 book 5 opened 8 and 6 the 7 book 8 and 9 began ['] [but] [but] [this] [i] [know] [!] this is an old song [!] 1 this 2 is 2 is 5 song 3 an 5 song 4 old 5 song this [i] [have] [heard] sung [!] 1 this 5 sung this is a miracle [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [interrupted] [.] 1 this 2 is 2 is 4 miracle 3 a 4 miracle ['] [nay] [,] [do] [not] [stop] [!] ['] he leaned forward , and the shadows of the leaves slipped and slid upon his chain-mail [.] 1 he 4 , 2 leaned 3 forward 2 leaned 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 shadows 5 and 12 and 6 the 7 shadows 7 shadows 8 of 8 of 9 the 10 leaves 12 and 11 slipped 12 and 12 and 13 slid 12 and 14 upon 14 upon 16 chain-mail 15 his 16 chain-mail his hand fell on the hilt of the great sword [.] 1 his 2 hand 2 hand 3 fell 3 fell 4 on 4 on 6 hilt 5 the 6 hilt 6 hilt 7 of 7 of 10 sword 8 the 10 sword 9 great 10 sword ['] [a] [nameless] [sea] [!] ['] [he] [repeated] [.] ['] [so] [did] [i] [so] [did] [hugh] [and] [i] [.] ['] ['] [where] [did] [you] [go] [?] tell us , ['] [said] [una] [.] 1 tell 2 us 1 tell 3 , ['] [wait] [.] let me hear all first [.] ['] 1 let 2 me 1 let 3 hear 3 hear 4 all 3 hear 5 first so [dan] [read] [to] [the] poem ['s] [very] [end] [.] 1 so 6 poem ['] [good] [,] ['] [said] [the] [knight] [.] ['] [that] [is] [othere] ['s] [tale] [even] [so] [i] [have] [heard] [the] [men] [in] [the] [dane] [ships] [sing] [it] [.] not those same [valiant] words , but something like to them [.] ['] 1 not 3 same 1 not 5 words 2 those 3 same 3 same 5 words 5 words 7 but 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 something 8 something 9 like 9 like 10 to 10 to 11 them ['] [have] [you] [ever] [explored] [north] [?] ['] dan shut the book [.] 1 dan 2 shut 2 shut 4 book 3 the 4 book ['] [nay] [.] my venture was [south] . 1 my 2 venture 2 venture 3 was 3 was 5 . farther [south] [than] [any] [man] [has] fared [,] [hugh] and [i] went down [with] [witta] and his heathen [.] ['] 1 farther 7 fared 7 fared 10 and 10 and 16 and 12 went 13 down 12 went 16 and 16 and 18 heathen 17 his 18 heathen he jerked the tall sword forward , and leaned on it with both [hands] [;] [but] his eyes [looked] [long] [past] [them] [.] 1 he 8 and 2 jerked 5 sword 2 jerked 8 and 3 the 5 sword 4 tall 5 sword 6 forward 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 leaned 8 and 10 on 8 and 12 with 10 on 11 it 12 with 13 both 13 both 17 his 13 both 18 eyes 17 his 18 eyes ['] [i] [thought] [you] [always] [lived] [here] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] [timidly] [.] ['] [yes] [;] [while] [my] [lady] [aelueva] [lived] [.] but she died . 1 but 2 she 1 but 4 . 2 she 3 died she died [.] 1 she 2 died then [hugh] came [with] [me] [.] ['] 1 then 3 came ['] [when] [did] [this] [happen] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] on that [same] day [red] [william] [our] [king] , [the] [conqueror] ['s] [son] [,] [died] [of] a secret arrow [while] he hunted in a forest [.] 1 on 2 that 1 on 9 , 1 on 21 he 4 day 9 , 9 , 19 arrow 17 a 18 secret 17 a 19 arrow 21 he 22 hunted 22 hunted 23 in 23 in 25 forest 24 a 25 forest " [this] [is] [a] [cross] [matter] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [,] ["] [to] [meet] [on] [the] [threshold] [of] [a] [journey] [.] 1 " 8 " [if] [red] [william] [be] [dead] [i] [may] [have] [to] [fight] [for] [my] [lands] [.] wait a little [.] ["] 1 wait 3 little 2 a 3 little ['] [my] [lady] [being] [dead] [,] [i] [cared] [nothing] [for] [signs] [and] [omens] [,] [nor] [hugh] [either] [.] their master was a knight [of] [artois] [.] 1 their 2 master 2 master 3 was 3 was 5 knight 4 a 5 knight he served the [duke] of [burgundy] [against] [the] [moors] [in] [spain] , and was returning to that war with his dogs [.] 1 he 2 served 1 he 13 and 2 served 13 and 3 the 5 of 5 of 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 was 14 was 15 returning 15 returning 16 to 15 returning 19 with 16 to 18 war 17 that 18 war 19 with 21 dogs 20 his 21 dogs he sang [us] [strange] [moorish] [songs] [that] [first] [night] , and half persuaded us to go with him [.] 1 he 10 , 2 sang 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 half 11 and 13 persuaded 12 half 13 persuaded 13 persuaded 14 us 13 persuaded 15 to 13 persuaded 16 go 15 to 16 go 16 go 17 with 17 with 18 him i was on pilgrimage to forget which is what [no] pilgrimage brings . 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 on 2 was 5 to 3 on 4 pilgrimage 5 to 6 forget 6 forget 7 which 7 which 8 is 8 is 9 what 9 what 11 pilgrimage 9 what 12 brings 12 brings 13 . i [think] [i] would have gone [,] [but] [....v] 1 i 4 would 4 would 5 have 5 have 6 gone ['] [look] [you] [how] [the] [life] [and] [fortune] [of] [man] [changes] [!] i leaped after him , and we two tumbled aboard [the] [dane] , and were caught and bound ere we could rise [.] 1 i 5 , 2 leaped 3 after 2 leaped 5 , 3 after 4 him 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 we 6 and 14 and 8 two 14 and 9 tumbled 10 aboard 9 tumbled 14 and 13 , 14 and 14 and 17 and 15 were 16 caught 15 were 17 and 17 and 18 bound 18 bound 19 ere 19 ere 20 we 19 ere 22 rise 20 we 21 could our own ship was swallowed up in the mist [.] 1 our 2 own 1 our 3 ship 3 ship 4 was 4 was 5 swallowed 5 swallowed 6 up 6 up 7 in 7 in 8 the 8 the 9 mist he was stout , with bowed legs and long arms [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 stout 3 stout 5 with 4 , 5 with 5 with 8 and 6 bowed 7 legs 7 legs 8 and 8 and 10 arms 9 long 10 arms he was yellow not from sickness , but by nature yellow as honey , and his eyes stood endwise in his head [.] ['] 1 he 2 was 2 was 20 in 3 yellow 4 not 3 yellow 11 yellow 3 yellow 18 stood 4 not 8 but 5 from 6 sickness 5 from 8 but 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 by 9 by 10 nature 11 yellow 12 as 12 as 14 , 13 honey 14 , 14 , 17 eyes 15 and 16 his 16 his 17 eyes 18 stood 19 endwise 19 endwise 20 in 20 in 22 head 21 his 22 head ['] [how] [do] [you] [mean] [?] ['] [said] [una] [,] [her] [chin] [on] [her] [hand] [.] ['] [thus] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] he put a finger to the corner of each eye , and pushed it up till his eyes narrowed to slits [.] 1 he 12 and 2 put 4 finger 2 put 5 to 2 put 12 and 3 a 4 finger 5 to 7 corner 6 the 7 corner 7 corner 8 of 8 of 9 each 10 eye 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 pushed 13 pushed 14 it 14 it 15 up 15 up 16 till 15 up 20 to 16 till 18 eyes 17 his 18 eyes 18 eyes 19 narrowed 18 eyes 20 to 20 to 21 slits ['] [why] [,] [you] [look] [just] [like] [a] [chinaman] [!] ['] [cried] [dan] [.] ['] [was] [the] [man] [a] [chinaman] [?] ['] ['] [i] [know] [not] [what] [that] [may] [be] [.] witta had found him [half] dead among ice on the shores [of] [muscovy] [.] 1 witta 2 had 2 had 3 found 3 found 4 him 3 found 6 dead 6 dead 7 among 6 dead 9 on 7 among 8 ice 8 ice 9 on 9 on 11 shores 10 the 11 shores we thought he was [a] devil . 1 we 2 thought 2 thought 3 he 2 thought 4 was 3 he 4 was 4 was 6 devil 6 devil 7 . he spoke a little in [french] , [a] [little] in [south] [saxon] , and [much] in the [northman] ['s] tongue [.] 1 he 2 spoke 2 spoke 4 little 2 spoke 14 and 3 a 4 little 5 in 7 , 5 in 14 and 7 , 10 in 10 in 13 , 14 and 16 in 16 in 20 tongue 17 the 20 tongue " ['] [not] [by] [my] [father] [guthrum] ['s] [head] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 12 said 12 said 13 he 13 he 14 . " [the] [gods] [sent] [ye] [into] [my] [ship] [for] [a] [luck-offering] [.] " 1 " 13 " ['] [at] [this] [i] [quaked] [,] [for] [i] [knew] [it] [was] [still] [the] [danes] ['] [custom] [to] [sacrifice] [captives] [to] [their] [gods] [for] [fair] [weather] [.] " ['] [a] [plague] [on] [thy] [four] [long] [bones] [!] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 11 " " [what] [profit] canst [thou] [make] [of] poor [old] [pilgrims] [that] [can] [neither] [work] [nor] [fight] [?] ["] 1 " 4 canst 4 canst 8 poor " ['] [gods] [forbid] [i] [should] [fight] [against] [thee] [,] [poor] [pilgrim] [with] [the] [singing] [sword] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 19 said 19 said 20 he 20 he 21 . ["] [come] [with] [us] [and] [be] [poor] [no] [more] [.] thy [teeth] [are] [far] [apart] [,] [which] [is] [a] [sure] sign thou wilt travel and grow rich [.] ["] 1 thy 11 sign 11 sign 15 and 12 thou 15 and 13 wilt 14 travel 13 wilt 15 and 15 and 16 grow 16 grow 17 rich " ['] [what] [if] [we] [will] [not] [come] [?] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 10 " " ['] [swim] [to] [england] [or] [france] [,] " [said] [witta] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [we] [are] [midway] [between] [the] [two] [.] unless ye choose to drown yourselves no hair of your head will be harmed here aboard [.] 1 unless 2 ye 1 unless 3 choose 1 unless 8 hair 2 ye 3 choose 3 choose 4 to 3 choose 5 drown 4 to 5 drown 5 drown 6 yourselves 7 no 8 hair 8 hair 9 of 8 hair 12 will 9 of 11 head 10 your 11 head 12 will 13 be 13 be 14 harmed 14 harmed 15 here 14 harmed 16 aboard we think ye bring us [luck] [,] and [i] myself know the runes on that [sword] are good [.] ["] 1 we 2 think 2 think 3 ye 2 think 11 know 3 ye 4 bring 4 bring 5 us 8 and 11 know 10 myself 11 know 11 know 13 runes 11 know 17 are 12 the 13 runes 13 runes 14 on 13 runes 17 are 14 on 15 that 17 are 18 good he turned and bade them [hoist] sail [.] 1 he 3 and 2 turned 3 and 3 and 4 bade 4 bade 5 them 4 bade 7 sail ['] [hereafter] [all] [made] [way] [for] [us] [as] [we] [walked] [about] [the] [ship] [,] [and] [the] [ship] [was] [full] [of] [wonders] [.] ['] ['] [what] [was] [she] [like] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] here [hugh] [and] [i] [slept] , [with] [witta] [and] [the] [yellow] [man] , [upon] [tapestries] [as] [soft] [as] [wool] [.] 1 here 6 , 1 here 13 , i remember ['] he laughed to himself ['] when first we entered there [a] [loud] [voice] [cried] [,] ["] [out] [swords] [!] 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 4 he 2 remember 5 laughed 4 he 5 laughed 5 laughed 6 to 5 laughed 9 when 6 to 7 himself 9 when 11 we 9 when 12 entered 10 first 11 we 11 we 12 entered 12 entered 13 there out swords [!] 1 out 2 swords kill , kill [!] ["] 1 kill 2 , 2 , 3 kill seeing [us] [start] [witta] laughed , and showed us it was but a great-beaked grey bird with a red tail [.] 1 seeing 7 and 5 laughed 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 showed 8 showed 9 us 8 showed 10 it 8 showed 11 was 10 it 11 was 11 was 12 but 11 was 17 with 12 but 16 bird 13 a 14 great-beaked 13 a 16 bird 14 great-beaked 15 grey 17 with 20 tail 18 a 20 tail 19 red 20 tail he sat her on his shoulder , and she called for bread and wine hoarsely , and prayed him to kiss her [.] 1 he 2 sat 2 sat 3 her 2 sat 4 on 4 on 7 , 5 his 6 shoulder 6 shoulder 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 she 8 and 17 and 9 she 17 and 10 called 11 for 10 called 17 and 11 for 13 and 12 bread 13 and 13 and 14 wine 15 hoarsely 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 prayed 17 and 20 to 18 prayed 19 him 20 to 21 kiss 21 kiss 22 her yet she was no more than a silly bird [.] 1 yet 2 she 2 she 3 was 3 was 4 no 3 was 5 more 3 was 6 than 6 than 9 bird 7 a 8 silly 7 a 9 bird 8 silly 9 bird but ye knew this [?] ['] 1 but 2 ye 1 but 3 knew 2 ye 3 knew 3 knew 4 this he looked at their smiling faces [.] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 3 at 6 faces 4 their 6 faces 5 smiling 6 faces ['] [we] [weren't] [laughing] [at] [you] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [that] [must] [have] [been] [a] [parrot] [.] it 's just [what] [pollies] [do] [.] ['] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 just ['] [so] [we] [learned] [later] [.] but here is another marvel [.] 1 but 2 here 1 but 3 is 3 is 5 marvel 4 another 5 marvel the [yellow] [man] [,] [whose] name was [kitai] [,] [had] [with] [him] [a] [brown] [box] [.] 1 the 6 name 6 name 7 was ['] [south] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [suddenly] [,] [and] [put] [his] [hand] [into] [his] [pocket] [.] ['] [with] [my] [own] [eyes] [i] [saw] [it] [.] witta called [it] [the] [wise] [iron] [,] [because] [it] [showed] [him] [his] [way] [across] the unknowable [seas] [.] ['] 1 witta 2 called 2 called 16 unknowable 15 the 16 unknowable [again] [sir] [richard] [looked] [keenly] [at] [the] [children] [.] ['] [how] [think] [ye] [?] was it sorcery [?] ['] 1 was 2 it 1 was 3 sorcery ['] [was] [it] [anything] [like] [this] [?] ['] dan fished out his old brass pocket-compass , that generally lived with his knife and key-ring [.] 1 dan 8 , 2 fished 3 out 2 fished 7 pocket-compass 2 fished 8 , 4 his 7 pocket-compass 5 old 7 pocket-compass 6 brass 7 pocket-compass 8 , 11 lived 8 , 12 with 9 that 10 generally 10 generally 11 lived 12 with 15 and 13 his 14 knife 14 knife 15 and 15 and 16 key-ring ['] [the] [glass] [has] [got] [cracked] [,] [but] [the] [needle] [waggles] [all] [right] [,] [sir] [.] ['] the knight drew a long breath of wonder [.] 1 the 2 knight 2 knight 3 drew 3 drew 6 breath 4 a 5 long 4 a 6 breath 5 long 6 breath 6 breath 7 of 7 of 8 wonder ['] [yes] [,] [yes] [!] the [wise] [iron] [shook] [and] [swung] [in] [just] [this] fashion [.] 1 the 10 fashion now it is still [.] 1 now 2 it 2 it 3 is 3 is 4 still now [it] [points] [to] [the] [south] . ['] 1 now 7 . ['] [north] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [nay] [,] [south] [!] there [is] [the] [south] , ['] [said] [sir] [richard] . 1 there 5 , 5 , 10 . ['] [te] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [,] [clicking] [his] [tongue] [.] ['] [there] [can] [be] [no] [sorcery] [if] [a] [child] [carries] [it] [.] wherefore does it point [south] [or] [north] [?] ['] 1 wherefore 2 does 2 does 3 it 2 does 4 point ['] [father] [says] [that] [nobody] [knows] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] sir [richard] [looked] relieved [.] 1 sir 4 relieved ['] [then] [it] [may] [still] [be] [magic] [.] it was magic to us [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 magic 3 magic 4 to 4 to 5 us and [so] we [voyaged] . 1 and 3 we 3 we 5 . when [it] [failed] , they rowed with long oars [;] [the] [yellow] [man] [sat] by [the] [wise] [iron] , and [witta] [steered] . 1 when 20 and 4 , 5 they 5 they 20 and 6 rowed 7 with 6 rowed 20 and 7 with 9 oars 8 long 9 oars 15 by 19 , 19 , 20 and 20 and 23 . at [first] [i] [feared] the great white-flowering waves , [but] [as] [i] [saw] [how] [wisely] [witta] [led] his ship [among] [them] [i] [grew] [bolder] [.] 1 at 8 waves 1 at 19 ship 5 the 8 waves 6 great 7 white-flowering 7 white-flowering 8 waves 9 , 18 his 18 his 19 ship hugh liked it well from the first [.] 1 hugh 2 liked 2 liked 3 it 2 liked 5 from 3 it 5 from 4 well 5 from 5 from 7 first 6 the 7 first we [sailed] [south] [across] a stormy sea , [where] [by] moonlight , [between] clouds , we saw a [flanders] ship [roll] clean [over] and sink [.] 1 we 24 and 5 a 6 stormy 5 a 7 sea 6 stormy 7 sea 7 sea 8 , 8 , 11 moonlight 8 , 12 , 12 , 14 clouds 12 , 15 , 15 , 16 we 15 , 22 clean 16 we 17 saw 17 saw 20 ship 18 a 20 ship 22 clean 24 and 24 and 25 sink there is a sickness of the sea which for three days is pure death [!] 1 there 2 is 2 is 4 sickness 3 a 4 sickness 4 sickness 5 of 5 of 7 sea 6 the 7 sea 7 sea 8 which 7 sea 12 is 8 which 9 for 8 which 12 is 9 for 11 days 10 three 11 days 12 is 14 death 13 pure 14 death when [we] [next] [saw] [land] [witta] [said] it was [spain] , and we stood out to sea [.] 1 when 11 , 8 it 11 , 9 was 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 we 12 and 14 stood 13 we 14 stood 14 stood 15 out 15 out 16 to 16 to 17 sea so [we] put into a [small] harbour [which] [witta] [knew] [.] 1 so 3 put 3 put 4 into 4 into 7 harbour 5 a 7 harbour wine , too , [he] bought for lumps of sweet-smelling grey amber a little morsel no bigger than a thumb-nail purchased a cask of wine [.] 1 wine 6 bought 2 , 3 too 3 too 4 , 3 too 6 bought 6 bought 7 for 7 for 8 lumps 8 lumps 9 of 8 lumps 15 morsel 8 lumps 21 purchased 9 of 12 amber 10 sweet-smelling 11 grey 11 grey 12 amber 13 a 14 little 13 a 15 morsel 14 little 15 morsel 15 morsel 17 bigger 15 morsel 21 purchased 16 no 17 bigger 17 bigger 18 than 18 than 20 thumb-nail 19 a 20 thumb-nail 21 purchased 23 cask 22 a 23 cask 23 cask 24 of 24 of 25 wine but [i] [speak] [like] a merchant . ['] 1 but 6 merchant 1 but 7 . 5 a 6 merchant ['] [no] [,] [no] [!] tell us what you had to eat [,] ['] [cried] [dan] [.] 1 tell 2 us 1 tell 3 what 1 tell 6 to 1 tell 7 eat 3 what 4 you 4 you 5 had 6 to 7 eat [aha] [!] dates is the name [.] 1 dates 2 is 2 is 4 name 3 the 4 name there [had] he bought much gold , and no few elephants ' teeth , and [thither] [by] help [of] [the] [wise] [iron] [would] [witta] [go] . 1 there 3 he 3 he 8 and 4 bought 6 gold 4 bought 8 and 5 much 6 gold 7 , 8 and 8 and 15 and 9 no 15 and 10 few 11 elephants 11 elephants 12 ' 12 ' 13 teeth 13 teeth 15 and 14 , 15 and 15 and 18 help 18 help 26 . witta feared nothing except to be poor [.] 1 witta 2 feared 2 feared 3 nothing 2 feared 4 except 3 nothing 4 except 4 except 5 to 4 except 6 be 5 to 6 be 6 be 7 poor how think ye [?] ["] 1 how 2 think 2 think 3 ye " ['] [gold] [or] [no] [gold] [,] ["] said [hugh] , fingering his sword , " [it] [is] [a] [joyous] [venture] [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 12 fingering 11 , 12 fingering 12 fingering 14 sword 12 fingering 15 , 13 his 14 sword 15 , 16 " have at [these] [devils] [of] [thine] , [witta] [!] " 1 have 2 at 2 at 7 , 7 , 10 " " ['] [venture] [!] ["] said [witta] sourly [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 8 sourly ["] [i] [am] [only] [a] [poor] [sea-thief] [.] i do not set my life adrift on a plank for joy , or the venture [.] 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 not 2 do 4 set 3 not 4 set 4 set 6 life 5 my 6 life 6 life 7 adrift 7 adrift 8 on 7 adrift 11 for 8 on 10 plank 9 a 10 plank 10 plank 11 for 11 for 14 or 12 joy 14 or 13 , 14 or 14 or 16 venture 15 the 16 venture once [i] [beach] [ship] [again] [at] [stavanger] [,] [and] [feel] [the] [wife] ['s] [arms] [round] [my] [neck] [,] [i] ['ll] [seek] [no] more [ventures] [.] 1 once 23 more a ship is heavier care than a wife or cattle [.] ["] 1 a 2 ship 2 ship 3 is 3 is 5 care 3 is 6 than 4 heavier 5 care 6 than 9 or 7 a 8 wife 8 wife 9 or 9 or 10 cattle ['] [he] [leaped] [down] [among] [the] [rowers] [,] [chiding] [them] [for] [their] [little] [strength] [and] [their] [great] [stomachs] [.] yet [witta] [was] [a] [wolf] [in] [fight] [,] [and] [a] [very] [fox] [in] cunning [.] 1 yet 14 cunning this craft his father [guthrum] had shown him [.] 1 this 2 craft 2 craft 3 his 2 craft 4 father 2 craft 6 had 3 his 4 father 6 had 7 shown 7 shown 8 him he knew all the care of a ship [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 all 3 all 4 the 3 all 5 care 4 the 5 care 5 care 6 of 6 of 8 ship 7 a 8 ship ['] [after] [the] [storm] [we] [saw] [a] [mountain] [whose] [top] [was] [covered] [with] [snow] [and] [pierced] [the] [clouds] [.] the grasses under this mountain , boiled [and] [eaten] , are a good cure for soreness of the gums and swelled ankles [.] 1 the 2 grasses 2 grasses 3 under 2 grasses 11 are 3 under 5 mountain 4 this 5 mountain 5 mountain 7 boiled 6 , 7 boiled 7 boiled 10 , 11 are 14 cure 11 are 15 for 12 a 13 good 12 a 14 cure 13 good 14 cure 14 cure 15 for 15 for 16 soreness 16 soreness 17 of 17 of 20 and 18 the 19 gums 19 gums 20 and 20 and 22 ankles 21 swelled 22 ankles we lay there eight days [,] [till] [men] [in] [skins] [threw] [stones] [at] [us] [.] 1 we 2 lay 2 lay 5 days 3 there 4 eight 4 eight 5 days that shore [is] [sandy] , and we rowed along it within three bowshots [.] 1 that 2 shore 2 shore 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 rowed 7 we 8 rowed 8 rowed 9 along 8 rowed 11 within 9 along 10 it 11 within 13 bowshots 12 three 13 bowshots here we saw whales , and fish in the shape of shields , but longer than our ship [.] 1 here 2 we 2 we 6 and 3 saw 4 whales 3 saw 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 fish 7 fish 8 in 7 fish 14 but 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 shape 10 shape 11 of 10 shape 14 but 11 of 12 shields 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 longer 15 longer 16 than 16 than 18 ship 17 our 18 ship some [slept] [,] [some] [opened] [their] mouths [at] [us] , and some danced on the hot waters [.] 1 some 7 mouths 7 mouths 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 danced 12 some 13 danced 13 danced 14 on 14 on 17 waters 15 the 16 hot 16 hot 17 waters here , too , [were] fish that flew in the air like birds [.] 1 here 2 , 1 here 6 fish 2 , 3 too 3 too 4 , 3 too 6 fish 6 fish 12 like 7 that 8 flew 8 flew 9 in 9 in 11 air 10 the 11 air 11 air 12 like 12 like 13 birds they would fall on the laps of the rowers [,] and when we went ashore we would roast and eat them [.] ['] 1 they 2 would 2 would 11 and 3 fall 4 on 3 fall 11 and 4 on 6 laps 5 the 6 laps 6 laps 7 of 7 of 9 rowers 8 the 9 rowers 11 and 19 and 12 when 13 we 12 when 14 went 12 when 16 we 13 we 14 went 14 went 15 ashore 16 we 19 and 17 would 18 roast 17 would 19 and 19 and 20 eat 20 eat 21 them the knight paused to see if the children doubted him , but [they] only nodded and said , ['] [go] [on] . ['] 1 the 2 knight 2 knight 3 paused 3 paused 4 to 4 to 5 see 5 see 6 if 6 if 8 children 6 if 9 doubted 7 the 8 children 8 children 9 doubted 9 doubted 10 him 9 doubted 12 but 11 , 12 but 12 but 16 and 12 but 18 , 14 only 15 nodded 15 nodded 16 and 16 and 17 said 18 , 22 . ['] [the] [yellow] [land] [lay] [on] [our] [left] [,] [the] [grey] [sea] [on] [our] [right] [.] knight [though] [i] was [,] [i] [pulled] my oar [amongst] [the] [rowers] [.] 1 knight 4 was 4 was 9 oar 8 my 9 oar i caught seaweed and dried it , and stuffed it between the pots of beads lest they should break [.] 1 i 4 and 2 caught 3 seaweed 2 caught 4 and 4 and 8 and 5 dried 6 it 5 dried 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 stuffed 9 stuffed 10 it 9 stuffed 11 between 9 stuffed 16 lest 10 it 11 between 11 between 13 pots 12 the 13 pots 13 pots 14 of 14 of 15 beads 16 lest 17 they 16 lest 19 break 17 they 18 should 18 should 19 break knighthood is for the land [.] 1 knighthood 2 is 2 is 3 for 3 for 5 land 4 the 5 land at sea , look [you] , a man is but a spurless rider on a bridleless horse [.] 1 at 2 sea 1 at 6 , 3 , 4 look 3 , 6 , 6 , 8 man 7 a 8 man 8 man 9 is 9 is 10 but 9 is 14 on 10 but 13 rider 11 a 12 spurless 11 a 13 rider 13 rider 14 on 14 on 17 horse 15 a 17 horse 16 bridleless 17 horse but [hugh] [had] [tenfold] [more] [sea-cunning] [than] [i] [witta] [gave] [him] [charge] [of] [the] rowers of the left side [.] 1 but 15 rowers 15 rowers 16 of 16 of 19 side 17 the 19 side 18 left 19 side they saw that [no] [man] [was] [idle] [.] 1 they 2 saw 2 saw 3 that truly , [as] [hugh] said , and [witta] would laugh at him , a ship is all [more] care than [a] [manor] . 1 truly 2 , 2 , 5 said 5 said 23 . 6 , 7 and 6 , 23 . 7 and 9 would 7 and 13 , 9 would 10 laugh 10 laugh 11 at 11 at 12 him 13 , 19 care 14 a 15 ship 15 ship 16 is 16 is 19 care 17 all 19 care 19 care 20 than ['] [how] [?] thus . 1 thus 2 . witta vowed he would wring her neck [.] ['] 1 witta 2 vowed 2 vowed 3 he 2 vowed 5 wring 3 he 4 would 4 would 5 wring 5 wring 7 neck 6 her 7 neck ['] [poor] [polly] [!] [did] [he] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [nay] [.] she was the ship 's bird [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 6 bird 3 the 4 ship 4 ship 5 's 5 's 6 bird she could call all the rowers by [name] [....y] 1 she 2 could 2 could 3 call 3 call 4 all 3 call 7 by 4 all 5 the 4 all 6 rowers 5 the 6 rowers those were good days for a wifeless man [with] [witta] and his heathen beyond the world 's end [....y] 1 those 2 were 2 were 4 days 2 were 5 for 2 were 14 beyond 3 good 4 days 4 days 5 for 5 for 11 and 6 a 7 wifeless 7 wifeless 8 man 7 wifeless 11 and 11 and 13 heathen 11 and 14 beyond 12 his 13 heathen 14 beyond 18 end 15 the 16 world 16 world 17 's 17 's 18 end after many weeks we came on [the] [great] [shoal] [which] stretched [,] as [witta] ['s] father had said , [far] out to sea [.] 1 after 3 weeks 1 after 4 we 2 many 3 weeks 4 we 5 came 5 came 6 on 5 came 21 out 6 on 19 , 11 stretched 13 as 13 as 18 said 16 father 17 had 17 had 18 said 18 said 19 , 21 out 22 to 22 to 23 sea witta scratched his head at them [in] [sign] he would buy gold [.] 1 witta 2 scratched 2 scratched 4 head 3 his 4 head 4 head 5 at 4 head 9 he 4 head 11 buy 5 at 6 them 9 he 10 would 10 would 11 buy 11 buy 12 gold ['] [what] [did] [it] [mean] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [patience] [.] ye shall hear [.] 1 ye 2 shall 2 shall 3 hear we followed the coast eastward sixteen days [(] counting time by sword-cuts on the helm-rail ) till we came [to] [the] [forest] [in] [the] [sea] [.] 1 we 2 followed 2 followed 4 coast 2 followed 5 eastward 2 followed 10 time 3 the 4 coast 6 sixteen 7 days 7 days 9 counting 9 counting 10 time 10 time 11 by 10 time 13 on 10 time 18 we 10 time 19 came 11 by 12 sword-cuts 13 on 17 till 14 the 17 till 15 helm-rail 16 ) 15 helm-rail 17 till 18 we 19 came here we lost the sun [.] 1 here 2 we 2 we 3 lost 3 lost 5 sun 4 the 5 sun the water was foul , and great glittering flies tormented us [.] 1 the 2 water 2 water 3 was 3 was 4 foul 4 foul 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 9 flies 6 and 10 tormented 7 great 9 flies 8 glittering 9 flies 9 flies 10 tormented 10 tormented 11 us morning and evening a blue mist covered the mud [,] [which] [bred] [fevers] [.] 1 morning 2 and 2 and 3 evening 2 and 6 mist 2 and 7 covered 4 a 6 mist 5 blue 6 mist 6 mist 7 covered 7 covered 9 mud 8 the 9 mud the [yellow] [man] [lay] sick [beside] [the] [wise] [iron] , rolling [his] [head] and talking in his own tongue [.] 1 the 5 sick 5 sick 10 , 10 , 14 and 11 rolling 14 and 14 and 15 talking 15 talking 16 in 16 in 17 his 17 his 18 own 18 own 19 tongue [only] [the] [bird] [throve] [.] she sat on [witta] ['s] shoulder and screamed in that noisome , silent darkness [.] 1 she 7 and 2 sat 3 on 2 sat 7 and 3 on 6 shoulder 7 and 8 screamed 7 and 9 in 9 in 14 darkness 10 that 11 noisome 11 noisome 12 , 11 noisome 14 darkness 13 silent 14 darkness yes [;] [i] [think] it was the silence [we] most feared [.] ['] 1 yes 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 8 silence 7 the 8 silence 8 silence 11 feared 10 most 11 feared he paused to listen to the comfortable home noises of the brook [.] 1 he 2 paused 2 paused 3 to 3 to 4 listen 4 listen 5 to 5 to 9 noises 6 the 9 noises 7 comfortable 8 home 8 home 9 noises 9 noises 10 of 10 of 11 the 11 the 12 brook we [thanked] [god] [to] see [the] [sun] [again] [.] 1 we 5 see soon they fetched store of gold in bars and in dust from their huts , and some great blackened elephants ' teeth [.] 1 soon 2 they 2 they 3 fetched 3 fetched 4 store 3 fetched 9 and 3 fetched 12 from 4 store 5 of 5 of 6 gold 7 in 8 bars 7 in 9 and 9 and 10 in 10 in 11 dust 12 from 16 and 13 their 14 huts 14 huts 16 and 15 , 16 and 16 and 22 teeth 17 some 20 elephants 18 great 20 elephants 19 blackened 20 elephants 20 elephants 21 ' 21 ' 22 teeth their captain or chief sorcerer then beat on his chest with his fists , and gnashed his teeth [.] 1 their 2 captain 2 captain 3 or 3 or 5 sorcerer 3 or 15 and 4 chief 5 sorcerer 6 then 7 beat 7 beat 8 on 7 beat 11 with 7 beat 15 and 8 on 10 chest 9 his 10 chest 10 chest 11 with 11 with 12 his 13 fists 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 gnashed 16 gnashed 18 teeth 17 his 18 teeth ['] [said] [thorkild] [of] [borkum] [:] ["] [do] [they] [mean] [we] [must] [fight] [for] [all] [this] [gear] [?] ["] [and] [he] [half] [drew] [sword] [.] " ['] [nay] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " " [i] [think] [they] [ask] [us] [to] [league] [against] [some] [enemy] [.] " 1 " 13 " " ['] [i] [like] [this] [not] [,] " [said] [witta] [,] [of] [a] [sudden] [.] 1 " 8 " " [back] [into] [mid-stream] [.] " 1 " 6 " ['] [so] [we] [did] [,] [and] [sat] [still] [all] [,] [watching] [the] [black] [folk] [and] [the] [gold] [they] [piled] [on] [the] [bank] [.] again we heard drums beat in the forest , and the people fled to their huts , leaving the gold unguarded [.] 1 again 2 we 2 we 3 heard 3 heard 4 drums 3 heard 6 in 3 heard 14 to 4 drums 5 beat 4 drums 6 in 6 in 10 and 7 the 8 forest 8 forest 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 people 11 the 12 people 12 people 13 fled 12 people 14 to 14 to 16 huts 15 their 16 huts 16 huts 18 leaving 17 , 18 leaving 18 leaving 20 gold 18 leaving 21 unguarded 19 the 20 gold ['] [then] [hugh] [,] [at] [the] [bows] [,] [pointed] [without] [speech] [,] [and] [we] [saw] [a] [great] [devil] [come] [out] [of] [the] [forest] [.] he shaded his brows with his hand , and moistened his pink tongue between his lips [thus] [.] ['] 1 he 9 and 2 shaded 4 brows 2 shaded 5 with 2 shaded 9 and 3 his 4 brows 4 brows 5 with 5 with 7 hand 6 his 7 hand 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 moistened 10 moistened 13 tongue 11 his 13 tongue 12 pink 13 tongue 13 tongue 14 between 14 between 16 lips 15 his 16 lips ['] [a] [devil] [!] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [delightfully] [horrified] [.] ['] [yea] [.] taller [than] a man [;] [covered] [with] [reddish] [hair] [.] 1 taller 4 man 3 a 4 man hugh loosed arrow , and [pierced] him through the throat [.] 1 hugh 2 loosed 1 hugh 5 and 2 loosed 3 arrow 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 him 5 and 8 through 8 through 10 throat 9 the 10 throat he fell [roaring] [,] [and] [three] [other] [devils] [ran] out of the forest and [hauled] him into a tall tree out of sight [.] 1 he 2 fell 2 fell 22 of 10 out 11 of 11 of 13 forest 11 of 14 and 12 the 13 forest 13 forest 14 and 14 and 16 him 14 and 17 into 17 into 20 tree 18 a 20 tree 19 tall 20 tree 20 tree 22 of 21 out 22 of 22 of 23 sight anon they cast down the blood-stained arrow , and lamented together among the leaves [.] 1 anon 2 they 2 they 9 and 3 cast 4 down 3 cast 7 arrow 3 cast 9 and 5 the 7 arrow 6 blood-stained 7 arrow 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 lamented 9 and 11 together 9 and 12 among 12 among 14 leaves 13 the 14 leaves witta saw the gold on the bank [;] [he] was loath to leave it [.] 1 witta 2 saw 2 saw 4 gold 3 the 4 gold 4 gold 5 on 5 on 6 the 6 the 7 bank 7 bank 10 was 10 was 11 loath 11 loath 12 to 12 to 13 leave 13 leave 14 it let us row in [while] [these] [devils] [bewail] [themselves] , and [at] [least] [bear] [off] [what] we may . ["] 1 let 2 us 1 let 3 row 3 row 4 in 4 in 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 17 we 11 and 19 . 17 we 18 may ['] [bold] [as] [a] [wolf] [,] [cunning] [as] [a] [fox] [was] [witta] [!] he set four archers on the fore-deck to shoot [the] [devils] if they should leap from [the] [tree] , which was close to the bank [.] 1 he 2 set 2 set 4 archers 2 set 5 on 2 set 8 to 3 four 4 archers 5 on 7 fore-deck 6 the 7 fore-deck 8 to 9 shoot 9 shoot 12 if 12 if 13 they 12 if 15 leap 13 they 14 should 14 should 15 leap 15 leap 16 from 16 from 25 bank 19 , 20 which 20 which 21 was 21 was 23 to 22 close 23 to 23 to 25 bank 24 the 25 bank but none would [set] foot [ashore] , though the gold was [within] ten paces [.] 1 but 2 none 1 but 11 was 2 none 3 would 5 foot 7 , 7 , 10 gold 8 though 10 gold 9 the 10 gold 10 gold 11 was 11 was 14 paces 13 ten 14 paces no man is hasty to his hanging [!] 1 no 2 man 2 man 3 is 3 is 4 hasty 4 hasty 5 to 5 to 7 hanging 6 his 7 hanging they whimpered at their oars [like] [beaten] [hounds] , [and] [witta] [bit] his fingers for rage [.] 1 they 2 whimpered 2 whimpered 3 at 2 whimpered 15 for 3 at 5 oars 4 their 5 oars 9 , 13 his 9 , 14 fingers 14 fingers 15 for 15 for 16 rage ['] [said] [hugh] [of] [a] [sudden] [,] ["] [hark] [!] ["] ['] [what] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [and] [una] [.] ['] [it] [was] [the] [sword] [.] ['] sir [richard] [patted] [the] [smooth] [hilt] . 1 sir 7 . ['] [it] [sang] [as] [a] [dane] [sings] [before] [battle] [.] " [i] [go] [,] ["] said [hugh] [,] [and] he leaped [from] [the] [bows] [and] [fell] among the gold [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 10 he 10 he 11 leaped 11 leaped 17 among 17 among 19 gold 18 the 19 gold i was afraid to my four bones ' marrow , but for shame 's sake [i] [followed] [,] [and] [thorkild] [of] [borkum] [leaped] [after] [me] [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 15 sake 3 afraid 11 but 4 to 9 marrow 4 to 11 but 5 my 6 four 6 four 7 bones 7 bones 8 ' 8 ' 9 marrow 10 , 11 but 11 but 12 for 12 for 13 shame 13 shame 14 's 14 's 15 sake none [other] came [.] 1 none 3 came " [blame] [me] [not] [,] " [cried] [witta] [behind] [us] [,] ["] [i] [must] [abide] [by] [my] [ship] [.] ["] 1 " 6 " we three had no time to blame or praise [.] 1 we 2 three 2 three 3 had 3 had 5 time 3 had 6 to 4 no 5 time 6 to 8 or 7 blame 8 or 8 or 9 praise ['] [i] [know] [not] [how] [the] [devils] [leaped] [down] [,] [or] [how] [the] [fight] [began] [.] i do not know . 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 not 2 do 5 . 3 not 4 know i went to it in [my] [mail-shirt] , which saved my skin [.] 1 i 2 went 2 went 3 to 2 went 5 in 3 to 4 it 5 in 8 , 8 , 10 saved 9 which 10 saved 10 saved 12 skin 11 my 12 skin i passed [my] [sword] twice [through] [him] , and he crutched himself away between his long arms , coughing and moaning [.] 1 i 8 , 2 passed 5 twice 2 passed 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 9 and 11 crutched 10 he 11 crutched 11 crutched 12 himself 11 crutched 13 away 11 crutched 14 between 14 between 20 and 15 his 17 arms 16 long 17 arms 17 arms 18 , 18 , 19 coughing 18 , 20 and 20 and 21 moaning that was twenty days [after] [.] ['] 1 that 2 was 2 was 4 days 3 twenty 4 days ['] [what] [had] [happened] [?] [did] [hugh] [die] [?] ['] [the] [children] [asked] [.] ['] [never] [was] [such] [a] [fight] [fought] [by] [christened] [man] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] judge [what] teeth they were [!] ['] 1 judge 3 teeth 3 teeth 4 they 3 teeth 5 were 4 they 5 were sir [richard] [turned] [the] [sword] [again] that [the] [children] might [see] [the] [two] [great] [chiselled] [gouges] [on] [either] [side] [of] [the] [blade] [.] 1 sir 7 that 7 that 10 might ['] [those] [same] [teeth] [met] [in] [hugh] ['s] [right] [arm] [and] [side] [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [went] [on] [.] ['] [i] [?] oh , [i] [had] no [more] [than] [a] [broken] [foot] [and] [a] fever [.] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 13 fever 2 , 5 no thorkild 's ear [was] [bitten] , [but] [hugh] ['s] arm and side clean [withered] away [.] 1 thorkild 2 's 2 's 3 ear 3 ear 6 , 6 , 10 arm 6 , 11 and 11 and 12 side 11 and 13 clean 13 clean 15 away i saw him where he lay along , sucking a fruit in his left hand [.] 1 i 2 saw 2 saw 3 him 2 saw 4 where 4 where 5 he 4 where 6 lay 5 he 6 lay 6 lay 7 along 6 lay 9 sucking 8 , 9 sucking 9 sucking 11 fruit 9 sucking 12 in 10 a 11 fruit 11 fruit 12 in 12 in 15 hand 13 his 15 hand 14 left 15 hand his flesh was wasted off his bones , his hair was patched with white , and [his] [hand] was [blue-veined] like a woman 's [.] 1 his 2 flesh 2 flesh 3 was 3 was 16 and 4 wasted 5 off 4 wasted 16 and 5 off 7 bones 6 his 7 bones 8 , 12 patched 8 , 15 , 9 his 10 hair 10 hair 11 was 11 was 12 patched 12 patched 13 with 13 with 14 white 15 , 16 and 16 and 19 was 19 was 21 like 21 like 24 's 22 a 23 woman 23 woman 24 's he [put] [his] [left] [arm] [round] [my] [neck] and [whispered] , " [take] my sword [.] 1 he 9 and 9 and 15 sword 11 , 12 " 11 , 14 my 14 my 15 sword it has been thine since [hastings] , [o] [my] [brother] [,] but [i] [can] [never] [hold] [hilt] [again] [.] ["] 1 it 2 has 2 has 3 been 3 been 4 thine 3 been 5 since 5 since 7 , 7 , 12 but i was weak , and [he] little more than a shadow [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 5 and 3 weak 4 , 3 weak 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 little 7 little 8 more 7 little 9 than 9 than 11 shadow 10 a 11 shadow " ['] [nay] [nay] [,] ["] said [witta] [,] at the helm-rail [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 12 helm-rail 10 at 11 the 11 the 12 helm-rail ["] [gold] [is] [a] [good] [right] [arm] [to] [any] [man] [.] look look at the gold [!] ["] 1 look 2 look 2 look 3 at 3 at 5 gold 4 the 5 gold he bade [thorkild] [show] [us] the gold and [the] [elephants] ['] [teeth] , as though we had [been] [children] . 1 he 8 and 2 bade 7 gold 2 bade 8 and 6 the 7 gold 8 and 13 , 13 , 20 . 14 as 20 . 15 though 16 we 16 we 17 had 17 had 20 . they worshipped us as [gods] , [thorkild] [told] [me] [:] it was one of their old women healed up [hugh] 's [poor] [arm] [.] ['] 1 they 2 worshipped 2 worshipped 3 us 2 worshipped 4 as 4 as 21 's 6 , 11 it 6 , 21 's 11 it 12 was 12 was 13 one 13 one 14 of 13 one 18 healed 14 of 17 women 15 their 17 women 16 old 17 women 18 healed 19 up ['] [how] [much] [gold] [did] [you] [get] [?] ['] [asked] [dan] [.] ['] [how] [can] [i] [say] [?] where we came out with wedges of iron under the rowers ' feet we returned with wedges of gold hidden beneath planks [.] 1 where 2 we 1 where 3 came 1 where 14 we 2 we 3 came 3 came 4 out 3 came 5 with 3 came 9 under 5 with 6 wedges 6 wedges 7 of 7 of 8 iron 8 iron 9 under 9 under 13 feet 10 the 11 rowers 11 rowers 12 ' 12 ' 13 feet 14 we 15 returned 15 returned 16 with 15 returned 21 beneath 16 with 17 wedges 17 wedges 18 of 18 of 19 gold 19 gold 20 hidden 19 gold 21 beneath 21 beneath 22 planks " ['] [i] [had] [sooner] [have] [my] [right] [arm] [,] ["] said [hugh] [,] [when] he had seen [all] [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 16 he 16 he 17 had 17 had 18 seen ["] ['] [ahai] [!] that was my fault , " said [witta] . 1 that 5 , 2 was 4 fault 2 was 5 , 3 my 4 fault 5 , 6 " 5 , 7 said 7 said 9 . " [i] [should] [have] [taken] [ransom] [and] [landed] [you] [in] [france] [when] [first] [you] [came] [aboard] [,] [ten] [months] [ago] [.] " 1 " 22 " " ['] [it] [is] [over-late] [now] [,] " [said] [hugh] [,] [laughing] [.] 1 " 8 " ['] [witta] [plucked] [at] [his] [long] [shoulder-lock] [.] " [but] [think] [!] ["] said he . 1 " 6 said 6 said 7 he 7 he 8 . think of this and do not blame me overmuch [,] [hugh] [.] 1 think 2 of 1 think 4 and 2 of 3 this 4 and 5 do 5 do 6 not 5 do 7 blame 6 not 7 blame 7 blame 9 overmuch 8 me 9 overmuch [see] [!] i will only take [a] half of the gold [.] ["] 1 i 2 will 2 will 4 take 3 only 4 take 4 take 6 half 6 half 7 of 7 of 9 gold 8 the 9 gold " ['] [i] [blame] [thee] [not] [at] [all] [,] [witta] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 12 " " [it] [was] [a] [joyous] [venture] [,] [and] we [thirty-five] [here] have done what [never] men have done [.] 1 " 9 we 9 we 12 have 12 have 13 done 13 done 14 what 14 what 16 men 14 what 18 done 16 men 17 have 17 have 18 done [if] [i] [live] [till] [england] [,] [i] [will] [build] [me] [a] [stout] [keep] [over] [dallington] [out] [of] [my] [share] [.] ["] many will fight for me now [.] 1 many 2 will 2 will 3 fight 3 fight 4 for 3 fight 6 now 4 for 5 me but first we must turn [north] , and [with] this honest treasure [aboard] [i] [pray] [we] meet no pirate ships [.] ["] 1 but 3 we 1 but 7 , 2 first 3 we 3 we 4 must 4 must 5 turn 7 , 8 and 8 and 12 treasure 8 and 17 meet 10 this 11 honest 11 honest 12 treasure 17 meet 20 ships 18 no 20 ships 19 pirate 20 ships ['] [we] [did] [not] [laugh] [.] we were careful [.] 1 we 2 were 2 were 3 careful we were afraid lest we should lose one grain of our gold , for which we had fought [devils] [.] 1 we 2 were 2 were 3 afraid 3 afraid 4 lest 4 lest 5 we 4 lest 7 lose 5 we 6 should 6 should 7 lose 7 lose 9 grain 8 one 9 grain 9 grain 10 of 10 of 12 gold 11 our 12 gold 12 gold 14 for 13 , 14 for 14 for 15 which 14 for 16 we 14 for 18 fought 16 we 17 had " ['] [he] [has] [gone] [to] [his] [own] [country] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 12 said 12 said 13 he 13 he 14 . he leaped out on the mud , and did not answer when we called [;] [so] [we] [called] [no] [more] [.] 1 he 2 leaped 1 he 8 and 2 leaped 3 out 2 leaped 8 and 3 out 4 on 4 on 6 mud 5 the 6 mud 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 did 8 and 12 when 9 did 10 not 9 did 11 answer 10 not 11 answer 12 when 13 we 12 when 14 called 13 we 14 called he [left] [the] [wise] [iron] [,] [which] is [all] [that] [i] [care] for [and] [see] , [the] [spirit] [still] [points] to [the] [south] [.] ["] 1 he 8 is 8 is 13 for 13 for 16 , 16 , 21 to ['] [why] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [because] [of] [the] [gold] [because] [of] [our] [gold] [.] gold changes men altogether [.] 1 gold 2 changes 2 changes 3 men 2 changes 4 altogether thorkild [of] [borkum] did not change [.] 1 thorkild 4 did 4 did 5 not 4 did 6 change 5 not 6 change he laughed at [witta] [for] [his] [fears] , and [at] [us] [for] [our] counselling [witta] to furl [sail] when the ship pitched at all [.] 1 he 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 at 3 at 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 14 counselling 14 counselling 24 all 16 to 17 furl 17 furl 19 when 19 when 21 ship 19 when 22 pitched 20 the 21 ship 21 ship 22 pitched 22 pitched 23 at 23 at 24 all " ['] [better] be [drowned] [out] [of] [hand] , " [said] [thorkild] [of] [borkum] , ["] than go tied to a deck-load of [yellow] dust [.] ["] 1 " 4 be 4 be 25 dust 9 , 10 " 9 , 15 , 15 , 18 go 17 than 18 go 18 go 19 tied 18 go 20 to 20 to 22 deck-load 21 a 22 deck-load 22 deck-load 23 of 23 of 25 dust ['] [he] [was] [a] [landless] [man] [,] [and] [had] [been] [slave] [to] [some] [king] [in] [the] [east] [.] he would have beaten out the gold into deep bands to [put] round the oars , and round the prow [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 beaten 4 beaten 5 out 4 beaten 7 gold 4 beaten 8 into 4 beaten 11 to 6 the 7 gold 7 gold 8 into 8 into 10 bands 9 deep 10 bands 11 to 17 and 13 round 17 and 14 the 15 oars 15 oars 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 round 18 round 20 prow 19 the 20 prow but for [hugh] , he said and so did all his men they would never have won the gold [.] 1 but 2 for 1 but 5 he 2 for 4 , 5 he 6 said 6 said 7 and 7 and 9 did 8 so 9 did 9 did 10 all 10 all 11 his 10 all 19 gold 11 his 12 men 12 men 13 they 12 men 16 have 12 men 17 won 13 they 14 would 14 would 16 have 15 never 16 have 18 the 19 gold i [remember] [witta] made a little , [thin] gold [ring] [for] [our] [bird] to swing in [.] 1 i 4 made 4 made 9 gold 5 a 6 little 5 a 9 gold 6 little 7 , 9 gold 14 to 14 to 15 swing 15 swing 16 in ['] [three] [months] [we] [rowed] [and] [sailed] [and] [went] [ashore] [for] [fruits] [or] [to] [clean] [the] [ship] [.] " ['] [now] [find] [ye] [pevensey] [yourselves] [,] " [said] [witta] [.] 1 " 9 " " [i] [love] [not] [these] [narrow] [ship-filled] [seas] [.] " 1 " 10 " yet , for our gold 's sake , we were more afraid than they [.] 1 yet 2 , 1 yet 9 we 2 , 3 for 3 for 7 sake 3 for 8 , 3 for 9 we 4 our 5 gold 5 gold 6 's 6 's 7 sake 9 we 10 were 10 were 12 afraid 11 more 12 afraid 12 afraid 13 than 13 than 14 they we crept along the coast by night till we came to the chalk cliffs , and [so] east to [pevensey] [.] 1 we 2 crept 2 crept 3 along 2 crept 6 by 2 crept 8 till 3 along 5 coast 4 the 5 coast 5 coast 6 by 6 by 7 night 8 till 9 we 8 till 10 came 9 we 10 came 10 came 11 to 11 to 16 and 12 the 14 cliffs 13 chalk 14 cliffs 14 cliffs 16 and 15 , 16 and 16 and 18 east 16 and 19 to witta would not come [ashore] [with] [us] , [though] [hugh] [promised] [him] wine [at] [dallington] [enough] [to] swim in . 1 witta 2 would 2 would 3 not 2 would 18 swim 3 not 4 come 4 come 8 , 8 , 13 wine 18 swim 19 in 19 in 20 . i think [when] [thorkild] of [borkum] [bade] the rowers [give] way [we] [were] [near] [weeping] [.] 1 i 2 think 2 think 5 of 5 of 11 way 8 the 9 rowers 8 the 11 way ['] [did] [he] [get] [home] [all] [right] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [i] [never] [knew] [.] we saw him [hoist] sail under the moon-track and stand away [.] 1 we 2 saw 2 saw 3 him 2 saw 5 sail 5 sail 6 under 5 sail 11 away 6 under 9 and 7 the 8 moon-track 8 moon-track 9 and 9 and 10 stand i have prayed that he found his wife and the children [.] ['] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 prayed 3 prayed 4 that 4 that 5 he 4 that 6 found 5 he 6 found 6 found 9 and 7 his 8 wife 8 wife 9 and 9 and 11 children 10 the 11 children ['] [and] [what] [did] [you] [do] [?] ['] ['] [we] [waited] [on] [the] [marsh] [till] [the] [day] [.] sir [richard] [crossed] [hands] [on] [his] [sword-hilt] , and stared [down] [stream] through the soft warm shadows . 1 sir 8 , 1 sir 18 . 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 stared 10 stared 13 through 13 through 17 shadows 14 the 17 shadows 15 soft 17 shadows 16 warm 17 shadows ['] [a] [whole] [shipload] [of] [gold] [!] ['] [said] [una] [,] [looking] [at] [the] [little] [golden] [hind] [.] ['] [but] [i] ['m] [glad] [i] [didn't] [see] [the] [devils] [.] ['] ['] [i] [don't] [believe] [they] [were] [devils] [,] ['] [dan] [whispered] [back] [.] ['] [eh] [?] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] ['] [witta] ['s] [father] [warned] [him] [they] [were] [unquestionable] [devils] [.] one must believe one 's father , and not one 's children [.] 1 one 2 must 2 must 3 believe 3 believe 8 and 4 one 5 's 5 's 6 father 6 father 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 not 8 and 12 children 10 one 11 's 11 's 12 children what were [my] [devils] [,] [then] [?] ['] 1 what 2 were dan flushed all over [.] 1 dan 2 flushed 2 flushed 4 over 3 all 4 over ['] [not] [always] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [only] [twice] [.] ['] they had been reading [the] [gorilla] [hunters] in the orchard [.] 1 they 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 reading 4 reading 8 in 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 orchard ['] [well] [,] [anyhow] [,] [they] [always] [drummed] [on] [their] [chests] [,] [like] [sir] [richard] ['s] [did] [,] [before] [they] [went] [for] [people] [.] and they built houses in trees , [too] . ['] 1 and 2 they 1 and 7 , 2 they 3 built 3 built 4 houses 4 houses 5 in 5 in 6 trees 7 , 9 . ['] [ha] [!] ['] sir [richard] [opened] [his] [eyes] . 1 sir 6 . ['] [houses] [like] [flat] [nests] [did] [our] [devils] [make] [,] [where] [their] [imps] [lay] [and] [looked] [at] [us] [.] [wonderful] [!] were [our] [devils] only nest-building apes [?] 1 were 6 apes 4 only 5 nest-building 5 nest-building 6 apes is there no sorcery left in the world [?] ['] 1 is 2 there 1 is 5 left 1 is 6 in 3 no 5 left 4 sorcery 5 left 5 left 6 in 6 in 8 world 7 the 8 world ['] [i] [don't] [know] [,] ['] [answered] [dan] [,] [uncomfortably] [.] and we did . ['] 1 and 2 we 1 and 4 . 2 we 3 did ['] [but] [we] [didn't] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] [sighing] [.] ['] [oh] [!] [there] ['s] [puck] [!] ['] ['] [no] [sorcery] [,] [sir] [richard] [?] ['] [he] [laughed] [,] [and] [blew] [on] [a] [full] [dandelion] [head] [he] [had] [picked] [.] ['] [they] [tell] [me] [that] [witta] ['s] [wise] [iron] [was] [a] [toy] [.] the boy carries such an iron with him [.] 1 the 2 boy 2 boy 3 carries 3 carries 6 iron 4 such 5 an 5 an 6 iron 6 iron 7 with 7 with 8 him they [tell] [me] [our] [devils] were apes , called gorillas ! ['] said [sir] [richard] , [indignantly] . 1 they 6 were 6 were 7 apes 7 apes 9 called 8 , 9 called 9 called 10 gorillas 9 called 11 ! 11 ! 13 said 13 said 18 . 16 , 18 . ['] [that] [is] [the] [sorcery] [of] [books] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [i] [warned] [thee] [they] [were] [wise] [children] [.] all people can be wise by reading of books [.] ['] 1 all 2 people 2 people 3 can 3 can 4 be 4 be 5 wise 5 wise 6 by 6 by 7 reading 7 reading 8 of 8 of 9 books ['] [but] [are] [the] [books] [true] [?] ['] sir [richard] [frowned] . 1 sir 4 . ['] [i] [like] [not] [all] [this] [reading] [and] [writing] [.] ['] ['] [ye-es] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [holding] [the] [naked] [dandelion] [head] [at] [arm] ['s] [length] [.] ['] [but] [if] [we] [hang] [all] [fellows] [who] [write] [falsely] [,] [why] [did] [de] [aquila] [not] [begin] [with] [gilbert] [the] [clerk] [?] he was false enough [.] ['] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 false 3 false 4 enough ['] [poor] [false] [gilbert] [.] yet , in his fashion , he was [bold] , ['] [said] [sir] [richard] . 1 yet 2 , 1 yet 7 he 3 in 5 fashion 3 in 6 , 3 in 7 he 4 his 5 fashion 7 he 8 was 8 was 15 . 10 , 15 . ['] [what] [did] [he] [do] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [he] [wrote] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] ['] [is] [the] [tale] [meet] [for] [children] [,] [think] [you] [?] ['] [he] [looked] [at] [puck] [;] [but] ['] [tell] [us] [!] tell us [!] ['] [cried] [dan] [and] [una] [together] [.] 1 tell 2 us [thorkild] ['s] [song] there 's [no] [wind] [along] [these] seas , [out] oars [for] [stavanger] [!] 1 there 2 's 2 's 7 seas 7 seas 8 , 8 , 10 oars [forward] [all] [for] [stavanger] [!] so we must wake the white-ash breeze , [let] fall [for] [stavanger] [!] 1 so 8 , 2 we 8 , 3 must 4 wake 3 must 8 , 4 wake 7 breeze 5 the 7 breeze 6 white-ash 7 breeze 8 , 10 fall a [long] pull [for] [stavanger] [!] 1 a 3 pull oh , hear the benches creak and strain [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 hear 3 hear 5 benches 3 hear 7 and 4 the 5 benches 5 benches 7 and 6 creak 7 and 7 and 8 strain ( [a] [long] [pull] for [stavanger] [!] ) 1 ( 5 for 5 for 8 ) she thinks she smells the [northland] rain [!] 1 she 2 thinks 2 thinks 3 she 2 thinks 4 smells 3 she 4 smells 4 smells 7 rain 5 the 7 rain ( [a] [long] [pull] for [stavanger] [!] ) 1 ( 5 for 5 for 8 ) she [thinks] [she] [smells] [the] [northland] [snow] [,] [and] [she] 's as glad as we to go . 1 she 11 's 11 's 13 glad 12 as 13 glad 13 glad 14 as 13 glad 16 to 13 glad 17 go 14 as 15 we 16 to 17 go 17 go 18 . she thinks [she] [smells] [the] [northland] [rime] [,] [and] [the] [dear] [dark] [nights] [of] [winter-time] [.] 1 she 2 thinks her very bolts are sick for shore [,] [and] [we] [we] [want] [it] [ten] [times] [more] [!] 1 her 2 very 1 her 3 bolts 3 bolts 4 are 4 are 5 sick 5 sick 6 for 6 for 7 shore so all [you] [gods] [that] [love] brave men , [send] [us] a three-reef gale [again] ! 1 so 7 brave 2 all 7 brave 7 brave 8 men 8 men 14 gale 9 , 14 gale 12 a 13 three-reef 12 a 14 gale 13 three-reef 14 gale 14 gale 16 ! send [us] [a] [gale] , and watch us come , [with] close-cropped canvas slashing [home] [!] 1 send 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 watch 6 and 10 , 7 watch 8 us 7 watch 9 come 10 , 14 slashing 12 close-cropped 13 canvas 13 canvas 14 slashing but there 's no wind in all these seas [.] 1 but 2 there 1 but 3 's 2 there 3 's 3 's 5 wind 3 's 6 in 4 no 5 wind 5 wind 6 in 6 in 7 all 7 all 8 these 7 all 9 seas 8 these 9 seas a [long] pull [for] [stavanger] [!] 1 a 3 pull so we must wake the white-ash breeze , [a] [long] pull [for] [stavanger] [!] 1 so 8 , 2 we 8 , 3 must 4 wake 3 must 8 , 4 wake 7 breeze 5 the 7 breeze 6 white-ash 7 breeze 8 , 11 pull [old] [men] [at] [pevensey] ['] [it] [has] [naught] [to] [do] [with] [apes] [or] [devils] [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [went] [on] [,] [in] [an] [undertone] [.] ['] [it] [concerns] [de] [aquila] [,] [than] [whom] [there] [was] [never] [bolder] [nor] [craftier] [,] [nor] [more] [hardy] [knight] [born] [.] and [remember] he was an old , [old] man at that time . ['] 1 and 3 he 1 and 13 . 3 he 4 was 4 was 10 at 5 an 6 old 6 old 7 , 6 old 9 man 9 man 10 at 10 at 12 time 11 that 12 time ['] [when] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [when] [we] [came] [back] [from] [sailing] [with] [witta] [.] ['] ['] [what] [did] [you] [do] [with] [your] [gold] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [have] [patience] [.] link by link [is] chain-mail made [.] 1 link 2 by 1 link 5 chain-mail 3 link 5 chain-mail 5 chain-mail 6 made i will tell all in its place [.] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 tell 3 tell 4 all 3 tell 5 in 4 all 5 in 5 in 7 place 6 its 7 place he sat on his bed like a little white falcon , turning [his] [head] [swiftly] [from] [one] to the other [as] [we] [told] [our] [tale] [.] 1 he 2 sat 2 sat 3 on 2 sat 6 like 3 on 5 bed 4 his 5 bed 5 bed 6 like 6 like 11 , 7 a 8 little 7 a 10 falcon 8 little 10 falcon 9 white 10 falcon 10 falcon 11 , 11 , 12 turning 12 turning 18 to 18 to 20 other 19 the 20 other it was [jehan] [whom] [de] [aquila] [had] sent to us [with] the horses , and [only] [jehan] had loaded the gold [.] 1 it 15 and 2 was 8 sent 2 was 15 and 8 sent 9 to 9 to 10 us 12 the 13 horses 13 horses 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 18 had 18 had 19 loaded 19 loaded 21 gold 20 the 21 gold when [our] [story] was [told] [,] [de] [aquila] [gave] [us] the news of [england] , for we were [as] [men] waked from a year-long [sleep] [.] 1 when 4 was 4 was 12 news 11 the 12 news 12 news 13 of 13 of 15 , 15 , 16 for 16 for 17 we 17 we 18 were 18 were 21 waked 21 waked 22 from 22 from 24 year-long 23 a 24 year-long this was the very thing [that] [the] [red] [king] [had] [done] [to] [robert] [when] [our] [great] [william] [died] [.] 1 this 2 was 2 was 5 thing 3 the 4 very 3 the 5 thing a little earlier , and [witta] ['s] ship would have rowed through them [.] 1 a 2 little 2 little 3 earlier 2 little 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 8 ship 5 and 9 would 9 would 10 have 10 have 11 rowed 11 rowed 12 through 12 through 13 them ( [better] [ride] [a] [horse] on [the] [bit] [he] [knows] , [i] [say] [!] ) 1 ( 6 on 6 on 11 , 11 , 15 ) but that is only a cloak to their falsehood [.] ["] 1 but 3 is 2 that 3 is 3 is 4 only 3 is 6 cloak 3 is 7 to 5 a 6 cloak 7 to 9 falsehood 8 their 9 falsehood he cracked his finger on the table , where the wine was spilt , and thus he spoke [:] 1 he 2 cracked 2 cracked 4 finger 2 cracked 5 on 2 cracked 9 where 3 his 4 finger 5 on 7 table 6 the 7 table 8 , 9 where 9 where 11 wine 9 where 13 spilt 9 where 14 , 10 the 11 wine 11 wine 12 was 14 , 15 and 15 and 17 he 16 thus 17 he 17 he 18 spoke ["] ['] [william] [crammed] [us] [norman] [barons] [full] [of] [good] [english] [acres] [after] [santlache] [.] therefore [clare] [has] [risen] , [fitzosborne] [has] risen , [montgomery] [has] risen [whom] [our] [first] [william] [made] [an] [english] [earl] . 1 therefore 5 , 1 therefore 9 , 5 , 8 risen 9 , 21 . 12 risen 21 . even [d'arcy] [is] [out] [with] [his] [men] [,] [whose] [father] [i] [remember] a little hedge-sparrow knight [near] [by] [caen] [.] 1 even 16 knight 13 a 14 little 13 a 16 knight 14 little 15 hedge-sparrow [if] [henry] [wins] [,] [the] [barons] [can] [still] [flee] [to] [normandy] [,] [where] [robert] [will] [welcome] [them] [.] if [henry] [loses] [,] [robert] [,] he [says] [,] will give them [more] lands in [england] [.] 1 if 7 he 7 he 10 will 10 will 11 give 11 give 12 them 11 give 14 lands 11 give 15 in oh , a pest [a] pest on [normandy] , for [she] will be [our] [england] 's curse [this] [many] [a] [long] [year] [!] ["] 1 oh 6 pest 2 , 6 pest 3 a 6 pest 4 pest 6 pest 6 pest 7 on 6 pest 9 , 9 , 10 for 10 for 17 curse 12 will 13 be 13 be 16 's 16 's 17 curse " ['] [amen] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " " [but] [will] [the] [war] [come] [our] [ways] [,] [think] [you] [?] " 1 " 13 " " ['] [not] [from] [the] [north] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [but] [the] [sea] [is] [always] [open] [.] ye have brought your pigs to a pretty market [!] 1 ye 2 have 2 have 3 brought 3 brought 5 pigs 3 brought 6 to 4 your 5 pigs 6 to 9 market 7 a 9 market 8 pretty 9 market " ['] [what] [is] [to] [do] [?] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 8 " " [i] [have] [no] [keep] [at] [dallington] [;] [and] [if] [we] [buried] [it] [,] [whom] [could] [we] [trust] [?] " 1 " 20 " " ['] [me] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [pevensey] [walls] [are] [strong] [.] no man [but] [jehan] [,] [who] [is] [my] [dog] [,] knows what is between them [.] ["] 1 no 2 man 2 man 11 knows 11 knows 12 what 12 what 13 is 13 is 14 between 14 between 15 them he drew a curtain by the shot-window and showed us the shaft of a well in the thickness of the wall [.] 1 he 8 and 2 drew 4 curtain 2 drew 5 by 2 drew 8 and 3 a 4 curtain 4 curtain 5 by 5 by 7 shot-window 6 the 7 shot-window 8 and 9 showed 9 showed 10 us 9 showed 12 shaft 9 showed 16 in 11 the 12 shaft 12 shaft 13 of 13 of 15 well 14 a 15 well 15 well 16 in 16 in 18 thickness 17 the 18 thickness 18 thickness 19 of 19 of 21 wall 20 the 21 wall [hark] [!] ["] we heard the water whistle and blow at the bottom [.] 1 we 6 and 2 heard 4 water 2 heard 5 whistle 2 heard 6 and 3 the 4 water 6 and 7 blow 7 blow 8 at 8 at 10 bottom 9 the 10 bottom " [will] [it] [serve] [?] ["] said he . 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 8 he 9 . " ['] [needs] [must] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 6 " " our lives are in thy hands [.] ["] 1 " 3 lives 2 our 3 lives 3 lives 4 are 4 are 5 in 5 in 7 hands 6 thy 7 hands not [for] [love] [nor] [for] [sorrow] , but [to] [be] [with] [the] [gold] [.] 1 not 7 , 7 , 8 but have a care , " he said , laughing , ["] [lest] [i] [use] [it] to make [myself] [pope] . 1 have 4 , 2 a 3 care 3 care 4 , 4 , 5 " 4 , 7 said 6 he 7 said 7 said 9 laughing 7 said 20 . 8 , 9 laughing 9 laughing 10 , 10 , 16 to 16 to 17 make trust me not , but return ! " ['] 1 trust 2 me 1 trust 5 but 3 not 4 , 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 return 5 but 7 ! 7 ! 8 " sir [richard] [paused] [and] [smiled] [sadly] . 1 sir 7 . ['] [in] [seven] [days] [,] [then] [,] [we] [returned] [from] [our] [manors] [from] [the] [manors] [which] [had] [been] [ours] [.] ['] ['] [and] [were] [the] [children] [quite] [well] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [my] [sons] [were] [young] [.] land and governance belong by right to young men [.] ['] 1 land 2 and 2 and 3 governance 2 and 4 belong 4 belong 5 by 4 belong 7 to 5 by 6 right 6 right 7 to 7 to 9 men 8 young 9 men sir [richard] [was] [talking] [to] [himself] . 1 sir 7 . ['] [it] [would] [have] [broken] [their] [hearts] [if] [we] [had] [taken] [back] [our] [manors] [.] they made us great welcome , but we could see [hugh] [and] [i] [could] [see] that our day was done [.] 1 they 7 but 2 made 3 us 2 made 5 welcome 2 made 7 but 4 great 5 welcome 6 , 7 but 7 but 10 see 8 we 9 could 9 could 10 see 10 see 16 that 16 that 18 day 16 that 19 was 17 our 18 day 18 day 19 was 19 was 20 done i was a cripple and [he] a one-armed man [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 5 and 3 a 4 cripple 4 cripple 5 and 5 and 9 man 7 a 8 one-armed 8 one-armed 9 man [no] [!] ['] he shook his head [.] 1 he 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 3 his 4 head ['] [and] [therefore] ['] [he] [raised] [his] [voice] ['] [we] [rode] [back] [to] [pevensey] [.] ['] ['] [i] ['m] [sorry] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] [for] [the] [knight] [seemed] [very] [sorrowful] [.] ['] [little] [maid] [,] [it] [all] [passed] [long] [ago] [.] they were young [;] [we] [were] [old] [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 young we [let] [them] [rule] [the] [manors] . 1 we 7 . " [aha] [!] ["] cried [de] [aquila] [from] [his] shot-window [,] [when] [we] [dismounted] [.] 1 " 5 cried 5 cried 10 shot-window welcome , poor ghosts [!] ["] 1 welcome 2 , 1 welcome 4 ghosts 3 poor 4 ghosts thus it fell out that [we] [were] rich beyond belief , and lonely [.] 1 thus 2 it 2 it 3 fell 3 fell 4 out 4 out 12 and 5 that 8 rich 5 that 12 and 8 rich 9 beyond 9 beyond 10 belief 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 lonely [and] [lonely] [!] ['] ['] [what] [did] [you] [do] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [we] [watched] [for] [robert] [of] [normandy] [,] ['] [said] [the] [knight] [.] ['] [de] [aquila] [was] [like] [witta] [.] he suffered no idleness [.] 1 he 2 suffered 2 suffered 4 idleness 3 no 4 idleness in foul weather he would walk on the top of his tower , frowning against the rain peering here and pointing there [.] 1 in 3 weather 1 in 4 he 2 foul 3 weather 4 he 5 would 5 would 6 walk 6 walk 7 on 6 walk 9 top 6 walk 15 against 6 walk 22 there 8 the 9 top 9 top 10 of 9 top 15 against 10 of 13 , 11 his 12 tower 12 tower 13 , 13 , 14 frowning 15 against 20 and 16 the 17 rain 17 rain 18 peering 17 rain 20 and 18 peering 19 here 20 and 21 pointing 20 and 22 there it always vexed him to think [how] [witta] ['s] ship had come and gone without his knowledge [.] 1 it 3 vexed 2 always 3 vexed 3 vexed 4 him 3 vexed 5 to 5 to 6 think 6 think 13 and 10 ship 11 had 11 had 13 and 12 come 13 and 13 and 14 gone 13 and 15 without 15 without 17 knowledge 16 his 17 knowledge his [other] eye [he] [kept] [landward] [for] [word] [of] [henry] 's war [against] [the] [barons] [.] 1 his 3 eye 3 eye 11 's 11 's 12 war do not copy [our] [blind] [king] , [but] see with thine own eyes and feel with thine own hands [.] ["] 1 do 2 not 1 do 7 , 3 copy 7 , 7 , 9 see 7 , 19 hands 9 see 10 with 9 see 12 own 9 see 14 and 10 with 11 thine 12 own 14 and 13 eyes 14 and 14 and 15 feel 14 and 18 own 15 feel 16 with 16 with 17 thine i do not think he knew any sort of fear [.] 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 not 2 do 4 think 3 not 4 think 4 think 5 he 4 think 6 knew 5 he 6 knew 6 knew 9 of 7 any 9 of 8 sort 9 of 9 of 10 fear and [so] we [lived] [at] [pevensey] , in the little chamber [above] [the] [hall] [.] 1 and 3 we 1 and 7 , 7 , 8 in 8 in 11 chamber 9 the 11 chamber 10 little 11 chamber ['] [one] [foul] [night] [came] [word] [that] [a] [messenger] [of] [the] [king] [waited] [below] [.] we were [chilled] [after] [a] [long] riding in the fog [towards] [bexlei] , which is [an] easy [place] for ships to land [.] 1 we 13 , 2 were 7 riding 2 were 13 , 7 riding 8 in 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 fog 13 , 22 land 14 which 15 is 15 is 17 easy 17 easy 19 for 17 easy 21 to 19 for 20 ships 21 to 22 land de [aquila] [sent] [word] [the] [man] [might] [either] [eat] [with] [us] [or] [wait] [till] we had fed [.] 1 de 15 we 15 we 16 had 16 had 17 fed anon [jehan] , at the stair-head , [cried] that he had called [for] horse , and was gone [.] 1 anon 3 , 1 anon 10 he 3 , 4 at 4 at 7 , 5 the 6 stair-head 6 stair-head 7 , 7 , 9 that 10 he 16 and 11 had 12 called 11 had 16 and 14 horse 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 was 17 was 18 gone " [pest] [on] [him] [!] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [i] [have] [more] [to] [do] [than] [to] [shiver] [in] [the] [great] [hall] [for] [every] [gadling] [the] [king] [sends] [.] left [he] no word [?] ["] 1 left 4 word 3 no 4 word " ['] [oho] ! " said [de] [aquila] , rubbing his nose , " to [whom] [did] [he] say [that] [?] ["] 1 " 19 say 4 ! 5 " 4 ! 6 said 6 said 10 rubbing 6 said 15 to 9 , 10 rubbing 10 rubbing 12 nose 10 rubbing 13 , 11 his 12 nose 13 , 14 " 15 to 19 say " ['to] [his] [beard] [,] [chiefly] [,] [but] [some] [to] [his] [horse] ['s] [flank] [as] he was girthing up [.] 1 " 16 he 16 he 17 was 17 was 19 up 18 girthing 19 up i followed him out [,] ["] [said] [jehan] [the] [crab] [.] 1 i 2 followed 2 followed 3 him 2 followed 4 out " ['] [what] [was] [his] [shield-mark] [?] " 1 " 8 " " ['] [gold] [horseshoes] [on] [black] [,] " [said] [the] [crab] [.] 1 " 8 " " ['] [that] [is] [one] [of] [fulke] ['s] [men] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] ['] 1 " 11 " puck broke in very gently [,] ['] [gold] [horseshoes] [on] [black] [is] [not] [the] [fulkes] ['] [shield] [.] 1 puck 2 broke 2 broke 3 in 2 broke 5 gently 4 very 5 gently the [fulkes] ['] arms are ['] 1 the 4 arms 4 arms 5 are the knight waved [one] [hand] statelily [.] 1 the 2 knight 2 knight 3 waved 3 waved 6 statelily i have changed all the names in my tale [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 changed 3 changed 4 all 4 all 5 the 4 all 6 names 5 the 6 names 6 names 7 in 7 in 9 tale 8 my 9 tale his children 's children may be still alive [.] ['] 1 his 2 children 2 children 3 's 3 's 4 children 4 children 5 may 5 may 6 be 6 be 7 still 6 be 8 alive ['] [true] [true] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [smiling] [softly] [.] ['] [it] [is] [knightly] [to] [keep] [faith] [even] [after] [a] [thousand] [years] [.] ['] sir [richard] [bowed] a little [and] [went] [on] [:] 1 sir 5 little 4 a 5 little " ['] [gold] [horseshoes] [on] [black] [?] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [i] [had] [heard] [fulke] [had] [joined] [the] [barons] [,] [but] [if] [this] [is] [true] [our] [king] [must] [be] [of] [the] [upper] [hand] [.] no matter , [all] [fulkes] [are] [faithless] [.] 1 no 2 matter 2 matter 3 , still , [i] [would] [not] [have] [sent] [the] [man] [away] [empty] [.] " 1 still 2 , 2 , 13 " " ['] [he] [fed] [,] ["] said jehan [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 jehan " [gilbert] [the] [clerk] fetched [him] meat and wine [from] [the] [kitchens] [.] 1 " 5 fetched 5 fetched 9 wine 7 meat 8 and 8 and 9 wine he ate at [gilbert] ['s] table [.] ["] 1 he 2 ate 2 ate 3 at 3 at 6 table ['] [this] [gilbert] [was] [a] [clerk] [from] [battle] [abbey] [,] [who] [kept] [the] [accounts] [of] [the] [manor] [of] [pevensey] [.] he was tall and pale-coloured , and carried those new-fashioned beads for counting of prayers [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 and 3 tall 4 and 4 and 7 and 5 pale-coloured 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 carried 8 carried 11 beads 9 those 11 beads 10 new-fashioned 11 beads 11 beads 12 for 12 for 13 counting 13 counting 14 of 14 of 15 prayers they were large [brown] [nuts] [or] [seeds] , and hanging from his girdle with his pen and ink-horn [they] clashed when he walked [.] 1 they 8 , 2 were 3 large 2 were 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 hanging 9 and 20 clashed 10 hanging 11 from 10 hanging 20 clashed 11 from 17 and 12 his 13 girdle 13 girdle 14 with 13 girdle 17 and 14 with 16 pen 15 his 16 pen 17 and 18 ink-horn 20 clashed 21 when 21 when 22 he 21 when 23 walked 22 he 23 walked his place was in the great fireplace [.] 1 his 2 place 2 place 3 was 3 was 4 in 4 in 7 fireplace 5 the 7 fireplace 6 great 7 fireplace there was his table of [accounts] , and there he lay o ['] nights [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 table 3 his 4 table 4 table 5 of 5 of 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 he 8 and 12 o 9 there 10 he 10 he 11 lay 12 o 14 nights when [de] [aquila] [sat] [in] [hall] [to] [do] [justice] , [take] fines , [or] [grant] [lands] , [gilbert] would [so] write it in [the] [manor-roll] [.] 1 when 10 , 10 , 13 , 12 fines 13 , 13 , 17 , 17 , 19 would 19 would 21 write 21 write 22 it 21 write 23 in but it was none of his work to feed our guests , or to let them depart without his lord 's knowledge [.] 1 but 2 it 1 but 3 was 2 it 3 was 3 was 7 work 3 was 8 to 4 none 5 of 4 none 7 work 5 of 7 work 6 his 7 work 8 to 13 or 9 feed 13 or 10 our 11 guests 11 guests 12 , 12 , 13 or 13 or 14 to 13 or 17 depart 14 to 15 let 15 let 16 them 15 let 17 depart 17 depart 18 without 18 without 22 knowledge 19 his 20 lord 20 lord 21 's 21 's 22 knowledge " ['] [no] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " " he is no friend to me , or to [odo] my hound either [.] ["] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 is 3 is 5 friend 3 is 14 either 4 no 5 friend 5 friend 9 or 6 to 7 me 6 to 9 or 8 , 9 or 9 or 10 to 10 to 13 hound 12 my 13 hound " ['] [no] [matter] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 6 " there [be] [devils] [in] [africa] [,] [as] [i] have [heard] [,] [but] [by] [the] [saints] [,] [there] be [greater] devils in [pevensey] [!] ["] 1 there 9 have 9 have 20 devils 18 be 20 devils 20 devils 21 in and that was all he would say . 1 and 2 that 1 and 8 . 2 that 3 was 3 was 4 all 4 all 5 he 4 all 7 say 5 he 6 would 6 would 7 say first the wench 's father spoke [;] then her mother [;] [then] [all] [together] [,] [till] [the] [hall] [rang] [and] [the] [hounds] [bayed] [.] 1 first 5 father 2 the 3 wench 3 wench 4 's 4 's 5 father 5 father 6 spoke 6 spoke 8 then 8 then 10 mother 9 her 10 mother de [aquila] [held] up his [hands] [.] 1 de 4 up 4 up 5 his " [write] [her] [free] [,] ["] he called [to] [gilbert] [by] [the] [fireplace] [.] 1 " 7 he 7 he 8 called ["] [a] ['] [god] ['s] [name] [write] [her] [free] [,] [before] [she] [deafens] [me] [!] ( the [great] [hall] [is] [always] [bitter] cold [.] [)] 1 ( 2 the 2 the 8 cold i [stood] [at] [his] [side] [;] [hugh] was [behind] [gilbert] in the fireplace making to play [with] wise [rough] [odo] [.] 1 i 8 was 8 was 11 in 8 was 15 to 11 in 14 making 12 the 14 making 13 fireplace 14 making 14 making 15 to 15 to 16 play 16 play 18 wise he signed to [de] [aquila] , [who] [bade] [gilbert] measure the new field for the new couple [.] 1 he 2 signed 2 signed 3 to 3 to 6 , 6 , 14 for 10 measure 13 field 11 the 13 field 12 new 13 field 13 field 14 for 14 for 17 couple 15 the 17 couple 16 new 17 couple ['] [said] [hugh] [,] [leaning] [down] [to] [the] [hearthstones] [,] ["] [i] [saw] [this] [stone] [move] [under] [gilbert] ['s] [foot] [when] [odo] [snuffed] [at] [it] [.] [look] [!] ["] ye see [?] ['] 1 ye 2 see dan [and] [una] nodded [.] 1 dan 4 nodded ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [una] [gravely] [.] ['] [it] [isn't] [what] [you] [say] [so] [much] [.] it 's what you mean when you say it . 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 what 3 what 4 you 3 what 5 mean 4 you 5 mean 5 mean 6 when 6 when 7 you 6 when 8 say 7 you 8 say 8 say 9 it 9 it 10 . like calling [dan] [a] [beast] in [fun] [.] 1 like 2 calling 2 calling 6 in only grown-ups don't always understand [.] ['] 1 only 2 grown-ups 2 grown-ups 3 don't 3 don't 5 understand 4 always 5 understand " ['] [he] [hath] [done] [this] [day] [by] [day] [before] [our] [very] [face] [?] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 15 " " ['] [nay] [,] [hour] [by] [hour] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 9 " " ['] [bones] [of] [the] [saints] [!] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [what] [avail] [is] [honour] [or] [a] [sword] [against] [a] [pen] [?] [where] [did] [gilbert] [hide] [that] [writing] [?] he shall eat it [.] ["] 1 he 2 shall 2 shall 3 eat 3 eat 4 it " ['] [in] [his] [breast] [when] he [ran] [out] [,] ["] said [hugh] . 1 " 7 he 7 he 12 said 12 said 14 . ["] [which] [made] [me] [look] [to] [see] [where] [he] [kept] [his] [finished] [stuff] [.] when [odo] [scratched] [at] [this] [stone] [here] , [i] [saw] [his] [face] [change] . 1 when 8 , 8 , 14 . so [i] [was] [sure] . ["] 1 so 5 . " ['] [he] [is] [bold] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [do] [him] [justice] [.] in his own fashion [,] [my] [gilbert] [is] [bold] [.] " 1 in 2 his 1 in 4 fashion 2 his 3 own 4 fashion 11 " " ['] [overbold] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] ['] [pest] [on] [him] [!] he is not my tire-woman [!] ["] [said] [de] [aquila] [,] [and] [hugh] [and] [i] [laughed] [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 3 not 2 is 5 tire-woman 4 my 5 tire-woman ["] ['so] [did] [i] [.] [it] [was] [a] [black] [fog] [.] robert could have landed ten thousand men , and [we] [none] [the] wiser . 1 robert 2 could 2 could 3 have 3 have 4 landed 4 landed 9 and 5 ten 6 thousand 6 thousand 7 men 7 men 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 13 wiser 13 wiser 14 . " ['] [no] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " " [but] [here] [is] [the] prayer [of] [gilbert] [himself] [to] [his] master [fulke] [.] ["] 1 " 6 prayer 6 prayer 12 master " ['] [ah] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [well] [i] [knew] [it] [was] [fulke] [.] what is the price of my blood [?] ["] 1 what 2 is 2 is 4 price 3 the 4 price 4 price 5 of 5 of 7 blood 6 my 7 blood " ['] [fear] [and] [pains] [is] [a] [true] [word] [,] ["] said [de] [aquila] , [and] sucked in his cheeks [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 17 sucked 15 , 17 sucked 17 sucked 18 in 18 in 20 cheeks 19 his 20 cheeks ["] [but] [how] [excellent] [a] [weapon] [is] [a] [pen] [!] i must learn it [.] ["] 1 i 2 must 2 must 3 learn 3 learn 4 it " ['] [he] prays [that] [fulke] will advance [him] [from] his present [service] to [that] honour [in] [the] [church] [which] [fulke] [promised] [him] [.] 1 " 4 prays 4 prays 16 honour 7 will 8 advance 8 advance 14 to 11 his 12 present 12 present 14 to 14 to 16 honour and lest [fulke] [should] [forget] , he [has] written below , ['] [to] be [sacristan] [of] [battle] ['] [.] " 1 and 7 he 1 and 14 be 2 lest 6 , 2 lest 7 he 7 he 9 written 9 written 10 below 10 below 11 , 14 be 20 " ['] [at] [this] [de] [aquila] [whistled] [.] ["] [a] [man] [who] [can] [plot] [against] [one] [lord] [can] [plot] [against] [another] [.] when [i] [am] [stripped] [of] [my] lands [fulke] [will] [whip] [off] [my] [gilbert] ['s] [foolish] [head] [.] 1 when 7 lands none [the] [less] [battle] needs [a] [new] [sacristan] [.] 1 none 5 needs they [tell] [me] [the] [abbot] [henry] keeps no sort of rule [there] [.] ["] 1 they 7 keeps 7 keeps 9 sort 8 no 9 sort 9 sort 10 of 10 of 11 rule " ['] [let] [the] [abbot] [wait] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [it] [is] [our] [heads] [and] [our] [lands] [that] [are] [in] [danger] [.] this parchment is the second part of the tale [.] 1 this 2 parchment 2 parchment 3 is 3 is 5 second 3 is 6 part 4 the 5 second 6 part 7 of 7 of 8 the 8 the 9 tale the first has gone to [fulke] , and [so] to [the] [king] , [who] will hold us traitors . ["] 1 the 2 first 2 first 13 , 3 has 4 gone 3 has 13 , 4 gone 8 and 5 to 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 to 13 , 15 will 13 , 18 traitors 15 will 16 hold 16 hold 17 us 18 traitors 19 . " [assuredly] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 4 " fulke has his ear , and pours poison into it [.] 1 fulke 6 and 2 has 4 ear 2 has 6 and 3 his 4 ear 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 pours 7 pours 8 poison 8 poison 9 into 9 into 10 it presently [the] [king] [gives] [him] [my] land and yours [.] 1 presently 7 land 7 land 8 and 8 and 9 yours this is old [,] ["] and he leaned back and yawned . 1 this 2 is 2 is 6 and 3 old 6 and 6 and 10 and 7 he 10 and 8 leaned 9 back 8 leaned 10 and 10 and 11 yawned 11 yawned 12 . " ['] [and] [thou] [wilt] [surrender] [pevensey] [without] [word] [or] [blow] [?] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 13 " ["] [we] [saxons] [will] [fight] [your] [king] [then] [.] i will [go] warn my nephew [at] [dallington] [.] 1 i 2 will 2 will 4 warn 4 warn 6 nephew 5 my 6 nephew give me a horse [!] ["] 1 give 2 me 1 give 4 horse 3 a 4 horse " ['] [give] [thee] [a] [toy] [and] [a] [rattle] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 11 " ["] [put] [back] [the] [parchment] [,] [and] [rake] [over] [the] [ashes] [.] [if] [fulke] [is] [given] [my] [pevensey] [,] [which] [is] [england] ['s] [gate] [,] [what] [will] [he] [do] [with] [it] [?] he is [norman] at [heart] , and his heart is in [normandy] , where he can kill peasants at his pleasure [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 4 at 4 at 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 10 is 8 his 9 heart 9 heart 10 is 10 is 11 in 10 is 19 at 11 in 13 , 14 where 15 he 15 he 16 can 16 can 17 kill 17 kill 18 peasants 18 peasants 19 at 19 at 21 pleasure 20 his 21 pleasure therefore [i] [cannot] [give] up [pevensey] . ["] 1 therefore 5 up 5 up 7 . " ['] [good] [,] " [said] [we] [two] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] ['] [ah] [,] [but] [wait] [!] who will be the first to come through [thereby] [?] 1 who 2 will 2 will 3 be 3 be 5 first 4 the 5 first 5 first 6 to 5 first 7 come 6 to 7 come 7 come 8 through even [robert] [of] [normandy] . 1 even 5 . therefore [i] [cannot] fight [my] [king] [.] ["] 1 therefore 4 fight he nursed his sword [thus] [.] 1 he 2 nursed 2 nursed 4 sword 3 his 4 sword " ['] [this] [is] [saying] [and] [unsaying] [like] [a] [norman] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 12 " " [what] [of] [our] [manors] [?] " 1 " 7 " " ['] [i] [do] [not] [think] [for] [myself] [,] ["] said [de] [aquila] [,] ["] [nor] [for] our [king] [,] [nor] [for] [your] lands [.] 1 " 11 said 11 said 24 lands 18 our 24 lands i [think] [for] [england] [,] [for] [whom] neither [king] [nor] [baron] [thinks] . 1 i 8 neither 8 neither 13 . i am [not] [norman] , [sir] [richard] , [nor] [saxon] , [sir] [hugh] . 1 i 5 , 2 am 5 , 5 , 8 , 8 , 11 , 11 , 14 . english [am] [i] . ["] 1 english 4 . " ['] [saxon] [,] [norman] [or] [english] [,] ["] [said] [hugh] [,] ["] our lives are thine , however the game goes [.] 1 " 15 lives 1 " 16 are 14 our 15 lives 15 lives 16 are 16 are 17 thine 16 are 19 however 18 , 19 however 19 however 21 game 19 however 22 goes 20 the 21 game 21 game 22 goes when do we hang [gilbert] [?] ["] 1 when 2 do 2 do 3 we 2 do 4 hang " ['] [never] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 5 " " [who] [knows] [,] he [may] [yet] [be] [sacristan] [of] [battle] [,] [for] [,] [to] [do] [him] [justice] [,] [he] is a good writer [.] 1 " 5 he 5 he 21 is 21 is 24 writer 22 a 23 good 22 a 24 writer 23 good 24 writer dead men make dumb witnesses [.] 1 dead 2 men 2 men 3 make 3 make 5 witnesses 4 dumb 5 witnesses [wait] [.] ["] ["] ['] [but] [the] [king] [may] [give] [pevensey] [to] [fulke] [.] and [our] [manors] go with [it] , " said [i] . 1 and 4 go 4 go 5 with 5 with 7 , 7 , 8 " 7 , 9 said 9 said 11 . " [shall] [we] [tell] [our] [sons] [?] " 1 " 8 " ["] ['] [no] [.] the [king] will not wake up a hornets ['] nest in [the] [south] till he has smoked out [the] [bees] [in] [the] [north] [.] 1 the 18 out 3 will 4 not 4 not 5 wake 5 wake 6 up 5 wake 10 nest 5 wake 11 in 5 wake 14 till 7 a 8 hornets 7 a 10 nest 14 till 15 he 14 till 17 smoked 15 he 16 has 16 has 17 smoked 17 smoked 18 out if he were wise he would wait till that war [were] over before he made new enemies [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 were 1 if 14 he 2 he 3 were 3 were 4 wise 4 wise 12 over 5 he 6 would 6 would 7 wait 7 wait 8 till 8 till 10 war 9 that 10 war 10 war 12 over 12 over 13 before 14 he 15 made 15 made 17 enemies 16 new 17 enemies but [mere] [talk] , [such] as [gilbert] [sends] [,] is no proof [nowadays] [.] 1 but 4 , 1 but 10 is 4 , 6 as 10 is 12 proof 11 no 12 proof we [barons] follow [the] [church] [,] [and] [,] [like] [anselm] [,] [we] [speak] [what] [we] [please] [.] 1 we 3 follow let us go about our day 's dealings , and say [naught] [to] [gilbert] [.] ["] 1 let 2 us 1 let 10 and 3 go 4 about 3 go 10 and 5 our 6 day 6 day 7 's 7 's 8 dealings 8 dealings 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 say " ['] [then] we do nothing [?] ["] [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 4 we 4 we 5 do 5 do 6 nothing " ['] [we] [wait] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 6 " " [i] [am] [old] [,] [but] [still] [i] [find] [that] [the] [most] [grievous] [work] [i] [know] [.] " 1 " 18 " ['] [and] [so] [we] [found] [it] [,] [but] [in] [the] [end] [de] [aquila] [was] [right] [.] ['] [a] [little] [later] [in] [the] [year] [,] [armed] [men] [rode] [over] [the] [hill] [,] [the] [golden] [horseshoes] [flying] [behind] [the] [king] ['s] [banner] [.] said [de] [aquila] , at the window of our chamber [:] ["] [how] [did] [i] [tell] you [?] 1 said 4 , 1 said 17 you 4 , 5 at 5 at 7 window 6 the 7 window 7 window 8 of 8 of 10 chamber 9 our 10 chamber here [comes] [fulke] [himself] [to] [spy] [out] [his] [new] [lands] [which] [our] [king] [hath] [promised] [him] [if] he can [bring] proof [of] [my] [treason] [.] ["] 1 here 18 he 18 he 19 can 19 can 21 proof " ['] [how] [dost] [thou] [know] [?] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] ['] [because] [that] [is] [what] [i] [would] [do] [if] [i] [were] [fulke] [,] [but] [i] [should] [have] [brought] [more] [men] [.] he sucked in his cheeks and drummed on the edge of the well-shaft , where the water sounded [all] hollow [.] 1 he 6 and 2 sucked 3 in 2 sucked 6 and 3 in 5 cheeks 4 his 5 cheeks 6 and 7 drummed 6 and 8 on 8 on 10 edge 9 the 10 edge 10 edge 11 of 11 of 13 well-shaft 12 the 13 well-shaft 13 well-shaft 15 where 14 , 15 where 15 where 17 water 15 where 18 sounded 16 the 17 water 17 water 18 sounded 18 sounded 20 hollow " ['] [shall] [we] [go] [?] " [said] [i] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] ['] [go] [!] [at] [this] [time] [of] [year] [?] stark [madness] , " said he . 1 stark 3 , 3 , 4 " 3 , 5 said 5 said 6 he 6 he 7 . who would stop them [fulke] [?] ["] 1 who 2 would 2 would 3 stop 3 stop 4 them " ['] [how] [did] [i] [tell] [you] [?] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 9 " see that [fulke] 's [men] [lie] in the big south barn , " said he . 1 see 2 that 2 that 12 , 4 's 7 in 4 's 12 , 7 in 11 barn 8 the 11 barn 9 big 11 barn 10 south 11 barn 12 , 13 " 12 , 14 said 14 said 15 he 15 he 16 . ["] [give] [them] [drink] [,] [and] [when] [fulke] [has] [eaten] [we] [will] [drink] [in] [my] [chamber] [.] the [great] [hall] is too cold for old bones [.] ["] 1 the 4 is 4 is 6 cold 5 too 6 cold 6 cold 7 for 7 for 9 bones 8 old 9 bones ['] [did] [you] [know] [it] [was] [going] [to] [happen] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [assuredly] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [,] [with] [a] [sweet] [smile] [.] he lay rolling his eyes and bubbling with his mouth , and jehan roped him like a calf [.] 1 he 6 and 1 he 10 mouth 1 he 12 and 2 lay 3 rolling 2 lay 6 and 3 rolling 5 eyes 4 his 5 eyes 6 and 7 bubbling 6 and 8 with 6 and 10 mouth 8 with 9 his 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 jehan 12 and 14 roped 14 roped 15 him 14 roped 16 like 16 like 18 calf 17 a 18 calf he was [cased] all in that newfangled armour which we call lizard-mail [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 all 4 all 5 in 5 in 8 armour 6 that 7 newfangled 7 newfangled 8 armour 8 armour 9 which 8 armour 11 call 9 which 10 we 9 which 11 call 10 we 11 call 11 call 12 lizard-mail not rings like my hauberk here ['] [sir] [richard] tapped his chest but little pieces of dagger-proof steel overlapping on stout leather [.] 1 not 2 rings 1 not 3 like 3 like 5 hauberk 3 like 6 here 3 like 13 but 4 my 5 hauberk 5 hauberk 6 here 10 tapped 12 chest 11 his 12 chest 12 chest 13 but 13 but 20 on 14 little 15 pieces 15 pieces 16 of 15 pieces 18 steel 16 of 17 dagger-proof 18 steel 19 overlapping 19 overlapping 20 on 20 on 22 leather 21 stout 22 leather ['] [at] [this] [gilbert] [would] [have] [run] [out] [.] i laid my hand on his shoulder [.] 1 i 2 laid 2 laid 4 hand 2 laid 5 on 3 my 4 hand 4 hand 5 on 5 on 7 shoulder 6 his 7 shoulder it sufficed [.] 1 it 2 sufficed he fell to trembling and praying on his beads [.] 1 he 2 fell 2 fell 7 on 3 to 5 and 4 trembling 5 and 5 and 6 praying 5 and 7 on 7 on 9 beads 8 his 9 beads take [pen] and [ink-horn] , [gilbert] . 1 take 3 and 3 and 5 , 5 , 7 . we cannot [all] be [sacristans] [of] [battle] . ["] 1 we 2 cannot 2 cannot 4 be 4 be 8 . ['] [said] [fulke] [from] [the] [floor] [,] ["] [ye] [have] [bound] [a] [king] ['s] [messenger] [.] pevensey shall burn for this [.] ["] 1 pevensey 2 shall 2 shall 3 burn 3 burn 4 for 4 for 5 this ["] ['] [maybe] [.] i have seen it besieged once , " said [de] [aquila] , " but heart up [,] [fulke] [.] 1 i 7 , 2 have 3 seen 2 have 7 , 3 seen 4 it 4 it 5 besieged 5 besieged 6 once 7 , 8 " 7 , 14 but 7 , 16 up 9 said 14 but 12 , 13 " 12 , 14 but 14 but 15 heart ['] [then] [fulke] [sat] [up] [and] [looked] [long] [and] [cunningly] [at] [de] [aquila] [.] " ['] [am] [i] [?] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 6 " ['] [fulke] [laughed] [and] [said] [,] ["] [no] [man] [who] [serves] [king] [henry] [dare] [do] [this] [much] [to] [his] [messenger] [.] [when] [didst] [thou] [come] [over] [to] [the] [duke] [?] let me up and we can smooth it out together [.] ["] 1 let 2 me 1 let 3 up 1 let 4 and 4 and 7 smooth 5 we 6 can 6 can 7 smooth 7 smooth 8 it 7 smooth 9 out 7 smooth 10 together and he smiled and becked and winked . 1 and 2 he 1 and 8 . 2 he 3 smiled 4 and 6 and 4 and 8 . 5 becked 6 and 6 and 7 winked " ['] [yes] [,] [we] [will] [smooth] it [out] [,] ["] said [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 12 said 8 it 12 said it was [turn] of ebb , and the water came to his knees [.] 1 it 6 , 2 was 4 of 2 was 6 , 4 of 5 ebb 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 water 7 and 10 came 8 the 9 water 9 water 10 came 10 came 11 to 11 to 13 knees 12 his 13 knees he said nothing , but shivered somewhat [.] 1 he 5 but 2 said 3 nothing 2 said 5 but 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 shivered 6 shivered 7 somewhat ['] [then] [jehan] [of] [a] [sudden] [beat] [down] [gilbert] ['s] [wrist] [with] [his] [sheathed] [dagger] [.] " [stop] [!] " he said . 1 " 6 said 4 " 5 he 5 he 6 said 6 said 7 . " [he] [swallows] [his] [beads] [.] " 1 " 7 " " ['] [poison] [,] [belike] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [it] [is] [good] [for] [men] [who] [know] [too] [much] [.] i have carried [it] these thirty years [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 carried 3 carried 7 years 5 these 6 thirty 6 thirty 7 years give me [!] ["] 1 give 2 me ['] [then] [gilbert] [wept] [and] [howled] [.] de [aquila] [ran] the beads [through] [his] fingers [.] 1 de 8 fingers 4 the 5 beads 4 the 8 fingers [on] [it] [was] [written] [:] ["] [the] [old] [dog] [goes] [to] [salisbury] [to] [be] [beaten] [.] i have [his] [kennel] . 1 i 2 have 2 have 5 . come quickly [.] 1 come 2 quickly " ['] [this] [is] [worse] [than] [poison] [,] ["] said [de] [aquila] [very] softly , [and] sucked in his cheeks [.] 1 " 10 said 10 said 17 sucked 14 softly 15 , 15 , 17 sucked 17 sucked 18 in 18 in 20 cheeks 19 his 20 cheeks then [gilbert] [grovelled] in the rushes , and [told] [us] [all] he knew . 1 then 4 in 1 then 7 , 4 in 6 rushes 5 the 6 rushes 7 , 8 and 8 and 12 he 8 and 14 . 12 he 13 knew " ['] [i] [will] [have] [no] [clerk] [of] [mine] [mishandled] [or] [miscalled] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 14 " ["] [that] [seaman] [shall] [be] [whipped] [at] [his] [own] [mast] [.] write me [first] [a] [letter] , and thou shalt bear it , with the order for the whipping , tomorrow to the boat [.] ["] 1 write 2 me 1 write 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 thou 7 and 10 bear 8 thou 9 shalt 9 shalt 10 bear 10 bear 11 it 10 bear 13 with 10 bear 20 tomorrow 10 bear 21 to 12 , 13 with 13 with 15 order 13 with 19 , 14 the 15 order 15 order 16 for 16 for 18 whipping 17 the 18 whipping 21 to 23 boat 22 the 23 boat " ['] [write] [to] [any] [man] [that] [all] [is] [betrayed] [,] ["] said [de] [aquila] [,] ["] and [even] [the] [pope] [himself] [would] sleep uneasily [.] 1 " 13 said 13 said 18 and 18 and 24 sleep 24 sleep 25 uneasily eh , [jehan] [?] 1 eh 2 , if one [told] [thee] [all] was betrayed , what wouldst thou do [?] ["] 1 if 2 one 1 if 8 , 2 one 6 was 6 was 7 betrayed 8 , 9 what 9 what 10 wouldst 10 wouldst 11 thou 10 wouldst 12 do 11 thou 12 do " ['] [i] [would] [run] [away] [,] " [said] [jehan] [.] 1 " 8 " " [it] [might] [be] [true] [.] " 1 " 7 " " ['] [well] [said] [,] " [quoth] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 6 " we will [give] [robert] [full] [measure] [to] [chew] [upon] [.] 1 we 2 will write [also] [that] [fulke] [himself] [is] [sick] [to] death of a dropsy [.] ["] 1 write 9 death 9 death 10 of 10 of 12 dropsy 11 a 12 dropsy " ['] [nay] [!] " [cried] [fulke] [,] [hanging] [in] [the] [well-shaft] [.] 1 " 5 " " [drown] [me] [out] [of] [hand] [,] [but] [do] [not] [make] [a] [jest] [of] [me] [.] " 1 " 17 " ["] ['] [jest] [?] i [?] ["] said [de] [aquila] . 1 i 4 said 4 said 7 . " [i] [am] [but] [fighting] [for] [life] [and] [lands] [with] [a] [pen] [,] [as] [thou] [hast] [shown] [me] [,] [fulke] [.] " 1 " 22 " ['] [then] [fulke] [groaned] [,] [for] [he] [was] [cold] [,] [and] [,] ["] [let] [me] [confess] [,] ["] [said] [he] [.] " ['] [now] [,] [this] [is] [right] [neighbourly] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [,] [leaning] [over] [the] [shaft] [.] 1 " 10 " take [pen] and [inkhorn] , [gilbert] . 1 take 3 and 3 and 5 , 5 , 7 . here is work that will not irk thee [.] ["] 1 here 2 is 2 is 3 work 3 work 4 that 3 work 5 will 4 that 5 will 5 will 6 not 5 will 7 irk 6 not 7 irk 7 irk 8 thee " ['] [let] [my] [men] [go] [without] [hurt] [,] [and] [i] [will] [confess] [my] [treason] [against] [the] [king] [,] " [said] [fulke] [.] 1 " 20 " plunder he gave them , but pity , none . 1 plunder 2 he 2 he 3 gave 3 gave 4 them 3 gave 6 but 5 , 6 but 6 but 7 pity 6 but 8 , 8 , 9 none 9 none 10 . ["] ['] [te] [!] te [!] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 te 3 " " [thy] [treason] was all [confessed] [long] [ago] [by] [gilbert] [.] 1 " 4 was 4 was 5 all it would be enough to hang [montgomery] himself [.] ["] 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 be 3 be 4 enough 4 enough 5 to 5 to 6 hang 6 hang 8 himself " ['] [all] [in] [good] [time] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 8 " " [the] [night] is [young] [;] the wine [is] [old] [;] [and] [we] [need] [only] [the] [merry] [tale] [.] 1 " 4 is 4 is 8 wine 7 the 8 wine begin the story of thy life since when thou wast [a] [lad] [at] [tours] [.] 1 begin 3 story 1 begin 7 since 1 begin 8 when 2 the 3 story 3 story 4 of 4 of 6 life 5 thy 6 life 8 when 9 thou 8 when 10 wast 9 thou 10 wast tell it nimbly [!] ["] 1 tell 2 it 1 tell 3 nimbly " ['] [ye] [shame] [me] [to] [my] [soul] [,] " [said] [fulke] [.] 1 " 10 " " ['] [then] [i] [have] [done] [what] [neither] [king] [nor] [duke] [could] [do] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 15 " " [but] [begin] [,] [and] [forget] [nothing] [.] " 1 " 9 " " ['] [send] [thy] [man] [away] [,] " [said] [fulke] [.] 1 " 8 " " ['] [that] [much] [can] [i] [do] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 9 " ['] [but] [,] [remember] [,] [i] [am] [like] [the] [danes] ['] [king] [.] i cannot turn the tide [.] ['] 1 i 2 cannot 2 cannot 3 turn 3 turn 5 tide 4 the 5 tide " ['] [how] [long] [will] [it] [rise] [?] ["] said [fulke] , and [splashed] anew [.] 1 " 10 said 10 said 15 anew 12 , 13 and 12 , 15 anew " ['] [for] [three] [hours] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [time] [to] [tell] [all] [thy] [good] [deeds] [.] begin , and , [gilbert] , [i] [have] [heard] [thou] [art] [somewhat] careless [do] [not] [twist] [his] [words] from his true meaning [.] ["] 1 begin 2 , 2 , 3 and 3 and 13 careless 4 , 6 , 6 , 13 careless 13 careless 19 from 19 from 22 meaning 20 his 22 meaning 21 true 22 meaning ['] [was] [it] [bad] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [awestruck] [.] ['] [beyond] [belief] [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [answered] [.] ['] [none] [the] [less] [,] [there] [was] [that] [in] [it] [which] [forced] [even] [gilbert] [to] [laugh] [.] we three laughed till we ached [.] 1 we 2 three 2 three 3 laughed 3 laughed 4 till 4 till 5 we 4 till 6 ached 5 we 6 ached at one place his teeth so chattered that we could not [well] hear [,] [and] [we] [reached] [him] [down] [a] [cup] of wine [.] 1 at 3 place 1 at 9 we 2 one 3 place 3 place 5 teeth 3 place 7 chattered 4 his 5 teeth 5 teeth 7 chattered 6 so 7 chattered 7 chattered 8 that 9 we 10 could 10 could 11 not 10 could 13 hear 11 not 13 hear 13 hear 22 of 22 of 23 wine yes , he waved the filthy rags of his life before us [,] as though they had been some proud banner [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 3 he 3 he 4 waved 4 waved 7 rags 4 waved 11 before 4 waved 15 though 4 waved 21 banner 5 the 7 rags 6 filthy 7 rags 7 rags 8 of 8 of 10 life 9 his 10 life 10 life 11 before 11 before 12 us 14 as 15 though 15 though 16 they 15 though 18 been 16 they 17 had 17 had 18 been 19 some 21 banner 20 proud 21 banner he was shivering , but shameless [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 5 but 3 shivering 5 but 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 shameless ["] [my] [father] [!] my father [!] 1 my 2 father i dreamed of [treachery] , " he cried , and babbled thickly [.] 1 i 2 dreamed 2 dreamed 3 of 3 of 5 , 5 , 10 and 6 " 7 he 7 he 10 and 8 cried 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 babbled 10 and 12 thickly " ['] [there] [is] [no] [treachery] [here] [,] " [said] [fulke] [.] 1 " 9 " " ['] [thy] [only] [son] [!] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 7 " " [why] [didst] [thou] [bring] [the] [child] [here] [?] " 1 " 10 " ["] ['] [he] [is] [my] [heir] [.] i dared not trust him to [my] [brother] , " said [fulke] , and now he was ashamed . 1 i 2 dared 2 dared 3 not 2 dared 4 trust 3 not 4 trust 4 trust 5 him 4 trust 6 to 6 to 9 , 9 , 10 " 9 , 11 said 11 said 19 . 13 , 14 and 13 , 19 . 14 and 16 he 15 now 16 he 16 he 17 was 17 was 18 ashamed de [aquila] said nothing , but [sat] [weighing] [a] [wine-cup] in his [two] [hands] [thus] [.] 1 de 6 but 3 said 4 nothing 3 said 5 , 5 , 6 but 6 but 11 in 11 in 12 his anon , [fulke] [touched] [him] [on] [the] knee [.] 1 anon 2 , 1 anon 8 knee " ['] [let] [the] [boy] [escape] [to] [normandy] [,] ["] said he , " and do [with] me [at] [thy] pleasure . 1 " 11 said 11 said 12 he 11 said 13 , 11 said 22 . 13 , 14 " 13 , 15 and 15 and 16 do 16 do 21 pleasure 18 me 21 pleasure yea , hang me tomorrow [,] [with] [my] [letter] to [robert] [round] my neck , but let the boy go [.] ["] 1 yea 2 , 2 , 15 , 3 hang 4 me 3 hang 5 tomorrow 3 hang 15 , 5 tomorrow 10 to 10 to 14 neck 13 my 14 neck 15 , 20 go 16 but 17 let 17 let 19 boy 17 let 20 go 18 the 19 boy " ['] [be] [still] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 6 " " [i] [think] [for] [england] [.] " 1 " 7 " ['] [so] [we] [waited] [what] [our] [lord] [of] [pevensey] [should] [devise] [;] [and] [the] [sweat] [ran] [down] [fulke] ['s] [forehead] [.] ['] [at] [last] [said] [de] [aquila] [:] ["] [i] [am] [too] [old] [to] [judge] [,] [or] [to] [trust] [any] [man] [.] therefore , go back to [thy] [king] , [fulke] . ["] 1 therefore 2 , 1 therefore 3 go 3 go 4 back 4 back 5 to 5 to 8 , 8 , 10 . " ['] [and] [thou] [wilt] [say] [nothing] [of] [what] [has] [passed] [?] " [said] [fulke] [.] 1 " 13 " ["] ['] [why] [should] [i] [?] thy son will stay with me [.] 1 thy 2 son 2 son 3 will 3 will 4 stay 4 stay 5 with 5 with 6 me ['] [but] [it] [hadn't] [anything] [to] [do] [with] [his] [son] [,] ['] [cried] [una] [,] [startled] [.] ['] [how] [could] [we] [have] [hanged] [fulke] [?] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] ['] [we] [needed] [him] [to] [make] [our] [peace] [with] [the] [king] [.] he would have betrayed [half] [england] [for] the boy 's sake [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 betrayed 4 betrayed 11 sake 8 the 9 boy 9 boy 10 's 10 's 11 sake of that we were sure [.] ['] 1 of 2 that 1 of 3 we 3 we 4 were 4 were 5 sure ['] [i] [don't] [understand] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [but] [i] [think] [it] [was] [simply] [awful] [.] ['] ['] [so] [did] [not] [fulke] [.] he was well pleased [.] ['] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 well 3 well 4 pleased ['] [what] [?] because his son was going to be killed [?] ['] 1 because 3 son 1 because 4 was 1 because 5 going 2 his 3 son 3 son 4 was 5 going 6 to 5 going 7 be 5 going 8 killed 6 to 7 be ['] [nay] [.] because [de] [aquila] [had] [shown] [him] [how] he might save [the] [boy] ['s] [life] [and] [his] [own] [lands] [and] [honours] [.] 1 because 8 he 8 he 9 might 9 might 10 save " [i] [will] [do] [it] , " he said . 1 " 9 said 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 he 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 . ["] [i] [swear] [i] [will] [do] [it] [.] i will tell the [king] [thou] art no traitor , but the most [excellent] , valiant , and perfect of us all [.] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 tell 3 tell 7 art 3 tell 9 traitor 4 the 7 art 8 no 9 traitor 9 traitor 11 but 10 , 11 but 11 but 13 most 11 but 15 , 12 the 13 most 15 , 18 and 16 valiant 18 and 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 perfect 18 and 20 of 20 of 22 all 21 us 22 all yes , [i] will [save] [thee] [.] ["] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 will ['] [de] [aquila] [looked] [still] [into] [the] [bottom] [of] [the] [cup] [,] [rolling] [the] [wine-dregs] [to] [and] [fro] [.] " ['] [ay] , " he said . 1 " 7 said 4 , 5 " 4 , 6 he 6 he 7 said 7 said 8 . ["] [if] [i] [had] [a] [son] [,] [i] [would] [,] [i] [think] [,] [save] [him] [.] but [do] [not] [by] [any] [means] tell me how thou wilt [go] about it [.] ["] 1 but 7 tell 7 tell 8 me 7 tell 9 how 9 how 10 thou 9 how 11 wilt 10 thou 11 wilt 11 wilt 13 about 13 about 14 it " ['] [nay] [,] [nay] [,] ["] said [fulke] , nodding his bald head [wisely] [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 11 nodding 10 , 11 nodding 11 nodding 14 head 12 his 14 head 13 bald 14 head ["] [that] [is] [my] [secret] [.] " ['] [and] [henceforward] [,] ["] said [de] [aquila] , " [i] counsel [thee] to serve one master [not] two [.] ["] 1 " 7 said 7 said 13 counsel 10 , 11 " 10 , 13 counsel 13 counsel 15 to 15 to 16 serve 16 serve 18 master 17 one 18 master 18 master 20 two " ['] [what] [?] " [said] [fulke] [.] 1 " 5 " " [can] [i] [work] [no] [more] [honest] [trading] [between] [the] [two] [sides] [these] [troublous] [times] [?] " 1 " 17 " " ['] [serve] [robert] [or] [the] [king] [england] [or] [normandy] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 12 " " [i] [care] [not] [which] [it] [is] [,] [but] [make] [thy] [choice] [here] [and] [now] [.] " 1 " 17 " " ['] [the] [king] [,] [then] [,] ["] said [fulke] [,] ["] [for] [i] [see] he is better served [than] [robert] [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 16 he 16 he 17 is 17 is 18 better 17 is 19 served [shall] [i] [swear] [it] [?] ["] " ['] [no] [need] [,] ["] said [de] [aquila] , and he laid his hand on the parchments [which] [gilbert] had written [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 11 and 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 he 11 and 22 written 12 he 13 laid 13 laid 15 hand 14 his 15 hand 15 hand 16 on 17 the 18 parchments 18 parchments 21 had 21 had 22 written how many [cattle] , [think] [you] [,] [would] [the] [bishop] [of] [tours] [give] [for] [that] [tale] [?] 1 how 2 many 2 many 4 , [or] [thy] [brother] [?] [or] [the] [monks] [of] [blois] [?] minstrels will turn it into songs [which] [thy] [own] [saxon] [serfs] [shall] sing [behind] [their] plough-stilts , and men-at-arms riding through [thy] [norman] [towns] [.] 1 minstrels 18 and 2 will 3 turn 2 will 18 and 3 turn 4 it 3 turn 5 into 4 it 5 into 5 into 6 songs 13 sing 16 plough-stilts 13 sing 17 , 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 men-at-arms 18 and 21 through 19 men-at-arms 20 riding this shall be thy punishment [,] [if] [ever] [i] [find] [thee] [double-dealing] [with] [thy] [king] [any] [more] [.] 1 this 2 shall 2 shall 3 be 3 be 5 punishment 4 thy 5 punishment meantime , the parchments stay here with thy son [.] 1 meantime 2 , 1 meantime 4 parchments 3 the 4 parchments 4 parchments 5 stay 5 stay 6 here 5 stay 7 with 7 with 9 son 8 thy 9 son [him] [i] [will] [return] [to] [thee] [when] [thou] [hast] [made] [my] [peace] [with] [the] [king] [.] the parchments [never] . ["] 1 the 2 parchments 2 parchments 4 . ['] [fulke] [hid] [his] [face] [and] [groaned] [.] " ['] [bones] [of] [the] [saints] [!] " [said] [de] [aquila] [,] [laughing] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [the] [pen] [cuts] [deep] [.] i could never have fetched that grunt out of thee with any sword [.] ["] 1 i 2 could 2 could 4 have 3 never 4 have 4 have 5 fetched 5 fetched 7 grunt 5 fetched 9 of 5 fetched 11 with 6 that 7 grunt 7 grunt 9 of 8 out 9 of 9 of 10 thee 10 thee 11 with 11 with 13 sword 12 any 13 sword " ['] [but] so [long] [as] [i] do [not] [anger] [thee] , [my] tale will be [secret] [?] ["] [said] [fulke] . 1 " 4 so 4 so 8 do 4 so 12 , 12 , 16 be 14 tale 15 will 15 will 16 be 16 be 22 . " ['] [just] so [long] [.] 1 " 4 so does that comfort thee [,] [fulke] [?] ["] [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 does 2 that 1 does 3 comfort 3 comfort 4 thee ['] [poor] [fulke] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [i] [pitied] [him] [also] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] " ['] [if] [i] [had] [known] [this] [,] " [said] [fulke] [,] [catching] [his] [breath] [,] ["] [i] [would] [never] [have] [lifted] [hand] [against] [pevensey] [.] 1 " 9 " only lack of this yellow stuff has made me so unlucky in my dealings [.] ["] 1 only 2 lack 2 lack 3 of 2 lack 7 has 3 of 6 stuff 4 this 5 yellow 5 yellow 6 stuff 7 has 8 made 8 made 9 me 8 made 11 unlucky 10 so 11 unlucky 11 unlucky 12 in 12 in 14 dealings 13 my 14 dealings ['] [it] [was] [dawn] [then] [,] [and] [they] [stirred] [in] [the] [great] [hall] [below] [.] he smoothed his long beard , and called his son to his stirrup and kissed him [.] 1 he 7 and 2 smoothed 5 beard 2 smoothed 7 and 3 his 5 beard 4 long 5 beard 6 , 7 and 7 and 14 and 8 called 10 son 8 called 11 to 8 called 14 and 9 his 10 son 10 son 11 to 11 to 13 stirrup 12 his 13 stirrup 14 and 15 kissed 15 kissed 16 him de [aquila] [rode] with [him] [as] [far] [as] the [new] [mill] landward [.] 1 de 4 with 4 with 12 landward 9 the 12 landward we thought the night had been [all] a dream [.] ['] 1 we 2 thought 2 thought 4 night 2 thought 6 been 3 the 4 night 4 night 5 had 5 had 6 been 6 been 9 dream 8 a 9 dream ['] [but] [did] [he] [make] [it] [right] [with] [the] [king] [?] ['] dan asked . 1 dan 2 asked 2 asked 3 . ['] [about] [your] [not] [being] [traitors] [,] [i] [mean] [.] ['] sir [richard] [smiled] . 1 sir 4 . ['] [the] [king] [sent] [no] [second] [summons] [to] [pevensey] [,] [nor] [did] [he] [ask] [why] [de] [aquila] [had] [not] [obeyed] [the] [first] [.] yes , that was [fulke] ['s] work [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 3 that 3 that 4 was 4 was 7 work i know [not] how he did it , but it was [well] and swiftly [done] [.] ['] 1 i 2 know 2 know 4 how 4 how 5 he 4 how 6 did 5 he 6 did 6 did 7 it 7 it 13 and 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 it 9 but 11 was 11 was 13 and 13 and 14 swiftly ['] [then] [you] [didn't] [do] [anything] [to] [his] [son] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [the] [boy] [?] oh , he was an imp [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 6 imp 5 an 6 imp he turned the [keep] doors out of dortoirs while we had him [.] 1 he 2 turned 2 turned 5 doors 2 turned 7 of 2 turned 9 while 3 the 5 doors 5 doors 7 of 6 out 7 of 7 of 8 dortoirs 9 while 10 we 9 while 11 had 10 we 11 had 11 had 12 him i gave him a bittern's claw to bring him good luck at shooting [.] 1 i 2 gave 2 gave 3 him 2 gave 6 claw 4 a 5 bittern's 4 a 6 claw 5 bittern's 6 claw 6 claw 7 to 6 claw 8 bring 7 to 8 bring 8 bring 9 him 8 bring 11 luck 8 bring 12 at 10 good 11 luck 11 luck 12 at 12 at 13 shooting an imp [,] [if] ever [there] was [!] ['] 1 an 2 imp 2 imp 7 was 5 ever 7 was ['] [and] [what] [happened] [to] [gilbert] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [not] [even] [a] [whipping] [.] moreover , [after] [that] [night] [i] [think] [gilbert] [loved] as [much] [as] he feared [de] [aquila] [.] 1 moreover 2 , 1 moreover 13 he 2 , 10 as 13 he 14 feared at least he would not [leave] [us] [not] [even] [when] [vivian] [,] [the] [king] ['s] [clerk] [,] [would] have made [him] [sacristan] [of] [battle] [abbey] [.] 1 at 2 least 2 least 3 he 3 he 4 would 4 would 5 not 4 would 19 have 19 have 20 made a false [fellow] , but , in his fashion , bold [.] ['] 1 a 2 false 2 false 11 bold 4 , 7 in 5 but 6 , 6 , 7 in 7 in 9 fashion 7 in 10 , 8 his 9 fashion 10 , 11 bold ['] [did] [robert] [ever] [land] [in] [pevensey] [after] [all] [?] ['] dan went on [.] 1 dan 2 went 2 went 3 on many of [henry] ['s] men sailed from [pevensey] to that war [.] 1 many 2 of 1 many 6 sailed 2 of 5 men 6 sailed 7 from 6 sailed 9 to 9 to 11 war 10 that 11 war fulke came , [i] remember , and [we] all four lay in the little chamber once again , and drank together [.] 1 fulke 7 and 2 came 7 and 3 , 5 remember 3 , 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 19 and 9 all 10 four 10 four 19 and 11 lay 12 in 11 lay 17 again 11 lay 19 and 12 in 15 chamber 13 the 15 chamber 14 little 15 chamber 16 once 17 again 18 , 19 and 19 and 20 drank 19 and 21 together de [aquila] was right [.] 1 de 3 was 3 was 4 right one should not judge men [.] 1 one 2 should 2 should 3 not 2 should 4 judge 3 not 4 judge 4 judge 5 men fulke was merry [.] 1 fulke 2 was 2 was 3 merry yes , [always] [merry] [with] [a] [catch] in his breath . ['] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 11 . 2 , 8 in 8 in 10 breath 9 his 10 breath ['] [and] [what] [did] [you] [do] [afterwards] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [we] [talked] [together] [of] [times] [past] [.] that is all men can do when they grow old [,] [little] [maid] [.] ['] 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 all 3 all 4 men 3 all 6 do 4 men 5 can 5 can 6 do 6 do 7 when 7 when 8 they 7 when 9 grow 8 they 9 grow 9 grow 10 old the bell for tea rang faintly across the meadows [.] 1 the 2 bell 2 bell 3 for 2 bell 5 rang 3 for 4 tea 5 rang 6 faintly 5 rang 7 across 7 across 9 meadows 8 the 9 meadows ['] [again] [,] [in] [the] [mist] [and] [shadow] [of] [sleep] [,] [he] [saw] [his] [native] [land] [.] ['] ['] [i] [don't] [know] [when] [you] [began] [that] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [sleepily] [.] [the] [runes] [on] [weland] ['s] [sword] a [smith] [makes] [me] [to] betray [my] [man] [in] my first fight [.] 1 a 6 betray 6 betray 12 fight 10 my 11 first 10 my 12 fight to [gather] [gold] [at] the world 's end [i] [am] [sent] [.] 1 to 8 end 5 the 6 world 6 world 7 's 7 's 8 end the [gold] [i] gather [comes] [into] [england] [out] [of] [deep] [water] [.] 1 the 4 gather like [a] [shining] [fish] [then] it descends [into] [deep] [water] [.] 1 like 6 it 6 it 7 descends it is not given [for] goods or gear [,] [but] [for] [the] [thing] [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 not 2 is 7 or 3 not 4 given 6 goods 7 or 7 or 8 gear the [gold] [i] [gather] [a] [king] [covets] [for] [an] ill use [.] 1 the 11 use 10 ill 11 use the [gold] [i] gather [is] [drawn] [up] [out] [of] [deep] [water] [.] 1 the 4 gather like [a] [shining] [fish] [then] it descends [into] [deep] [water] [.] 1 like 6 it 6 it 7 descends it is not given [for] goods or gear [,] [but] [for] [the] [thing] [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 not 2 is 7 or 3 not 4 given 6 goods 7 or 7 or 8 gear [a] [centurion] [of] [the] [thirtieth] cities [and] [thrones] [and] [powers] [stand] [in] [time] 's eye , [almost] [as] [long] [as] flowers , [which] daily [die] [.] 1 cities 9 's 9 's 10 eye 10 eye 11 , 11 , 16 flowers 11 , 17 , 17 , 19 daily but , as [new] buds [put] [forth] [to] [glad] [new] [men] [,] [out] of the [spent] and unconsidered [earth] [the] [cities] rise [again] [.] 1 but 2 , 2 , 3 as 3 as 17 and 3 as 22 rise 5 buds 14 of 5 buds 17 and 14 of 15 the 17 and 18 unconsidered dan had come to grief over [his] [latin] , and was kept in [;] [so] [una] [went] [alone] [to] [far] [wood] [.] 1 dan 10 and 2 had 3 come 2 had 10 and 3 come 4 to 3 come 6 over 4 to 5 grief 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 was 11 was 12 kept 12 kept 13 in they had named the place out of the verse in [lays] [of] [ancient] [rome] [:] 1 they 2 had 2 had 3 named 3 named 5 place 3 named 7 of 3 named 10 in 4 the 5 place 6 out 7 of 7 of 9 verse 8 the 9 verse from [lordly] [volaterrae] , [where] scowls the far-famed [hold] [piled] [by] [the] [hands] [of] [giants] [for] [godlike] [kings] [of] [old] [.] 1 from 4 , 1 from 6 scowls 6 scowls 8 far-famed 7 the 8 far-famed the [sou'-west] [wind] [(] [there] is [always] [a] [wind] [by] [volaterrae] [)] blew from [the] bare ridge [where] [cherry] [clack] [windmill] [stands] [.] 1 the 6 is 6 is 13 blew 13 blew 14 from 14 from 17 ridge 16 bare 17 ridge una took [dan] ['s] catapult [from] its secret [place] , and made [ready] to meet [lars] [porsena] ['s] [army] stealing through the wind-whitened aspens by the brook [.] 1 una 11 and 2 took 5 catapult 2 took 11 and 7 its 8 secret 8 secret 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 made 11 and 14 to 14 to 15 meet 15 meet 25 by 20 stealing 21 through 21 through 24 aspens 22 the 24 aspens 23 wind-whitened 24 aspens 24 aspens 25 by 25 by 27 brook 26 the 27 brook a gust boomed up [the] valley , and [una] [chanted] [sorrowfully] [:] 1 a 2 gust 1 a 4 up 2 gust 3 boomed 4 up 6 valley 6 valley 7 , 7 , 8 and ['] [verbenna] [down] [to] [ostia] [hath] [wasted] [all] [the] [plain] [:] [astur] [hath] [stormed] [janiculum] [,] [and] [the] [stout] [guards] [are] [slain] [.] ['] but [the] [wind] , not charging fair to the wood , started aside and shook a single oak in [gleason] ['s] pasture [.] 1 but 4 , 4 , 14 and 5 not 6 charging 5 not 11 , 5 not 14 and 6 charging 7 fair 7 fair 8 to 8 to 10 wood 9 the 10 wood 12 started 13 aside 12 started 14 and 14 and 15 shook 15 shook 18 oak 15 shook 19 in 16 a 18 oak 17 single 18 oak 18 oak 19 in 19 in 22 pasture ['] [now] [welcome] [welcome] [,] [sextus] [,] ['] [sang] [una] [,] [loading] [the] [catapult] ['] [now] [welcome] [to] [thy] [home] [!] why [dost] thou stay , and turn away [?] 1 why 3 thou 3 thou 6 and 4 stay 5 , 4 stay 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 turn 7 turn 8 away here lies the road [to] [rome] [.] ['] 1 here 2 lies 2 lies 4 road 3 the 4 road ['] [oh] [,] [my] [winkie] [!] ['] [she] [said] [aloud] [,] [and] [that] [was] [something] [she] [had] [picked] [up] [from] [dan] [.] ['] [i] [b'lieve] [i] ['ve] [tickled] [up] [a] [gleason] [cow] [.] ['] ['] [you] [little] [painted] [beast] [!] ['] [a] [voice] [cried] [.] ['] [i] ['ll] [teach] [you] [to] [sling] [your] [masters] [!] ['] she looked down most cautiously , and saw a young man covered with hoopy bronze armour all glowing among the late broom [.] 1 she 7 and 2 looked 3 down 2 looked 7 and 3 down 4 most 3 down 5 cautiously 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 saw 8 saw 11 man 8 saw 13 with 8 saw 19 among 9 a 11 man 10 young 11 man 11 man 12 covered 11 man 13 with 13 with 16 armour 14 hoopy 15 bronze 15 bronze 16 armour 16 armour 18 glowing 16 armour 19 among 17 all 18 glowing 19 among 22 broom 20 the 22 broom 21 late 22 broom but what [una] [admired] [beyond] [all] was his great bronze helmet with a red horse-tail that flicked in the wind [.] 1 but 2 what 1 but 7 was 2 what 7 was 7 was 11 helmet 7 was 12 with 7 was 18 in 8 his 11 helmet 9 great 10 bronze 10 bronze 11 helmet 11 helmet 12 with 12 with 15 horse-tail 13 a 15 horse-tail 14 red 15 horse-tail 15 horse-tail 17 flicked 16 that 17 flicked 18 in 20 wind 19 the 20 wind she could hear the long hairs rasp on his shimmery shoulder-plates [.] 1 she 2 could 2 could 3 hear 3 hear 6 hairs 3 hear 7 rasp 4 the 6 hairs 5 long 6 hairs 6 hairs 7 rasp 7 rasp 8 on 8 on 11 shoulder-plates 9 his 11 shoulder-plates 10 shimmery 11 shoulder-plates he caught sight of [una] ['s] yellow [head] [.] 1 he 2 caught 2 caught 3 sight 3 sight 4 of 4 of 7 yellow ['] [have] [you] [seen] [a] [painted] [lead-slinger] [?] ['] [he] [called] [.] ['] [no-o] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [but] [if] [you] ['ve] [seen] [a] [bullet] ['] ['] [seen] [?] ['] [cried] [the] [man] [.] ['] [it] [passed] [within] [a] [hair] ['s] [breadth] [of] [my] [ear] [.] ['] ['] [well] [,] [that] [was] [me] [.] i 'm most awfully sorry [.] ['] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 5 sorry 3 most 4 awfully 4 awfully 5 sorry ['] [didn't] [the] [faun] [tell] [you] [i] [was] [coming] [?] ['] he smiled [.] 1 he 2 smiled ['] [not] [if] [you] [mean] [puck] [.] i thought you were a [gleason] cow [.] 1 i 2 thought 2 thought 3 you 2 thought 4 were 3 you 4 were 4 were 7 cow 5 a 7 cow i [i] didn't know you were [a] [a] [what] [are] [you] [?] ['] 1 i 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 know 4 know 5 you 4 know 6 were 5 you 6 were he laughed outright , showing a set of splendid teeth [.] 1 he 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 outright 2 laughed 5 showing 4 , 5 showing 5 showing 7 set 6 a 7 set 7 set 8 of 8 of 10 teeth 9 splendid 10 teeth his face [and] [eyes] [were] [dark] , and his eyebrows met above his big nose in one bushy black bar [.] 1 his 2 face 2 face 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 eyebrows 8 and 11 met 9 his 10 eyebrows 10 eyebrows 11 met 11 met 12 above 11 met 16 in 12 above 15 nose 13 his 15 nose 14 big 15 nose 15 nose 16 in 16 in 20 bar 17 one 20 bar 18 bushy 20 bar 19 black 20 bar ['] [they] [call] [me] [parnesius] [.] i have been [a] [centurion] [of] [the] [seventh] [cohort] [of] [the] [thirtieth] [legion] [the] [ulpia] [victrix] . 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 been 3 been 17 . did you sling that bullet [?] ['] 1 did 2 you 1 did 3 sling 3 sling 5 bullet 4 that 5 bullet ['] [i] [did] [.] i was using [dan] ['s] catapult [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 using 3 using 6 catapult ['] [catapults] [!] ['] [said] [he] [.] ['] [i] [ought] [to] [know] [something] [about] [them] [.] show me [!] ['] 1 show 2 me ['] [a] [sling] [on] [a] [forked] [stick] [.] i understand [!] ['] [he] [cried] [,] [and] [pulled] [at] [the] [elastic] [.] 1 i 2 understand ['] [but] [what] [wonderful] [beast] [yields] [this] [stretching] [leather] [?] ['] ['] [it] ['s] [laccy] [elastic] [.] you put the bullet into [that] [loop] , and then you pull hard [.] ['] 1 you 2 put 2 put 4 bullet 2 put 5 into 3 the 4 bullet 5 into 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 then 9 and 11 you 9 and 12 pull 11 you 12 pull 12 pull 13 hard the man pulled , and hit himself square on his thumbnail [.] 1 the 2 man 2 man 3 pulled 2 man 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 hit 5 and 8 square 7 himself 8 square 8 square 9 on 9 on 11 thumbnail 10 his 11 thumbnail ['] [each] [to] [his] [own] [weapon] [,] ['] [he] [said] [gravely] [,] [handing] [it] [back] [.] ['] [i] [am] [better] [with] [the] [bigger] [machine] [,] [little] [maiden] [.] but it 's a pretty toy . 1 but 2 it 1 but 7 . 2 it 3 's 3 's 6 toy 4 a 5 pretty 4 a 6 toy 5 pretty 6 toy a wolf would laugh at it [.] 1 a 2 wolf 2 wolf 3 would 3 would 4 laugh 4 laugh 5 at 5 at 6 it aren't you afraid of wolves [?] ['] 1 aren't 2 you 1 aren't 3 afraid 3 afraid 4 of 4 of 5 wolves ['] [there] [aren't] [any] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [never] [believe] [it] [!] a wolf ['s] [like] [a] [winged] [hat] [.] 1 a 2 wolf he comes when he isn't expected [.] 1 he 2 comes 2 comes 3 when 3 when 6 expected 4 he 5 isn't 5 isn't 6 expected don't they hunt wolves here [?] ['] 1 don't 2 they 1 don't 3 hunt 3 hunt 4 wolves 3 hunt 5 here ['] [we] [don't] [hunt] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] [remembering] [what] [she] [had] [heard] [from] [grown-ups] [.] ['] [we] [preserve] [pheasants] [.] do you know them [?] ['] 1 do 2 you 1 do 3 know 3 know 4 them ['] [what] [a] [big] [painted] [clucking] [fool] [is] [a] [pheasant] [!] ['] [he] [said] [.] ['] [just] [like] [some] [romans] [.] ['] ['] [but] [you] ['re] [a] [roman] [yourself] [,] [aren't] [you] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [ye-es] [and] [no] [.] i 'm one of a [good] few thousands who have [never] seen [rome] [except] [in] a picture [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 one 3 one 4 of 4 of 8 thousands 5 a 7 few 7 few 8 thousands 8 thousands 9 who 8 thousands 10 have 9 who 10 have 10 have 12 seen 12 seen 17 picture 16 a 17 picture my people have lived [at] [vectis] [for] [generations] [.] 1 my 2 people 2 people 3 have 3 have 4 lived vectis that [island] [west] [yonder] [that] [you] [can] [see] [from] [so] [far] [in] [clear] [weather] [.] ['] 1 vectis 2 that ['] [do] [you] [mean] [the] [isle] [of] [wight] [?] it lifts up just [before] rain , and you see it from [the] [downs] [.] ['] 1 it 2 lifts 2 lifts 3 up 3 up 12 from 4 just 6 rain 6 rain 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 you 8 and 10 see 9 you 10 see 10 see 11 it 10 see 12 from ['] [very] [likely] [.] our villa 's on the south edge of [the] [island] , [by] [the] [broken] [cliffs] . 1 our 2 villa 2 villa 3 's 3 's 4 on 4 on 7 edge 5 the 7 edge 6 south 7 edge 7 edge 8 of 8 of 11 , 11 , 16 . most of it is [three] [hundred] [years] [old] [,] but the cow-stables , where our first ancestor lived , must be a hundred years older [.] 1 most 2 of 1 most 3 it 2 of 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 10 but 10 but 12 cow-stables 11 the 12 cow-stables 12 cow-stables 14 where 12 cow-stables 20 must 13 , 14 where 14 where 17 ancestor 14 where 18 lived 14 where 19 , 15 our 16 first 15 our 17 ancestor 17 ancestor 18 lived 20 must 21 be 21 be 25 older 22 a 23 hundred 23 hundred 24 years 24 years 25 older oh , [quite] [that] , [because] [the] [founder] [of] [our] [family] [had] [his] [land] [given] [him] by [agricola] [at] [the] [settlement] [.] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 5 , 5 , 17 by it 's not a bad little place for its size [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 not 2 's 7 place 2 's 8 for 4 a 5 bad 4 a 7 place 5 bad 7 place 6 little 7 place 7 place 8 for 8 for 10 size 9 its 10 size in springtime violets grow down to the very beach [.] 1 in 2 springtime 1 in 3 violets 3 violets 4 grow 4 grow 5 down 5 down 6 to 6 to 9 beach 7 the 8 very 7 the 9 beach i 've gathered sea-weeds for myself and violets for [my] [mother] [many] a time with our old nurse [.] ['] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 gathered 3 gathered 7 and 4 sea-weeds 5 for 4 sea-weeds 7 and 5 for 6 myself 7 and 8 violets 7 and 9 for 7 and 15 with 9 for 14 time 13 a 14 time 15 with 18 nurse 16 our 18 nurse 17 old 18 nurse ['] [was] [your] [nurse] [a] [a] [romaness] [too] [?] ['] ['] [no] [,] [a] [numidian] [.] gods be good to her [!] 1 gods 2 be 2 be 3 good 3 good 4 to 4 to 5 her a [dear] [,] fat , [brown] [thing] [with] [a] tongue [like] [a] cowbell [.] 1 a 4 fat 1 a 13 cowbell 4 fat 5 , 4 fat 10 tongue she was a free woman [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 5 woman 3 a 4 free 3 a 5 woman 4 free 5 woman by the way [,] are you free [,] [maiden] [?] ['] 1 by 3 way 1 by 5 are 2 the 3 way 5 are 6 you 5 are 7 free ['] [oh] [,] [quite] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [at] [least] [,] [till] [tea-time] [;] [and] [in] [summer] [our] [governess] [doesn't] [say] [much] [if] [we] ['re] [late] [.] ['] the young man laughed [again] a proper understanding laugh [.] 1 the 3 man 2 young 3 man 3 man 4 laughed 4 laughed 9 laugh 6 a 7 proper 6 a 9 laugh 7 proper 9 laugh 8 understanding 9 laugh ['] [i] [see] [,] ['] [said] [he] [.] ['] [that] [accounts] [for] [your] [being] [in] [the] [wood] [.] we hid among the cliffs [.] ['] 1 we 2 hid 2 hid 3 among 3 among 5 cliffs 4 the 5 cliffs ['] [did] [you] [have] [a] [governess] [,] [then] [?] ['] ['] [did] [we] [not] [?] [a] [greek] [,] [too] [.] she had a way of clutching her dress when she hunted us among the gorse-bushes that made us laugh . 1 she 2 had 2 had 4 way 2 had 13 among 3 a 4 way 4 way 5 of 5 of 6 clutching 6 clutching 8 dress 7 her 8 dress 8 dress 9 when 8 dress 13 among 9 when 10 she 9 when 11 hunted 10 she 11 hunted 11 hunted 12 us 13 among 15 gorse-bushes 14 the 15 gorse-bushes 15 gorse-bushes 16 that 15 gorse-bushes 17 made 16 that 17 made 17 made 18 us 17 made 19 laugh 19 laugh 20 . then she 'd say she 'd get us whipped [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 'd 3 'd 4 say 4 say 5 she 4 say 7 get 5 she 6 'd 6 'd 7 get 7 get 8 us 7 get 9 whipped she never did , though , bless her [!] 1 she 3 did 2 never 3 did 3 did 7 bless 4 , 5 though 5 though 6 , 5 though 7 bless 7 bless 8 her aglaia was a thorough sportswoman , for all her learning [.] ['] 1 aglaia 2 was 2 was 5 sportswoman 3 a 4 thorough 3 a 5 sportswoman 4 thorough 5 sportswoman 5 sportswoman 7 for 6 , 7 for 7 for 8 all 8 all 9 her 8 all 10 learning 9 her 10 learning ['] [but] [what] [lessons] [did] [you] [do] [when] [when] [you] [were] [little] [?] ['] ['] [ancient] [history] [,] [the] [classics] [,] [arithmetic] [and] [so] [on] [,] ['] [he] [answered] [.] [and] [funny] [!] [roma] [dea] [!] how [mother] could [make] [us] laugh [!] ['] 1 how 3 could 3 could 6 laugh ['] [what] [at] [?] ['] ['] [little] [jokes] [and] [sayings] [that] [every] [family] [has] [.] don't you know [?] ['] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 know ['] [i] [know] [we] [have] [,] [but] [i] [didn't] [know] [other] [people] [had] [them] [too] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [tell] [me] [about] [all] [your] [family] [,] [please] [.] ['] ['] [good] [families] [are] [very] [much] [alike] [.] mother would sit spinning of [evenings] [while] [aglaia] [read] [in] [her] [corner] , and [father] [did] accounts , and we four romped about the passages [.] 1 mother 2 would 2 would 3 sit 3 sit 4 spinning 4 spinning 5 of 5 of 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 17 accounts 14 and 18 , 18 , 19 and 19 and 21 four 19 and 22 romped 20 we 21 four 21 four 22 romped 22 romped 23 about 23 about 25 passages 24 the 25 passages when our noise grew too loud [the] [pater] would [say] [,] ["] [less] [tumult] [!] 1 when 3 noise 1 when 4 grew 1 when 9 would 2 our 3 noise 3 noise 4 grew 4 grew 5 too 4 grew 6 loud less tumult [!] 1 less 2 tumult have you never heard [of] [a] [father] ['s] [right] [over] [his] [children] [?] 1 have 2 you 1 have 4 heard 3 never 4 heard he can slay [them] , my [loves] slay them dead , and the [gods] highly [approve] [of] [the] action [!] ["] 1 he 2 can 2 can 3 slay 3 slay 19 action 5 , 8 slay 5 , 12 and 6 my 8 slay 8 slay 9 them 10 dead 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 15 highly 12 and 19 action 13 the 15 highly then [mother] would [prim] up her dear mouth over the wheel and answer [:] " [h] ['m] [!] 1 then 3 would 3 would 5 up 3 would 12 and 5 up 8 mouth 5 up 9 over 6 her 8 mouth 7 dear 8 mouth 8 mouth 9 over 9 over 11 wheel 10 the 11 wheel 12 and 13 answer 13 answer 15 " i 'm afraid there can't be much of the [roman] [father] about [you] [!] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 afraid 3 afraid 4 there 3 afraid 6 be 5 can't 6 be 6 be 7 much 6 be 12 about 7 much 8 of 8 of 9 the ['] [fathers] [can] [if] [they] [like] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] [her] [eyes] [dancing] [.] ['] [didn't] [i] [say] [all] [good] [families] [are] [very] [much] [the] [same] [?] ['] ['] [what] [did] [you] [do] [in] [summer] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [play] [about] [,] [like] [us] [?] ['] ['] [yes] [,] [and] [we] [visited] [our] [friends] [.] there are no wolves in [vectis] [.] 1 there 2 are 2 are 4 wolves 3 no 4 wolves 4 wolves 5 in we had many friends , and as many ponies as we wished [.] ['] 1 we 2 had 2 had 6 and 2 had 10 as 3 many 4 friends 4 friends 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 9 ponies 7 as 8 many 8 many 9 ponies 10 as 11 we 10 as 12 wished 11 we 12 wished ['] [it] [must] [have] [been] [lovely] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [i] [hope] [it] [lasted] [for] [ever] [.] ['] ['] [not] [quite] [,] [little] [maid] [.] when [i] [was] [about] [sixteen] or [seventeen] , the [father] [felt] gouty , and we all went to the [waters] . ['] 1 when 12 gouty 6 or 9 the 8 , 9 the 9 the 12 gouty 12 gouty 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 we 14 and 17 went 16 all 17 went 17 went 18 to 18 to 21 . 19 the 21 . ['] [what] [waters] [?] ['] ['] [at] [aquae] [sulis] [.] every one goes there [.] 1 every 2 one 2 one 3 goes 3 goes 4 there you ought to get [your] [father] to take you some day [.] ['] 1 you 2 ought 2 ought 8 take 3 to 4 get 4 get 7 to 7 to 8 take 8 take 9 you 8 take 11 day 10 some 11 day ['] [but] [where] [?] i don't know [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 know the young man looked astonished for a moment [.] 1 the 3 man 2 young 3 man 3 man 4 looked 4 looked 5 astonished 5 astonished 6 for 6 for 8 moment 7 a 8 moment ['] [aquae] [sulis] [,] ['] [he] [repeated] [.] ['] [the] [best] [baths] [in] [britain] [.] just as good , [i] ['m] [told] [,] as [rome] [.] 1 just 2 as 1 just 4 , 2 as 3 good 4 , 9 as all the old gluttons sit in hot water , and talk scandal and politics [.] 1 all 2 the 1 all 4 gluttons 1 all 5 sit 2 the 4 gluttons 3 old 4 gluttons 5 sit 6 in 6 in 13 and 7 hot 8 water 8 water 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 scandal 10 and 13 and 11 talk 12 scandal 13 and 14 politics we young people , of course , took no interest in politics [.] 1 we 7 , 2 young 3 people 3 people 7 , 4 , 6 course 4 , 7 , 5 of 6 course 7 , 8 took 8 took 10 interest 8 took 11 in 9 no 10 interest 10 interest 11 in 11 in 12 politics we had [not] the gout [.] 1 we 2 had 2 had 5 gout 4 the 5 gout there were many of our age like us [.] 1 there 2 were 2 were 3 many 2 were 7 like 3 many 4 of 4 of 6 age 5 our 6 age 6 age 7 like 7 like 8 us we did not find life sad [.] 1 we 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 find 3 not 4 find 4 find 5 life 4 find 6 sad i do not think it is a profession for a well-born man [,] [but] [then] [i] ['m] [not] [my] [brother] [.] 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 not 2 do 4 think 4 think 9 for 5 it 6 is 6 is 8 profession 7 a 8 profession 8 profession 9 for 9 for 12 man 10 a 11 well-born 10 a 12 man 11 well-born 12 man you see [,] ['] [the] [young] [man] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] ['] [his] [philosopher] [was] [a] [long-haired] [one] [!] ['] 1 you 2 see ['] [i] [thought] [philosophers] [were] [bald] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [not] [all] [.] she was very pretty [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 4 pretty 3 very 4 pretty i don't blame him [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 blame 3 blame 4 him nothing could have suited me better than my eldest brother 's doing this [,] for [i] [was] [only] [too] [keen] [to] [join] the [army] [.] 1 nothing 2 could 2 could 3 have 3 have 4 suited 4 suited 5 me 4 suited 6 better 4 suited 7 than 4 suited 15 for 7 than 12 doing 8 my 9 eldest 8 my 10 brother 10 brother 11 's 11 's 12 doing 12 doing 13 this 15 for 23 the i had [always] feared [i] [should] [have] to stay at home and look after the estate [while] [my] [brother] [took] [this] [.] ['] 1 i 2 had 2 had 4 feared 4 feared 8 to 8 to 9 stay 9 stay 10 at 10 at 12 and 11 home 12 and 12 and 13 look 12 and 14 after 14 after 16 estate 15 the 16 estate he rapped on his great glistening shield that never seemed to be in his way [.] 1 he 2 rapped 2 rapped 3 on 3 on 7 shield 4 his 7 shield 5 great 7 shield 6 glistening 7 shield 7 shield 8 that 7 shield 10 seemed 8 that 10 seemed 9 never 10 seemed 10 seemed 11 to 10 seemed 12 be 11 to 12 be 12 be 13 in 13 in 15 way 14 his 15 way ['] [so] [we] [were] [well] [contented] [we] [young] [people] [and] [we] [rode] [back] [to] [clausentum] [along] [the] [wood] [road] [very] [quietly] [.] but when [we] [reached] [home] , [aglaia] , [our] governess , [saw] what had come [to] [us] [.] 1 but 2 when 1 but 15 come 6 , 8 , 8 , 10 governess 8 , 11 , 11 , 13 what 13 what 14 had 14 had 15 come i remember her at the door , the torch over her head , watching us climb the cliff-path from the boat [.] 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 3 her 2 remember 4 at 2 remember 10 over 4 at 7 , 5 the 6 door 6 door 7 , 7 , 9 torch 8 the 9 torch 10 over 12 head 11 her 12 head 12 head 14 watching 13 , 14 watching 14 watching 15 us 14 watching 16 climb 16 climb 18 cliff-path 16 climb 19 from 17 the 18 cliff-path 18 cliff-path 19 from 19 from 21 boat 20 the 21 boat ["] [aie] [!] aie [!] " [she] [said] [.] 1 aie 3 " ["] [children] [you] [went] [away] [.] men and a woman you return [!] ["] 1 men 2 and 2 and 4 woman 2 and 5 you 2 and 6 return 3 a 4 woman 5 you 6 return then she kissed [mother] , and [mother] wept [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 5 , 3 kissed 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 wept thus [our] visit [to] [the] [waters] [settled] [our] [fates] for each of us , maiden [.] ['] 1 thus 3 visit 3 visit 10 for 10 for 14 , 11 each 12 of 11 each 14 , 12 of 13 us 14 , 15 maiden he rose to his feet and listened , leaning on the shield-rim [.] 1 he 6 and 2 rose 3 to 2 rose 6 and 3 to 5 feet 4 his 5 feet 6 and 7 listened 6 and 9 leaning 8 , 9 leaning 9 leaning 10 on 10 on 12 shield-rim 11 the 12 shield-rim ['] [i] [think] [that] ['s] [dan] [my] [brother] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [yes] [;] [and] [the] [faun] [is] [with] [him] [,] ['] [he] [replied] [,] [as] [dan] [with] [puck] [stumbled] [through] [the] [copse] [.] parnesius looked bewildered [,] [even] [when] [una] [explained] [.] 1 parnesius 2 looked 2 looked 3 bewildered dan had climbed into [volaterrae] , hot and panting [.] 1 dan 2 had 2 had 3 climbed 3 climbed 4 into 3 climbed 8 and 4 into 6 , 6 , 8 and 7 hot 8 and 8 and 9 panting ['] [i] ['ve] [run] [nearly] [all] [the] [way] [,] ['] [he] [gasped] [,] ['] [and] [then] [puck] [met] [me] [.] how [do] you do , sir ? ['] 1 how 3 you 3 you 4 do 4 do 6 sir 5 , 6 sir 6 sir 7 ? ['] [i] [am] [in] [good] [health] [,] ['] [parnesius] [answered] [.] ['] [see] [!] i have tried to bend the bow of [ulysses] , but ['] [he] [held] [up] [his] [thumb] [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 tried 3 tried 4 to 3 tried 5 bend 4 to 5 bend 5 bend 7 bow 6 the 7 bow 7 bow 8 of 8 of 10 , 10 , 11 but ['] [i] ['m] [sorry] [.] you [must] have pulled off too soon , ['] said [dan] . 1 you 8 , 3 have 4 pulled 3 have 8 , 4 pulled 5 off 4 pulled 7 soon 6 too 7 soon 8 , 10 said 10 said 12 . ['] [but] [puck] [said] [you] [were] [telling] [una] [a] [story] [.] ['] ['] [continue] [,] [o] [parnesius] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [who] [had] [perched] [himself] [on] [a] [dead] [branch] [above] [them] [.] ['] [i] [will] [be] [chorus] [.] has he puzzled you much [,] [una] [?] ['] 1 has 2 he 1 has 3 puzzled 3 puzzled 4 you 3 puzzled 5 much ['] [not] [a] [bit] [,] [except] [i] [didn't] [know] [where] [ak] [ak] [something] [was] [,] ['] [she] [answered] [.] ['] [oh] [,] [aquae] [sulis] [.] that ['s] [bath] , [where] [the] [buns] [come] [from] [.] 1 that 4 , let the hero tell his own tale [.] ['] 1 let 3 hero 1 let 4 tell 2 the 3 hero 4 tell 7 tale 5 his 6 own 5 his 7 tale ['] [thanks] [,] [jester] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [,] [shaking] [his] [curly] [dark] [head] [.] ['] [that] [is] [cooler] [.] now hang it up for me [.] 1 now 2 hang 2 hang 3 it 3 it 4 up 4 up 5 for 5 for 6 me ['] [i] [was] [telling] [your] [sister] [how] [i] [joined] [the] [army] [,] ['] [he] [said] [to] [dan] [.] ['] [did] [you] [have] [to] [pass] [an] [exam] [?] ['] dan asked eagerly [.] 1 dan 2 asked 2 asked 3 eagerly ['] [no] [.] now , like many of our youngsters , [i] was [not] too fond of anything [roman] [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 8 , 2 , 3 like 3 like 7 youngsters 4 many 7 youngsters 5 of 7 youngsters 6 our 7 youngsters 8 , 10 was 10 was 13 fond 12 too 13 fond 13 fond 14 of 14 of 15 anything the [roman-born] officers and magistrates looked down on us [british-born] as though we were barbarians [.] 1 the 3 officers 3 officers 4 and 4 and 5 magistrates 4 and 6 looked 6 looked 7 down 6 looked 8 on 6 looked 12 though 8 on 9 us 11 as 12 though 12 though 13 we 12 though 14 were 13 we 14 were 14 were 15 barbarians i [told] [my] [father] [so] . 1 i 6 . " ['to] [which] [empire] [?] " 1 " 6 " i asked . 1 i 2 asked 2 asked 3 . " [we] [split] [the] [eagle] [before] [i] [was] [born] [.] " 1 " 11 " " ['] [what] [thieves] ['] [talk] [is] [that] [?] " [said] [my] [father] [.] 1 " 10 " he hated slang [.] 1 he 2 hated 2 hated 3 slang [which] [am] [i] [to] [follow] [?] ["] " ['] [gratian] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 6 said 6 said 7 he 7 he 8 . " [at] [least] [he] ['s] [a] [sportsman] [.] " 1 " 9 " " ['] [he] ['s] [all] [that] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 8 " " [hasn't] [he] [turned] [himself] [into] [a] [raw-beef-eating] [scythian] [?] " 1 " 11 " " ['] [where] [did] [you] [hear] [of] it [?] ["] said [the] [pater] [.] 1 " 11 said 8 it 11 said " ['] [at] [aquae] [sulis] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 7 " it was perfectly true [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 perfectly 2 was 4 true this [precious] [emperor] [gratian] [of] ours [had] [a] [bodyguard] [of] [fur-cloaked] [scythians] , and he was so crazy about them that he dressed like them . 1 this 6 ours 6 ours 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 he 14 and 26 . 15 he 16 was 16 was 18 crazy 17 so 18 crazy 18 crazy 19 about 18 crazy 21 that 19 about 20 them 21 that 22 he 21 that 23 dressed 23 dressed 24 like 24 like 25 them in [rome] of all places in the world [!] 1 in 8 world 3 of 5 places 4 all 5 places 5 places 6 in 6 in 8 world 7 the 8 world it was as [bad] [as] [if] my own [father] [had] [painted] [himself] [blue] [!] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 as 3 as 8 own 7 my 8 own " ['] [no] [matter] [for] [the] [clothes] [,] " [said] [the] [pater] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [they] [are] [only] [the] [fringe] [of] [the] [trouble] [.] it began before your time or mine [.] 1 it 2 began 2 began 3 before 3 before 6 or 4 your 5 time 5 time 6 or 6 or 7 mine rome has forsaken [her] [gods] , and must be punished [.] 1 rome 2 has 2 has 7 and 3 forsaken 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 must 8 must 9 be 9 be 10 punished the [great] war [with] [the] [painted] [people] [broke] [out] in the very year the temples of [our] [gods] [were] destroyed [.] 1 the 3 war 3 war 16 of 3 war 20 destroyed 10 in 13 year 10 in 15 temples 11 the 12 very 11 the 13 year 14 the 15 temples 15 temples 16 of we beat [the] [painted] [people] [in] [the] [very] [year] [our] [temples] [were] [rebuilt] [.] 1 we 2 beat go back further [still] [.] ["] 1 go 2 back 2 back 3 further ['] [i] [knew] [nothing] [about] [it] [.] aglaia never taught us the history of our own country [.] 1 aglaia 3 taught 2 never 3 taught 3 taught 4 us 3 taught 6 history 5 the 6 history 6 history 7 of 7 of 10 country 8 our 9 own 8 our 10 country she was so full of [her] ancient [greeks] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 4 full 3 so 4 full 4 full 5 of 5 of 7 ancient " ['] [there] [is] [no] [hope] [for] [rome] [,] " [said] [the] [pater] [,] [at] [last] [.] 1 " 10 " " she [has] [forsaken] [her] [gods] , [but] [if] [the] [gods] [forgive] [us] [here] [,] [we] [may] [save] [britain] [.] 1 " 2 she 2 she 7 , to do that [,] [we] [must] [keep] [the] [painted] [people] [back] [.] 1 to 2 do 2 do 3 that ['] [what] [wall] [?] ['] [asked] [dan] [and] [una] [at] [once] [.] ['] [father] [meant] [the] [one] [we] [call] [hadrian] ['s] [wall] [.] i 'll tell you about it later [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 tell 3 tell 4 you 3 tell 5 about 3 tell 7 later 5 about 6 it it was built long ago [,] across [north] [britain] , to keep out [the] [painted] [people] [picts] , you call them [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 built 3 built 5 ago 3 built 7 across 3 built 11 to 4 long 5 ago 10 , 11 to 11 to 12 keep 11 to 18 , 12 keep 13 out 18 , 19 you 18 , 20 call 20 call 21 them father had fought in [the] [great] [pict] [war] [that] [lasted] [more] [than] [twenty] [years] , and he knew what fighting meant . 1 father 2 had 2 had 3 fought 3 fought 4 in 4 in 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 he 16 and 22 . 17 he 18 knew 18 knew 19 what 19 what 20 fighting 19 what 21 meant 20 fighting 21 meant theodosius , [one] [of] [our] [great] [generals] , had chased the little beasts [back] [far] [into] [the] [north] [before] [i] [was] [born] [.] 1 theodosius 2 , 2 , 8 , 8 , 9 had 9 had 10 chased 10 chased 13 beasts 11 the 13 beasts 12 little 13 beasts down [at] [vectis] , [of] [course] , we [never] [troubled] [our] [heads] [about] [them] . 1 down 4 , 4 , 7 , 7 , 8 we 7 , 15 . but when [my] [father] [spoke] as he did , [i] kissed his hand , and waited for orders [.] 1 but 2 when 1 but 9 , 6 as 7 he 7 he 8 did 8 did 9 , 9 , 14 , 11 kissed 13 hand 11 kissed 14 , 12 his 13 hand 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 waited 16 waited 17 for 17 for 18 orders we [british-born] [romans] know what is due to our parents [.] ['] 1 we 4 know 4 know 5 what 5 what 6 is 6 is 7 due 7 due 8 to 8 to 10 parents 9 our 10 parents ['] [if] [i] [kissed] [my] [father] ['s] [hand] [,] [he] ['d] [laugh] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [customs] [change] [;] [but] [if] [you] [do] [not] [obey] [your] [father] [,] [the] [gods] [remember] [it] [.] you may be quite sure of that [.] 1 you 2 may 2 may 3 be 3 be 5 sure 4 quite 5 sure 5 sure 6 of 6 of 7 that it was your stick in their stomachs and your shield in their faces to push them into any sort of formation [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 stick 2 was 5 in 2 was 11 in 2 was 14 to 3 your 4 stick 4 stick 5 in 5 in 8 and 6 their 7 stomachs 7 stomachs 8 and 8 and 10 shield 9 your 10 shield 11 in 13 faces 12 their 13 faces 14 to 15 push 15 push 16 them 15 push 17 into 17 into 21 formation 18 any 19 sort 19 sort 20 of 19 sort 21 formation 20 of 21 formation i noticed a quiet-looking man on the lawn , leaning on a stick [.] 1 i 2 noticed 2 noticed 4 quiet-looking 2 noticed 11 on 3 a 4 quiet-looking 4 quiet-looking 5 man 4 quiet-looking 11 on 5 man 6 on 6 on 9 , 7 the 8 lawn 8 lawn 9 , 9 , 10 leaning 11 on 13 stick 12 a 13 stick he watched us passing buckets from [the] [pond] , and at last he said to me : " who are you ? " 1 he 2 watched 2 watched 3 us 2 watched 4 passing 4 passing 5 buckets 4 passing 6 from 6 from 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 13 he 10 and 14 said 11 at 12 last 11 at 13 he 13 he 14 said 14 said 15 to 14 said 17 : 14 said 18 " 14 said 19 who 14 said 20 are 14 said 22 ? 14 said 23 " 15 to 16 me 19 who 20 are 20 are 21 you " ['] [a] [probationer] [,] [waiting] [for] [a] [command] [,] " [i] [answered] [.] 1 " 11 " i didn't know who he was [from] [deucalion] [!] 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 who 4 who 5 he 4 who 6 was 5 he 6 was " ['] [born] [in] [britain] [?] " he said . 1 " 9 said 7 " 8 he 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 . " ['] [yes] , if you were born in [spain] , " [i] said [,] [for] [he] [neighed] [his] [words] [like] [an] [iberian] mule [.] 1 " 14 said 4 , 5 if 5 if 6 you 6 you 7 were 7 were 8 born 8 born 9 in 9 in 11 , 11 , 12 " 11 , 14 said 14 said 24 mule " ['] [and] [what] [might] [you] [call] [yourself] [when] [you] [are] at home [?] ["] he said , laughing . 1 " 17 said 12 at 13 home 12 at 16 he 16 he 17 said 17 said 18 , 17 said 20 . 18 , 19 laughing " ['] [that] [depends] [,] " [i] [answered] [;] ["] [sometimes] [one] [thing] [and] [sometimes] [another] [.] 1 " 6 " but [now] [i] ['m] [busy] . ["] 1 but 6 . in future [call] [yourself] [centurion] of the [seventh] [cohort] of [the] [thirtieth] , [the] [ulpia] [victrix] [.] 1 in 2 future 2 future 6 of 6 of 13 , 7 the 10 of 10 of 13 , that will help me to remember you [.] 1 that 2 will 2 will 3 help 3 help 4 me 3 help 5 to 3 help 6 remember 5 to 6 remember 6 remember 7 you [your] [father] [and] [a] [few] [other] [people] [call] [me] [maximus] [.] ["] ['] [he] [tossed] [me] [the] [polished] [stick] [he] [was] [leaning] [on] [,] [and] [went] [away] [.] you might have knocked me down with it [!] ['] 1 you 2 might 2 might 3 have 3 have 4 knocked 4 knocked 5 me 4 knocked 6 down 4 knocked 7 with 7 with 8 it ['] [who] [was] [he] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [maximus] [himself] [,] [our] [great] [general] [!] the [general] [of] [britain] [who] [had] [been] [theodosius] ['s] right [hand] [in] [the] [pict] [war] [!] 1 the 10 right not [only] [had] [he] [given] [me] [my] [centurion] ['s] [stick] [direct] , but [three] [steps] [in] [a] [good] [legion] [as] [well] [!] 1 not 12 , 12 , 13 but a new man generally begins in [the] [tenth] [cohort] [of] [his] [legion] , and works up [.] ['] 1 a 3 man 2 new 3 man 3 man 5 begins 4 generally 5 begins 5 begins 6 in 5 begins 16 up 6 in 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 works ['] [and] [were] [you] [pleased] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [very] [.] ['] [a] [child] [you] [were] [!] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [from] [above] [.] ['] [i] [was] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] ['] [don't] [begrudge] [it] [me] [,] [faun] [.] afterwards [the] [gods] [know] [i] [put] aside [the] [games] [!] ['] 1 afterwards 7 aside and [puck] [nodded] [,] brown chin [on] [brown] [hand] , his big eyes still [.] 1 and 6 chin 1 and 10 , 5 brown 6 chin 10 , 14 still 11 his 14 still 12 big 13 eyes 13 eyes 14 still ['] [regnum] [?] [anderida] [?] ['] the [children] [turned] [their] faces [to] [puck] [.] 1 the 5 faces ['] [pevensey] [again] [!] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [where] [weland] [landed] [?] ['] ['] [weland] [and] [a] [few] [others] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [pevensey] [isn't] [young] [even] [compared] [to] [me] [!] ['] i was [only] [there] [ten] [days] [when] [i] [was] ordered to go up [with] [thirty] [men] [to] [my] [cohort] . ['] 1 i 2 was 2 was 10 ordered 10 ordered 11 to 10 ordered 20 . 11 to 12 go 12 go 13 up he laughed merrily [.] 1 he 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 merrily ['] [a] [man] [never] [forgets] [his] [first] [march] [.] ['] [how] [?] [how] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [and] [una] [.] parnesius smiled , and stood up , flashing in his armour [.] 1 parnesius 4 and 2 smiled 4 and 3 , 4 and 4 and 5 stood 5 stood 8 flashing 6 up 7 , 6 up 8 flashing 8 flashing 9 in 9 in 11 armour 10 his 11 armour ['] [hai] [!] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [that] [sets] [one] [thinking] [!] ['] " [no] [!] " 1 " 4 " " ['] [but] [it] ['s] [hot] [,] ["] said one of [them] , ["] and we haven't [a] [doctor] . 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 one 10 one 11 of 11 of 13 , 13 , 15 and 15 and 16 we 15 and 20 . 16 we 17 haven't suppose we get sunstroke , or a fever [?] ["] 1 suppose 2 we 1 suppose 3 get 2 we 3 get 3 get 6 or 4 sunstroke 6 or 5 , 6 or 6 or 8 fever 7 a 8 fever " ['] [then] [die] [,] ["] [i] said [,] ["] [and] [a] [good] riddance [to] [rome] [!] 1 " 8 said 8 said 14 riddance up shield up spears , and tighten your foot-wear [!] ["] 1 up 2 shield 2 shield 3 up 3 up 6 and 4 spears 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 tighten 7 tighten 9 foot-wear 8 your 9 foot-wear " ['] [don't] [think] [yourself] [emperor] [of] [britain] [already] [,] ["] a fellow shouted [.] 1 " 14 shouted 12 a 13 fellow 13 fellow 14 shouted and , by [the] [light] [of] [the] [sun] , [i] [meant] [it] [too] [!] 1 and 2 , 2 , 3 by 3 by 9 , my raw [gauls] [at] [clausentum] [had] [never] [treated] [me] [so] [.] 1 my 2 raw he [wore] [the] [purple] [,] [as] [though] [he] [were] [already] [emperor] [;] [his] [leggings] [were] [of] [white] buckskin [laced] [with] [gold] [.] 1 he 18 buckskin ['] [my] [men] [dropped] [like] [like] [partridges] [.] ['] [he] [said] [nothing] [for] [some] [time] [,] [only] [looked] [,] [with] [his] [eyes] [puckered] [.] then he [crooked] his forefinger , and my men walked crawled [,] [i] [mean] to one side [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 7 and 2 he 10 walked 2 he 11 crawled 4 his 5 forefinger 5 forefinger 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 men 7 and 10 walked 8 my 9 men 11 crawled 15 to 15 to 17 side 16 one 17 side " ['] [stand] in the sun , [children] [,] " he said , and they formed up on the hard road . 1 " 12 said 4 in 6 sun 4 in 7 , 4 in 11 he 5 the 6 sun 7 , 10 " 11 he 12 said 12 said 13 , 12 said 22 . 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 they 14 and 16 formed 16 formed 17 up 17 up 18 on 18 on 21 road 19 the 21 road 20 hard 21 road " ['] [what] [would] [you] [have] [done] , " he said to [me] , " if [i] [had] [not] [been] [here] ? " 1 " 11 said 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 he 10 he 11 said 11 said 12 to 11 said 16 if 11 said 22 ? 12 to 14 , 14 , 15 " 22 ? 23 " " ['] [i] [should] [have] [killed] [that] [man] [,] " [i] [answered] [.] 1 " 10 " " ['] [kill] [him] now , " he said . 1 " 9 said 5 now 6 , 5 now 8 he 6 , 7 " 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 . " [he] [will] [not] [move] [a] [limb] [.] " 1 " 9 " " ['] [no] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [you] ['ve] [taken] [my] [men] [out] [of] [my] [command] [.] i should [only] be your butcher [if] [i] [killed] [him] [now] [.] ["] 1 i 2 should 2 should 4 be 4 be 6 butcher 5 your 6 butcher do you see what [i] [meant] [?] ['] 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 see 3 see 4 what parnesius turned [to] [dan] [.] 1 parnesius 2 turned ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [it] [wouldn't] [have] [been] [fair] [,] [somehow] [.] ['] ['] [that] [was] [what] [i] [thought] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] ['] [but] [maximus] [frowned] [.] " [you] ['ll] [never] [be] [an] [emperor] , " he said . 1 " 11 said 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 he 10 he 11 said 11 said 12 . " [not] [even] [a] [general] [will] [you] [be] [.] " 1 " 10 " ['] [i] [was] [silent] [,] [but] [my] [father] [seemed] [pleased] [.] " ['] [i] [came] [here] to see the last of you , " he said . 1 " 15 said 6 to 7 see 6 to 12 , 6 to 14 he 7 see 9 last 8 the 9 last 9 last 10 of 10 of 11 you 12 , 13 " 14 he 15 said 15 said 16 . " ['] [you] [have] [seen] it [,] ["] said [maximus] [.] 1 " 9 said 6 it 9 said ["] [i] [shall] [never] [need] [your] [son] [any] [more] [.] he will live and he will [die] an officer of [a] [legion] [and] [he] [might] [have] [been] [prefect] [of] one [of] [my] [provinces] [.] 1 he 4 and 2 will 3 live 2 will 4 and 4 and 6 will 4 and 9 officer 5 he 6 will 8 an 9 officer 9 officer 10 of 10 of 20 one now eat and drink with [us] , " [he] said . 1 now 2 eat 2 eat 3 and 3 and 4 drink 4 drink 5 with 5 with 7 , 7 , 8 " 7 , 10 said 10 said 11 . " [your] [men] [will] [wait] [till] [you] [have] [finished] [.] " 1 " 11 " ['] [my] [miserable] [thirty] [stood] [like] [wine-skins] [glistening] [in] [the] [hot] [sun] [,] [and] [maximus] [led] [us] [to] [where] [his] [people] [had] [set] [a] [meal] [.] [himself] [he] [mixed] [the] [wine] [.] " ['] [yes] [,] ["] said [the] [pater] , " you [can] drive [two] [mules] [gaul] [and] [britain] [.] ["] 1 " 9 , 6 said 9 , 9 , 10 " 9 , 13 drive 11 you 13 drive ["] ['] [no] [;] [you] [can't] [drive] [three] [mules] [.] they will tear [you] in [pieces] , " said [my] [father] . 1 they 2 will 2 will 3 tear 3 tear 5 in 5 in 7 , 7 , 8 " 7 , 9 said 9 said 12 . ['] [i] [sat] [quite] [still] [.] one does not answer [a] [general] [who] [wears] [the] [purple] [.] 1 one 2 does 2 does 3 not 2 does 4 answer " ['] [i] [am] [not] [angry] [with] [you] [,] ["] he went on [;] " [i] [owe] [too] [much] [to] [your] [father] ["] 1 " 11 he 11 he 12 went 12 went 13 on 13 on 15 " " ['] [you] [owe] [me] [nothing] [but] [advice] [that] [you] [never] [took] [,] " [said] [the] [pater] [.] 1 " 14 " ["] ['] [to] [be] [unjust] [to] [any] [of] [your] [family] [.] " ['] [very] [like] [,] " [said] [my] [father] [.] 1 " 6 " " [but] we [shall] have [the] [picts] [and] [their] [friends] [breaking] [through] [before] [long] [.] 1 " 3 we 3 we 5 have you [cannot] move [all] [troops] [out] [of] [britain] to make [you] [emperor] , and expect [the] [north] to sit [quiet] . ["] 1 you 3 move 3 move 9 to 9 to 14 and 10 make 14 and 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 expect 15 expect 18 to 18 to 19 sit 19 sit 21 . " ['] [i] [follow] [my] [destiny] [,] " [said] [maximus] [.] 1 " 8 " " ['] [follow] [it] [,] [then] [,] ["] said [my] [father] , [pulling] up [a] [fern] [root] [;] ["] [and] [die] [as] [theodosius] [died] [.] ["] 1 " 9 said 9 said 14 up 12 , 14 up " ['] [ah] [!] " [said] [maximus] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [my] [old] [general] [was] [killed] [because] [he] [served] [the] [empire] [too] [well] [.] " ['] [then] [i] [had] [better] [follow] [my] [destiny] [,] " [i] [said] [,] ["] [and] [take] [my] [men] [to] [the] [wall] [.] ["] 1 " 11 " ['] [he] [looked] [at] [me] [a] [long] [time] [,] [and] [bowed] [his] [head] [slanting] [like] [a] [spaniard] [.] " [follow] [it] [,] [boy] , " he said . 1 " 9 said 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 he 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 . that was all [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 all i was only too glad to get away [,] [though] [i] [had] [many] [messages] [for] [home] [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 only 2 was 5 glad 4 too 5 glad 5 glad 6 to 5 glad 7 get 6 to 7 get 7 get 8 away i [never] halted [them] [till] [sunset] , and ['] he turned about and looked at [pook] ['s] [hill] [below] him ['] then [i] halted [yonder] [.] ['] 1 i 7 , 3 halted 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 he 8 and 24 halted 10 he 13 and 11 turned 12 about 11 turned 13 and 13 and 14 looked 14 looked 15 at 15 at 20 him 22 then 24 halted he pointed to the broken , bracken-covered shoulder of the [forge] [hill] [behind] old [hobden] ['s] cottage [.] 1 he 2 pointed 2 pointed 3 to 3 to 8 shoulder 4 the 8 shoulder 5 broken 8 shoulder 6 , 7 bracken-covered 7 bracken-covered 8 shoulder 8 shoulder 9 of 9 of 10 the 10 the 14 old 14 old 17 cottage ['] [there] [?] why , that 's [only] [the] [old] [forge] [where] [they] [made] iron [once] , ['] [said] [dan] . 1 why 2 , 2 , 18 . 3 that 4 's 4 's 12 iron 12 iron 14 , 14 , 18 . ['] [very] [good] [stuff] [it] [was] [too] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [calmly] [.] ['] [we] [mended] [three] [shoulder-straps] [here] [and] [had] [a] [spear-head] [riveted] [.] the [forge] [was] [rented] [from] the [government] [by] [a] [one-eyed] smith [from] [carthage] [.] 1 the 11 smith 6 the 11 smith i remember [we] [called] him [cyclops] [.] 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 5 him he sold me a beaver-skin rug for my sister 's room [.] ['] 1 he 2 sold 2 sold 3 me 2 sold 6 rug 2 sold 7 for 4 a 5 beaver-skin 4 a 6 rug 6 rug 7 for 7 for 11 room 8 my 9 sister 9 sister 10 's 10 's 11 room ['] [but] [it] [couldn't] [have] [been] [here] [,] ['] [dan] [insisted] [.] ['] [but] [it] [was] [!] [from] [the] [altar] [of] [victory] [at] [anderida] [to] [the] [first] [forge] [in] [the] [forest] [here] [is] [twelve] [miles] [seven] [hundred] [paces] [.] it is all in the [road] [book] [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 all 2 is 4 in 4 in 5 the a man doesn't forget his first march [.] 1 a 2 man 2 man 3 doesn't 3 doesn't 4 forget 4 forget 6 first 4 forget 7 march 5 his 6 first 6 first 7 march i [think] [i] could tell you [every] [station] [between] [this] [and] [!] 1 i 4 could 4 could 5 tell 5 tell 6 you he leaned forward , but his eye was [caught] [by] [the] [setting] [sun] [.] 1 he 5 but 2 leaned 5 but 3 forward 4 , 4 , 5 but 5 but 8 was 6 his 7 eye 7 eye 8 was ['] [wait] [!] ['] [he] [said] [,] [lifting] [a] [hand] [,] [and] [the] [sunlight] [jinked] [on] [his] [glass] [bracelet] [.] ['] [wait] [!] i pray [to] [mithras] [!] ['] 1 i 2 pray he rose and stretched his arms westward , with deep , splendid-sounding words [.] 1 he 3 and 2 rose 3 and 3 and 4 stretched 4 stretched 6 arms 4 stretched 7 westward 4 stretched 9 with 5 his 6 arms 8 , 9 with 9 with 13 words 10 deep 11 , 10 deep 13 words 12 splendid-sounding 13 words ['] [cur] [mundus] [militat] [sub] [vana] [gloria] [cujus] [prosperitas] [est] [transitoria] [?] tam cito labitur ejus potentia [quam] vasa figuli [quae] sunt fragilia . ['] 1 tam 2 cito 2 cito 3 labitur 3 labitur 4 ejus 4 ejus 5 potentia 5 potentia 7 vasa 7 vasa 8 figuli 8 figuli 10 sunt 10 sunt 11 fragilia 11 fragilia 12 . they found themselves at the little locked gates of the wood [.] 1 they 2 found 2 found 3 themselves 2 found 4 at 4 at 8 gates 5 the 8 gates 6 little 8 gates 7 locked 8 gates 8 gates 9 of 9 of 10 the 10 the 11 wood ['] [quo] [caesar] [abiit] [celsus] [imperio] [?] vel [dives] splendidus totus [in] [prandio] [?] 1 vel 3 splendidus 3 splendidus 4 totus [dic] [ubi] [tullius] ['] still singing , he took [dan] ['s] [hand] and wheeled him [round] [to] [face] [una] as [she] [came] out of the gate [.] 1 still 2 singing 2 singing 3 , 2 singing 4 he 4 he 9 and 5 took 9 and 9 and 10 wheeled 10 wheeled 11 him 10 wheeled 16 as 16 as 22 gate 19 out 20 of 20 of 22 gate 21 the 22 gate it shut behind her , at the same time [as] [puck] [threw] [the] [memory-magicking] [oak] , [ash] and [thorn] [leaves] [over] their heads . 1 it 2 shut 2 shut 3 behind 2 shut 6 at 3 behind 4 her 5 , 6 at 6 at 9 time 6 at 16 , 7 the 8 same 8 same 9 time 16 , 18 and 18 and 23 heads 18 and 24 . 22 their 23 heads ['] [well] [,] [you] [are] [jolly] [late] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [couldn't] [you] [get] [away] [before] [?] ['] ['] [i] [did] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [i] [got] [away] [in] [lots] [of] [time] [,] [but] [but] [i] [didn't] [know] [it] [was] [so] [late] [.] [where've] [you] [been] [?] ['] ['] [in] [volaterrae] [waiting] [for] [you] [.] ['] ['] [sorry] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [it] [was] [all] [that] [beastly] [latin] [.] ['] [a] [british-roman] [song] ( [a.d] . [@number@] [)] 1 ( 3 . my father 's [father] [saw] [it] [not] [,] [and] [i] [,] belike [,] [shall] [never] [come] [to] [look] on that [so-holy] spot [the] [very] [rome] 1 my 2 father 2 father 3 's 3 's 12 belike 12 belike 19 on 19 on 22 spot 20 that 22 spot soon to send [forth] [again] a [brood] [,] [unshakeable] [,] [we] [pray] [,] [that] clings [to] [rome] ['s] thrice-hammered hardihood [in] arduous [things] [.] 1 soon 2 to 2 to 3 send 3 send 22 arduous 6 a 15 clings 6 a 22 arduous 15 clings 19 thrice-hammered 19 thrice-hammered 20 hardihood [on] [the] [great] [wall] and [i] ['ve] [lost] [britain] , and [i] ['ve] [lost] [gaul] [,] ['] 1 and 6 , 6 , 7 and ( [the] [voice] [seemed] [very] [cheerful] about it ) , 1 ( 7 about 1 ( 10 , 7 about 8 it 9 ) 10 , ['] [and] [i] ['ve] [lost] [rome] [,] [and] [,] [worst] [of] [all] [,] [i] ['ve] [lost] [lalage] [!] ['] they were standing by the gate to [far] [wood] [when] [they] [heard] this song [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 standing 2 were 7 to 3 standing 4 by 5 the 6 gate 6 gate 7 to 7 to 14 song 13 this 14 song without a word they hurried to their private gap and wriggled through the hedge almost atop [of] a jay that was feeding from [puck] ['s] [hand] . 1 without 3 word 1 without 4 they 2 a 3 word 4 they 10 and 5 hurried 6 to 5 hurried 10 and 6 to 9 gap 7 their 9 gap 8 private 9 gap 10 and 11 wriggled 10 and 12 through 10 and 15 almost 10 and 23 from 12 through 14 hedge 13 the 14 hedge 15 almost 16 atop 16 atop 19 jay 18 a 19 jay 19 jay 20 that 19 jay 21 was 20 that 21 was 21 was 22 feeding 23 from 27 . ['] [gently] [!] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [what] [are] [you] [looking] [for] [?] ['] ['] [parnesius] [,] [of] [course] [,] ['] [dan] [answered] [.] ['] [we] ['ve] [only] [just] [remembered] [yesterday] [.] it isn't fair [.] ['] 1 it 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 fair puck chuckled as he rose . 1 puck 2 chuckled 2 chuckled 3 as 3 as 4 he 3 as 6 . 4 he 5 rose ohe , [parnesius] [!] ['] he [called] . 1 ohe 2 , 1 ohe 6 he 6 he 8 . ['] [here] [,] [faun] [!] ['] [came] [the] [answer] [from] [volaterrae] [.] they could see the shimmer of bronze armour in the beech-crotch , and the friendly flash of the great shield uplifted [.] 1 they 2 could 2 could 3 see 3 see 5 shimmer 3 see 9 in 4 the 5 shimmer 5 shimmer 6 of 6 of 7 bronze 8 armour 9 in 9 in 13 and 10 the 11 beech-crotch 11 beech-crotch 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 16 flash 13 and 17 of 14 the 16 flash 15 friendly 16 flash 17 of 20 shield 18 the 20 shield 19 great 20 shield 20 shield 21 uplifted ['] [i] [have] [driven] [out] [the] [britons] [.] ['] parnesius laughed like a boy [.] 1 parnesius 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 like 3 like 5 boy 4 a 5 boy ['] [i] [occupy] [their] [high] [forts] [.] but [rome] is [merciful] [!] 1 but 3 is you may come [up.'and] up [they] [three] all [scrambled] [.] 1 you 2 may 2 may 3 come 3 come 5 up 5 up 8 all ['] [what] [was] [the] [song] [you] [were] [singing] [just] [now] [?] ['] [said] [una] [,] [as] [soon] [as] [she] [had] [settled] [herself] [.] ['] [that] [?] oh , [rimini] . 1 oh 2 , 2 , 4 . it 's one of the tunes that are always being born somewhere in [the] [empire] [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 one 3 one 4 of 4 of 6 tunes 5 the 6 tunes 6 tunes 7 that 6 tunes 8 are 7 that 8 are 8 are 9 always 8 are 10 being 10 being 11 born 11 born 12 somewhere 11 born 13 in ['] [tell] [them] [about] [the] [marching] [,] [parnesius] [.] few people nowadays walk from end to end [of] this country [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] 1 few 2 people 1 few 5 from 1 few 6 end 2 people 4 walk 3 nowadays 4 walk 4 walk 5 from 6 end 7 to 7 to 8 end 8 end 11 country 10 this 11 country ['] [the] [greater] [their] [loss] [.] i know nothing better than [the] [long] [march] when your feet are hardened [.] 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 nothing 3 nothing 4 better 4 better 5 than 4 better 9 when 9 when 11 feet 9 when 13 hardened 10 your 11 feet 11 feet 12 are 12 are 13 hardened you begin [after] [the] [mists] [have] [risen] , and you end , perhaps , an hour after sundown [.] ['] 1 you 8 , 2 begin 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 you 9 and 11 end 10 you 11 end 11 end 13 perhaps 11 end 17 after 12 , 13 perhaps 13 perhaps 14 , 15 an 16 hour 16 hour 17 after 17 after 18 sundown ['] [and] [what] [do] [you] [have] [to] [eat] [?] ['] dan asked promptly [.] 1 dan 2 asked 2 asked 3 promptly ['] [fat] [bacon] [,] [beans] [,] [and] [bread] [,] [and] [whatever] [wine] [happens] [to] [be] [in] [the] [rest-houses] [.] but soldiers are born [grumblers] . 1 but 2 soldiers 2 soldiers 3 are 3 are 4 born 4 born 6 . their very first day out , [my] men complained of our water-ground [british] [corn] [.] 1 their 2 very 1 their 3 first 1 their 8 men 4 day 8 men 5 out 6 , 5 out 8 men 8 men 9 complained 9 complained 10 of 10 of 12 water-ground 11 our 12 water-ground they said it wasn't so filling as the rough stuff that is ground in the [roman] ox-mills [.] 1 they 2 said 2 said 14 in 3 it 4 wasn't 4 wasn't 6 filling 5 so 6 filling 6 filling 7 as 7 as 10 stuff 8 the 10 stuff 9 rough 10 stuff 10 stuff 13 ground 10 stuff 14 in 11 that 12 is 12 is 13 ground 14 in 17 ox-mills 15 the 17 ox-mills however , they had to fetch and eat it [.] ['] 1 however 2 , 1 however 3 they 3 they 4 had 4 had 5 to 5 to 6 fetch 6 fetch 7 and 7 and 8 eat 8 eat 9 it ['] [fetch] [it] [?] [where] [from] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [from] [that] [newly] [invented] [water-mill] [below] [the] [forge] [.] ['] ['] [that] ['s] [forge] [mill] [our] [mill] [!] ['] una looked [at] [puck] [.] 1 una 2 looked ['] [yes] [;] [yours] [,] ['] [puck] [put] [in] [.] ['] [how] [old] [did] [you] [think] [it] [was] [?] ['] ['] [i] [don't] [know] [.] [didn't] [sir] [richard] [dalyngridge] [talk] [about] [it] [?] ['] ['] [he] [did] [,] [and] [it] [was] [old] [in] [his] [day] [,] ['] [puck] [answered] [.] ['] [hundreds] [of] [years] [old] [.] ['] ['] [it] [was] [new] [in] [mine] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] ['] [my] [men] [looked] [at] [the] [flour] [in] [their] [helmets] [as] [though] [it] [had] [been] [a] [nest] [of] [adders] [.] they did it to try my patience [.] 1 they 2 did 2 did 3 it 2 did 4 to 4 to 5 try 5 try 7 patience 6 my 7 patience but [i] [addressed] them , and we became friends [.] 1 but 4 them 1 but 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 we 6 and 8 became 8 became 9 friends to tell the truth [,] [they] [taught] [me] [the] [roman] [step] [.] 1 to 2 tell 2 tell 4 truth 3 the 4 truth you see [,] [i] ['d] [only] [served] [with] [quick-marching] [auxiliaries] [.] 1 you 2 see a [legion] ['s] pace is altogether different [.] 1 a 4 pace 4 pace 5 is 5 is 7 different 6 altogether 7 different it is a long , slow stride , that never varies from sunrise to sunset [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 7 stride 3 a 4 long 3 a 7 stride 4 long 5 , 4 long 7 stride 6 slow 7 stride 7 stride 9 that 7 stride 11 varies 8 , 9 that 9 that 11 varies 10 never 11 varies 11 varies 12 from 11 varies 14 to 12 from 13 sunrise 14 to 15 sunset " [rome] ['s] [race] [rome] ['s] [pace] [,] ["] as the proverb says [.] 1 " 13 says 10 as 12 proverb 10 as 13 says 11 the 12 proverb 12 proverb 13 says twenty-four miles in eight hours [,] [neither] more [nor] [less] [.] 1 twenty-four 2 miles 2 miles 3 in 3 in 8 more 4 eight 5 hours 5 hours 8 more head and spear up , shield on your back , cuirass-collar open one handsbreadth [and] [that] ['s] [how] [you] [take] [the] [eagles] [through] [britain] [.] ['] 1 head 2 and 2 and 3 spear 2 and 5 , 4 up 5 , 5 , 6 shield 5 , 7 on 5 , 12 open 5 , 14 handsbreadth 7 on 10 , 8 your 9 back 9 back 10 , 10 , 11 cuirass-collar 13 one 14 handsbreadth ['] [and] [did] [you] [meet] [any] [adventures] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [there] [are] [no] [adventures] [south] [the] [wall] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] ['] [what] [did] [you] [do] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [went] [on] [.] why should [i] [care] [for] [such] [things] [,] [my] [business] [being] [to] [reach] [my] [station] [?] 1 why 2 should it took me twenty days [.] 1 it 2 took 2 took 3 me 2 took 5 days 4 twenty 5 days ['] [of] [course] [,] [the] [farther] [north] [you] [go] [the] [emptier] [are] [the] [roads] [.] at last you fetch clear of the forests and climb bare hills , where wolves howl in the ruins of our cities that have been . 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 you 3 you 4 fetch 4 fetch 9 and 4 fetch 14 where 5 clear 6 of 5 clear 9 and 6 of 7 the 7 the 8 forests 9 and 12 hills 9 and 13 , 9 and 14 where 10 climb 12 hills 11 bare 12 hills 14 where 15 wolves 14 where 16 howl 15 wolves 16 howl 16 howl 17 in 17 in 19 ruins 18 the 19 ruins 19 ruins 20 of 19 ruins 23 that 19 ruins 24 have 20 of 22 cities 21 our 22 cities 23 that 24 have 24 have 25 been 25 been 26 . there 's where you meet hunters , and trappers for [the] [circuses] , [prodding] along chained bears and muzzled wolves [.] 1 there 18 and 2 's 3 where 2 's 18 and 3 where 4 you 3 where 5 meet 4 you 5 meet 5 meet 8 and 5 meet 15 along 6 hunters 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 trappers 8 and 10 for 8 and 15 along 10 for 13 , 15 along 17 bears 16 chained 17 bears 18 and 19 muzzled 19 muzzled 20 wolves your pony shies at them , and your men laugh [.] 1 your 2 pony 2 pony 3 shies 3 shies 4 at 4 at 7 and 5 them 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 10 laugh 8 your 10 laugh 9 men 10 laugh red-hot in summer , freezing in winter , is that big , purple heather country of broken stone [.] 1 red-hot 2 in 1 red-hot 9 is 2 in 3 summer 3 summer 5 freezing 4 , 5 freezing 5 freezing 6 in 5 freezing 8 , 6 in 7 winter 9 is 15 country 10 that 15 country 11 big 12 , 11 big 14 heather 13 purple 14 heather 14 heather 15 country 15 country 16 of 16 of 18 stone 17 broken 18 stone and that is [the] [wall] [!] ['] 1 and 2 that 2 that 3 is ['] [ah] [!] ['] [said] [the] [children] [,] [taking] [breath] [.] ['] [you] [may] [well] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] ['] [is] [it] [just] [a] [wall] [?] like the one round the kitchen-garden [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] 1 like 3 one 1 like 4 round 2 the 3 one 4 round 6 kitchen-garden 5 the 6 kitchen-garden ['] [no] [,] [no] [!] it is [the] [wall] [.] 1 it 2 is along the top are towers with guard-houses , small towers , [between] [.] 1 along 3 top 1 along 4 are 2 the 3 top 4 are 5 towers 5 towers 6 with 6 with 7 guard-houses 7 guard-houses 10 towers 8 , 10 towers 9 small 10 towers 10 towers 11 , even on the narrowest part of it three men with shields can walk abreast , from guard-house to guard-house [.] 1 even 2 on 1 even 9 men 2 on 5 part 3 the 4 narrowest 3 the 5 part 5 part 6 of 6 of 7 it 8 three 9 men 9 men 10 with 9 men 12 can 10 with 11 shields 12 can 13 walk 13 walk 14 abreast 13 walk 16 from 15 , 16 from 16 from 17 guard-house 17 guard-house 18 to 18 to 19 guard-house the [little] [people] [come] [there] [to] [steal] iron [for] [their] arrow-heads [.] 1 the 8 iron 8 iron 11 arrow-heads ['] [but] [the] [wall] [itself] [is] [not] [more] [wonderful] [than] [the] [town] [behind] [it] [.] long ago there were [great] ramparts and [ditches] on the [south] side , and no one was allowed to build [there] . 1 long 2 ago 2 ago 3 there 3 there 4 were 4 were 7 and 6 ramparts 7 and 7 and 12 side 9 on 10 the 10 the 12 side 12 side 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 16 one 14 and 17 was 15 no 16 one 17 was 18 allowed 18 allowed 19 to 18 allowed 22 . 19 to 20 build think of it [!] 1 think 2 of 2 of 3 it one [roaring] [,] rioting [,] [cock-fighting] [,] [wolf-baiting] [,] [horse-racing] [town] [,] [from] [ituna] [on] [the] [west] to [segedunum] on the [cold] eastern beach [!] 1 one 4 rioting 4 rioting 18 to 18 to 24 beach 20 on 21 the 21 the 24 beach 23 eastern 24 beach yes , [a] snake basking beside a warm wall [!] 1 yes 2 , 2 , 4 snake 4 snake 5 basking 4 snake 6 beside 5 basking 6 beside 6 beside 9 wall 7 a 8 warm 7 a 9 wall ['] [the] [province] [of] [valentia] [!] we followed the road , therefore , into [hunno] town , and stood astonished [.] 1 we 12 and 2 followed 4 road 2 followed 6 therefore 2 followed 8 into 2 followed 12 and 3 the 4 road 5 , 6 therefore 6 therefore 7 , 7 , 8 into 8 into 10 town 8 into 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 stood 13 stood 14 astonished the place was a fair a fair of peoples from every corner of the [empire] [.] 1 the 2 place 2 place 3 was 3 was 5 fair 3 was 10 from 4 a 5 fair 6 a 7 fair 7 fair 8 of 8 of 9 peoples 9 peoples 10 from 10 from 12 corner 11 every 12 corner 12 corner 13 of 13 of 14 the " ['] [my] [station] [,] ["] [i] said , and [showed] [him] [my] shield [.] ['] 1 " 8 said 8 said 14 shield 9 , 10 and 9 , 14 shield parnesius held up his broad shield with its three [x] ['s] like letters on a beer-cask [.] 1 parnesius 2 held 2 held 3 up 2 held 6 shield 2 held 7 with 2 held 14 on 4 his 6 shield 5 broad 6 shield 6 shield 7 with 7 with 9 three 8 its 9 three 12 like 13 letters 13 letters 14 on 14 on 16 beer-cask 15 a 16 beer-cask " ['] [lucky] [omen] [!] ["] said he . 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 8 he 9 . ["] [your] [cohort] ['s] [the] [next] [tower] [to] [us] [,] [but] [they] ['re] [all] [at] [the] [cock-fight] [.] this is a happy place [.] 1 this 2 is 2 is 5 place 3 a 5 place 4 happy 5 place come and wet [the] [eagles] [.] ["] 1 come 2 and 2 and 3 wet he meant to offer me a drink [.] 1 he 2 meant 2 meant 3 to 2 meant 4 offer 3 to 4 offer 4 offer 5 me 4 offer 7 drink 6 a 7 drink " ['] [when] [i] ['ve] [handed] [over] [my] [men] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 11 " i felt angry and ashamed [.] 1 i 2 felt 2 felt 4 and 3 angry 4 and 4 and 5 ashamed " ['] [oh] [,] [you] ['ll] [soon] [outgrow] [that] [sort] [of] [nonsense] [,] ["] he answered [.] 1 " 15 he 15 he 16 answered ["] [but] [don't] [let] [me] [interfere] [with] [your] [hopes] [.] go on [to] [the] [statue] [of] [roma] [dea] . 1 go 2 on 2 on 9 . you can't miss it [.] 1 you 2 can't 2 can't 3 miss 3 miss 4 it the main road [into] [valentia] [!] " [and] [he] [laughed] [and] [rode] [off] [.] 1 the 2 main 1 the 3 road 3 road 7 " i [could] see the [statue] [not] [a] quarter of a mile away , and [there] [i] [went] [.] 1 i 13 , 3 see 8 quarter 3 see 13 , 4 the 8 quarter 8 quarter 9 of 9 of 12 away 10 a 11 mile 11 mile 12 away 13 , 14 and it was like marching into a cave [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 like 3 like 4 marching 4 marching 5 into 5 into 7 cave 6 a 7 cave we grounded [spears] [together] [,] [my] [little] [thirty] [,] and it echoed in the barrel of the arch [,] but none came [.] 1 we 2 grounded 2 grounded 10 and 10 and 12 echoed 11 it 12 echoed 12 echoed 13 in 13 in 15 barrel 14 the 15 barrel 15 barrel 16 of 16 of 17 the 17 the 18 arch 18 arch 20 but 20 but 21 none 21 none 22 came there was a door at one side painted with our number [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 door 2 was 5 at 2 was 9 with 3 a 4 door 4 door 5 at 5 at 7 side 6 one 7 side 7 side 8 painted 7 side 9 with 9 with 11 number 10 our 11 number we [prowled] [in] [,] [and] [i] [found] [a] cook [asleep] [,] and [ordered] [him] to [give] us [food] [.] 1 we 9 cook 9 cook 15 to 12 and 15 to 15 to 17 us then [i] [climbed] [to] the top [of] [the] [wall] , and looked out over the [pict] country , and [i] [thought] [,] ['] said [parnesius] [.] 1 then 6 top 5 the 6 top 6 top 24 said 10 , 11 and 10 , 19 and 12 looked 13 out 12 looked 19 and 13 out 14 over 14 over 17 country 15 the 17 country 18 , 19 and 19 and 24 said ['] [what] [a] [shame] [!] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [but] [did] [you] [feel] [happy] [after] [you] ['d] [had] [a] [good] ['] [dan] [stopped] [her] [with] [a] [nudge] [.] ['] [happy] [?] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] no , [i] [was] not [happy] [;] [but] [i] [made] [my] [new] [cohort] unhappy [too] [....v] 1 no 2 , 2 , 5 not 5 not 14 unhappy and the men were as the officers [.] 1 and 4 were 2 the 3 men 3 men 4 were 4 were 5 as 5 as 7 officers 6 the 7 officers remember , [also] , that [the] [wall] was manned by every breed and race in the [empire] . 1 remember 2 , 2 , 4 , 4 , 5 that 4 , 8 was 8 was 9 manned 9 manned 10 by 10 by 13 and 11 every 12 breed 12 breed 13 and 13 and 14 race 13 and 15 in 15 in 18 . 16 the 18 . no two towers spoke the same tongue , or worshipped [the] [same] [gods] [.] 1 no 3 towers 2 two 3 towers 3 towers 9 or 4 spoke 7 tongue 4 spoke 9 or 5 the 6 same 6 same 7 tongue 8 , 9 or 9 or 10 worshipped in one thing only we were [all] equal [.] 1 in 3 thing 1 in 6 were 2 one 3 thing 4 only 5 we 5 we 6 were 6 were 8 equal no matter what arms [we] [had] [used] [before] [we] [came] [to] [the] [wall] , [on] [the] [wall] we were all [archers] [,] [like] [the] [scythians] [.] 1 no 2 matter 2 matter 3 what 2 matter 14 , 2 matter 18 we 3 what 4 arms 18 we 19 were 19 were 20 all the [pict] [cannot] [run] [away] [from] [the] arrow , [or] [crawl] [under] [it] . 1 the 8 arrow 8 arrow 9 , 9 , 14 . he is a bowman himself [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 4 bowman 2 is 5 himself 3 a 4 bowman he knows [!] ['] 1 he 2 knows ['] [i] [suppose] [you] [were] [fighting] [picts] [all] [the] [time] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [picts] [seldom] [fight] [.] i [never] saw [a] [fighting] [pict] [for] [half] [a] [year] [.] 1 i 3 saw the [tame] [picts] [told] [us] [they] had [all] gone [north] . ['] 1 the 7 had 7 had 9 gone 9 gone 11 . ['] [what] [is] [a] [tame] [pict] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] without a horse and a dog , and a friend , man [would] perish [.] 1 without 11 , 1 without 14 perish 2 a 3 horse 3 horse 4 and 4 and 6 dog 4 and 8 and 5 a 6 dog 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 friend 8 and 11 , 9 a 10 friend 11 , 12 man the [gods] [gave] [me] [all] [three] , [and] [there] [is] no gift [like] friendship [.] 1 the 14 friendship 7 , 11 no 11 no 12 gift 12 gift 14 friendship remember [this] ['] [parnesius] [turned] [to] [dan] ['] [when] [you] [become] a [young] man [.] 1 remember 14 man 12 a 14 man for your fate will turn on the first true friend you make [.] ['] 1 for 10 friend 1 for 11 you 2 your 3 fate 3 fate 4 will 4 will 5 turn 5 turn 6 on 6 on 10 friend 7 the 8 first 7 the 10 friend 9 true 10 friend 11 you 12 make if you 're a beast , you 'll have beastly friends [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 're 1 if 6 , 1 if 7 you 2 you 3 're 3 're 5 beast 4 a 5 beast 7 you 8 'll 8 'll 9 have 9 have 11 friends 10 beastly 11 friends listen [to] the [pious] [parnesius] [on] [friendship] [!] ['] 1 listen 3 the ['] [oh] [,] [youth] [eternal] [and] [all-believing] [,] ['] [cried] [puck] [,] [as] [he] [rocked] [on] [the] [branch] [above] [.] ['] [tell] [them] [about] [your] [pertinax] [.] ['] ['] [he] [was] [that] [friend] [the] [gods] [sent] [me] [the] [boy] [who] [spoke] [to] [me] [when] [i] [first] [came] [.] little older than [myself] [,] [commanding] [the] [augusta] [victoria] [cohort] on the tower [next] [to] [us] [and] [the] [numidians] [.] 1 little 2 older 2 older 3 than 3 than 13 tower 11 on 12 the 12 the 13 tower in virtue he was far [my] superior [.] ['] 1 in 2 virtue 1 in 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 far 4 was 7 superior ['] [then] [why] [was] [he] [on] [the] [wall] [?] ['] una asked , quickly [.] 1 una 2 asked 2 asked 4 quickly 3 , 4 quickly ['] [they] ['d] [all] [done] [something] [bad] [.] you said so yourself [.] ['] 1 you 2 said 2 said 3 so 2 said 4 yourself when [pertinax] [grew] [up] , he discovered this , and [so] his uncle shipped him [off] , [by] [trickery] and force , to [the] [wall] [.] 1 when 5 , 5 , 17 , 6 he 17 , 7 discovered 10 and 7 discovered 17 , 8 this 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 13 uncle 10 and 14 shipped 12 his 13 uncle 14 shipped 15 him 17 , 20 and 20 and 21 force 20 and 22 , 22 , 23 to we came to [know] [each] [other] [at] [a] ceremony in [our] [temple] [in] the dark [.] 1 we 2 came 2 came 3 to 3 to 9 ceremony 9 ceremony 10 in 10 in 14 the 14 the 15 dark it was [the] [bull-killing] , ['] [parnesius] [explained] [to] [puck] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 , ['] [i] [see] [,] [said] [puck] [,] [and] [turned] [to] [the] [children] [.] ['] [that] ['s] [something] [you] [wouldn't] [quite] [understand] [.] [parnesius] [means] [he] [met] [pertinax] [in] [church] [.] ['] ['] [yes] [in] [the] [cave] [we] [first] [met] [,] [and] [we] [were] [both] [raised] [to] [the] [degree] [of] [gryphons] [together] [.] ['] parnesius lifted his hand towards his neck for an instant [.] 1 parnesius 2 lifted 2 lifted 4 hand 2 lifted 5 towards 2 lifted 8 for 3 his 4 hand 5 towards 7 neck 6 his 7 neck 7 neck 8 for 8 for 10 instant 9 an 10 instant ['] [he] [had] [been] [on] [the] [wall] [two] [years] [,] [and] [knew] [the] [picts] [well] [.] he taught me [first] [how] [to] [take] [heather] [.] ['] 1 he 2 taught 2 taught 3 me ['] [what] ['s] [that] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [going] [out] [hunting] [in] [the] [pict] [country] [with] [a] [tame] [pict] [.] you are quite safe so long as you are his guest , and wear a sprig of heather where it can be seen [.] 1 you 2 are 2 are 4 safe 3 quite 4 safe 4 safe 6 long 4 safe 7 as 5 so 6 long 7 as 8 you 7 as 23 seen 8 you 9 are 9 are 19 where 9 are 23 seen 10 his 13 and 11 guest 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 wear 14 wear 16 sprig 15 a 16 sprig 16 sprig 17 of 16 sprig 19 where 17 of 18 heather 19 where 20 it 19 where 22 be 20 it 21 can 21 can 22 be if you went alone you would surely be killed , if you were not smothered first in the bogs [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 went 1 if 5 you 2 you 3 went 3 went 4 alone 5 you 6 would 6 would 8 be 7 surely 8 be 8 be 9 killed 9 killed 11 if 10 , 11 if 11 if 12 you 11 if 15 smothered 12 you 13 were 13 were 14 not 13 were 15 smothered 14 not 15 smothered 15 smothered 16 first 15 smothered 17 in 17 in 18 the 18 the 19 bogs [only] [the] [picts] [know] [their] [way] [about] [those] [black] [and] [hidden] [bogs] [.] old [allo] [,] [the] [one-eyed] [,] [withered] [little] [pict] [from] [whom] [we] [bought] [our] ponies , [was] [our] [special] [friend] [.] 1 old 15 ponies 15 ponies 16 , at first we went only to escape from the terrible town , and to talk together about our homes [.] 1 at 2 first 2 first 3 we 3 we 13 and 4 went 5 only 4 went 6 to 4 went 8 from 4 went 13 and 6 to 7 escape 8 from 11 town 9 the 11 town 10 terrible 11 town 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 to 13 and 15 talk 14 to 15 talk 15 talk 16 together 15 talk 17 about 17 about 19 homes 18 our 19 homes then he showed us how to hunt [wolves] [and] [those] [great] [red] deer with horns [like] [jewish] [candlesticks] [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 showed 3 showed 4 us 3 showed 5 how 5 how 6 to 5 how 7 hunt 6 to 7 hunt 7 hunt 13 deer 13 deer 14 with 14 with 15 horns the [roman-born] officers [rather] looked down on us for [doing] [this] , but we preferred the heather to their amusements [.] 1 the 3 officers 3 officers 5 looked 5 looked 6 down 5 looked 7 on 5 looked 9 for 7 on 8 us 9 for 12 , 12 , 13 but 13 but 14 we 13 but 15 preferred 14 we 15 preferred 15 preferred 17 heather 15 preferred 18 to 16 the 17 heather 17 heather 18 to 18 to 20 amusements 19 their 20 amusements ['] [which] [?] the [stone] one [with] [the] line [from] [xenophon] [?] ['] [said] [puck] , [in] [quite] [a] [new] [voice] [.] 1 the 3 one 3 one 6 line 6 line 13 , ['] [no] [!] what do [i] [know] [of] [xenophon] [?] 1 what 2 do that [was] [pertinax] [after] he had shot his first mountain-hare with an arrow [by] [chance] [!] 1 that 5 he 5 he 6 had 6 had 7 shot 7 shot 9 first 8 his 9 first 9 first 10 mountain-hare 10 mountain-hare 11 with 11 with 13 arrow 12 an 13 arrow mine [i] made [of] round pebbles , in memory of my first bear [.] 1 mine 3 made 3 made 6 pebbles 5 round 6 pebbles 6 pebbles 8 in 7 , 8 in 8 in 9 memory 9 memory 10 of 10 of 13 bear 11 my 13 bear 12 first 13 bear it took me one happy day to build [.] ['] 1 it 2 took 2 took 6 day 2 took 7 to 3 me 4 one 4 one 6 day 5 happy 6 day 7 to 8 build parnesius faced the children quickly [.] 1 parnesius 2 faced 2 faced 4 children 2 faced 5 quickly 3 the 4 children he called us his children sometimes [,] and [we] [were] [fond] [of] [him] and his barbarians [,] [though] [we] [never] [let] [them] [paint] [us] [pict-fashion] [.] 1 he 2 called 1 he 8 and 2 called 3 us 2 called 5 children 2 called 6 sometimes 4 his 5 children 8 and 16 barbarians 14 and 15 his 15 his 16 barbarians the marks endure till you die [.] ['] 1 the 2 marks 2 marks 3 endure 3 endure 4 till 4 till 5 you 4 till 6 die 5 you 6 die ['] [how] ['s] [it] [done] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [anything] [like] [tattooing] [?] ['] ['] [they] [prick] [the] [skin] [till] [the] [blood] [runs] [,] [and] [rub] [in] [coloured] [juices] [.] allo was painted blue , green , and red from his forehead to his ankles [.] 1 allo 2 was 2 was 3 painted 3 painted 8 and 4 blue 5 , 5 , 8 and 6 green 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 red 9 red 10 from 9 red 13 to 10 from 12 forehead 11 his 12 forehead 12 forehead 13 to 13 to 15 ankles 14 his 15 ankles he said it was part of his religion [.] 1 he 2 said 2 said 3 it 3 it 4 was 4 was 5 part 5 part 6 of 6 of 8 religion 7 his 8 religion many things took place behind us in those days [.] 1 many 2 things 2 things 3 took 3 took 4 place 3 took 5 behind 3 took 7 in 5 behind 6 us 7 in 9 days 8 those 9 days we did not get the news on [the] [wall] till fifteen days later [.] 1 we 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 get 3 not 4 get 4 get 6 news 4 get 7 on 4 get 10 till 5 the 6 news 10 till 12 days 11 fifteen 12 days 12 days 13 later [wonderful] [!] [and] [i] [tell] [another] [strange] [thing] [!] ['] he joined his hands across his knees , and leaned his head on the curve of the shield behind him [.] 1 he 9 and 2 joined 4 hands 2 joined 5 across 2 joined 9 and 3 his 4 hands 5 across 7 knees 6 his 7 knees 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 leaned 9 and 19 behind 10 leaned 12 head 11 his 12 head 13 on 14 the 14 the 15 curve 15 curve 16 of 16 of 18 shield 17 the 18 shield 18 shield 19 behind 19 behind 20 him " ['] [no] [,] [don't] [wait] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 8 " " [take] [my] [advice] [and] [go] [home] [both] [of] [you] [.] " 1 " 12 " " ['] [we] [have] [no] [homes] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 8 " " [you] [know] [that] [as] [well] [as] we do [.] 1 " 8 we 8 we 9 do we 're finished men thumbs down against both of us [.] 1 we 2 're 2 're 4 men 3 finished 4 men 4 men 5 thumbs 4 men 6 down 5 thumbs 6 down 6 down 7 against 7 against 8 both 8 both 9 of 9 of 10 us only men without hope would risk their necks on your ponies [.] ["] 1 only 2 men 2 men 3 without 2 men 5 would 3 without 4 hope 5 would 6 risk 6 risk 8 necks 6 risk 9 on 7 their 8 necks 8 necks 9 on 9 on 11 ponies 10 your 11 ponies the old man laughed one of those [short] [pict] laughs like a fox barking on a frosty night [.] 1 the 3 man 2 old 3 man 3 man 4 laughed 4 laughed 15 on 5 one 6 of 5 one 10 laughs 6 of 7 those 10 laughs 11 like 11 like 13 fox 12 a 13 fox 13 fox 14 barking 13 fox 15 on 15 on 18 night 16 a 18 night 17 frosty 18 night " [i] ['m] [fond] [of] [you] [two] , " he said . 1 " 11 said 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 he 10 he 11 said 11 said 12 . ["] [besides] [,] [i] ['ve] [taught] [you] [what] [little] [you] [know] [about] [hunting] [.] take my advice and go home [.] ["] 1 take 3 advice 1 take 4 and 2 my 3 advice 4 and 5 go 5 go 6 home " ['] [we] [can't] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 6 " " [i] ['m] [out] [of] favour [with] [my] [general] [,] [for] [one] [thing] [;] [and] [for] [another] [,] [pertinax] [has] [an] uncle [.] ["] 1 " 6 favour 6 favour 22 uncle " ['] [roma] [dea] [!] ["] said [pertinax] , [sitting] up [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 11 up 9 , 11 up " [what] [can] [you] [guess] [what] [maximus] [thinks] [,] [you] [old] [horse-coper] [?] " 1 " 14 " he ran us far out of any country we 'd ever heard of , straight as an arrow till sunset , towards the sunset [.] 1 he 2 ran 2 ran 3 us 2 ran 4 far 4 far 6 of 4 far 22 towards 5 out 6 of 6 of 8 country 7 any 8 country 8 country 9 we 8 country 13 of 8 country 15 straight 9 we 10 'd 10 'd 12 heard 11 ever 12 heard 12 heard 13 of 14 , 15 straight 15 straight 16 as 15 straight 19 till 15 straight 21 , 16 as 18 arrow 17 an 18 arrow 19 till 20 sunset 22 towards 24 sunset 23 the 24 sunset we came at last to long capes stretching into [winding] [waters] , and on a grey beach below us we saw ships drawn up [.] 1 we 2 came 2 came 3 at 2 came 5 to 2 came 9 into 3 at 4 last 5 to 7 capes 6 long 7 capes 7 capes 8 stretching 9 into 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 20 we 13 and 21 saw 14 on 17 beach 14 on 20 we 15 a 16 grey 15 a 17 beach 17 beach 18 below 18 below 19 us 20 we 21 saw 21 saw 22 ships 21 saw 24 up 22 ships 23 drawn forty-seven [we] [counted] [not] [roman] galleys [but] [the] raven-winged [ships] from the [north] [where] [rome] [does] [not] rule [.] 1 forty-seven 6 galleys 6 galleys 9 raven-winged 9 raven-winged 11 from 11 from 18 rule 12 the 18 rule " ['] [come] [away] [!] [come] [away] [!] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [my] [heather] [won't] [protect] [you] [here] [.] we shall all be killed [!] ["] 1 we 2 shall 2 shall 4 be 3 all 4 be 4 be 5 killed his legs trembled like his voice [.] 1 his 2 legs 2 legs 3 trembled 3 trembled 4 like 4 like 6 voice 5 his 6 voice back we went back across the heather under the moon , till it was nearly morning , and our poor beasts stumbled on some ruins [.] 1 back 8 under 1 back 12 till 2 we 3 went 3 went 4 back 4 back 5 across 5 across 7 heather 6 the 7 heather 7 heather 8 under 8 under 10 moon 9 the 10 moon 11 , 12 till 12 till 13 it 12 till 14 was 12 till 17 , 13 it 14 was 14 was 15 nearly 15 nearly 16 morning 17 , 18 and 18 and 21 beasts 18 and 22 stumbled 19 our 21 beasts 20 poor 21 beasts 21 beasts 22 stumbled 22 stumbled 23 on 23 on 25 ruins 24 some 25 ruins ['] [when] [we] [woke] [,] [very] [stiff] [and] [cold] [,] [allo] [was] [mixing] [the] [meal] [and] [water] [.] one does not light fires in the [pict] country except near a village [.] 1 one 2 does 2 does 3 not 2 does 4 light 3 not 4 light 4 light 5 fires 4 light 6 in 4 light 10 except 5 fires 6 in 6 in 9 country 7 the 9 country 9 country 10 except 10 except 11 near 11 near 13 village 12 a 13 village the [little] men are always signalling to each other with [smokes] , and a strange smoke brings them out buzzing like bees [.] 1 the 3 men 3 men 4 are 4 are 5 always 4 are 6 signalling 4 are 7 to 4 are 10 with 6 signalling 7 to 7 to 9 other 8 each 9 other 10 with 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 16 smoke 13 and 17 brings 14 a 16 smoke 15 strange 16 smoke 16 smoke 17 brings 17 brings 18 them 17 brings 19 out 17 brings 21 like 19 out 20 buzzing 20 buzzing 21 like 21 like 22 bees they can sting , too ! 1 they 2 can 2 can 3 sting 3 sting 5 too 4 , 5 too 5 too 6 ! " ['] [what] [we] [saw] [last] [night] [was] [a] [trading-station] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 12 " " [nothing] [but] [a] [trading-station] [.] " 1 " 7 " " ['] [i] [do] [not] [like] [lies] [on] [an] [empty] [stomach] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 13 " " [i] [suppose] ["] ( [he] [had] [eyes] [like] [an] eagle ['s] [)] ["] [i] [suppose] [that] [is] [a] [trading-station] [also] [?] ["] 1 " 5 ( 5 ( 11 eagle they make it by raising and dropping a wet hide on a fire [.] 1 they 2 make 2 make 3 it 2 make 10 hide 2 make 11 on 3 it 4 by 4 by 6 and 5 raising 6 and 6 and 7 dropping 8 a 10 hide 9 wet 10 hide 10 hide 11 on 11 on 13 fire 12 a 13 fire " ['] [no] [,] ["] said [allo] [,] [pushing] the platter [back] [into] [the] [bag] [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 11 platter 10 the 11 platter ["] [that] [is] [for] [you] [and] [me] [.] your fate is fixed . 1 your 2 fate 2 fate 3 is 3 is 4 fixed 4 fixed 5 . [come] [.] ["] ['] [we] [came] [.] " ['] [whatever] happens , " said [allo] , [while] [our] [ponies] [grunted] [along] , " [i] [want] you [to] [remember] [me] . ["] 1 " 4 happens 4 happens 7 said 5 , 6 " 5 , 7 said 7 said 9 , 9 , 23 . 15 , 16 " 15 , 19 you 19 you 23 . " ['] [i] [shall] [not] [forget] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 8 " " [you] [have] [cheated] [me] [out] [of] [my] [breakfast] [.] " 1 " 11 " " [what] [is] [a] [handful] of [crushed] oats [to] [a] [roman] [?] ["] he said . 1 " 15 said 6 of 8 oats 6 of 14 he 14 he 15 said 15 said 16 . then he laughed his laugh that was not a laugh [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 laughed 3 laughed 5 laugh 4 his 5 laugh 5 laugh 6 that 5 laugh 7 was 6 that 7 was 7 was 8 not 7 was 10 laugh 9 a 10 laugh " what [would] [you] [do] [if] [you] [were] a handful of [oats] [being] [crushed] [between] the [upper] [and] [lower] stones [of] [a] [mill] [?] ["] 1 " 2 what 2 what 20 stones 9 a 10 handful 10 handful 11 of 11 of 16 the 16 the 20 stones " ['] [i] ['m] [pertinax] [,] [not] [a] [riddle-guesser] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 11 " " ['] ['you're] [a] [fool] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 7 " " [your] [gods] and [my] [gods] are threatened by [strange] [gods] , and all [you] [can] [do] is to laugh [.] ["] 1 " 13 and 4 and 7 are 7 are 8 threatened 8 threatened 9 by 9 by 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 all 14 all 18 is 18 is 19 to 19 to 20 laugh " ['] [threatened] [men] [live] [long] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 8 " " ['] [i] [pray] [the] [gods] [that] [may] be true , " he said . 1 " 14 said 9 be 13 he 10 true 11 , 10 true 13 he 11 , 12 " 13 he 14 said 14 said 15 . " [but] [i] [ask] [you] [again] [not] [to] [forget] [me] [.] " 1 " 12 " ['] [we] [climbed] [the] [last] [hot] [hill] [and] [looked] [out] [on] [the] [eastern] [sea] [,] [three] [or] [four] [miles] [off] [.] " ['] ['you're] [madder] [than] [allo] [!] " he said . 1 " 10 said 8 " 9 he 9 he 10 said 10 said 11 . " [it] [must] [be] [the] [sun] [!] " 1 " 8 " ['] [maximus] [never] [stirred] [till] [we] [stood] [before] [him] [.] then he looked me up and down , and said : " [hungry] [again] [?] 1 then 2 he 2 he 9 and 3 looked 4 me 3 looked 7 down 3 looked 9 and 5 up 6 and 6 and 7 down 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 said 10 said 11 : 11 : 12 " it seems to be my destiny to feed you whenever we meet [.] 1 it 2 seems 2 seems 3 to 2 seems 4 be 3 to 4 be 4 be 6 destiny 4 be 7 to 5 my 6 destiny 7 to 8 feed 8 feed 9 you 8 feed 10 whenever 10 whenever 11 we 10 whenever 12 meet 11 we 12 meet i have food here [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 food 3 food 4 here allo shall cook it [.] ["] 1 allo 2 shall 2 shall 3 cook 3 cook 4 it " ['] [no] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [a] [prince] [in] [his] [own] [land] [does] [not] [wait] [on] [wandering] [emperors] [.] i feed my two children without asking [your] leave [.] ["] 1 i 2 feed 2 feed 4 two 3 my 4 two 4 two 5 children 4 two 9 leave 5 children 6 without 5 children 9 leave 6 without 7 asking he began to blow up the ashes [.] 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 3 to 4 blow 4 blow 7 ashes 5 up 6 the 6 the 7 ashes " ['] [i] [was] [wrong] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [we] [are] [all] [mad] [.] speak up [,] [o] [madman] [called] [emperor] [!] ["] 1 speak 2 up ['] [maximus] [smiled] [his] [terrible] [tight-lipped] [smile] [,] [but] [two] [years] [on] [the] [wall] [do] [not] [make] [a] [man] [afraid] [of] [mere] [looks] [.] so [i] [was] not [afraid] [.] 1 so 4 not " ['] [i] [meant] [you] [,] [parnesius] [,] [to] [live] [and] [die] [a] [centurion] [of] [the] [wall] [,] " [said] [maximus] [.] 1 " 19 " " [but] [it] [seems] [from] [these] [,] ["] he fumbled in his breast " you can [think] as well [as] draw [.] ["] 1 " 9 he 9 he 10 fumbled 10 fumbled 11 in 11 in 13 breast 12 his 13 breast 13 breast 14 " 13 breast 15 you 13 breast 21 draw 15 you 16 can 16 can 21 draw 18 as 19 well 19 well 21 draw mother and my sister always liked my pictures [.] 1 mother 2 and 2 and 4 sister 2 and 6 liked 3 my 4 sister 5 always 6 liked 6 liked 8 pictures 7 my 8 pictures ['] [he] [handed] [me] [one] [that] [i] [had] [called] ["] [maximus] ['s] [soldiers] ["] [.] it [showed] [a] [row] [of] [fat] [wine-skins] [,] [and] [our] [old] [doctor] [of] [the] [hunno] [hospital] snuffing [at] [them] [.] 1 it 17 snuffing [on] [the] [wall] [,] [we] [always] [called] [a] [wine-skin] [a] ["] [maximus] ["] [.] oh , yes [;] [and] [i] [had] [drawn] [them] [in] [imperial] helmets [.] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 12 helmets 2 , 3 yes " ['] [not] [long] [since] [,] ["] he went on , ["] men 's names were sent up [to] [caesar] [for] [smaller] jokes [than] [this] [.] ["] 1 " 8 he 8 he 9 went 9 went 10 on 10 on 23 jokes 11 , 15 names 11 , 18 up 13 men 14 's 14 's 15 names 15 names 16 were 16 were 17 sent 18 up 23 jokes ['] [he] [did] [not] [actually] [point] [his] [hunting-spear] [at] [maximus] [,] [but] [balanced] [it] [on] [his] [palm] [so] [!] " ['] [i] [was] [speaking] [of] [time] [past] [,] ["] said [maximus] [,] [never] fluttering [an] [eyelid] [.] 1 " 11 said 11 said 15 fluttering " [nowadays] [one] [is] [only] [too] [pleased] [to] [find] [boys] [who] [can] [think] [for] [themselves] [,] [and] [their] [friends] [.] " 1 " 21 " he nodded [at] [pertinax] . 1 he 2 nodded 2 nodded 5 . " [your] [father] [lent] [me] [the] [letters] [,] [parnesius] [,] so [you] [run] [no] [risk] [from] [me] [.] ["] 1 " 11 so " ['] [none] [whatever] [,] ["] said [pertinax] , and rubbed the spear-point on [his] sleeve [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 16 sleeve 9 , 10 and 9 , 16 sleeve 10 and 14 on 11 rubbed 13 spear-point 12 the 13 spear-point 13 spear-point 14 on ["] ['] [i] [have] [been] [forced] [to] [reduce] [the] [garrisons] [in] [britain] [,] [because] [i] [need] [troops] [in] [gaul] [.] now [i] [come] [to] take troops from [the] [wall] itself , ["] said he . 1 now 11 , 5 take 6 troops 5 take 11 , 6 troops 7 from 7 from 10 itself 11 , 13 said 13 said 14 he 14 he 15 . " ['] [i] [wish] [you] [joy] [of] [us] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [we] ['re] [the] [last] [sweepings] [of] [the] [empire] [the] [men] [without] [hope] [.] [myself] [,] [i] ['d] [sooner] [trust] [condemned] [criminals] [.] ["] " ['] [you] [think] [so] [?] " he said , quite seriously [.] 1 " 9 said 7 " 8 he 8 he 9 said 9 said 12 seriously 10 , 12 seriously 11 quite 12 seriously ["] [but] [it] [will] [only] [be] [till] [i] [win] [gaul] [.] one must always risk one 's life , or one 's soul , or one 's peace or some little thing [.] ["] 1 one 2 must 2 must 4 risk 3 always 4 risk 4 risk 18 or 5 one 6 's 6 's 7 life 7 life 9 or 8 , 9 or 9 or 12 soul 9 or 14 or 10 one 11 's 11 's 12 soul 13 , 14 or 14 or 17 peace 14 or 18 or 15 one 16 's 16 's 17 peace 18 or 21 thing 19 some 21 thing 20 little 21 thing ['] [allo] [passed] [round] [the] [fire] [with] [the] [sizzling] [deer] ['s] [meat] [.] he served us two first [.] 1 he 2 served 2 served 4 two 3 us 4 two 4 two 5 first " ['] [ah] [!] " [said] [maximus] [,] [waiting] [his] [turn] [.] 1 " 5 " " [i] [perceive] you are in your own country [.] 1 " 4 you 4 you 5 are 5 are 6 in 6 in 9 country 7 your 8 own 7 your 9 country well , you [deserve] [it] . 1 well 2 , 1 well 3 you 3 you 6 . they tell me you have quite a following among [the] [picts] , [parnesius] [.] ["] 1 they 2 tell 2 tell 3 me 2 tell 4 you 2 tell 5 have 4 you 5 have 5 have 8 following 5 have 9 among 6 quite 7 a 7 a 8 following 8 following 9 among 9 among 12 , " ['] [i] [have] [hunted] [with] [them] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 9 " " [maybe] [i] [have] [a] [few] [friends] [among] [the] [heather] [.] " 1 " 12 " ['] [had] [you] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [yes] [;] [but] [that] [was] [neither] [here] [nor] [there] [.] the little green man orated [like] [a] [like] [cicero] [.] 1 the 4 man 2 little 4 man 3 green 4 man 4 man 5 orated he made us out to be magnificent fellows [.] 1 he 2 made 2 made 3 us 2 made 4 out 4 out 5 to 4 out 6 be 5 to 6 be 6 be 8 fellows 7 magnificent 8 fellows maximus never took his eyes off our faces [.] 1 maximus 3 took 2 never 3 took 3 took 5 eyes 3 took 6 off 4 his 5 eyes 5 eyes 6 off 6 off 8 faces 7 our 8 faces " ['] [enough] , " he said . 1 " 7 said 4 , 5 " 4 , 6 he 6 he 7 said 7 said 8 . ["] [i] [have] [heard] [allo] [on] [you] [.] i wish to hear you [on] [the] [picts] [.] ["] 1 i 2 wish 2 wish 3 to 3 to 4 hear 4 hear 5 you ['] [i] [told] [him] [as] [much] [as] [i] [knew] [,] [and] [pertinax] [helped] [me] [out] [.] there is never harm in [a] [pict] if you [but] take the trouble to find out what he wants [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 3 never 2 is 4 harm 2 is 8 if 4 harm 5 in 8 if 9 you 8 if 11 take 9 you 11 take 11 take 13 trouble 11 take 16 out 12 the 13 trouble 13 trouble 14 to 13 trouble 15 find 14 to 15 find 16 out 17 what 17 what 18 he 17 what 19 wants 18 he 19 wants their real grievance against us came from our burning their heather [.] 1 their 3 grievance 2 real 3 grievance 3 grievance 4 against 3 grievance 6 came 4 against 5 us 6 came 7 from 7 from 9 burning 8 our 9 burning 9 burning 11 heather 10 their 11 heather the whole garrison of the [wall] moved out twice a year , and solemnly burned the heather for ten miles [north] [.] 1 the 3 garrison 2 whole 3 garrison 3 garrison 4 of 3 garrison 13 and 4 of 5 the 7 moved 8 out 7 moved 9 twice 7 moved 11 year 7 moved 13 and 10 a 11 year 12 , 13 and 13 and 15 burned 14 solemnly 15 burned 15 burned 17 heather 15 burned 18 for 16 the 17 heather 17 heather 18 for 18 for 20 miles 19 ten 20 miles rutilianus , [our] [general] , [called] it clearing [the] country [.] 1 rutilianus 2 , 2 , 5 , 5 , 10 country 7 it 8 clearing 8 clearing 10 country " ['] [true] [,] [quite] [true] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 8 " " [how] [can] [we] [make] [our] [holy] [heather-wine] [,] [if] [you] [burn] [our] [bee-pasture] [?] " 1 " 16 " ['] [we] [talked] [long] [,] [maximus] [asking] [keen] [questions] [that] [showed] [he] [knew] [much] [and] [had] [thought] [more] [about] [the] [picts] [.] stand away , so that you do not see [allo] ['s] face ; [and] speak your own thoughts [.] ["] 1 stand 2 away 1 stand 5 that 3 , 5 that 4 so 5 that 5 that 6 you 5 that 9 see 5 that 13 ; 6 you 7 do 7 do 8 not 7 do 9 see 8 not 9 see 9 see 12 face 13 ; 15 speak 15 speak 18 thoughts 16 your 17 own 16 your 18 thoughts " ['] [no] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [you] [cannot] [remake] [that] [province] [.] the [picts] [have] [been] free [too] [long] [.] ["] 1 the 5 free " ['] [leave] [them] their village [councils] , and [let] [them] [furnish] [their] [own] [soldiers] , " he said . 1 " 19 said 5 their 6 village 6 village 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 16 , 9 and 18 he 16 , 17 " 18 he 19 said 19 said 20 . " [you] [,] [i] [am] [sure] [,] [would] [hold] [the] [reins] [very] [lightly] [.] " 1 " 15 " " [even] [then] [,] [no] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [at] [least] [not] [now] [.] they have been too oppressed by us to trust [anything] [with] [a] [roman] [name] for years and years [.] ["] 1 they 2 have 2 have 3 been 3 been 4 too 3 been 5 oppressed 5 oppressed 6 by 5 oppressed 8 to 6 by 7 us 8 to 9 trust 9 trust 15 for 15 for 17 and 16 years 17 and 17 and 18 years ['] [i] [heard] [old] [allo] [behind] [me] [mutter] [:] ["] [good] [child] [!] ["] " ['] [then] [what] [do] [you] [recommend] [,] ["] said [maximus] , " to [keep] [the] [north] [quiet] [till] [i] win [gaul] [?] ["] 1 " 10 said 10 said 21 win 12 , 13 " 12 , 14 to 14 to 21 win " ['] [leave] [the] [picts] [alone] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 8 " " stop [the] [heather-burning] at [once] , and [they] [are] [improvident] [little] animals send them a shipload or two of corn now [and] [then] [.] ["] 1 " 8 and 2 stop 5 at 5 at 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 13 animals 13 animals 14 send 14 send 15 them 14 send 17 shipload 14 send 18 or 16 a 17 shipload 18 or 19 two 19 two 20 of 20 of 21 corn 21 corn 22 now " ['] [their] [own] men must distribute it [not] [some] [cheating] [greek] [accountant] [,] ["] said [pertinax] [.] 1 " 16 said 5 men 6 must 6 must 7 distribute 7 distribute 8 it 8 it 16 said " ['] [yes] , and [allow] [them] [to] [come] [to] [our] [hospitals] [when] they [are] [sick] [,] ["] [i] said [.] 1 " 20 said 4 , 5 and 5 and 14 they 14 they 20 said " ['] [surely] they [would] [die] [first] [,] ["] said [maximus] [.] 1 " 10 said 4 they 10 said " ['] [not] [if] [parnesius] [brought] [them] [in] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [i] [could] [show] [you] [twenty] [wolf-bitten] [,] [bear-clawed] [picts] [within] [twenty] [miles] [of] [here] [.] but [parnesius] [must] [stay] [with] them [in] [hospital] , else they would go mad with fear [.] ["] 1 but 6 them 1 but 9 , 9 , 10 else 10 else 11 they 11 they 12 would 12 would 13 go 13 go 14 mad 14 mad 15 with 15 with 16 fear " ['] [i] [see] [,] " [said] [maximus] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [like] [everything] [else] [in] [the] [world] [,] [it] [is] [one] [man] ['s] [work] [.] you [,] [i] think [,] [are] that [one] [man] . ["] 1 you 4 think 4 think 7 that 7 that 10 . " ['] [pertinax] [and] [i] [are] [one] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 9 " " ['] [as] [you] [please] [,] so [long] [as] [you] [work] [.] 1 " 7 so now , [allo] , you know that [i] [mean] [your] [people] [no] [harm] . 1 now 2 , 2 , 14 . 4 , 5 you 4 , 14 . 5 you 6 know 6 know 7 that leave us to talk together [,] ["] [said] [maximus] [.] 1 leave 2 us 1 leave 3 to 3 to 4 talk 4 talk 5 together " ['] [no] [need] [!] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [i] [am] [the] [corn] [between] [the] [upper] [and] [lower] [millstones] [.] i must know what the lower millstone means to do [.] 1 i 2 must 2 must 3 know 3 know 4 what 4 what 7 millstone 4 what 8 means 5 the 7 millstone 6 lower 7 millstone 7 millstone 8 means 8 means 9 to 9 to 10 do these boys have spoken the truth as far as they know it . 1 these 2 boys 2 boys 3 have 3 have 4 spoken 4 spoken 6 truth 4 spoken 8 far 4 spoken 9 as 5 the 6 truth 7 as 8 far 9 as 10 they 9 as 11 know 10 they 11 know 11 know 12 it 12 it 13 . i [,] [a] [prince] [,] will tell you the rest [.] 1 i 6 will 6 will 7 tell 7 tell 8 you 7 tell 10 rest 9 the 10 rest i am troubled about [the] [men] [of] [the] [north] [.] ["] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 troubled 3 troubled 4 about he squatted like a hare in the heather , and looked over his shoulder [.] 1 he 10 and 2 squatted 3 like 2 squatted 10 and 3 like 5 hare 4 a 5 hare 5 hare 6 in 6 in 7 the 7 the 8 heather 8 heather 9 , 10 and 11 looked 10 and 12 over 12 over 14 shoulder 13 his 14 shoulder " ['] [i] [also] [,] ["] said [maximus] , " [or] [i] [should] [not] be [here] [.] ["] 1 " 7 said 7 said 15 be 9 , 10 " 9 , 15 be " ['] [listen] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 5 " " [long] [and] [long] [ago] [the] [winged] [hats] ["] he [meant] [the] [northmen] ["] came to our beaches and said , ['] [rome] [falls] [!] 1 " 10 he 10 he 19 and 15 came 16 to 15 came 19 and 16 to 18 beaches 17 our 18 beaches 19 and 20 said 20 said 21 , push her down [!] ['] 1 push 2 her 1 push 3 down we fought you [.] 1 we 2 fought 2 fought 3 you you sent men [.] 1 you 2 sent 2 sent 3 men we were beaten [.] 1 we 2 were 2 were 3 beaten after that we [said] [to] [the] [winged] [hats] [,] ['] [you] are liars [!] 1 after 2 that 1 after 3 we 3 we 12 are 12 are 13 liars make [our] [men] [alive] that [rome] [killed] [,] [and] [we] [will] [believe] [you] [.] ['] 1 make 5 that they went away [ashamed] [.] 1 they 2 went 2 went 3 away now [they] come [back] [bold] , and they tell the old tale , which we begin to believe that [rome] [falls] ! " 1 now 3 come 3 come 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 they 7 and 9 tell 8 they 9 tell 9 tell 12 tale 10 the 12 tale 11 old 12 tale 12 tale 14 which 13 , 14 which 14 which 16 begin 14 which 22 ! 15 we 16 begin 16 begin 17 to 17 to 18 believe 18 believe 19 that 22 ! 23 " ["] ['] [ah] [,] [i] [wish] [it] [too] [!] i wish to save what is [left] of the corn from the millstones [.] 1 i 2 wish 2 wish 3 to 2 wish 4 save 3 to 4 save 4 save 5 what 5 what 6 is 6 is 8 of 6 is 11 from 8 of 10 corn 9 the 10 corn 10 corn 11 from 11 from 13 millstones 12 the 13 millstones then you hide [behind] [the] [wall] , and scorch us [with] [greek] fire [.] 1 then 2 you 2 you 8 and 3 hide 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 scorch 8 and 13 fire 9 scorch 10 us how [can] [i] [keep] [my] [young] [men] [from] [listening] [to] [the] [winged] [hats] [in] [winter] [especially] [,] [when] we are hungry [?] 1 how 19 we 19 we 20 are 20 are 21 hungry my young men will say , ['] [rome] [can] neither fight [nor] rule [.] 1 my 3 men 2 young 3 men 3 men 4 will 4 will 5 say 5 say 6 , 6 , 11 fight 10 neither 11 fight 11 fight 13 rule she is [taking] [her] [men] [out] of [britain] [.] 1 she 2 is 2 is 7 of the [winged] [hats] [will] [help] [us] [to] push [down] [the] [wall] [.] 1 the 8 push let us show them the secret roads across the bogs [.] ['] 1 let 2 us 1 let 3 show 3 show 4 them 3 show 7 roads 3 show 8 across 5 the 7 roads 6 secret 7 roads 7 roads 8 across 8 across 10 bogs 9 the 10 bogs [do] [i] [want] [that] [?] [no] [!] ["] he spat like an adder [.] 1 he 2 spat 2 spat 3 like 3 like 5 adder 4 an 5 adder ["] [i] [would] [keep] [the] [secrets] [of] [my] [people] [though] [i] [were] [burned] [alive] [.] my two children here have spoken truth [.] 1 my 2 two 2 two 3 children 3 children 4 here 3 children 5 have 5 have 6 spoken 6 spoken 7 truth leave us [picts] alone [.] 1 leave 2 us 1 leave 4 alone comfort us [,] and cherish us , and feed us [from] far off with the hand behind the back [.] 1 comfort 2 us 1 comfort 4 and 4 and 8 and 5 cherish 6 us 5 cherish 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 feed 9 feed 12 far 9 feed 13 off 9 feed 14 with 9 feed 17 behind 10 us 12 far 14 with 16 hand 15 the 16 hand 16 hand 17 behind 17 behind 19 back 18 the 19 back parnesius understands us [.] 1 parnesius 2 understands 2 understands 3 us see , [i] [give] [you] [three] [years] [.] 1 see 2 , i shall not [grieve] [over] [that] , but well [i] [know] [tribe] never helps [tribe] [except] [for] [one] price [.] 1 i 2 shall 2 shall 3 not 2 shall 19 price 3 not 7 , 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 well 8 but 14 helps 13 never 14 helps we [picts] will go too [.] 1 we 3 will 3 will 4 go 4 go 5 too the [winged] [hats] [will] grind [us] to this [!] ["] 1 the 5 grind 5 grind 7 to 7 to 8 this he tossed a handful of dust in the air [.] 1 he 2 tossed 2 tossed 6 dust 3 a 4 handful 4 handful 5 of 4 handful 6 dust 5 of 6 dust 6 dust 7 in 7 in 8 the 8 the 9 air " ['] [oh] [,] [roma] [dea] [!] " [said] [maximus] [,] [half] [aloud] [.] 1 " 8 " " [it] [is] [always] [one] [man] ['s] [work] [always] [and] [everywhere] [!] " 1 " 13 " " [and] [one] [man] ['s] [life] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 8 " " you are [emperor] [,] [but] not [a] [god] [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 7 not you may die [.] ["] 1 you 2 may 2 may 3 die " ['] [i] [have] [thought] [of] [that] [too] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 11 said 11 said 12 he 12 he 13 . ["] [very] [good] [.] if this [wind] [holds] [,] [i] [shall] be [at] [the] [east] [end] [of] [the] [wall] [by] [morning] [.] 1 if 2 this 2 this 8 be " ['] [one] [instant] [,] [caesar] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [all] [men] [have] [their] [price] [.] i am not bought yet [.] ["] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 not 2 am 4 bought 3 not 4 bought 4 bought 5 yet " ['do] [you] [also] [begin] [to] [bargain] so [early] [?] ["] [said] [maximus] [.] 1 " 8 so " [well] [?] " 1 " 4 " " ['] [give] [me] [justice] [against] [my] [uncle] [icenus] [,] [the] [duumvir] [of] [divio] in [gaul] , " he said . 1 " 20 said 15 in 17 , 15 in 19 he 17 , 18 " 19 he 20 said 20 said 21 . ["] ['] [only] [a] [life] [?] i thought it would be money or an office [.] 1 i 2 thought 2 thought 3 it 2 thought 5 be 3 it 4 would 4 would 5 be 5 be 7 or 6 money 7 or 7 or 9 office 8 an 9 office certainly you shall have him [.] 1 certainly 2 you 2 you 3 shall 3 shall 4 have 4 have 5 him write his name on these tablets on the [red] side [;] [the] [other] is [for] [the] [living] [!] ["] and [maximus] [held] [out] his tablets [.] 1 write 3 name 1 write 4 on 1 write 7 on 2 his 3 name 4 on 6 tablets 5 these 6 tablets 7 on 8 the 8 the 10 side 10 side 14 is 14 is 25 tablets 20 and 24 his 24 his 25 tablets " ['] [he] [is] [of] [no] [use] [to] [me] [dead] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 12 " " [my] [mother] is a widow [.] 1 " 4 is 4 is 6 widow 5 a 6 widow i am far [off] [.] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 far i am not sure he pays her [all] her dowry [.] ["] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 not 2 am 4 sure 3 not 4 sure 4 sure 5 he 4 sure 6 pays 5 he 6 pays 6 pays 7 her 6 pays 10 dowry 9 her 10 dowry ["] ['] [no] [matter] [.] my arm is reasonably long [.] 1 my 2 arm 2 arm 3 is 3 is 5 long 4 reasonably 5 long we will look through your uncle 's accounts in due time [.] 1 we 2 will 2 will 3 look 3 look 4 through 3 look 9 in 4 through 8 accounts 5 your 6 uncle 6 uncle 7 's 7 's 8 accounts 8 accounts 9 in 9 in 11 time 10 due 11 time now , [farewell] [till] [tomorrow] , [o] [captains] of [the] [wall] [!] ["] 1 now 2 , 1 now 6 , 6 , 9 of ['] [we] [saw] [him] [grow] [small] [across] [the] [heather] [as] [he] [walked] [to] [the] [galley] [.] there were [picts] [,] scores [,] [each] [side] of [him] , hidden [behind] stones [.] 1 there 2 were 2 were 5 scores 5 scores 9 of 9 of 14 stones 11 , 12 hidden 12 hidden 14 stones he never looked left or right [.] 1 he 3 looked 2 never 3 looked 3 looked 5 or 4 left 5 or 5 or 6 right he sailed away [southerly] , full spread before the evening breeze , and when we had watched him [out] [to] [sea] [,] [we] [were] [silent] [.] 1 he 5 , 2 sailed 3 away 2 sailed 5 , 5 , 13 and 6 full 7 spread 6 full 13 and 7 spread 8 before 8 before 11 breeze 9 the 11 breeze 10 evening 11 breeze 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 when 13 and 15 we 13 and 16 had 13 and 17 watched 15 we 16 had 17 watched 18 him we understood that [earth] [bred] [few] [men] [like] [to] [this] [man] [.] 1 we 2 understood 2 understood 3 that ['] [presently] [allo] [brought] [the] [ponies] [and] [held] [them] [for] [us] [to] [mount] [a] [thing] [he] [had] [never] [done] [before] [.] " ['] [what] [do] [you] [do] [,] [o] [my] [friend] [?] " 1 " 12 " i said . 1 i 2 said 2 said 3 . then we rode back to that [wall] of which [we] were [to] be [captains] [.] ['] 1 then 2 we 2 we 3 rode 3 rode 4 back 3 rode 5 to 5 to 6 that 6 that 8 of 8 of 9 which 9 which 11 were 11 were 13 be parnesius stopped [.] 1 parnesius 2 stopped the children sat still , not even asking if that were all the tale [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 sat 3 sat 4 still 4 still 8 asking 5 , 6 not 5 , 8 asking 7 even 8 asking 8 asking 9 if 8 asking 14 tale 9 if 10 that 9 if 11 were 10 that 11 were 11 were 12 all 13 the 14 tale puck beckoned , and pointed the way out of the wood [.] 1 puck 4 and 2 beckoned 4 and 3 , 4 and 4 and 5 pointed 4 and 7 way 4 and 9 of 6 the 7 way 8 out 9 of 9 of 11 wood 10 the 11 wood ['] [sorry] [,] ['] [he] [whispered] [,] ['] [but] [you] [must] [go] [now] [.] ['] ['] [we] [haven't] [made] [him] [angry] [,] [have] [we] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [he] [looks] [so] [far] [off] [,] [and] [and] [thinky] [.] ['] ['] [bless] [your] [heart] [,] [no] [.] wait till tomorrow [.] 1 wait 2 till 2 till 3 tomorrow it won't be long [.] 1 it 2 won't 2 won't 3 be 3 be 4 long remember , [you] ['ve] [been] [playing] [lays] [of] [ancient] [rome] [.] ['] 1 remember 2 , and as soon as they had scrambled through [their] [gap] where [oak] , [ash] and [thorn] [grew] , that was all they remembered [.] 1 and 5 they 1 and 15 and 2 as 3 soon 3 soon 4 as 4 as 5 they 5 they 6 had 7 scrambled 8 through 7 scrambled 15 and 11 where 13 , 13 , 15 and 15 and 20 was 18 , 19 that 19 that 20 was 20 was 21 all 21 all 22 they 21 all 23 remembered 22 they 23 remembered [a] [song] [to] [mithras] mithras , [god] [of] [the] [morning] [,] [our] [trumpets] [waken] [the] [wall] [!] 1 mithras 2 , ['] [rome] [is] [above] [the] [nations] [,] [but] [thou] [art] [over] [all] [!] ['] mithras , [god] [of] [the] [noontide] , the heather swims in [the] heat , [our] helmets [scorch] [our] foreheads , our sandals burn our feet [.] 1 mithras 2 , 2 , 13 heat 2 , 14 , 7 , 10 swims 8 the 9 heather 9 heather 10 swims 10 swims 11 in 11 in 13 heat 14 , 16 helmets 14 , 23 burn 19 foreheads 20 , 20 , 22 sandals 21 our 22 sandals 22 sandals 23 burn 23 burn 25 feet 24 our 25 feet mithras , [god] [of] [the] [sunset] [,] [low] [on] [the] [western] [main] [,] [thou] descending [immortal] [,] [immortal] [to] [rise] [again] [!] 1 mithras 2 , 1 mithras 15 descending mithras [,] [god] [of] [the] [midnight] [,] [here] [where] [the] [great] bull [dies] , [look] [on] [thy] [children] in darkness [.] 1 mithras 12 bull 12 bull 20 darkness 14 , 19 in 19 in 20 darkness oh , [take] [our] sacrifice [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 5 sacrifice many roads [thou] hast [fashioned] : [all] [of] [them] lead [to] [the] [light] [!] 1 many 2 roads 2 roads 4 hast 2 roads 6 : 2 roads 10 lead mithras , also a soldier , teach us to die aright [!] 1 mithras 5 soldier 1 mithras 7 teach 2 , 3 also 2 , 5 soldier 4 a 5 soldier 5 soldier 6 , 7 teach 8 us 7 teach 9 to 9 to 11 aright 10 die 11 aright [the] [winged] [hats] the next day happened to be what [they] [called] [a] [wild] [afternoon] [.] 1 the 2 next 1 the 3 day 3 day 4 happened 4 happened 5 to 4 happened 6 be 5 to 6 be 6 be 7 what ['] [if] [i] [had] [eyes] [as] [i] [could] [see] [,] [no] [mortal] [man] [would] [trouble] [me] [.] ['] they knew about rabbits already [.] 1 they 2 knew 2 knew 3 about 2 knew 4 rabbits 2 knew 5 already then they climbed [up] [long] [ditch] [into] [the] [lower] [end] [of] [far] [wood] . 1 then 2 they 2 they 3 climbed 3 climbed 14 . ['] [how] [quietly] [you] [came] [!] ['] [said] [una] [,] [moving] [up] [to] [make] [room] [.] ['] [where] ['s] [puck] [?] ['] ['] [i] [don't] [understand] [all] [of] [it] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] ['] [but] [i] [like] [hearing] [about] [the] [little] [picts] [.] ['] ['] [he] [who] [makes] [himself] [emperor] [anywhere] [must] [know] [everything] [,] [everywhere] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] ['] [we] [had] [this] [much] [from] [maximus] ['s] [mouth] [after] [the] [games] [.] ['] ['] [games] [?] what [games] [?] ['] said [dan] [.] 1 what 5 said parnesius stretched his arm out stiffly [,] [thumb] [pointed] [to] [the] [ground] [.] 1 parnesius 2 stretched 2 stretched 4 arm 2 stretched 5 out 2 stretched 6 stiffly 3 his 4 arm ['] [gladiators] [!] that sort of [game] , ['] he said [.] 1 that 2 sort 2 sort 3 of 3 of 5 , 5 , 8 said 7 he 8 said ['] [there] [were] [two] [days] ['] [games] [in] [his] [honour] [when] [he] [landed] [all] [unexpected] [at] [segedunum] [on] [the] [east] [end] [of] [the] [wall] [.] in the old days the [legions] [kept] silence before [their] [emperor] [.] 1 in 4 days 1 in 8 silence 2 the 4 days 3 old 4 days 5 the 8 silence 8 silence 9 before so did [not] we [!] 1 so 2 did 2 did 4 we you could hear the solid roar [run] [west] [along] [the] [wall] [as] [his] [chair] [was] [carried] [rocking] [through] [the] [crowds] [.] 1 you 2 could 2 could 3 hear 3 hear 6 roar 4 the 6 roar 5 solid 6 roar that chair was like a little boat among waves , dipping and falling , but always rising again after one had shut the eyes [.] ['] 1 that 2 chair 2 chair 3 was 3 was 4 like 3 was 8 among 3 was 15 but 4 like 7 boat 5 a 7 boat 6 little 7 boat 7 boat 8 among 8 among 9 waves 9 waves 12 and 10 , 12 and 11 dipping 12 and 12 and 13 falling 12 and 14 , 15 but 17 rising 16 always 17 rising 17 rising 18 again 17 rising 19 after 19 after 20 one 19 after 22 shut 20 one 21 had 21 had 22 shut 22 shut 24 eyes 23 the 24 eyes parnesius shivered [.] 1 parnesius 2 shivered ['] [were] [they] [angry] [with] [him] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [no] [more] [angry] [than] [wolves] [in] [a] [cage] [when] [their] [trainer] [walks] [among] [them] [.] was it not so , [faun] [?] ['] 1 was 2 it 1 was 3 not 1 was 4 so 4 so 5 , ['] [so] [it] [was] [.] so it always will be , ['] said [puck] . 1 so 2 it 2 it 4 will 3 always 4 will 4 will 5 be 5 be 6 , 6 , 8 said 8 said 10 . i [had] hardly [seen] [the] [general] [before] , but he [always] gave [me] [leave] [when] [i] wished to [take] [heather] [.] 1 i 3 hardly 3 hardly 8 , 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 he 9 but 17 wished 10 he 12 gave 17 wished 18 to he was a [great] glutton , and [kept] five [asian] cooks [,] [and] [he] [came] of a family that believed in oracles [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 7 and 2 was 21 in 3 a 5 glutton 5 glutton 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 11 cooks 7 and 16 of 9 five 11 cooks 16 of 18 family 17 a 18 family 18 family 19 that 18 family 20 believed 19 that 20 believed 21 in 22 oracles we could smell his good dinner when we entered , but the tables were empty [.] 1 we 2 could 2 could 3 smell 3 smell 6 dinner 4 his 6 dinner 5 good 6 dinner 6 dinner 7 when 7 when 8 we 7 when 11 but 8 we 11 but 9 entered 11 but 10 , 11 but 11 but 15 empty 12 the 13 tables 13 tables 14 were 14 were 15 empty he lay snorting on a couch [.] 1 he 2 lay 2 lay 4 on 3 snorting 4 on 4 on 6 couch 5 a 6 couch maximus sat apart among long rolls of accounts [.] 1 maximus 2 sat 2 sat 3 apart 2 sat 4 among 4 among 6 rolls 5 long 6 rolls 6 rolls 7 of 7 of 8 accounts then the doors were shut [.] 1 then 3 doors 2 the 3 doors 3 doors 4 were 4 were 5 shut " ['] [i] [shall] [know] [them] [again] [,] [caesar] [,] " [said] [rutilianus] [.] 1 " 11 " " [very] [good] [,] " [said] [maximus] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [now] [hear] [!] you are not to move [man] [or] shield [on] [the] [wall] [except] as [these] [boys] [shall] [tell] you . 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 not 3 not 4 to 4 to 5 move 5 move 8 shield 5 move 13 as 13 as 18 you 18 you 19 . you will do nothing , [except] eat , without their permission [.] 1 you 5 , 2 will 3 do 2 will 5 , 3 do 4 nothing 5 , 7 eat 7 eat 9 without 8 , 9 without 9 without 11 permission 10 their 11 permission they are the head and arms [.] 1 they 2 are 2 are 5 and 3 the 4 head 4 head 5 and 5 and 6 arms you are the belly [!] ["] 1 you 2 are 2 are 4 belly 3 the 4 belly " ['] [as] [caesar] [pleases] [,] " [the] [old] [man] [grunted] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [if] [my] [pay] [and] [profits] [are] [not] [cut] [,] [you] [may] [make] [my] [ancestors] ['] [oracle] [my] [master] [.] rome has been [!] 1 rome 2 has 2 has 3 been rome has been [!] ["] 1 rome 2 has 2 has 3 been then he turned on his side to sleep . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 turned 3 turned 4 on 3 turned 7 to 4 on 6 side 5 his 6 side 6 side 7 to 7 to 8 sleep 8 sleep 9 . " ['] [he] [has] it [,] ["] said [maximus] [.] 1 " 8 said 5 it 8 said " [we] [will] [get] [to] [what] [i] [need] [.] " 1 " 10 " ['] [he] [unrolled] [full] [copies] [of] [the] [number] [of] [men] [and] [supplies] [on] [the] [wall] [down] [to] [the] [sick] [that] [very] [day] [in] [hunno] [hospital] [.] oh , but [i] [groaned] [when] [his] pen [marked] [off] [detachment] [after] [detachment] [of] [our] [best] [of] [our] [least] [worthless] [men] [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 8 pen 2 , 3 but it was like an eagle pecking a carcass [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 like 3 like 5 eagle 4 an 5 eagle 5 eagle 6 pecking 6 pecking 8 carcass 7 a 8 carcass " ['] [and] [now] [,] [how] [many] [catapults] [have] [you] [?] " 1 " 12 " he turned up a new list [,] [but] [pertinax] [laid] [his] [open] [hand] [there] [.] 1 he 2 turned 2 turned 3 up 2 turned 6 list 4 a 5 new 4 a 6 list 5 new 6 list " ['] [no] [,] [caesar] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 8 said 8 said 9 he 9 he 10 . ["] [do] [not] [tempt] [the] [gods] [too] [far] [.] take men , or engines , but not both [;] [else] [we] [refuse] [.] ["] ['] 1 take 7 but 2 men 4 or 3 , 4 or 4 or 5 engines 4 or 7 but 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 not 7 but 9 both ['] [engines] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [the] [catapults] [of] [the] [wall] [huge] [things] [forty] [feet] [high] [to] [the] [head] [firing] [nets] [of] [raw] [stone] [or] [forged] [bolts] [.] nothing can stand against them [.] 1 nothing 2 can 2 can 3 stand 3 stand 4 against 4 against 5 them he left [us] our catapults at last [,] [but] [he] [took] [a] [caesar] ['s] [half] [of] [our] [men] [without] [pity] [.] 1 he 2 left 2 left 5 catapults 2 left 6 at 4 our 5 catapults 5 catapults 6 at 6 at 7 last we were a shell when he rolled up the lists [!] 1 we 2 were 2 were 4 shell 3 a 4 shell 4 shell 5 when 5 when 6 he 5 when 7 rolled 6 he 7 rolled 7 rolled 8 up 7 rolled 10 lists 9 the 10 lists ["] ['] [hail] [,] [caesar] [!] we , [about] to die , salute you [!] ["] [said] [pertinax] [,] [laughing] [.] 1 we 4 to 1 we 7 salute 2 , 4 to 4 to 5 die 4 to 6 , 7 salute 8 you " [if] [any] [enemy] [even] [leans] [against] [the] [wall] [now] [,] [it] [will] [tumble] [.] " 1 " 16 " but now it is a gamble a game played [against] [the] [gods] , and the stakes are [britain] , [gaul] , and [perhaps] [rome] . 1 but 3 it 1 but 19 , 2 now 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 6 gamble 4 is 8 game 4 is 9 played 5 a 6 gamble 7 a 8 game 13 , 14 and 13 , 19 , 14 and 16 stakes 15 the 16 stakes 16 stakes 17 are 19 , 25 . 21 , 22 and 21 , 25 . you play on my side [?] ["] 1 you 2 play 2 play 3 on 3 on 5 side 4 my 5 side " ['] [we] [will] [play] [,] [caesar] [,] ["] [i] said [,] [for] [i] [had] [never] [met] [a] man [like] [this] [man] [.] 1 " 11 said 11 said 19 man ["] [good] [.] tomorrow , " said he , " [i] [proclaim] you [captains] [of] [the] [wall] [before] the troops [.] ["] 1 tomorrow 2 , 1 tomorrow 17 troops 2 , 3 " 2 , 4 said 4 said 5 he 4 said 6 , 4 said 10 you 6 , 7 " 16 the 17 troops ['] [so] [we] [went] [into] [the] [moonlight] [,] [where] [they] [were] [cleaning] [the] [ground] [after] [the] [games] [.] we saw [great] [roma] [dea] atop of the [wall] [,] [the] frost on her helmet , and [her] spear pointed [towards] [the] [north] [star] [.] 1 we 2 saw 2 saw 12 frost 6 atop 7 of 7 of 8 the 8 the 12 frost 12 frost 13 on 13 on 17 and 14 her 15 helmet 15 helmet 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 19 spear 19 spear 20 pointed we saw the twinkle of night-fires all along the guard-towers , and the line of the black catapults growing smaller and smaller in the distance . 1 we 2 saw 2 saw 4 twinkle 2 saw 8 along 2 saw 21 and 3 the 4 twinkle 4 twinkle 5 of 5 of 6 night-fires 7 all 8 along 9 the 10 guard-towers 10 guard-towers 12 and 11 , 12 and 12 and 14 line 12 and 21 and 13 the 14 line 14 line 15 of 14 line 19 growing 15 of 18 catapults 16 the 18 catapults 17 black 18 catapults 19 growing 20 smaller 21 and 22 smaller 22 smaller 23 in 23 in 25 distance 24 the 25 distance 25 distance 26 . [here] [pertinax] [was] [more] [than] [my] [right] [hand] [.] and he spoke to each as though that man were as high-minded as himself [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 spoke 2 he 3 spoke 3 spoke 4 to 3 spoke 6 as 4 to 5 each 6 as 9 man 6 as 10 were 7 though 9 man 8 that 9 man 9 man 10 were 10 were 11 as 11 as 12 high-minded 12 high-minded 13 as 13 as 14 himself now [i] [saw] [so] [strongly] what [things] [were] [needed] [to] be [done] , [that] [i] [forgot] things are [only] [accomplished] [by] [means] [of] [men] [.] 1 now 6 what 6 what 18 are 11 be 13 , 11 be 17 things 17 things 18 are that was a mistake [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 4 mistake 3 a 4 mistake so [i] [made] [ready] [in] [haste] , and [none] [too] [soon] [.] 1 so 7 , 7 , 8 and i shifted our best men to the ends of the [wall] , and set up screened catapults by the beach [.] 1 i 13 and 2 shifted 5 men 2 shifted 6 to 2 shifted 13 and 3 our 4 best 3 our 5 men 6 to 8 ends 7 the 8 ends 8 ends 9 of 9 of 10 the 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 set 14 set 15 up 14 set 17 catapults 14 set 18 by 16 screened 17 catapults 17 catapults 18 by 18 by 20 beach 19 the 20 beach ['] [now] [a] [ship] [coming] [in] [to] [land] [men] [must] [furl] [her] [sail] [.] then [she] [turns] [over] , and the sea makes everything clean again [.] 1 then 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 sea 6 and 9 makes 7 the 8 sea 8 sea 9 makes 9 makes 10 everything 10 everything 11 clean 11 clean 12 again a few men may come ashore [,] [but] [very] [few] [....v] 1 a 2 few 2 few 3 men 3 men 4 may 4 may 5 come 5 come 6 ashore it was not hard work , except the waiting on the beach in blowing sand and snow [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 5 work 2 was 7 except 3 not 4 hard 4 hard 5 work 6 , 7 except 7 except 16 and 8 the 9 waiting 9 waiting 10 on 9 waiting 16 and 10 on 12 beach 11 the 12 beach 12 beach 13 in 13 in 14 blowing 14 blowing 15 sand 16 and 17 snow and that was how we dealt with [the] [winged] [hats] that winter . 1 and 2 that 1 and 13 . 2 that 3 was 3 was 4 how 4 how 5 we 4 how 6 dealt 5 we 6 dealt 6 dealt 7 with 6 dealt 12 winter 7 with 11 that ['] [early] [in] [the] [spring] [,] [when] [the] [east] [winds] [blow] [like] [skinning-knives] [,] [they] [gathered] [again] [off] [segedunum] [with] [many] [ships] [.] allo told me they would never rest till they had taken a tower in open [fight] [.] 1 allo 2 told 2 told 3 me 2 told 4 they 2 told 7 rest 4 they 5 would 5 would 7 rest 6 never 7 rest 7 rest 8 till 8 till 9 they 8 till 11 taken 9 they 10 had 10 had 11 taken 11 taken 13 tower 11 taken 14 in 11 taken 15 open 12 a 13 tower certainly they fought in the open [.] 1 certainly 2 they 2 they 3 fought 3 fought 4 in 4 in 6 open 5 the 6 open i waited , and a wave tumbled him at my feet [.] 1 i 3 , 2 waited 3 , 3 , 4 and 4 and 7 tumbled 5 a 6 wave 6 wave 7 tumbled 7 tumbled 8 him 7 tumbled 9 at 9 at 11 feet 10 my 11 feet ['] [as] [i] [stooped] [,] [i] [saw] [he] [wore] [such] [a] [medal] [as] [i] [wear] [.] ['] parnesius raised his hand to his neck [.] 1 parnesius 2 raised 2 raised 4 hand 2 raised 5 to 3 his 4 hand 4 hand 5 to 5 to 7 neck 6 his 7 neck ['] [therefore] [,] [when] [he] [could] [speak] [,] [i] [addressed] [him] [a] [certain] [question] [which] [can] [only] [be] [answered] [in] [a] [certain] [manner] [.] he [answered] [with] [the] [necessary] [word] [the] [word] [that] belongs [to] [the] [degree] of [gryphons] in the science [of] [mithras] [my] [god] [.] 1 he 10 belongs 10 belongs 14 of 14 of 18 science 16 in 17 the 17 the 18 science i put my shield over him till he could stand up [.] 1 i 2 put 2 put 4 shield 2 put 5 over 2 put 7 till 3 my 4 shield 5 over 6 him 7 till 8 he 7 till 10 stand 8 he 9 could 9 could 10 stand 10 stand 11 up you [see] [i] [am] [not] [short] [,] [but] [he] [was] [a] [head] [taller] [than] [i] [.] [he] said [:] ["] [what] [now] ? " 1 you 18 said 18 said 23 ? 23 ? 24 " i said : " at your pleasure , my brother , to stay or go [.] " 1 i 2 said 2 said 3 : 2 said 4 " 2 said 14 or 2 said 17 " 5 at 8 , 5 at 11 , 5 at 14 or 6 your 7 pleasure 7 pleasure 8 , 8 , 10 brother 9 my 10 brother 11 , 12 to 12 to 13 stay 13 stay 14 or 14 or 15 go ['] [he] [looked] [out] [across] [the] [surf] [.] there [remained] [one] ship unhurt , [beyond] range of our catapults [.] 1 there 4 ship 4 ship 8 range 5 unhurt 6 , 5 unhurt 8 range 8 range 9 of 9 of 11 catapults 10 our 11 catapults i checked the catapults and he waved her in [.] 1 i 2 checked 2 checked 4 catapults 3 the 4 catapults 4 catapults 9 in 5 and 6 he 5 and 7 waved 6 he 7 waved 7 waved 8 her 7 waved 9 in she came as a hound comes to a master [.] 1 she 2 came 2 came 3 as 3 as 5 hound 3 as 6 comes 4 a 5 hound 5 hound 6 comes 6 comes 7 to 7 to 9 master 8 a 9 master when she was yet a hundred paces from the beach , he flung back his hair , and swam out [.] 1 when 2 she 1 when 3 was 1 when 11 , 1 when 12 he 2 she 3 was 3 was 4 yet 3 was 7 paces 3 was 8 from 5 a 6 hundred 6 hundred 7 paces 7 paces 8 from 8 from 10 beach 9 the 10 beach 12 he 18 and 13 flung 14 back 13 flung 16 hair 13 flung 18 and 15 his 16 hair 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 swam 19 swam 20 out they hauled him in , and went away [.] 1 they 6 and 2 hauled 3 him 2 hauled 4 in 2 hauled 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 went 7 went 8 away i knew that those [who] [worship] [mithras] are many [and] of all races [,] so [i] [did] [not] [think] [much] [more] [upon] [the] [matter] [.] 1 i 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 4 those 3 that 8 are 4 those 8 are 8 are 13 races 8 are 15 so 9 many 13 races 11 of 13 races 12 all 13 races ['] [at] [first] [i] [thought] [it] [was] [a] [bribe] [from] [some] [tradesman] [in] [the] [town] [meant] [for] [old] [rutilianus] [.] " [nay] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [this] [is] [a] [gift] [from] [amal] [,] [that] [winged] [hat] [whom] [you] [saved] [on] [the] [beach] [.] he says [you] [are] [a] [man] [.] ["] 1 he 2 says ["] ['] [he] [is] [a] [man] [,] [too] [.] tell [him] [i] [can] wear his gift , " [i] answered [.] 1 tell 7 gift 1 tell 8 , 5 wear 6 his 6 his 7 gift 8 , 9 " 8 , 11 answered they [think] [you] [and] [pertinax] could lead [them] to victories [.] ["] 1 they 6 could 6 could 7 lead 7 lead 9 to 9 to 10 victories allo looked at me like a one-eyed raven [.] 1 allo 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 2 looked 5 like 3 at 4 me 5 like 8 raven 6 a 7 one-eyed 6 a 8 raven " ['] [allo] [,] ["] [i] said , " you are [the] corn between the two millstones [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 13 corn 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 you 10 you 11 are 11 are 13 corn 13 corn 14 between 13 corn 17 millstones 14 between 16 two 15 the 16 two be content if they grind evenly , and [don't] thrust your hand between them [.] ["] 1 be 2 content 2 content 3 if 3 if 4 they 3 if 8 and 4 they 8 and 5 grind 6 evenly 5 grind 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 thrust 10 thrust 12 hand 10 thrust 13 between 11 your 12 hand 12 hand 13 between 13 between 14 them " ['] [i] [?] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 5 " time is [what] [we] need [you] [and] [i] [and] [maximus] [.] 1 time 2 is 2 is 5 need let me carry a [pleasant] message [back] to [the] [winged] [hats] [something] [for] [them] [to] make a council over [.] 1 let 2 me 1 let 3 carry 3 carry 6 message 4 a 6 message 6 message 8 to 8 to 16 make 16 make 18 council 16 make 19 over 17 a 18 council we [barbarians] are all [alike] [.] 1 we 3 are 3 are 4 all we sit up half the night to discuss anything [a] [roman] [says] [.] 1 we 2 sit 2 sit 3 up 2 sit 7 to 3 up 4 half 4 half 5 the 4 half 6 night 5 the 6 night 7 to 8 discuss 8 discuss 9 anything [eh] [?] ["] ["] ['] [we] [have] [no] [men] [.] we must fight with [words] , " said [pertinax] . 1 we 2 must 2 must 3 fight 3 fight 4 with 4 with 6 , 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 said 8 said 10 . " [leave] [it] [to] [allo] [and] [me] [.] " 1 " 9 " ['] [indeed] [,] [they] [permitted] [the] [corn-ships] [which] [i] [sent] [to] [the] [picts] [to] [pass] [north] [that] [season] [without] [harm] [.] therefore [the] [picts] [were] [well] [fed] [that] [winter] , and [since] they were in some sort [my] [children] , [i] [was] [glad] of it [.] 1 therefore 9 , 1 therefore 24 it 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 they 10 and 19 , 12 they 13 were 13 were 14 in 14 in 16 sort 15 some 16 sort 19 , 23 of he could not spare them [.] 1 he 2 could 2 could 3 not 2 could 4 spare 3 not 4 spare 4 spare 5 them he needed them to win [more] [victories] in [gaul] . 1 he 2 needed 2 needed 3 them 2 needed 4 to 4 to 5 win 5 win 8 in 8 in 10 . he [answered] [:] ["] [you] will [learn] [that] [i] have [at] [last] settled accounts with the pup [gratian] [.] 1 he 6 will 6 will 10 have 10 have 13 settled 13 settled 14 accounts 13 settled 15 with 15 with 17 pup 16 the 17 pup just [now] [i] [can] [spare] [none] . ["] ['] 1 just 7 . ['] [what] [did] [he] [mean] [by] [his] [general] ['s] [son] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] it was his fate , and it was his fall . 1 it 5 , 2 was 4 fate 2 was 5 , 3 his 4 fate 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 it 6 and 11 . 7 it 8 was 8 was 10 fall 9 his 10 fall but [theodosius] [the] [emperor] [is] a [good] man [.] 1 but 8 man 6 a 8 man as [i] [know] . ['] 1 as 4 . parnesius was silent for a moment and then continued [.] 1 parnesius 7 and 2 was 3 silent 2 was 7 and 3 silent 4 for 4 for 6 moment 5 a 6 moment 7 and 9 continued 8 then 9 continued he answered : " you must live a little longer under the shadow of [my] victories , [till] [i] [can] [see] [what] [young] [theodosius] [intends] [.] 1 he 2 answered 2 answered 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 5 you 3 : 7 live 5 you 6 must 6 must 7 live 7 live 9 little 7 live 10 longer 7 live 11 under 8 a 9 little 11 under 13 shadow 12 the 13 shadow 13 shadow 14 of 14 of 16 victories 16 victories 17 , he may welcome me as [a] [brother-emperor] , or he may be preparing an army [.] 1 he 2 may 2 may 3 welcome 3 welcome 4 me 3 welcome 5 as 5 as 8 , 8 , 9 or 9 or 10 he 9 or 12 be 10 he 11 may 11 may 12 be 12 be 13 preparing 13 preparing 15 army 14 an 15 army in either case [i] [cannot] [spare] [men] [just] [now] [.] ["] 1 in 3 case 2 either 3 case ['] [but] [he] [was] [always] [saying] [that] [,] ['] [cried] [una] [.] ['] [it] [was] [true] [.] yes , [the] [wall] [looked] [strong] . 1 yes 2 , 2 , 7 . for [myself] [,] [i] [knew] [how] [weak] we were [.] 1 for 8 we 8 we 9 were for [the] [picts] [i] [never] cared [,] [but] [in] [those] [years] [i] [learned] [something] of the strength of the [winged] [hats] [.] 1 for 6 cared 6 cared 15 of 15 of 17 strength 16 the 17 strength 17 strength 18 of 18 of 19 the they increased their strength every day , but [i] [could] [not] increase [my] [men] [.] 1 they 8 but 2 increased 4 strength 2 increased 6 day 2 increased 8 but 3 their 4 strength 5 every 6 day 7 , 8 but 8 but 12 increase ['] [thus] [,] [my] [friends] [,] [we] [lived] [on] [the] [wall] [,] [waiting] [waiting] [waiting] [for] [the] [men] [that] [maximus] [never] [sent] [.] ['] [presently] [he] [wrote] [that] [he] [was] [preparing] [an] [army] [against] [theodosius] [.] i hope within a year to finish with [theodosius] , son of [theodosius] , [once] and for all [.] 1 i 2 hope 2 hope 3 within 2 hope 6 to 2 hope 7 finish 3 within 5 year 4 a 5 year 6 to 7 finish 7 finish 16 and 8 with 16 and 10 , 11 son 11 son 12 of 12 of 14 , 14 , 16 and 16 and 17 for 17 for 18 all then you shall have [britain] [to] rule , and [pertinax] , if he chooses , [gaul] . 1 then 2 you 2 you 3 shall 3 shall 4 have 4 have 12 if 7 rule 8 , 7 rule 11 , 8 , 9 and 11 , 12 if 12 if 13 he 12 if 14 chooses 12 if 15 , 13 he 14 chooses 15 , 17 . today [i] wish [strongly] you were with me to beat [my] [auxiliaries] [into] [shape] [.] 1 today 10 beat 3 wish 5 you 3 wish 6 were 5 you 6 were 6 were 7 with 6 were 9 to 7 with 8 me 9 to 10 beat do not , [i] [pray] [you] , believe any rumour of my sickness [.] 1 do 2 not 1 do 3 , 3 , 7 , 7 , 8 believe 8 believe 10 rumour 9 any 10 rumour 10 rumour 11 of 11 of 13 sickness 12 my 13 sickness i have a little evil in my [old] body [which] [i] [shall] [cure] [by] [riding] [swiftly] [into] [rome] [.] ["] 1 i 2 have 2 have 5 evil 3 a 5 evil 4 little 5 evil 5 evil 6 in 6 in 9 body 7 my 9 body ['] [said] [pertinax] [:] ["] [it] [is] [finished] [with] [maximus] [.] he writes as a man without hope [.] 1 he 2 writes 2 writes 3 as 2 writes 6 without 3 as 5 man 4 a 5 man 5 man 6 without 6 without 7 hope i , a man without hope , can see this [.] 1 i 4 man 1 i 8 can 2 , 4 man 3 a 4 man 4 man 5 without 4 man 7 , 5 without 6 hope 8 can 9 see 9 see 10 this what does he add at the bottom of the roll [?] 1 what 2 does 1 what 4 add 2 does 3 he 2 does 4 add 4 add 5 at 5 at 7 bottom 6 the 7 bottom 7 bottom 8 of 8 of 9 the 9 the 10 roll " ['] [that] is proof [,] ["] [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 4 is 4 is 5 proof ["] [nicaea] [is] [not] [far] [by] [sea] [from] [rome] [.] a woman there could [take] ship and fly [to] [rome] in time of war [.] 1 a 2 woman 2 woman 3 there 2 woman 4 could 4 could 7 and 6 ship 7 and 7 and 8 fly 8 fly 11 in 11 in 12 time 12 time 13 of 13 of 14 war yes , [maximus] [foresees] [his] [death] , and is fulfilling his promises one by one . 1 yes 2 , 2 , 16 . 7 , 8 and 7 , 16 . 8 and 9 is 9 is 10 fulfilling 10 fulfilling 12 promises 10 fulfilling 15 one 11 his 12 promises 13 one 14 by 14 by 15 one but [i] [am] [glad] my uncle [met] [him] [.] ["] ['] 1 but 6 uncle 5 my 6 uncle " ['] [you] [think] [blackly] [today] [?] " 1 " 8 " i asked . 1 i 2 asked 2 asked 3 . ["] ['] [i] [think] [truth] [.] the [gods] weary [of] [the] [play] [we] [have] [played] [against] [them] [.] 1 the 3 weary theodosius will destroy [maximus] [.] 1 theodosius 2 will 2 will 3 destroy it is finished [!] ["] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 finished " ['] [will] [you] [write] [him] [that] [?] " 1 " 9 " i said . 1 i 2 said 2 said 3 . even [i] , [reading] [over] [his] [shoulder] [,] [took] [comfort] [from] [it] [till] [i] [saw] [his] [face] [!] 1 even 3 , " ['] [and] now , " he said , sealing it , ["] we be two dead men , my brother . 1 " 8 said 4 now 5 , 4 now 7 he 5 , 6 " 7 he 8 said 8 said 22 . 9 , 10 sealing 9 , 12 , 10 sealing 11 it 12 , 14 we 12 , 22 . 14 we 15 be 15 be 18 men 16 two 18 men 17 dead 18 men 18 men 21 brother 19 , 21 brother 20 my 21 brother let us go [to] [the] [temple] . ["] 1 let 2 us 1 let 3 go 3 go 7 . ['] [we] [prayed] [awhile] [to] [mithras] [,] [where] [we] [had] [many] [times] [prayed] [before] [.] after that , we lived day by day among evil rumours till winter came again [.] 1 after 2 that 1 after 3 , 1 after 4 we 4 we 5 lived 5 lived 8 day 5 lived 9 among 5 lived 12 till 6 day 7 by 7 by 8 day 9 among 11 rumours 10 evil 11 rumours 12 till 13 winter 12 till 14 came 13 winter 14 came 14 came 15 again turning him over , we saw by his belt-buckle that he was [a] [goth] [of] [an] [eastern] [legion] [.] 1 turning 2 him 1 turning 3 over 1 turning 4 , 1 turning 5 we 5 we 6 saw 6 saw 7 by 6 saw 10 that 7 by 9 belt-buckle 8 his 9 belt-buckle 10 that 11 he 10 that 12 was suddenly he opened his eyes and cried loudly [,] " [he] [is] [dead] [!] 1 suddenly 2 he 2 he 6 and 3 opened 5 eyes 3 opened 6 and 4 his 5 eyes 6 and 7 cried 6 and 8 loudly 8 loudly 10 " the letters were with me [,] [but] [the] [winged] [hats] [sank] [the] [ship] [.] " 1 the 2 letters 2 letters 3 were 3 were 4 with 4 with 5 me 5 me 15 " so saying , he died between our hands [.] 1 so 2 saying 1 so 3 , 3 , 4 he 3 , 5 died 4 he 5 died 5 died 6 between 6 between 8 hands 7 our 8 hands ['] [we] [asked] [not] [who] [was] [dead] [.] we knew [!] 1 we 2 knew we raced before the [driving] snow to [hunno] , [thinking] perhaps [allo] [might] [be] [there] [.] 1 we 2 raced 2 raced 3 before 2 raced 7 to 3 before 6 snow 4 the 6 snow 7 to 9 , 9 , 11 perhaps we found him already at [our] stables [,] and [he] [saw] [by] [our] [faces] what we had [heard] [.] 1 we 2 found 2 found 3 him 2 found 4 already 2 found 5 at 5 at 7 stables 7 stables 9 and 9 and 15 what 15 what 17 had 16 we 17 had " ['] [it] [was] in a tent by [the] [sea] , " he stammered [.] 1 " 14 stammered 5 in 7 tent 5 in 13 he 6 a 7 tent 7 tent 8 by 8 by 11 , 11 , 12 " 13 he 14 stammered " he was beheaded [by] [theodosius] [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 was 3 was 4 beheaded he [sent] [a] [letter] [to] [you] , written while he waited to be [slain] [.] 1 he 13 be 7 , 8 written 8 written 9 while 9 while 10 he 9 while 11 waited 10 he 11 waited 11 waited 12 to 12 to 13 be the [winged] [hats] [met] [the] ship [and] [took] [it] [.] 1 the 6 ship the news is running through the heather like fire [.] 1 the 2 news 2 news 3 is 3 is 4 running 3 is 5 through 3 is 8 like 4 running 5 through 5 through 7 heather 6 the 7 heather 7 heather 8 like 8 like 9 fire blame me [not] [!] 1 blame 2 me i cannot hold back my young men any more [.] ["] 1 i 2 cannot 2 cannot 3 hold 3 hold 4 back 3 hold 7 men 3 hold 9 more 5 my 7 men 6 young 7 men 8 any 9 more " ['] [i] [would] [we] [could] [say] [as] [much] [for] [our] [men] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [,] [laughing] [.] 1 " 14 " " [but] [,] [gods] [be] [praised] [,] [they] [cannot] [run] [away] [.] " 1 " 13 " " ['] [what] [do] [you] [do] [?] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 8 " " ['] [it] [grieves] [me] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [,] ["] [but] [we] [are] [stationed] [here] [to] [stop] [that] [thing] [.] ["] 1 " 7 " " ['] [if] [i] [carry] [back] [such] [an] [answer] they [will] [kill] [me] [,] ["] said [allo] [.] 1 " 16 said 10 they 16 said ["] [i] [always] [promised] [the] [winged] [hats] [that] [you] [would] [rise] [when] [maximus] [fell] [.] i [i] [did] [not] think he could fall . ["] 1 i 5 think 5 think 6 he 5 think 9 . 6 he 7 could 7 could 8 fall " ['] [alas] [!] [my] [poor] [barbarian] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [,] [still] [laughing] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [well] [,] [you] [have] [sold] [us] [too] [many] [good] [ponies] [to] [be] [thrown] [back] [to] [your] [friends] [.] we will make you a prisoner , although you are an ambassador [.] ["] 1 we 2 will 2 will 3 make 3 make 4 you 3 make 6 prisoner 3 make 8 although 5 a 6 prisoner 7 , 8 although 8 although 9 you 9 you 10 are 10 are 12 ambassador 11 an 12 ambassador " ['] [yes] [,] [that] [will] [be] [best] [,] " [said] [allo] [,] [holding] [out] [a] [halter] [.] 1 " 10 " we bound him lightly [,] [for] [he] [was] [an] [old] [man] [.] 1 we 2 bound 2 bound 3 him 2 bound 4 lightly ["] ['] [presently] [the] [winged] [hats] [may] [come] [to] [look] [for] [you] [,] [and] [that] [will] [give] [us] [more] [time] [.] see [how] [the] [habit] [of] [playing] [for] [time] [sticks] [to] [a] [man] [!] ["] [said] [pertinax] , [as] he tied the rope [.] 1 see 17 , 1 see 19 he 19 he 20 tied 20 tied 22 rope 21 the 22 rope " ['] [no] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [time] [may] [help] [.] if [maximus] [wrote] [us] [a] [letter] [while] he [was] [a] [prisoner] [,] [theodosius] must have sent the ship that brought it [.] 1 if 8 he 8 he 14 must 14 must 15 have 15 have 16 sent 16 sent 18 ship 17 the 18 ship 18 ship 19 that 18 ship 20 brought 19 that 20 brought 20 brought 21 it if he can send ships , he can send men [.] ["] 1 if 2 he 1 if 4 send 1 if 6 , 1 if 7 he 2 he 3 can 3 can 4 send 4 send 5 ships 7 he 8 can 8 can 9 send 9 send 10 men " ['] [how] [will] [that] [profit] [us] [?] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [we] [serve] [maximus] [,] [not] [theodosius] [.] " ['] [it] [concerns] [us] [to] [defend] [the] [wall] [,] [no] [matter] [what] [emperor] [dies] [,] [or] [makes] [die] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 21 " " ['] [that] [is] [worthy] [of] [your] [brother] [the] [philosopher] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 12 " " [myself] [i] [am] [without] [hope] [,] so [i] [do] [not] [say] [solemn] [and] [stupid] [things] [!] 1 " 8 so [rouse] [the] [wall] [!] ["] therefore , we must stand fast [....y] 1 therefore 2 , 1 therefore 3 we 3 we 4 must 4 must 5 stand 5 stand 6 fast my friends , [it] [is] [above] [all] [things] [strange] [to] [see] [how] [men] [bear] [ill] [news] [!] 1 my 2 friends 2 friends 3 , often the strongest till then become the weakest , while the weakest , as it were , reach up and steal strength [from] [the] [gods] [.] 1 often 3 strongest 2 the 3 strongest 3 strongest 4 till 3 strongest 6 become 4 till 5 then 6 become 8 weakest 6 become 10 while 7 the 8 weakest 9 , 10 while 10 while 12 weakest 10 while 20 and 11 the 12 weakest 12 weakest 14 as 12 weakest 20 and 13 , 14 as 14 as 15 it 14 as 17 , 15 it 16 were 18 reach 19 up 18 reach 20 and 20 and 21 steal 21 steal 22 strength so it was with us [.] 1 so 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 with 4 with 5 us even [our] [libyan] [cohort] [the] [third] [stood] [up] in their padded cuirasses and did not whimper [.] 1 even 9 in 1 even 13 and 9 in 12 cuirasses 10 their 12 cuirasses 11 padded 12 cuirasses 13 and 14 did 14 did 15 not 14 did 16 whimper 15 not 16 whimper ['] [in] [three] [days] [came] [seven] [chiefs] [and] [elders] [of] [the] [winged] [hats] [.] we made them welcome [,] [for] [they] [were] [ambassadors] [.] 1 we 2 made 2 made 3 them 2 made 4 welcome we [showed] [them] [allo] [,] [alive] [but] bound [.] 1 we 8 bound they [thought] [we] [had] killed him , and [i] [saw] it would not have vexed them if we had [.] 1 they 7 , 5 killed 6 him 5 killed 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 it 8 and 19 had 11 it 12 would 12 would 13 not 12 would 14 have 13 not 14 have 14 have 15 vexed 15 vexed 16 them 17 if 18 we 18 we 19 had allo saw it [too] , and it vexed him . 1 allo 5 , 2 saw 3 it 2 saw 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 it 6 and 10 . 7 it 8 vexed 8 vexed 9 him then in our quarters [at] [hunno] we came to council [.] 1 then 7 we 2 in 4 quarters 2 in 7 we 3 our 4 quarters 7 we 8 came 8 came 9 to 9 to 10 council ['] [they] [said] [that] [rome] [was] [falling] [,] [and] [that] [we] [must] [join] [them] [.] they offered [me] [all] [south] [britain] to govern after they had taken a tribute out of it [.] 1 they 2 offered 2 offered 7 to 7 to 8 govern 8 govern 9 after 9 after 10 they 9 after 12 taken 10 they 11 had 11 had 12 taken 12 taken 14 tribute 12 taken 16 of 13 a 14 tribute 14 tribute 16 of 15 out 16 of 16 of 17 it ['] [i] [answered] [,] ["] [patience] [.] this [wall] is not weighed off like plunder [.] 1 this 3 is 3 is 5 weighed 4 not 5 weighed 5 weighed 6 off 5 weighed 7 like 7 like 8 plunder give me proof that [my] [general] is [dead] [.] ["] 1 give 3 proof 2 me 3 proof 3 proof 4 that 4 that 7 is " ['] [we] [are] [not] [merchants] [to] [bargain] [,] " [cried] [amal] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [moreover] [,] [i] [owe] [this] [man] [my] [life] [.] he shall have his proof [.] ["] 1 he 2 shall 2 shall 3 have 3 have 5 proof 4 his 5 proof he [threw] [across] [to] [me] [a] [letter] ( [well] [i] [knew] the seal ) [from] [maximus] [.] 1 he 8 ( 8 ( 13 seal 12 the 13 seal 13 seal 14 ) " ['] [we] [took] [this] [out] of the ship we sank , " he cried [.] 1 " 15 cried 7 of 9 ship 7 of 12 , 7 of 14 he 8 the 9 ship 9 ship 11 sank 10 we 11 sank 12 , 13 " 14 he 15 cried " [i] [cannot] [read] [,] [but] [i] [know] [one] [sign] [,] [at] [least] [,] [which] [makes] [me] [believe] [.] " 1 " 20 " he showed me a dark stain on the outer roll that my heavy heart perceived was the valiant blood [of] [maximus] [.] 1 he 2 showed 2 showed 3 me 2 showed 6 stain 2 showed 16 was 4 a 6 stain 5 dark 6 stain 6 stain 7 on 6 stain 16 was 7 on 10 roll 8 the 10 roll 9 outer 10 roll 10 roll 11 that 10 roll 15 perceived 11 that 14 heart 11 that 15 perceived 12 my 14 heart 13 heavy 14 heart 14 heart 15 perceived 16 was 19 blood 17 the 18 valiant 18 valiant 19 blood " ['] [read] [!] " [said] [amal] [.] 1 " 5 " " [read] , and [then] [let] [us] [hear] whose servants [you] [are] [!] ["] 1 " 4 and 3 , 4 and 4 and 10 servants 9 whose 10 servants ['] [said] [pertinax] [,] [very] [softly] [,] [after] [he] [had] [looked] [through] [it] [:] ["] [i] [will] [read] [it] [all] [.] listen , barbarians [!] ["] 1 listen 2 , 2 , 3 barbarians he read that [which] [i] [have] [carried] [next] [my] [heart] [ever] [since] [.] ['] 1 he 2 read 2 read 3 that parnesius drew from his neck [a] folded and spotted piece of parchment , and began in a hushed voice : 1 parnesius 14 and 1 parnesius 20 : 2 drew 3 from 2 drew 14 and 3 from 8 and 4 his 5 neck 5 neck 7 folded 5 neck 8 and 8 and 10 piece 8 and 11 of 9 spotted 10 piece 11 of 12 parchment 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 began 14 and 16 in 16 in 19 voice 17 a 19 voice 18 hushed 19 voice " ['] [enough] [,] ["] [said] [young] [amal] [;] ["] [there] is your proof [!] 1 " 12 is 12 is 14 proof 13 your 14 proof you must join us now [!] ["] 1 you 2 must 2 must 3 join 3 join 4 us 3 join 5 now ['] [pertinax] [looked] [long] [and] [silently] [at] [him] [,] [till] [that] [fair] [man] [blushed] [like] [a] [girl] [.] [then] [read] [pertinax] [:] the [three] mules [which] [i] [strove] [to] [drive] have torn me in pieces as [your] [father] prophesied [.] 1 the 3 mules 3 mules 9 have 9 have 10 torn 10 torn 11 me 10 torn 12 in 10 torn 14 as 12 in 13 pieces 14 as 17 prophesied the naked swords wait at the tent door to give me the death [i] [gave] [to] [gratian] [.] 1 the 3 swords 2 naked 3 swords 3 swords 4 wait 4 wait 5 at 5 at 8 door 6 the 8 door 7 tent 8 door 8 door 9 to 8 door 10 give 9 to 10 give 10 give 11 me 10 give 13 death 12 the 13 death " ['] [by] [the] [light] [of] [the] [sun] [,] " [amal] [broke] [in] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [this] [was] [in] [some] [sort] [a] [man] [!] we may have been mistaken in his servants [!] ["] 1 we 2 may 2 may 3 have 3 have 4 been 4 been 5 mistaken 5 mistaken 6 in 6 in 8 servants 7 his 8 servants ['] [and] [pertinax] [read] [on] [:] ["] [you] [gave] [me] [the] [time] [for] [which] [i] [asked] [.] if [i] [have] [failed] [to] [use] it [,] [do] [not] [lament] . 1 if 7 it 7 it 12 . we [have] gambled [very] [splendidly] [against] [the] [gods] , but they hold weighted dice , and [i] [must] pay the forfeit [.] 1 we 10 but 3 gambled 10 but 9 , 10 but 10 but 16 and 11 they 16 and 12 hold 13 weighted 12 hold 16 and 13 weighted 14 dice 15 , 16 and 16 and 19 pay 19 pay 21 forfeit 20 the 21 forfeit remember , [i] [have] [been] [;] [but] [rome] [is] [;] [and] [rome] [will] [be] [.] 1 remember 2 , tell [pertinax] [his] [mother] [is] [in] [safety] [at] [nicaea] , and her monies are in charge [of] [the] [prefect] at [antipolis] [.] 1 tell 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 monies 11 and 14 are 12 her 13 monies 14 are 15 in 15 in 16 charge 16 charge 20 at make my remembrances to [your] [father] and to [your] [mother] , [whose] friendship was great gain to me [.] 1 make 3 remembrances 1 make 16 gain 2 my 3 remembrances 3 remembrances 7 and 4 to 7 and 7 and 8 to 8 to 11 , 11 , 13 friendship 13 friendship 14 was 14 was 15 great 16 gain 17 to 17 to 18 me give also to [my] [little] [picts] and to the [winged] [hats] [such] messages [as] [their] [thick] [heads] [can] [understand] . 1 give 2 also 1 give 7 and 3 to 7 and 7 and 8 to 8 to 13 messages 9 the 13 messages 13 messages 20 . i would have [sent] [you] [three] [legions] [this] [very] [day] if all had gone [aright] [.] 1 i 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 11 if 11 if 12 all 11 if 14 gone 12 all 13 had 13 had 14 gone do not forget me [.] 1 do 2 not 1 do 3 forget 2 not 3 forget 3 forget 4 me we have worked together [.] 1 we 2 have 2 have 3 worked 3 worked 4 together [farewell] [!] [farewell] [!] [farewell] [!] ["] ['] [now] [,] [that] [was] [my] [emperor] ['s] [last] [letter] [.] ['] ( [the] [children] [heard] [the] [parchment] [crackle] [as] [parnesius] [returned] [it] to its place [.] [)] 1 ( 12 to 12 to 14 place 13 its 14 place " ['] [i] [was] [mistaken] [,] " [said] [amal] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [the] [servants] [of] [such] [a] [man] [will] [sell] [nothing] [except] [over] [the] [sword] [.] i am glad of it [.] ["] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 glad 3 glad 4 of 4 of 5 it he held out his hand to me [.] 1 he 2 held 2 held 3 out 2 held 5 hand 4 his 5 hand 5 hand 6 to 6 to 7 me " ['] [but] [maximus] [has] [given] [you] [your] [dismissal] [,] ["] said an elder [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 14 elder 13 an 14 elder " you are certainly free to serve or to rule [whom] you please [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 certainly 3 are 5 free 5 free 6 to 6 to 8 or 7 serve 8 or 8 or 9 to 8 or 10 rule 9 to 10 rule 10 rule 12 you 10 rule 13 please join [do] [not] [follow] join [us] [!] ["] 1 join 5 join " ['] [we] [thank] [you] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 7 " " [but] [maximus] [tells] [us] [to] [give] [you] [such] [messages] [as] [pardon] [me] [,] [but] [i] [use] [his] [words] [your] [thick] [heads] [can] [understand] [.] " 1 " 26 " he pointed through the door to the foot of a catapult wound up [.] 1 he 2 pointed 2 pointed 3 through 2 pointed 6 to 3 through 5 door 4 the 5 door 6 to 8 foot 7 the 8 foot 8 foot 9 of 9 of 11 catapult 10 a 11 catapult 11 catapult 12 wound 12 wound 13 up " ['] [we] [understand] [,] ["] said an elder [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 9 elder 8 an 9 elder " [the] [wall] [must] be [won] [at] a price [?] ["] 1 " 5 be 5 be 9 price 8 a 9 price ['] [they] [drank] [,] [and] [wiped] [their] [yellow] [beards] [in] [silence] [till] [they] [rose] [to] [go] [.] " ['] [think] [rather] [what] [theodosius] [may] [send] [,] " [i] [answered] [;] [and] [though] [they] [laughed] [,] [i] [saw] [that] [my] [chance] [shot] [troubled] [them] [.] 1 " 10 " ['] [only] [old] [allo] [lingered] [behind] [a] [little] [.] " ['] [you] [see] , " he said , winking and blinking [,] ["] [i] [am] [no] [more] than their dog [.] 1 " 8 said 5 , 6 " 5 , 7 he 7 he 8 said 8 said 11 and 9 , 11 and 10 winking 11 and 11 and 12 blinking 12 blinking 19 than 19 than 21 dog 20 their 21 dog when [i] [have] [shown] [their] [men] the secret short ways across our bogs , they will kick me like one [.] ["] 1 when 8 secret 7 the 8 secret 8 secret 9 short 8 secret 16 will 9 short 10 ways 9 short 11 across 11 across 14 , 12 our 13 bogs 13 bogs 14 , 14 , 15 they 16 will 17 kick 17 kick 18 me 17 kick 19 like 19 like 20 one " ['] [you] [think] so [?] 1 " 5 so woe is [me] [!] ["] [said] the [old] man [.] 1 woe 2 is 2 is 9 man 7 the 9 man " [i] [only] [wanted] [peace] [for] [my] [people] [,] ["] [and] he went out stumbling through the snow [behind] [the] [tall] [winged] [hats] [.] 1 " 12 he 12 he 13 went 13 went 14 out 14 out 15 stumbling 15 stumbling 16 through 16 through 18 snow 17 the 18 snow i had this from a [pict] prisoner [.] 1 i 2 had 2 had 3 this 2 had 4 from 4 from 7 prisoner 5 a 7 prisoner they were as much our spies as our enemies [,] for [the] [winged] [hats] [oppressed] them , and took their winter stores [.] 1 they 18 and 2 were 4 much 2 were 6 spies 2 were 7 as 2 were 18 and 3 as 4 much 5 our 6 spies 7 as 9 enemies 8 our 9 enemies 9 enemies 11 for 11 for 16 them 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 took 18 and 22 stores 20 their 22 stores 21 winter 22 stores ah , foolish [little] [people] [!] 1 ah 2 , 2 , 3 foolish ['] [then] [the] [winged] [hats] [began] [to] [roll] [us] [up] [from] [each] [end] [of] [the] [wall] [.] we had [trouble] [,] [too] , [with] [the] [forage] for the ponies [along] [the] [wall] . 1 we 2 had 2 had 16 . 6 , 10 for 6 , 16 . 10 for 12 ponies 11 the 12 ponies i kept ten , and so did [pertinax] [.] 1 i 5 and 2 kept 3 ten 2 kept 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 did 6 so 7 did we [lived] [and] slept in the saddle , riding east [or] west , and we ate our worn-out ponies [.] 1 we 13 , 4 slept 5 in 4 slept 13 , 5 in 12 west 6 the 7 saddle 6 the 12 west 7 saddle 8 , 8 , 10 east 9 riding 10 east 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 we 14 and 16 ate 16 ate 19 ponies 17 our 19 ponies 18 worn-out 19 ponies the [people] of the town [also] [made] [us] [some] [trouble] [till] [i] [gathered] [them] [all] in one quarter [behind] [hunno] [.] 1 the 3 of 3 of 5 town 4 the 5 town 5 town 16 in 16 in 18 quarter 17 one 18 quarter we [broke] [down] [the] [wall] [on] [either] [side] [of] [it] [to] [make] [as] [it] were [a] [citadel] [.] 1 we 15 were our men fought better in close order [.] 1 our 2 men 2 men 3 fought 3 fought 4 better 3 fought 5 in 5 in 7 order 6 close 7 order i think we fought in our sleep [.] 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 we 2 think 4 fought 3 we 4 fought 4 fought 5 in 5 in 7 sleep 6 our 7 sleep ['] [the] [winged] [hats] [fought] [like] [wolves] [all] [in] [a] [pack] [.] where they had suffered most , there they charged in most hotly [.] 1 where 2 they 1 where 4 suffered 1 where 6 , 1 where 8 they 2 they 3 had 3 had 4 suffered 4 suffered 5 most 7 there 8 they 8 they 9 charged 9 charged 10 in 9 charged 12 hotly 10 in 11 most this was hard for [the] [defenders] , but it held them from sweeping on [into] [britain] [.] 1 this 2 was 2 was 3 hard 3 hard 4 for 4 for 7 , 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 it 8 but 10 held 9 it 10 held 10 held 11 them 10 held 12 from 10 held 14 on 12 from 13 sweeping we wished for some record [.] 1 we 2 wished 2 wished 3 for 3 for 5 record 4 some 5 record ['] [and] [the] [fighting] [?] the fight was always [hottest] to left and right of the [great] statue of [roma] [dea] , [near] [to] [rutilianus] ['s] [house] . 1 the 2 fight 2 fight 3 was 3 was 4 always 3 was 6 to 6 to 8 and 7 left 8 and 8 and 9 right 8 and 10 of 10 of 13 statue 11 the 13 statue 13 statue 14 of 14 of 17 , 17 , 23 . i remember he said his sword was an oracle [!] 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 3 he 2 remember 4 said 3 he 4 said 4 said 6 sword 4 said 7 was 5 his 6 sword 6 sword 7 was 7 was 9 oracle 8 an 9 oracle " [let] [us] [consult] [the] [oracle] [,] ["] he would say , and put the handle against his ear , and shake his head [wisely] [.] 1 " 9 he 9 he 10 would 10 would 11 say 11 say 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 21 and 13 and 24 head 14 put 16 handle 14 put 17 against 14 put 21 and 15 the 16 handle 17 against 19 ear 18 his 19 ear 20 , 21 and 21 and 22 shake 23 his 24 head oh , [there] [were] [jests] [in] plenty [on] [the] [wall] [to] [take] [the] [place] [of] [food] [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 7 plenty ['] [we] [endured] [for] [two] [months] [and] [seventeen] [days] [always] [being] [pressed] [from] [three] [sides] [into] [a] [smaller] [space] [.] [several] [times] [allo] [sent] [in] [word] [that] [help] [was] [at] [hand] [.] we did not [believe] [it] , but it cheered our men . 1 we 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 12 . 3 not 6 , 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 it 7 but 9 cheered 8 it 9 cheered 9 cheered 11 men 10 our 11 men ['] [the] [end] [came] [not] [with] [shootings] [of] [joy] [,] [but] [,] [like] [the] [rest] [,] [as] [in] [a] [dream] [.] the [winged] [hats] [suddenly] [left] [us] [in] [peace] [for] [one] [night] [and] [the] next day [;] [which] is too long for [spent] men [.] 1 the 14 next 1 the 15 day 15 day 18 is 18 is 20 long 19 too 20 long 20 long 21 for 21 for 23 men we slept at first lightly , expecting to be roused , and then like logs , each where he lay [.] 1 we 2 slept 2 slept 4 first 2 slept 5 lightly 2 slept 7 expecting 2 slept 17 each 2 slept 18 where 3 at 4 first 6 , 7 expecting 7 expecting 8 to 7 expecting 12 and 7 expecting 16 , 8 to 12 and 9 be 10 roused 9 be 12 and 11 , 12 and 12 and 14 like 13 then 14 like 14 like 15 logs 18 where 19 he 18 where 20 lay 19 he 20 lay may you never need such sleep [!] 1 may 2 you 1 may 4 need 3 never 4 need 4 need 6 sleep 5 such 6 sleep when [i] waked our towers were full of [strange] , armed [men] , [who] [watched] [us] [snoring] [.] 1 when 13 , 3 waked 11 armed 4 our 5 towers 5 towers 6 were 6 were 7 full 7 full 8 of 8 of 10 , 10 , 11 armed 11 armed 13 , i roused [pertinax] , and we leaped up together . 1 i 4 , 2 roused 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 we 5 and 10 . 6 we 7 leaped 7 leaped 8 up 8 up 9 together " ['] [what] [?] ["] said a young man in clean [armour] [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 9 man 7 a 8 young 7 a 9 man 8 young 9 man 9 man 10 in 10 in 11 clean ["] [do] [you] [fight] [against] [theodosius] [?] [look] [!] ["] ['] [north] [we] [looked] [over] [the] [red] [snow] [.] no [winged] [hats] [were] [there] . 1 no 6 . south we looked over the white snow [,] and [behold] [there] [were] the [eagles] [of] [two] [strong] [legions] encamped [.] 1 south 2 we 2 we 3 looked 3 looked 4 over 4 over 19 encamped 5 the 7 snow 6 white 7 snow 7 snow 9 and 9 and 13 the 13 the 19 encamped east and west [we] [saw] [flame] and [fighting] , but [by] [hunno] all was still [.] 1 east 2 and 2 and 3 west 2 and 7 and 3 west 7 and 7 and 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 14 was 13 all 14 was 14 was 15 still " ['] [trouble] [no] [more] [,] ["] said the young man [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 11 man 9 the 11 man 10 young 11 man ["] [rome] ['s] [arm] [is] [long] [.] [where] [are] [the] [captains] [of] [the] [wall] [?] ["] ['] [we] [said] [we] [were] [those] [men] [.] " ['] [but] you are [old] and grey-haired [,] ["] [he] [cried] [.] 1 " 4 you 4 you 5 are 5 are 8 grey-haired 7 and 8 grey-haired " [maximus] [said] [that] [they] [were] [boys] [.] " 1 " 9 " " ['] [yes] [,] [that] [was] [true] [some] [years] [ago] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 12 " " [what] [is] [our] [fate] [to] [be] [,] [you] [fine] [and] [well-fed] [child] [?] " 1 " 15 " " ['] [i] [am] [called] [ambrosius] [,] [a] [secretary] [of] [the] [emperor] [,] ["] he answered [.] 1 " 15 he 15 he 16 answered " [show] [me] [a] [certain] [letter] [which] [maximus] [wrote] [from] [a] [tent] [at] [aquileia] [,] [and] [perhaps] [i] [will] [believe] [.] " 1 " 22 " if you choose to serve [theodosius] , he will give you [a] [legion] [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 choose 1 if 7 , 1 if 8 he 2 you 3 choose 3 choose 4 to 4 to 5 serve 8 he 9 will 9 will 10 give 10 give 11 you if it suits you to go to your homes , we will give you [a] [triumph] [.] ["] 1 if 2 it 1 if 3 suits 1 if 11 we 2 it 3 suits 3 suits 4 you 3 suits 5 to 5 to 6 go 7 to 9 homes 7 to 10 , 7 to 11 we 8 your 9 homes 11 we 12 will 12 will 13 give 13 give 14 you " ['] [oh] [,] [i] [see] you are [a] boy [,] ["] [said] [ambrosius] [.] 1 " 7 you 7 you 8 are 8 are 10 boy " [and] [you] [?] " [turning] [to] [me] [.] 1 " 5 " " ['] [we] [bear] [no] [ill-will] [against] [theodosius] [,] [but] [in] [war-] " [i] [began] [.] 1 " 13 " " ['] [in] [war] it is [as] it [is] [in] [love] [,] ["] said [pertinax] [.] 1 " 5 it 1 " 14 said 5 it 6 is 8 it 14 said " [whether] she [be] [good] [or] [bad] , [one] [gives] [one] ['s] [best] [once] [,] [to] [one] [only] [.] 1 " 3 she 3 she 8 , that given , there remains no second worth giving or taking [.] ["] 1 that 2 given 1 that 3 , 3 , 7 second 3 , 10 or 4 there 7 second 5 remains 7 second 6 no 7 second 7 second 8 worth 8 worth 9 giving 10 or 11 taking " ['] [that] [is] [true] [,] " [said] [ambrosius] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [i] [was] [with] [maximus] [before] [he] [died] [.] he warned [theodosius] that you would never serve him , and frankly [i] [say] [i] [am] sorry for [my] [emperor] . ["] 1 he 10 , 2 warned 4 that 2 warned 10 , 4 that 5 you 4 that 8 serve 5 you 6 would 6 would 8 serve 7 never 8 serve 8 serve 9 him 10 , 11 and 11 and 17 sorry 12 frankly 17 sorry 17 sorry 18 for 18 for 21 . " ['] [he] [has] [rome] [to] [console] [him] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 10 " " [i] [ask] [you] [of] [your] kindness [to] [let] [us] [go] [to] [our] [homes] [and] [get] [this] [smell] out [of] [our] [nostrils] [.] ["] 1 " 7 kindness 7 kindness 19 out ['] [none] [the] [less] [they] [gave] [us] [a] [triumph] [!] ['] ['] [it] [was] [well] [earned] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [throwing] [some] [leaves] [into] [the] [still] [water] [of] [the] [marlpit] [.] the black , oily circles spread dizzily as the children watched them [.] 1 the 5 circles 2 black 3 , 2 black 5 circles 4 oily 5 circles 5 circles 6 spread 6 spread 7 dizzily 6 spread 8 as 8 as 10 children 8 as 11 watched 9 the 10 children 10 children 11 watched 11 watched 12 them ['] [i] [want] [to] [know] [,] [oh] [,] [ever] [so] [many] [things] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [what] [happened] [to] [old] [allo] [?] [did] [the] [winged] [hats] [ever] [come] [back] [?] and what did [amal] do [?] ['] 1 and 2 what 2 what 3 did 3 did 5 do ['] [and] [what] [happened] [to] [the] [fat] [old] [general] [with] [the] [five] [cooks] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [and] [what] [did] [your] [mother] [say] [when] [you] [came] [home] [?] [...] ['] ['] [hst] [!] ['] [he] [whispered] [.] ['] [oh] [,] [mus] ['] [reynolds] [,] [mus] ['] [reynolds] [!] ['] [said] [hobden] [,] [under] [his] [breath] [.] ['] [if] [i] [knowed] [all] [was] [inside] [your] [head] [,] [i] ['d] [know] [something] [wuth] [knowin] ['] [.] mus ['] [dan] [an] ['] [miss] [una] , [come] [along] o ['] me [while] [i] [lock] up [my] liddle henhouse [.] ['] 1 mus 8 , 1 mus 11 o 11 o 13 me 11 o 17 up 17 up 19 liddle 19 liddle 20 henhouse [a] [pict] [song] we are [the] [little] [folk] [we] [!] 1 we 2 are too little to love or [to] hate [.] 1 too 2 little 2 little 3 to 2 little 5 or 3 to 4 love 5 or 7 hate leave us alone and you 'll see [how] [we] [can] [drag] [down] [the] [great] [!] 1 leave 2 us 1 leave 3 alone 1 leave 4 and 4 and 7 see 5 you 6 'll 6 'll 7 see we are the worm in the wood [!] 1 we 2 are 2 are 4 worm 2 are 5 in 3 the 4 worm 5 in 7 wood 6 the 7 wood we are the rot in the root [!] 1 we 2 are 2 are 4 rot 3 the 4 rot 4 rot 5 in 5 in 7 root 6 the 7 root we are the germ in the blood [!] 1 we 2 are 2 are 4 germ 3 the 4 germ 4 germ 5 in 5 in 7 blood 6 the 7 blood we are the thorn in the foot [!] 1 we 2 are 2 are 4 thorn 3 the 4 thorn 4 thorn 5 in 5 in 7 foot 6 the 7 foot mistletoe killing an oak [rats] gnawing cables [in] [two] [moths] [making] [holes] [in] [a] [cloak] [how] [they] [must] [love] [what] [they] [do] [!] 1 mistletoe 2 killing 1 mistletoe 6 gnawing 1 mistletoe 7 cables 2 killing 4 oak 3 an 4 oak no indeed [!] 1 no 2 indeed we are not strong , [but] [we] [know] [peoples] that [are] . 1 we 2 are 2 are 3 not 2 are 4 strong 4 strong 12 . 5 , 10 that 5 , 12 . yes , and we 'll guide [them] [along] , [to] smash and destroy you in [war] [!] 1 yes 2 , 2 , 3 and 3 and 4 we 3 and 9 , 4 we 5 'll 5 'll 6 guide 9 , 12 and 11 smash 12 and 12 and 13 destroy 13 destroy 14 you 13 destroy 15 in we shall be slaves just the same [?] 1 we 2 shall 2 shall 3 be 3 be 4 slaves 3 be 5 just 3 be 7 same 6 the 7 same we are [the] [little] [folk] [,] [we] [,] [etc] 1 we 2 are [hal] [o] ['] [the] [draft] a rainy afternoon drove [dan] [and] [una] [over] [to] [play] [pirates] [in] [the] [little] [mill] [.] 1 a 2 rainy 1 a 3 afternoon 2 rainy 3 afternoon 3 afternoon 4 drove he was dressed in a plum-coloured doublet and tight plum-coloured hose , and he drew busily in a red-edged book [.] 1 he 12 , 2 was 3 dressed 2 was 12 , 3 dressed 4 in 4 in 8 and 5 a 6 plum-coloured 6 plum-coloured 7 doublet 7 doublet 8 and 8 and 11 hose 9 tight 10 plum-coloured 10 plum-coloured 11 hose 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 he 13 and 15 drew 14 he 15 drew 15 drew 16 busily 15 drew 17 in 17 in 20 book 18 a 19 red-edged 18 a 20 book ['] [sit] [ye] [!] sit ye [!] ['] 1 sit 2 ye puck cried from a rafter overhead [.] 1 puck 2 cried 2 cried 3 from 2 cried 6 overhead 3 from 5 rafter 4 a 5 rafter 5 rafter 6 overhead ['] [see] [what] [it] [is] [to] [be] [beautiful] [!] sir [harry] [dawe] [pardon] , [hal] says [i] [am] the very image [of] [a] [head] [for] [a] [gargoyle] . ['] 1 sir 5 , 1 sir 19 . 5 , 7 says 7 says 12 image 10 the 11 very 10 the 12 image the man laughed and raised his dark velvet cap to the children , and his grizzled hair bristled out in a stormy fringe [.] 1 the 2 man 2 man 4 and 2 man 14 and 3 laughed 4 and 4 and 5 raised 4 and 9 cap 4 and 10 to 6 his 9 cap 7 dark 8 velvet 8 velvet 9 cap 9 cap 10 to 10 to 12 children 11 the 12 children 13 , 14 and 14 and 17 hair 14 and 18 bristled 15 his 17 hair 16 grizzled 17 hair 18 bristled 19 out 19 out 20 in 20 in 23 fringe 21 a 22 stormy 22 stormy 23 fringe he was old forty at least but his eyes [were] young [,] [with] [funny] [little] [wrinkles] [all] [round] [them] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 old 2 was 6 least 2 was 7 but 2 was 11 young 3 old 4 forty 5 at 6 least 7 but 9 eyes 8 his 9 eyes a satchel of embroidered leather hung from his broad belt [,] [which] [looked] [interesting] [.] 1 a 2 satchel 2 satchel 3 of 2 satchel 6 hung 3 of 5 leather 4 embroidered 5 leather 6 hung 7 from 7 from 10 belt 8 his 10 belt 9 broad 10 belt ['] [may] [we] [see] [?] ['] [said] [una] [,] [coming] [forward] [.] ['] [surely] [sure-ly] [!] ['] [he] [said] [,] [moving] [up] [on] [the] [window-seat] [,] [and] [returned] [to] [his] [work] [with] [a] [silver-pointed] [pencil] [.] ['] [oh] [,] [what] [a] [beauty] [!] ['] [cried] [dan] [.] ["] [ware] [fingers] [!] that blade is perilous [sharp] . 1 that 2 blade 2 blade 3 is 3 is 4 perilous 4 perilous 6 . i made it [myself] of the best [low] [country] cross-bow steel [.] 1 i 2 made 2 made 3 it 2 made 11 steel 3 it 5 of 5 of 10 cross-bow 6 the 7 best 6 the 10 cross-bow and [so] , [too] , [this] [fish] . 1 and 3 , 3 , 8 . 5 , 8 . when his back-fin travels to his tail so he swallows up the blade [,] [even] [as] [the] [whale] [swallowed] [gaffer] [jonah] [....y] 1 when 4 travels 1 when 7 tail 1 when 9 he 2 his 4 travels 3 back-fin 4 travels 4 travels 5 to 4 travels 7 tail 5 to 6 his 7 tail 8 so 9 he 10 swallows 10 swallows 11 up 11 up 13 blade 12 the 13 blade yes , and that 's my inkhorn . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 8 . 2 , 3 and 3 and 5 's 4 that 5 's 5 's 7 inkhorn 6 my 7 inkhorn i made the four silver saints round it [.] 1 i 2 made 2 made 6 saints 2 made 7 round 3 the 4 four 4 four 6 saints 5 silver 6 saints 7 round 8 it press [barnabas] 's head [.] 1 press 3 's 3 's 4 head the children gasped , for it fairly leaped from the page [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 gasped 3 gasped 5 for 4 , 5 for 5 for 6 it 6 it 8 leaped 7 fairly 8 leaped 8 leaped 9 from 9 from 11 page 10 the 11 page ['] [didn't] [you] [hate] [that] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [after] [a] [great] [many] [other] [questions] [.] ['] [i] [never] [thought] [on't] [.] i knew them [.] 1 i 2 knew 2 knew 3 them i worked for [them] [:] that was enough [.] 1 i 2 worked 2 worked 3 for 3 for 6 that 6 that 7 was 7 was 8 enough no wonder ['] [he] [stopped] [and] [laughed] [.] 1 no 2 wonder ['] [you] [became] [a] [great] [man] [,] [hal] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [they] [said] [so] [,] [robin] [.] even [bramante] [said] so [.] ['] 1 even 4 so ['] [why] [?] what did you do [?] ['] 1 what 2 did 2 did 3 you 3 you 4 do dan asked . 1 dan 2 asked 2 asked 3 . the artist looked at him queerly [.] 1 the 2 artist 2 artist 3 looked 3 looked 4 at 3 looked 6 queerly 4 at 5 him ['] [things] [in] [stone] [and] [such] [,] [up] [and] [down] [england] [.] you would not have heard of ['] em [.] 1 you 2 would 2 would 3 not 2 would 4 have 4 have 5 heard 5 heard 6 of 6 of 8 em to [come] [nearer] [home] [,] [i] [rebuilded] this [little] [st] [barnabas] ['] church of ours [.] 1 to 13 church 8 this 13 church 13 church 14 of 14 of 15 ours it cost me more trouble and sorrow than aught [i] ['ve] [touched] in my life [.] 1 it 2 cost 2 cost 3 me 2 cost 5 trouble 2 cost 6 and 2 cost 8 than 2 cost 13 in 4 more 5 trouble 6 and 7 sorrow 8 than 9 aught 8 than 13 in 13 in 15 life 14 my 15 life but ['] [twas] a sound lesson [.] ['] 1 but 6 lesson 4 a 5 sound 4 a 6 lesson ['] [um] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [we] ['ve] [had] [lessons] [this] [morning] [.] ['] ['] [i] ['ll] [not] [afflict] [ye] [,] [lad] [,] ['] [said] [hal] [,] [while] [puck] [roared] [.] ['] [pirate] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] he wriggled like a hooked fish [.] 1 he 2 wriggled 2 wriggled 3 like 3 like 6 fish 4 a 6 fish 5 hooked 6 fish ['] [even] [that] [andrew] [barton] [you] [were] [singing] [of] [on] [the] [stair] [just] [now] [.] ['] he dipped again in the inkwell , and held his breath over a sweeping line , as though he had forgotten everything else [.] 1 he 8 and 2 dipped 3 again 2 dipped 4 in 2 dipped 8 and 4 in 5 the 5 the 6 inkwell 6 inkwell 7 , 8 and 9 held 9 held 11 breath 9 held 12 over 9 held 18 though 10 his 11 breath 11 breath 12 over 12 over 15 line 13 a 14 sweeping 13 a 15 line 16 , 18 though 17 as 18 though 18 though 19 he 18 though 21 forgotten 19 he 20 had 20 had 21 forgotten 21 forgotten 22 everything 22 everything 23 else ['] [pirates] [don't] [build] [churches] [,] [do] [they] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [or] [do] [they] [?] ['] ['] [they] [help] [mightily] [,] ['] [hal] [laughed] [.] ['] [but] [you] [were] [at] [your] [lessons] [this] [morn] [,] [jack] [scholar] [.] ['] ['] [oh] [,] [pirates] [aren't] [lessons] [.] it was only [bruce] [and] [his] [silly] [old] [spider] [,] ['] said [una] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 only 2 was 12 said ['] [why] [did] [sir] [andrew] [barton] [help] [you] [?] ['] ['] [i] [question] [if] [he] [ever] [knew] [it] [,] ['] [said] [hal] [,] [twinkling] [.] ['] [robin] [,] [how] [a] ['] [mischief] ['s] [name] [am] [i] [to] [tell] [these] [innocents] [what] [comes] [of] [sinful] [pride] [?] ['] ['] [oh] [,] [we] [know] [all] [about] [that] [,] ['] [said] [una] [pertly] [.] ['] [if] [you] [get] [too] [beany] [that] ['s] [cheeky] [you] [get] [sat] [upon] [,] [of] [course] [.] ['] hal considered [a] [moment] [,] [pen] in [air] , [and] [puck] said [some] [long] [words] . 1 hal 2 considered 2 considered 7 in 7 in 9 , 9 , 12 said 12 said 16 . ['] [aha] [!] [that] [was] [my] [case] [too] [,] ['] [he] [cried] [.] ['] [beany] [you] [say] [but] [certainly] [i] [did] [not] [conduct] [myself] [well] [.] but [father] [roger] [sitting] in [merton] [college] [library] , he did not forget me [.] 1 but 5 in 1 but 10 he 5 in 9 , 10 he 11 did 11 did 12 not 11 did 13 forget 12 not 13 forget 13 forget 14 me ["] [out] [!] [son] [of] [my] [art] [!] ["] [said] [he] [.] " [fight] [the] [devil] [at] [home] [ere] [you] [call] [yourself] [a] [man] [and] [a] [craftsman] [.] " 1 " 17 " and [i] quaked , and [i] went [....v] 1 and 5 and 3 quaked 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 went [how] ['s] [yon] [,] [robin] [?] ['] he [flourished] [the] finished sketch [before] [puck] [.] 1 he 4 finished 4 finished 5 sketch ['] [me] [!] me [past] peradventure , ['] [said] [puck] , [smirking] like a man at a mirror [.] 1 me 3 peradventure 3 peradventure 4 , 4 , 8 , 8 , 10 like 10 like 12 man 11 a 12 man 12 man 13 at 13 at 15 mirror 14 a 15 mirror ['] [ah] [,] [see] [!] the rain [has] took off [!] 1 the 2 rain 2 rain 5 off 4 took 5 off i hate housen in daylight [.] ['] 1 i 2 hate 2 hate 3 housen 2 hate 4 in 4 in 5 daylight ['] [whoop] [!] holiday [!] ['] [cried] [hal] , leaping up [.] 1 holiday 6 , 6 , 7 leaping 7 leaping 8 up ['] [who] ['s] [for] [my] [little] [lindens] [?] we can talk there [.] ['] 1 we 2 can 2 can 3 talk 3 talk 4 there they tumbled downstairs , and turned past the dripping willows by the sunny mill-dam [.] 1 they 5 and 2 tumbled 3 downstairs 2 tumbled 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 turned 5 and 7 past 5 and 11 by 7 past 10 willows 8 the 10 willows 9 dripping 10 willows 10 willows 11 by 11 by 14 mill-dam 12 the 13 sunny 13 sunny 14 mill-dam ['] [body] [o] ['] [me] [,] ['] [said] [hal] [,] [staring] [at] [the] [hop-garden] [,] [where] [the] [hops] [were] [just] [ready] [to] [blossom] [.] ['] [what] [are] [these] [?] [vines] [?] no , not vines , and they twine the wrong way to beans . ['] 1 no 2 , 2 , 3 not 3 not 6 and 3 not 8 twine 4 vines 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 they 6 and 8 twine 8 twine 11 way 8 twine 12 to 9 the 11 way 10 wrong 11 way 11 way 12 to 12 to 13 beans 13 beans 14 . he began to draw in his ready book [.] 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 3 to 4 draw 4 draw 5 in 5 in 8 book 6 his 8 book 7 ready 8 book ['] [hops] [.] new [since] [your] [day] , ['] [said] [puck] [.] 1 new 5 , ['] [they] ['re] [an] [herb] [of] [mars] [,] [and] [their] [flowers] [dried] [flavour] [ale] [.] we say 1 we 2 say ['] [turkeys] [,] [heresy] [,] [hops] [,] [and] [beer] [came] [into] [england] [all] [in] [one] [year] [.] ['] ['] [heresy] [i] [know] [.] i 've [seen] [hops] [god] [be] praised for their beauty [!] 1 i 2 've 2 've 7 praised 7 praised 8 for 8 for 10 beauty 9 their 10 beauty what is [your] [turkis] [?] ['] 1 what 2 is the children laughed [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 laughed they [knew] [the] [lindens] [turkeys] [,] [and] [as] [soon] [as] [they] reached [lindens] [orchard] on the hill [the] [full] [flock] [charged] [at] [them] [.] 1 they 12 reached 12 reached 17 hill 15 on 16 the 16 the 17 hill [out] [came] [hal] ['s] [book] [at] [once] [.] ['] [hoity-toity] [!] ['] [he] [cried] [.] ['] [here] ['s] [pride] [in] [purple] [feathers] [!] here's wrathy contempt and [the] [pomps] of the [flesh] [!] 1 here's 2 wrathy 2 wrathy 3 contempt 3 contempt 4 and 4 and 7 of 7 of 8 the [how] [d'you] [call] [them] [?] ['] ['] [turkeys] [!] turkeys [!] ['] [the] [children] [shouted] [,] [as] [the] [old] [gobbler] [raved] and [flamed] [against] [hal] ['s] plum-coloured hose [.] 1 turkeys 13 and 13 and 19 hose 18 plum-coloured 19 hose ['] [save] [your] [magnificence] [!] ['] [he] [said] [.] ['] [i] ['ve] [drafted] [two] [good] [new] [things] [today] [.] ['] and he doffed his cap to the bubbling bird . 1 and 2 he 1 and 10 . 2 he 3 doffed 3 doffed 5 cap 3 doffed 6 to 4 his 5 cap 5 cap 6 to 6 to 9 bird 7 the 9 bird 8 bubbling 9 bird then they walked through the grass to the knoll [where] [little] [lindens] [stands] [.] 1 then 2 they 2 they 3 walked 3 walked 7 to 4 through 6 grass 5 the 6 grass 6 grass 7 to 7 to 9 knoll 8 the 9 knoll the old farmhouse , [weather-tiled] to the ground , [took] [almost] the colour of a blood-ruby in the afternoon light [.] 1 the 3 farmhouse 2 old 3 farmhouse 3 farmhouse 4 , 4 , 6 to 6 to 9 , 7 the 8 ground 8 ground 9 , 9 , 13 colour 12 the 13 colour 13 colour 14 of 14 of 16 blood-ruby 15 a 16 blood-ruby 16 blood-ruby 17 in 17 in 20 light 18 the 20 light 19 afternoon 20 light the old spaniel in his barrel barked once or twice to show he was in charge of the [empty] house . 1 the 3 spaniel 2 old 3 spaniel 3 spaniel 4 in 3 spaniel 7 barked 4 in 6 barrel 5 his 6 barrel 7 barked 9 or 7 barked 11 to 8 once 9 or 9 or 10 twice 11 to 12 show 12 show 13 he 12 show 14 was 13 he 14 was 14 was 15 in 15 in 16 charge 16 charge 17 of 17 of 20 house 18 the 20 house 20 house 21 . puck clicked back the garden-gate [.] 1 puck 2 clicked 2 clicked 3 back 2 clicked 5 garden-gate 4 the 5 garden-gate ['] [d'you] [marvel] [that] [i] [love] [it] [?] ['] [said] [hal] [,] [in] [a] [whisper] [.] ['] [what] [can] [town] [folk] [know] [of] [the] [nature] [of] [housen] [or] [land] [?] ['] the old man was cutting a faggot in his garden by the hives [.] 1 the 3 man 2 old 3 man 3 man 4 was 4 was 5 cutting 5 cutting 7 faggot 5 cutting 8 in 5 cutting 11 by 6 a 7 faggot 7 faggot 8 in 8 in 10 garden 9 his 10 garden 10 garden 11 by 11 by 13 hives 12 the 13 hives it was quite a second after his chopper fell that the chump of the blow reached their lazy ears [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 second 2 was 6 after 2 was 10 that 3 quite 4 a 4 a 5 second 6 after 8 chopper 6 after 9 fell 7 his 8 chopper 8 chopper 9 fell 10 that 12 chump 10 that 16 reached 11 the 12 chump 12 chump 13 of 12 chump 16 reached 13 of 15 blow 14 the 15 blow 16 reached 19 ears 17 their 19 ears 18 lazy 19 ears ['] [eh] [yeh] [!] ['] [said] [hal] [.] ['] [i] [mind] [when] [where] [that] [old] [gaffer] [stands] [was] [nether] [forge] [master] [john] [collins] ['s] [foundry] [.] many a night has his big trip-hammer shook me in my bed here [.] 1 many 3 night 2 a 3 night 3 night 4 has 4 has 5 his 4 has 13 here 6 big 7 trip-hammer 7 trip-hammer 8 shook 8 shook 9 me 8 shook 10 in 10 in 12 bed 11 my 12 bed 12 bed 13 here [boom-bitty] [!] [boom-bitty] [!] [if] [the] [wind] [was] [east] [,] [i] [could] [hear] [master] [tom] [collins] ['s] [forge] [at] [stockens] [answering] [his] [brother] [,] [boom-oop] [!] yes . 1 yes 2 . the valley was as full [o] ['] forges and fineries as a [may] shaw [o] ['] cuckoos [.] 1 the 2 valley 2 valley 9 and 3 was 8 forges 3 was 9 and 4 as 5 full 5 full 8 forges 9 and 10 fineries 9 and 11 as 9 and 17 cuckoos 11 as 14 shaw 12 a 14 shaw all gone to grass [now] [!] ['] 1 all 2 gone 2 gone 3 to 3 to 4 grass ['] [what] [did] [they] [make] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [guns] [for] [the] [king] ['s] [ships] [and] [for] [others] [.] serpentines and cannon [mostly] [.] 1 serpentines 2 and 2 and 3 cannon when the guns were cast , down would come [the] [king] 's [officers] , and take our plough-oxen to haul them to the coast [.] 1 when 6 , 2 the 3 guns 3 guns 6 , 4 were 5 cast 4 were 6 , 6 , 7 down 7 down 24 coast 8 would 9 come 8 would 15 and 12 's 14 , 12 's 15 and 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 take 15 and 19 to 16 take 18 plough-oxen 17 our 18 plough-oxen 19 to 20 haul 20 haul 21 them 20 haul 22 to 22 to 24 coast 23 the 24 coast [look] [!] here 's one of the first [and] finest [craftsmen] of the [sea] [!] ['] 1 here 2 's 2 's 3 one 3 one 4 of 4 of 8 finest 5 the 6 first 5 the 8 finest 8 finest 10 of 10 of 11 the he fluttered [back] a page of his book , and showed them a young man 's head [.] 1 he 2 fluttered 1 he 10 and 2 fluttered 5 page 2 fluttered 10 and 4 a 5 page 5 page 6 of 6 of 8 book 7 his 8 book 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 showed 11 showed 12 them 11 showed 17 head 13 a 14 young 13 a 15 man 14 young 15 man 15 man 16 's 16 's 17 head underneath was [written] [:] ['] [sebastianus] [.] ['] 1 underneath 2 was i drafted him thus sitting by our fire telling [mother] of the new lands [he] 'd find the far side the world [.] 1 i 2 drafted 2 drafted 3 him 2 drafted 4 thus 4 thus 5 sitting 5 sitting 6 by 5 sitting 16 'd 6 by 8 fire 7 our 8 fire 8 fire 9 telling 8 fire 11 of 11 of 14 lands 12 the 14 lands 13 new 14 lands 16 'd 17 find 17 find 20 side 17 find 22 world 18 the 20 side 19 far 20 side 21 the 22 world and he found them , too ! 1 and 3 found 2 he 3 found 3 found 4 them 3 found 6 too 5 , 6 too 6 too 7 ! there 's a nose to cleave through unknown seas [!] 1 there 2 's 2 's 4 nose 3 a 4 nose 4 nose 5 to 5 to 6 cleave 6 cleave 7 through 7 through 9 seas 8 unknown 9 seas cabot was [his] [name] [a] [bristol] [lad] half a foreigner [.] 1 cabot 2 was 2 was 10 foreigner 8 half 9 a 9 a 10 foreigner i set a heap by him [.] 1 i 2 set 2 set 4 heap 2 set 5 by 3 a 4 heap 4 heap 5 by 5 by 6 him he helped me to my church-building [.] ['] 1 he 2 helped 2 helped 3 me 2 helped 4 to 4 to 6 church-building 5 my 6 church-building ['] [i] [thought] [that] [was] [sir] [andrew] [barton] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [ay] [,] [but] [foundations] [before] [roofs] [,] ['] [hal] [answered] [.] ['] [sebastian] [first] [put] [me] [in] [the] [way] [of] [it] [.] they [cared] [not] [,] [and] [it] served me right , one split straw for my craft or my greatness [.] 1 they 7 served 7 served 14 for 8 me 11 one 9 right 10 , 9 right 11 one 11 one 12 split 12 split 13 straw 13 straw 14 for 14 for 17 or 15 my 16 craft 16 craft 17 or 17 or 19 greatness 18 my 19 greatness what [a] [murrain] [call] [had] [i] , they said [,] to mell [with] [old] [st] [barnabas] ['] [?] 1 what 7 , 7 , 9 said 8 they 9 said 9 said 11 to 11 to 12 mell only [sir] [john] [pelham] [up] yonder [at] [brightling] [bade] [me] heart-up [and] [go] [on] [.] 1 only 6 yonder 6 yonder 11 heart-up [yet] [how] [could] [i] [?] [did] [i] [ask] [master] [collins] [for] [his] [timber-tug] [to] [haul] [beams] [?] the oxen had gone [to] [lewes] [after] [lime] . 1 the 2 oxen 2 oxen 3 had 3 had 4 gone 4 gone 9 . did he promise me a set of iron cramps or ties for the roof [?] 1 did 2 he 1 did 3 promise 3 promise 4 me 3 promise 6 set 3 promise 12 for 5 a 6 set 6 set 7 of 7 of 10 or 8 iron 9 cramps 9 cramps 10 or 10 or 11 ties 10 or 12 for 12 for 14 roof 13 the 14 roof they never came to [hand] , or [else] they were spaulty or cracked [.] 1 they 3 came 2 never 3 came 3 came 4 to 4 to 6 , 6 , 7 or 7 or 9 they 7 or 12 or 9 they 12 or 10 were 11 spaulty 10 were 12 or 12 or 13 cracked so [with] everything [.] 1 so 3 everything nothing [said] [,] but [naught] [done] [except] [i] [stood] [by] [them] , and [then] [done] [amiss] [.] 1 nothing 4 but 4 but 12 , 12 , 13 and i thought the countryside was fair bewitched [.] ['] 1 i 2 thought 2 thought 5 was 3 the 4 countryside 4 countryside 5 was 5 was 7 bewitched 6 fair 7 bewitched ['] [it] [was] [,] [sure-ly] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [knees] [under] [chin] [.] ['] [did] [you] [never] [suspect] [ary] [one] [?] ['] ['] [not] [till] [sebastian] [came] [for] [his] [guns] [,] [and] [john] [collins] [played] [him] [the] [same] [dog] ['s] [tricks] [as] [he] ['d] [played] [me] [with] [my] [ironwork] [.] then [john] [collins] [would] shake [his] [head] [,] and vow he could pass no cannon for the [king] ['s] service that were not perfect [.] 1 then 5 shake 5 shake 9 and 9 and 10 vow 10 vow 16 for 10 vow 21 that 10 vow 22 were 11 he 12 could 12 could 13 pass 13 pass 15 cannon 14 no 15 cannon 15 cannon 16 for 16 for 20 service 17 the 20 service 21 that 22 were 22 were 23 not 22 were 24 perfect [saints] [!] [how] [sebastian] [stormed] [!] i know , for we sat on this bench sharing our sorrows inter-common [.] 1 i 2 know 2 know 4 for 3 , 4 for 4 for 5 we 5 we 7 on 6 sat 7 on 7 on 9 bench 8 this 9 bench 9 bench 10 sharing 10 sharing 13 inter-common 11 our 13 inter-common 12 sorrows 13 inter-common ['] [ah] [!] the pirate [!] ['] said [dan] [.] 1 the 2 pirate 2 pirate 5 said ['] [yes] [.] so [i] [took] ['] [em] [off] [the] [foundations] [,] [which] we were strengthening , and [went] [into] [the] [bell] [tavern] [for] a cup of ale [.] 1 so 11 we 1 so 14 , 11 we 12 were 12 were 13 strengthening 14 , 15 and 15 and 23 cup 22 a 23 cup 23 cup 24 of 24 of 25 ale and they all wagged their sinful heads , and agreed . 1 and 9 and 1 and 11 . 2 they 9 and 3 all 4 wagged 4 wagged 7 heads 4 wagged 9 and 5 their 7 heads 6 sinful 7 heads 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 agreed less [afraid] [of] [the] [devil] [than] [of] [me] as [i] [saw] later [.] 1 less 12 later 9 as 12 later ['] [when] [i] [brought] [my] [sweet] [news] [to] [lindens] [,] [sebastian] [was] [limewashing] [the] [kitchen-beams] [for] [mother] [.] he loved her like a son [.] 1 he 2 loved 2 loved 3 her 2 loved 4 like 4 like 6 son 5 a 6 son " ['] [cheer] [up] [,] [lad] , " he says [.] 1 " 10 says 7 , 8 " 7 , 9 he 9 he 10 says ["] [god] ['s] [where] [he] [was] [.] only [you] [and] [i] [chance] to be pure pute [asses] [.] 1 only 6 to 6 to 7 be 7 be 9 pute 8 pure 9 pute we 've been tricked [,] [hal] [,] [and] [more] [shame] to me , a sailor , that [i] did not guess [it] [before] [!] 1 we 2 've 2 've 3 been 3 been 4 tricked 4 tricked 11 to 11 to 16 , 12 me 13 , 13 , 15 sailor 13 , 16 , 14 a 15 sailor 16 , 17 that 17 that 19 did 19 did 20 not 20 not 21 guess meantime [andrew] [barton] hawks [off] [the] [port] [of] [rye] . 1 meantime 4 hawks 4 hawks 10 . and why [?] 1 and 2 why clear [as] the [irish] coast [at] [noonday] [!] ["] 1 clear 5 coast 3 the 5 coast ["] ['] [it] [is] [sure] [,] [large] [profit] [.] men 'll dare any gallows for that [.] 1 men 2 'll 2 'll 3 dare 3 dare 5 gallows 3 dare 6 for 4 any 5 gallows 5 gallows 6 for 6 for 7 that i have been a trader myself [,] ["] [says] [he] [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 been 3 been 5 trader 3 been 6 myself 4 a 5 trader " we must be upsides with ['] em for the honour of [bristol] [.] ["] 1 " 2 we 2 we 3 must 3 must 4 be 4 be 5 upsides 5 upsides 6 with 6 with 8 em 8 em 9 for 9 for 11 honour 10 the 11 honour 11 honour 12 of ['] [then] [he] [hatched] [a] [plot] [,] [sitting] [on] [the] [limewash] [bucket] [.] we [gave] [out] [to] [ride] o ['] [tuesday] to [london] [and] [made] [a] [show] [of] [taking] farewells of [our] friends [especially] [of] [master] [john] [collins] [.] 1 we 6 o 6 o 9 to 9 to 17 farewells 17 farewells 18 of 18 of 20 friends a thick mist , and a moon striking through [.] 1 a 2 thick 2 thick 3 mist 3 mist 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 moon 5 and 8 striking 6 a 7 moon 8 striking 9 through ['] [i] [had] [no] [sooner] [locked] [the] [tower-door] [behind] [us] [than] [over] [goes] [sebastian] [full] [length] [in] [the] [dark] [.] " ['] [pest] [!] ["] he says [.] 1 " 7 says 6 he 7 says ["] [step] [high] [and] [feel] [low] [,] [hal] [.] i 've stumbled over guns before [.] ["] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 stumbled 3 stumbled 4 over 3 stumbled 6 before 4 over 5 guns 5 guns 6 before no conceal [at] all [!] 1 no 2 conceal 2 conceal 4 all " ['] [there] ['s] [two] [demi-cannon] [my] [end] [,] " [says] [sebastian] [,] [slapping] [metal] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [they] ['ll] [be] [for] [andrew] [barton] ['s] [lower] [deck] [.] [honest] [honest] [john] [collins] [!] so this is his ware-house , his arsenal , his armoury ! 1 so 2 this 2 this 3 is 3 is 5 ware-house 4 his 5 ware-house 5 ware-house 8 arsenal 5 ware-house 11 armoury 6 , 8 arsenal 7 his 8 arsenal 8 arsenal 9 , 9 , 11 armoury 10 his 11 armoury 11 armoury 12 ! now [see] you [why] [your] [pokings] [and] [pryings] have raised [the] [devil] in [sussex] [?] 1 now 3 you 3 you 9 have 9 have 10 raised 10 raised 13 in you 've hindered [john] ['s] [lawful] trade for [months] , ["] and he laughed where he lay [.] 1 you 2 've 2 've 3 hindered 3 hindered 7 trade 3 hindered 8 for 8 for 10 , 10 , 12 and 12 and 13 he 12 and 14 laughed 13 he 14 laughed 14 laughed 15 where 15 where 16 he 15 where 17 lay 16 he 17 lay ["] ['] [aha] [!] [your] [devil] [has] [left] [his] [doublet] [!] does it become me [,] [hal] [?] " 1 does 2 it 1 does 3 become 3 become 4 me 4 me 8 " he draws it on and capers in the shafts of window-moonlight won'erful devilish-like [.] 1 he 5 and 2 draws 3 it 2 draws 4 on 2 draws 5 and 5 and 6 capers 5 and 7 in 7 in 9 shafts 8 the 9 shafts 9 shafts 10 of 10 of 13 devilish-like 11 window-moonlight 12 won'erful 12 won'erful 13 devilish-like " ['] [if] [you] ['d] [keep] [out] [the] [devil] [,] [shut] [the] [door] , " he whispered [.] 1 " 17 whispered 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 he 16 he 17 whispered " [and] [that] ['s] [another] [false] [proverb] [,] [hal] [,] [for] [i] [can] [hear] [your] [tower-door] [opening] [.] " 1 " 19 " ["] ['] [i] [locked] [it] [.] who [a-plague] has another key , then ? " 1 who 3 has 3 has 5 key 3 has 7 then 4 another 5 key 5 key 7 then 6 , 7 then 7 then 8 ? 8 ? 9 " i said . 1 i 2 said 2 said 3 . " ['] [all] [the] [congregation] [,] [to] [judge] [by] [their] [feet] , " he says [,] [and] [peers] [into] [the] [blackness] [.] 1 " 15 says 12 , 13 " 12 , 14 he 14 he 15 says ["] [still] [!] still , [hal] [!] 1 still 2 , [hear] ['] [em] [grunt] [!] that 's more [o] ['] [my] serpentines , [i] ['ll] [be] [bound] [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 more 2 's 7 serpentines 7 serpentines 8 , one two three four [they] bear [in] [!] 1 one 6 bear 2 two 6 bear 3 three 6 bear 4 four 6 bear faith , [andrew] equips [himself] [like] [an] [admiral] [!] 1 faith 2 , 1 faith 4 equips twenty-four [serpentines] in [all] [!] ["] 1 twenty-four 3 in ['] [as] [if] [it] [had] [been] [an] [echo] [,] [we] [heard] [john] [collins] ['s] [voice] [come] [up] [all] [hollow] [:] ["] [twenty-four] [serpentines] [and] [two] [demi-cannon] [.] that 's the [full] tally [for] [sir] [andrew] [barton] [.] ["] 1 that 2 's 2 's 5 tally 3 the 5 tally " ['] [courtesy] [costs] [naught] [,] " [whispers] [sebastian] [.] 1 " 7 " " [shall] [i] [drop] [my] [dagger] [on] [his] [head] [?] " 1 " 11 " " ['] [they] go [over] [to] [rye] [o] ['] [thursday] in the wool-wains [,] [hid] [under] [the] [wool-packs] [.] 1 " 4 go 4 go 11 in 11 in 13 wool-wains 12 the 13 wool-wains dirk [brenzett] meets them at [udimore] , as before [,] ["] [says] [john] [.] 1 dirk 3 meets 3 meets 4 them 3 meets 5 at 5 at 7 , 7 , 8 as 8 as 9 before ["] ['] [lord] [!] what a worn , handsmooth trade it is [!] ["] [says] [sebastian] [.] 1 what 6 trade 2 a 6 trade 3 worn 6 trade 4 , 5 handsmooth 5 handsmooth 6 trade 6 trade 7 it 6 trade 8 is 7 it 8 is " [i] [lay] we [are] [the] [sole] [two] [babes] [in] [the] [village] [that] have [not] [our] [lawful] share in the venture [.] ["] 1 " 4 we 4 we 14 have 14 have 18 share 18 share 19 in 19 in 20 the 20 the 21 venture ['] [there] [was] [a] [full] [score] [folk] [below] [,] [talking] [like] [all] [robertsbridge] [market] [.] we counted them by [voice] [.] 1 we 2 counted 2 counted 3 them 2 counted 4 by ['] [master] [john] [collins] [pipes] [:] ["] [the] [guns] [for] [the] [french] [carrack] [must] [lie] [here] [next] [month] [.] will , when [does] your young fool " [(] me , so please [you] ! ) " come back [from] [lunnon] [?] " 1 will 18 come 2 , 3 when 3 when 6 young 3 when 7 fool 3 when 16 ) 3 when 18 come 5 your 6 young 6 young 7 fool 7 fool 8 " 7 fool 10 me 7 fool 13 please 11 , 13 please 12 so 13 please 13 please 15 ! 16 ) 17 " 18 come 19 back 19 back 23 " " ['] [no] [odds] [,] " [i] [heard] [ticehurst] [will] [answer] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [lay] ['] [em] [just] [where] [you] ['ve] [a] [mind] [,] [mus] ['] [collins] [.] we 're all [too] [afraid] o ['] [the] [devil] to mell with the tower now [.] ["] 1 we 2 're 2 're 3 all 2 're 12 with 6 o 10 to 10 to 11 mell 11 mell 12 with 12 with 14 tower 13 the 14 tower 14 tower 15 now and the long knave laughed [.] 1 and 4 knave 1 and 5 laughed 2 the 4 knave 3 long 4 knave 4 knave 5 laughed " ['] [ah] [!] ['] [tis] [easy] [enow] [for] [you] [to] [raise] [the] [devil] [,] [will] [,] " [says] [another] [ralph] [hobden] [of] [the] [forge] [.] 1 " 18 " " ['aaa-men] [!] " [roars] [sebastian] [,] [and] [ere] [i] [could] [hold] [him] [,] [he] [leaps] [down] [the] [stairs] [won'erful] [devilish-like] [howling] [no] [bounds] [.] 1 " 4 " he had scarce time to lay out for the nearest than they ran [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 4 time 3 scarce 4 time 4 time 5 to 4 time 6 lay 5 to 6 lay 6 lay 7 out 7 out 8 for 7 out 11 than 8 for 10 nearest 9 the 10 nearest 11 than 12 they 11 than 13 ran 12 they 13 ran saints , [how] [they] [ran] [!] 1 saints 2 , we heard them pound on the door of [the] [bell] [tavern] , and then we ran too [.] 1 we 2 heard 2 heard 3 them 2 heard 4 pound 4 pound 5 on 5 on 7 door 6 the 7 door 7 door 8 of 8 of 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 then 13 and 15 we 13 and 16 ran 16 ran 17 too " ['] [what] ['s] [next] [?] ["] [says] [sebastian] [,] [looping] [up] [his] [cow-tail] [as] he leaped [the] [briars] . 1 " 16 he 16 he 17 leaped 17 leaped 20 . " [i] ['ve] [broke] [honest] [john] ['s] [face] [.] " 1 " 10 " " ['] [ride] [to] [sir] [john] [pelham] ['s] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 10 " " he is the only one that ever stood by me [.] ["] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 is 3 is 6 one 4 the 6 one 5 only 6 one 6 one 7 that 6 one 9 stood 7 that 9 stood 8 ever 9 stood 9 stood 10 by 10 by 11 me " ['wel-a-well] [!] ["] he says [.] 1 " 6 says 5 he 6 says ["] [i] ['ll] [see] [justice] [done] [before] [daylight] [.] what 's your complaint [?] 1 what 2 's 2 's 4 complaint 3 your 4 complaint master [collins] is [my] [old] [friend] [.] ["] 1 master 3 is " ['] [he] ['s] [none] [of] [mine] [,] " [i] [cried] [.] 1 " 9 " " ['] [ah] [,] [but] [ye] [see] [now] [they] [needed] [it] [for] [another] [use] [,] ["] says he [smoothly] [.] 1 " 17 says 17 says 18 he " [also] [they] [did] [my] [serpentines] [,] " [sebastian] [cries] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [i] [should] [be] [half] [across] [the] [western] [ocean] [by] [now] [if] [my] [guns] [had] [been] [ready] [.] but they 're sold to a [scotch] pirate by [your] [old] [friend] ["] 1 but 2 they 1 but 4 sold 2 they 3 're 3 're 4 sold 4 sold 5 to 4 sold 9 by 5 to 8 pirate 6 a 8 pirate " ['] [where] ['s] [your] [proof] [?] " [says] [sir] [john] [,] [stroking] [his] [beard] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] ['] [words] [!] words [only] , " [says] [sir] [john] [.] 1 words 3 , 3 , 4 " " [master] [collins] is [somewhat] [of] a liar [at] [best] [.] ["] 1 " 4 is 4 is 8 liar 7 a 8 liar " ['] [yours] [,] [manifestly] [,] " [says] [sir] [john] [.] 1 " 7 " " [you] [come] [with] [the] [king] ['s] [order] [for] ['] em [,] [and] [master] [collins] [casts] [them] in his foundry [.] 1 " 11 em 11 em 18 in 18 in 20 foundry 19 his 20 foundry what a coil to make of a mere act of neighbourly kindness , lad [!] ["] 1 what 3 coil 2 a 3 coil 3 coil 4 to 3 coil 5 make 3 coil 6 of 4 to 5 make 6 of 9 act 7 a 8 mere 7 a 9 act 8 mere 9 act 9 act 10 of 10 of 13 , 11 neighbourly 12 kindness 12 kindness 13 , 13 , 14 lad " ['] [i] [fear] [i] [have] [requited] [him] [very] [scurvily] [,] " [says] [sebastian] [,] [looking] [at] [his] [knuckles] [.] 1 " 12 " ["] [but] [what] [of] [the] [demi-cannon] [?] i could do with ['] em well , but they are not in [the] [king] ['s] [order] [.] ["] 1 i 2 could 2 could 3 do 3 do 4 with 4 with 6 em 6 em 13 in 7 well 8 , 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 they 9 but 11 are 10 they 11 are 11 are 12 not 11 are 13 in " ['] [kindness] [loving-kindness] [,] " [says] [sir] [john] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [questionless] [,] [in] [his] [zeal] [for] [the] [king] [and] [his] [love] [for] [you] [,] [john] [adds] [those] [two] [cannon] [as] [a] [gift] [.] ['] [tis] [plain] [as] [this] [coming] [daylight] [,] [ye] [stockfish] [!] ["] " ['so] [it] [is] [,] " [says] [sebastian] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [oh] [,] [sir] [john] [,] [sir] [john] [,] [why] [did] [you] [never] [use] [the] [sea] [?] you are lost ashore [.] ["] 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 lost 3 lost 4 ashore and he looked on him with great love [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 looked 2 he 3 looked 3 looked 4 on 3 looked 6 with 4 on 5 him 6 with 8 love 7 great 8 love " ['] [i] [do] [my] [best] [in] [my] [station] [.] " 1 " 11 " ye [surprise] [him] [,] [i] say , [cruelly] [.] " 1 ye 6 say 6 say 7 , 7 , 10 " ["] ['] [truth] [,] [sir] [john] [.] if you had seen him run [!] ["] [says] [sebastian] [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 4 seen 1 if 6 run 2 you 3 had 3 had 4 seen 4 seen 5 him are ye content , lads [?] ["] 1 are 2 ye 1 are 5 lads 3 content 4 , 3 content 5 lads " ['] [i] ['d] [commit] [any] [treason] [for] [two] [demi-cannon] [,] ['] said [sebastian] , and rubs [his] [hands] [.] 1 " 13 said 13 said 17 rubs 15 , 16 and 15 , 17 rubs " [ye] [have] [just] [compounded] [with] [rank] [treason-felony] [for] [the] [same] [bribe] [,] " [says] [sir] [john] [.] 1 " 14 " " [wherefore] [to] [horse] [,] [and] [get] [the] [guns] [.] " ['] 1 " 11 " ['] [but] [master] [collins] [meant] [the] [guns] [for] [sir] [andrew] [barton] [all] [along] [,] [didn't] [he] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [questionless] [,] [that] [he] [did] [,] ['] [said] [hal] [.] ['] [but] [he] [lost] [them] [.] ['] [and] [what] [did] [we] [i] [mean] [,] [what] [did] [our] [village] [do] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [oh] [!] bore it nobly nobly [,] ['] [cried] [hal] [.] 1 bore 2 it 1 bore 3 nobly 1 bore 4 nobly ['] [though] [they] [had] [tricked] [me] [,] [i] [was] [proud] [of] [them] [.] they came out of their housen , looked at that little army as though it had been a post , and went their shut-mouthed way [.] 1 they 7 , 2 came 4 of 2 came 7 , 3 out 4 of 4 of 6 housen 5 their 6 housen 7 , 21 and 8 looked 9 at 8 looked 14 though 8 looked 21 and 9 at 12 army 10 that 12 army 11 little 12 army 13 as 14 though 14 though 15 it 14 though 17 been 15 it 16 had 16 had 17 been 17 been 19 post 18 a 19 post 20 , 21 and 21 and 22 went 22 went 25 way 23 their 25 way 24 shut-mouthed 25 way never a sign [!] 1 never 3 sign 2 a 3 sign never a word [!] 1 never 3 word 2 a 3 word they 'd [ha] ['] perished sooner than [let] [brightling] overcrow [us] [.] 1 they 2 'd 2 'd 5 perished 5 perished 6 sooner 6 sooner 7 than 7 than 10 overcrow even that [villain] [,] [ticehurst] [will] [,] [coming] [out] [of] [the] [bell] for his morning ale , he [all] [but] runs [under] [sir] [john] ['s] [horse] [.] 1 even 2 that 2 that 21 runs 13 for 16 ale 13 for 17 , 13 for 18 he 14 his 16 ale 15 morning 16 ale 18 he 21 runs " " [ware] [,] [sirrah] [devil] [!] ["] [cries] [sir] [john] [,] [reining] [back] [.] 1 " 2 " " ['] [oh] [!] " [says] [will] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [market-day] [,] [is] [it] [?] and all the bullocks [from] [brightling] [here] [?] ["] 1 and 2 all 2 all 3 the 3 the 4 bullocks ['] [i] [spared] [him] [his] [belting] [for] [that] [the] [brazen] [knave] [!] ['] [but] [john] [collins] [was] [our] [masterpiece] [!] he happened along-street ( his jaw tied up [where] [sebastian] [had] [clouted] [him] ) [when] [we] were trundling the first demi-cannon through the lych-gate [.] 1 he 2 happened 2 happened 22 through 3 along-street 6 jaw 3 along-street 17 were 4 ( 6 jaw 5 his 6 jaw 6 jaw 7 tied 6 jaw 8 up 6 jaw 14 ) 17 were 18 trundling 18 trundling 21 demi-cannon 19 the 20 first 19 the 21 demi-cannon 21 demi-cannon 22 through 22 through 24 lych-gate 23 the 24 lych-gate " ['] [i] reckon you ['ll] [find] [her] [middlin] ['] [heavy] , " he says [.] 1 " 15 says 4 reckon 5 you 4 reckon 12 , 4 reckon 14 he 12 , 13 " 14 he 15 says ["] [if] [you] ['ve] [a] [mind] [to] [pay] [,] [i] ['ll] [loan] [ye] [my] [timber-tug] [.] she won't lie [easy] on ary wool-wain [.] ["] 1 she 2 won't 2 won't 3 lie 3 lie 5 on 5 on 7 wool-wain 6 ary 7 wool-wain ['] [that] [was] [the] [one] [time] [i] [ever] [saw] [sebastian] [taken] [flat] [aback] [.] he opened and shut his mouth , fishy-like . 1 he 7 , 2 opened 3 and 2 opened 7 , 3 and 4 shut 4 shut 6 mouth 5 his 6 mouth 7 , 8 fishy-like 8 fishy-like 9 . " ['] [no] [offence] [,] " [says] [master] [john] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [you] ['ve] [got] [her] [reasonable] [good] [cheap] [.] i [thought] [ye] might [not] [grudge] [me] [a] [groat] [if] [i] [helped] move her [.] ["] 1 i 4 might 4 might 13 move 13 move 14 her ah , he was a masterpiece [!] 1 ah 2 , 1 ah 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 6 masterpiece 5 a 6 masterpiece ['] [neither] [then] [nor] [later] [?] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [once] [.] ['] [twas] [after] [he] [gave] [st] [barnabas] ['] [the] [new] [chime] [of] [bells] [.] " [ask] [and] [have] " [was] [their] [song] [.] [)] 1 " 5 " we had [rung] ['] [em] [in] , and he was in the tower with [black] [nick] [fowle] , [that] gave [us] our rood-screen . 1 we 2 had 2 had 24 . 7 , 8 and 7 , 24 . 8 and 9 he 8 and 20 gave 9 he 10 was 10 was 11 in 11 in 13 tower 12 the 13 tower 13 tower 14 with 14 with 18 , 20 gave 23 rood-screen 22 our 23 rood-screen the old man pinches the bell-rope one hand and scratches his neck with t'other [.] 1 the 3 man 2 old 3 man 3 man 4 pinches 4 pinches 14 t'other 5 the 6 bell-rope 5 the 14 t'other 6 bell-rope 14 t'other 7 one 8 hand 8 hand 9 and 9 and 10 scratches 9 and 11 his 9 and 13 with 9 and 14 t'other 11 his 12 neck 12 neck 13 with " [sooner] she [was] [pulling] [yon] [clapper] [than] [my] [neck] , he says [.] 1 " 3 she 1 " 13 says 3 she 11 , 12 he 13 says that was all [!] 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 all that was [sussex] seely [sussex] [for] everlasting [.] ['] 1 that 2 was 2 was 4 seely 2 was 7 everlasting ['] [and] [what] [happened] [after] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [i] [went] [back] [into] [england] [,] ['] [said] [hal] [,] [slowly] [.] ['] [i] ['d] [had] [my] [lesson] [against] [pride] [.] but they tell me [i] [left] [st] [barnabas] ['] [a] [jewel] [just] [about] [a] [jewel] [!] 1 but 2 they 2 they 3 tell 3 tell 4 me [wel-a-well] [!] ['] [twas] [done] [for] [and] [among] [my] [own] [people] [,] [and] [father] [roger] [was] [right] [i] [never] [knew] [such] [trouble] [or] [such] [triumph] [since] [.] that 's the nature [o] ['] things [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 7 things 3 the 7 things 4 nature 7 things a dear dear land [.] ['] 1 a 4 land 2 dear 4 land 3 dear 4 land he dropped his chin on his chest [.] 1 he 2 dropped 2 dropped 4 chin 3 his 4 chin 4 chin 5 on 5 on 7 chest 6 his 7 chest ['] [there] ['s] [your] [father] [at] [the] [forge] [.] what 's [he] talking [to] [old] [hobden] about [?] ['] said [puck] [,] opening his hand with three leaves in it [.] 1 what 2 's 1 what 19 leaves 2 's 4 talking 4 talking 8 about 8 about 14 opening 11 said 14 opening 14 opening 16 hand 14 opening 17 with 15 his 16 hand 16 hand 17 with 17 with 18 three 19 leaves 20 in 20 in 21 it dan looked towards the cottage [.] 1 dan 2 looked 2 looked 3 towards 3 towards 5 cottage 4 the 5 cottage ['] [oh] [,] [i] [know] [.] it 's that old oak lying across the brook [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 5 oak 2 's 7 across 3 that 4 old 4 old 5 oak 5 oak 6 lying 5 oak 7 across 7 across 9 brook 8 the 9 brook [pater] [always] [wants] [it] [grubbed] [.] ['] in the still valley they could hear [old] [hobden] ['s] [deep] tones [.] 1 in 4 valley 1 in 5 they 2 the 4 valley 3 still 4 valley 5 they 6 could 6 could 7 hear 7 hear 12 tones ['] [have] [it] [as] [you] ['ve] [a] [mind] [to] [,] ['] [he] [was] [saying] [.] ['] [but] [the] [vivers] [of] [her] [roots] [they] [hold] [the] [bank] [together] [.] if you grub her out , the bank she 'll all come [tearin] ['] down , [an] ['] [next] floods the brook 'll swarve up [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 grub 1 if 22 brook 2 you 3 grub 3 grub 20 floods 4 her 20 floods 5 out 8 bank 5 out 16 , 5 out 20 floods 6 , 8 bank 7 the 8 bank 8 bank 9 she 8 bank 12 come 8 bank 16 , 9 she 10 'll 10 'll 12 come 11 all 12 come 12 come 15 down 21 the 22 brook 22 brook 23 'll 23 'll 24 swarve 24 swarve 25 up but [have] [it] [as] you ['ve] [a] mind . 1 but 5 you 1 but 9 . 5 you 8 mind the [mistuss] [she] [sets] [a] heap [by] [the] [ferns] [on] [her] trunk [.] 1 the 6 heap 6 heap 12 trunk ['] [oh] [!] i 'll think it [over] , ['] said [the] [pater] . 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 6 , 3 think 4 it 3 think 6 , 6 , 8 said 8 said 11 . una laughed a little bubbling chuckle [.] 1 una 2 laughed 2 laughed 6 chuckle 3 a 4 little 3 a 6 chuckle 4 little 6 chuckle 5 bubbling 6 chuckle ['] [what] [devil] ['s] [in] [that] [belfry] [?] ['] [said] [hal] [,] [with] [a] [lazy] [laugh] [.] ['] [that] [should] [be] [a] [hobden] [by] [his] [voice] [.] ['] ['] [why] [,] [the] [oak] [is] [the] [regular] [bridge] [for] [all] [the] [rabbits] [between] [the] [three] [acre] [and] [our] [meadow] [.] the best place for wires on [the] [farm] , [hobden] says [.] 1 the 2 best 1 the 3 place 3 place 4 for 3 place 11 says 4 for 5 wires 5 wires 6 on 6 on 9 , he 's got two there now [,] ['] [una] [answered] [.] 1 he 2 's 2 's 3 got 3 got 4 two 3 got 5 there 3 got 6 now 4 two 5 there ['] [he] [won't] [ever] [let] [it] [be] [grubbed] [!] ['] ['] [ah] [,] [sussex] [!] [a] [smugglers] ['] [song] watch the wall , my darling , [while] [the] [gentlemen] go [by] [!] 1 watch 3 wall 2 the 3 wall 3 wall 6 darling 4 , 6 darling 5 my 6 darling 6 darling 7 , 7 , 11 go if you meet [king] [george] ['s] men , dressed in blue [and] [red] , [you] be careful what you say , and [mindful] what is said . 1 if 2 you 1 if 14 , 1 if 19 you 2 you 8 , 3 meet 7 men 3 meet 8 , 8 , 9 dressed 8 , 10 in 10 in 11 blue 14 , 16 be 16 be 17 careful 17 careful 18 what 19 you 20 say 20 say 21 , 21 , 22 and 22 and 24 what 22 and 27 . 24 what 25 is 25 is 26 said knocks [and] [footsteps] [round] the [house] [whistles] [after] dark [you] ['ve] [no] [call] [for] [running] [out] [till] [the] house-dogs bark [.] 1 knocks 20 bark 5 the 9 dark 5 the 20 bark 9 dark 19 house-dogs trusty 's here , [and] [pincher] ['s] here , [and] [see] [how] [dumb] [they] [lie] [they] [don't] [fret] [to] [follow] [when] [the] [gentlemen] [go] [by] [!] 1 trusty 2 's 2 's 8 here 3 here 4 , 4 , 8 here 8 here 9 , five-and-twenty [ponies] , [trotting] [through] the dark [brandy] [for] [the] [parson] , ['] [baccy] [for] [the] [clerk] . 1 five-and-twenty 3 , 3 , 18 . 6 the 7 dark 7 dark 12 , 12 , 18 . [them] [that] [asks] [no] [questions] [isn't] [told] [a] [lie] [watch] [the] [wall] [,] [my] [darling] [,] [while] [the] [gentlemen] [go] [by] [!] ['] [dymchurch] [flit] ['] [the] [bee] [boy] ['s] [song] [bees] [!] [bees] [!] hark to your bees [!] 1 hark 2 to 2 to 4 bees 3 your 4 bees a [maiden] [in] [her] glory , [upon] [her] [wedding-day] [,] [must] [tell] [her] [bees] [the] [story] , [or] [else] they 'll fly [away] . 1 a 5 glory 5 glory 6 , 6 , 24 . 17 , 20 they 17 , 24 . 20 they 21 'll 21 'll 22 fly fly away [die] [away] [dwindle] [down] and leave you [!] 1 fly 2 away 1 fly 7 and 7 and 8 leave 8 leave 9 you but [if] you don't deceive [your] [bees] , [your] [bees] will [not] [deceive] you . 1 but 3 you 1 but 8 , 3 you 4 don't 4 don't 5 deceive 8 , 15 . 11 will 14 you 14 you 15 . marriage , birth [or] [buryin] ['] , [news] [across] the seas , [all] you 're sad or merry in , [you] [must] [tell] [the] [bees] [.] 1 marriage 20 , 2 , 3 birth 2 , 7 , 2 , 12 , 7 , 11 seas 10 the 11 seas 12 , 14 you 14 you 15 're 15 're 17 or 16 sad 17 or 17 or 18 merry 18 merry 19 in 19 in 20 , don't you [wait] [where] [trees] [are] , [when] the lightnings [play] ; [nor] [don't] you [hate] [where] [bees] [are] [,] [or] [else] [they] ['ll] [pine] [away] . 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 27 . 7 , 10 lightnings 7 , 12 ; 9 the 10 lightnings 12 ; 15 you 15 you 27 . pine away [dwine] away [anything] to leave you [!] 1 pine 2 away 1 pine 4 away 1 pine 6 to 6 to 7 leave 7 leave 8 you but if you [never] [grieve] [your] [bees] [,] [your] [bees] 'll never grieve you [!] 1 but 3 you 2 if 3 you 3 you 11 'll 11 'll 13 grieve 12 never 13 grieve 13 grieve 14 you just at [dusk] , [a] soft [september] rain began to fall on the hop-pickers [.] 1 just 8 rain 2 at 4 , 2 at 8 rain 4 , 6 soft 8 rain 9 began 9 began 10 to 9 began 11 fall 10 to 11 fall 11 fall 12 on 12 on 14 hop-pickers 13 the 14 hop-pickers the mothers wheeled the bouncing perambulators out of the gardens ; bins were [put] [away] [,] and tally-books [made] up [.] 1 the 2 mothers 2 mothers 3 wheeled 3 wheeled 6 perambulators 3 wheeled 8 of 4 the 6 perambulators 5 bouncing 6 perambulators 6 perambulators 8 of 7 out 8 of 8 of 10 gardens 9 the 10 gardens 10 gardens 17 and 11 ; 12 bins 12 bins 13 were 13 were 17 and 17 and 18 tally-books 18 tally-books 20 up the [young] couples [strolled] [home] , [two] to each [umbrella] , and [the] single [men] [walked] [behind] [them] laughing [.] 1 the 3 couples 3 couples 6 , 6 , 12 and 8 to 9 each 9 each 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 19 laughing 14 single 19 laughing as he closed the shutter , the [oast-house] [seemed] dark [before] [the] day 's end , and he lit the candle in the lanthorn [.] 1 as 2 he 1 as 3 closed 1 as 6 , 1 as 24 lanthorn 2 he 3 closed 3 closed 5 shutter 4 the 5 shutter 6 , 17 and 7 the 10 dark 7 the 13 day 13 day 14 's 14 's 15 end 15 end 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 he 17 and 19 lit 19 lit 21 candle 20 the 21 candle 21 candle 22 in 22 in 23 the the children liked all these things because they knew them so well [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 liked 3 liked 4 all 3 liked 7 because 4 all 5 these 4 all 6 things 5 these 6 things 7 because 8 they 7 because 9 knew 8 they 9 knew 9 knew 10 them 9 knew 12 well 11 so 12 well they [only] guessed [it] [when] [bess] ['s] [stump-tail] [wagged] [against] [them] [.] 1 they 3 guessed a big voice began singing outside in the drizzle [:] 1 a 2 big 1 a 3 voice 2 big 3 voice 3 voice 4 began 4 began 5 singing 4 began 6 outside 4 began 7 in 5 singing 6 outside 7 in 9 drizzle 8 the 9 drizzle ['] [there] [can't] [be] [two] [people] [made] [to] [holler] [like] [that] [!] ['] [cried] [old] [hobden] [,] [wheeling] [round] [.] a man showed at the doorway [.] 1 a 2 man 2 man 3 showed 3 showed 4 at 4 at 6 doorway 5 the 6 doorway ['] [well] [,] [well] [!] they do say [hoppin] ['] ['] [ll] [draw] the very deadest [,] [and] [now] [i] [belieft] ['] [em] [.] 1 they 2 do 2 do 3 say 3 say 11 deadest 9 the 10 very 9 the 11 deadest [you] [,] [tom] [?] [tom] [shoesmith] [?] ['] hobden lowered his lanthorn [.] 1 hobden 2 lowered 2 lowered 4 lanthorn 3 his 4 lanthorn ['] [you] ['re] [a] [hem] [of] [a] [time] [makin] ['] [your] [mind] [to] [it] [,] [ralph] [!] ['] the stranger strode in three full inches taller than [hobden] [,] [a] grey-whiskered , brown-faced giant with clear blue eyes [.] 1 the 2 stranger 2 stranger 3 strode 3 strode 4 in 3 strode 17 with 4 in 7 inches 5 three 7 inches 6 full 7 inches 7 inches 8 taller 7 inches 17 with 8 taller 9 than 9 than 14 , 13 grey-whiskered 14 , 14 , 16 giant 15 brown-faced 16 giant 17 with 20 eyes 18 clear 19 blue 19 blue 20 eyes they shook hands , and the children could hear the hard palms rasp together [.] 1 they 5 and 2 shook 3 hands 2 shook 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 9 hear 6 the 7 children 7 children 8 could 8 could 9 hear 9 hear 12 palms 9 hear 13 rasp 10 the 12 palms 11 hard 12 palms 12 palms 13 rasp 13 rasp 14 together ['] [you] [ain't] [lost] [none] [o] ['] [your] [grip] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] ['] [was] [it] [thirty] [or] [forty] [year] [back] [you] [broke] [my] [head] [at] [peasmarsh] [fair] [?] ['] ['] [only] [thirty] [,] [an] ['] [no] [odds] ['] [tween] [us] [regardin] ['] [heads] [,] [neither] [.] you had it back at me with a hop-pole [.] 1 you 2 had 2 had 3 it 2 had 4 back 2 had 7 with 4 back 5 at 5 at 6 me 7 with 9 hop-pole 8 a 9 hop-pole how did we get home that night [?] 1 how 2 did 2 did 3 we 2 did 4 get 4 get 5 home 4 get 7 night 6 that 7 night [swimmin] ['] [?] ['] ['] [same] [way] [the] [pheasant] [come] [into] [gubbs] ['s] [pocket] [by] [a] [little] [luck] [an] ['] [a] [deal] [o] ['] [conjurin] ['] [.] ['] old [hobden] [laughed] [in] [his] [deep] chest [.] 1 old 7 chest see you ['ve] [not] forgot your way about the woods [.] 1 see 2 you 1 see 5 forgot 2 you 5 forgot 5 forgot 7 way 5 forgot 8 about 6 your 7 way 7 way 8 about 8 about 10 woods 9 the 10 woods d'ye do [any] [o] ['] [this] still [?] ['] 1 d'ye 7 still 2 do 7 still the stranger pretended to look along a gun [.] 1 the 2 stranger 2 stranger 3 pretended 3 pretended 4 to 3 pretended 5 look 4 to 5 look 5 look 6 along 6 along 8 gun 7 a 8 gun hobden answered with a quick movement of the hand as though he were pegging down a rabbit-wire [.] 1 hobden 2 answered 2 answered 3 with 2 answered 10 as 3 with 6 movement 4 a 6 movement 5 quick 6 movement 6 movement 7 of 7 of 9 hand 8 the 9 hand 10 as 12 he 10 as 13 were 11 though 12 he 12 he 13 were 13 were 14 pegging 13 were 15 down 15 down 17 rabbit-wire 16 a 17 rabbit-wire ['] [no] [.] that 's all that ['s] left me now [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 all 3 all 4 that 3 all 6 left 4 that 6 left 6 left 7 me 6 left 8 now age [she] [must] [as] [age] [she] [can] . 1 age 8 . an ' [what] 's your news since all these years [?] ['] 1 an 2 ' 2 ' 4 's 4 's 6 news 4 's 7 since 5 your 6 news 7 since 8 all 8 all 9 these 8 all 10 years 9 these 10 years ['] [oh] [,] [i] ['ve] [bin] [to] [plymouth] [,] [i] ['ve] [bin] [to] [dover] [i] ['ve] [bin] [ramblin] ['] [,] [boys] [,] [the] [wide] [world] [over] [,] ['] the man answered [cheerily] [.] 1 the 2 man 2 man 3 answered ['] [i] [reckon] [i] [know] [as] [much] [of] [old] [england] [as] [most] [.] ['] he turned towards the children and winked boldly [.] 1 he 6 and 2 turned 3 towards 2 turned 6 and 3 towards 5 children 4 the 5 children 6 and 7 winked 7 winked 8 boldly ['] [i] [lay] [they] [told] [you] [a] [sight] [o] ['] [lies] [,] [then] [.] i 've been [into] [england] [fur] [as] [wiltsheer] once [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 been 3 been 9 once i was [cheated] proper over a pair of [hedgin'-gloves] , ['] said [hobden] . 1 i 2 was 2 was 4 proper 4 proper 5 over 5 over 7 pair 6 a 7 pair 7 pair 8 of 8 of 10 , 10 , 12 said 12 said 14 . ['] [there] ['s] [fancy-talkin] ['] [everywhere] [.] you 've cleaved to your own parts [pretty] [middlin] ['] [close] [,] [ralph] [.] ['] 1 you 2 've 2 've 3 cleaved 3 cleaved 4 to 4 to 7 parts 5 your 6 own 5 your 7 parts ['] [can't] [shift] [an] [old] [tree] ['] [thout] [it] [dyin] ['] [,] ['] [hobden] [chuckled] [.] ['] [an] ['] [i] [be] [no] [more] [anxious] [to] [die] [than] [you] [look] [to] [be] [to] [help] [me] [with] [my] [hops] [tonight] [.] ['] the great man leaned against the brickwork of the roundel , and swung his arms abroad [.] 1 the 3 man 2 great 3 man 3 man 12 and 4 leaned 5 against 4 leaned 12 and 5 against 7 brickwork 6 the 7 brickwork 7 brickwork 8 of 8 of 10 roundel 9 the 10 roundel 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 swung 13 swung 15 arms 14 his 15 arms 15 arms 16 abroad ['] [hire] [me] [!] ['] [was] [all] [he] [said] [,] [and] [they] [stumped] [upstairs] [laughing] [.] ['] [who] [is] [it] [?] ['] una whispered [to] [the] [bee] [boy] [.] 1 una 2 whispered ['] [dunno] [,] [no] [more'n] [you] [if] [you] [dunno] [,] ['] [said] [he] [,] [and] [smiled] [.] the voices on the drying-floor talked and chuckled together , and the heavy footsteps moved back [and] forth [.] 1 the 2 voices 2 voices 3 on 2 voices 11 and 3 on 5 drying-floor 4 the 5 drying-floor 5 drying-floor 7 and 6 talked 7 and 7 and 8 chuckled 7 and 9 together 10 , 11 and 11 and 14 footsteps 11 and 15 moved 12 the 14 footsteps 13 heavy 14 footsteps 15 moved 16 back 15 moved 18 forth presently a hop-pocket dropped through the press-hole overhead , and stiffened and fattened as they shovelled it [full] [.] 1 presently 3 hop-pocket 2 a 3 hop-pocket 3 hop-pocket 10 and 4 dropped 5 through 4 dropped 8 overhead 4 dropped 10 and 6 the 7 press-hole 7 press-hole 8 overhead 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 and 10 and 14 as 11 stiffened 12 and 12 and 13 fattened 14 as 15 they 14 as 16 shovelled 15 they 16 shovelled 16 shovelled 17 it ['] [clank] [!] ['] [went] [the] [press] [,] [and] [rammed] [the] [loose] [stuff] [into] [tight] [cake] [.] ['] [gentle] [!] ['] [they] [heard] [hobden] [cry] [.] ['] [you] ['ll] [bust] [her] [crop] [if] [you] [lay] [on] [so] [.] you be as careless as [gleason] ['s] bull [,] [tom] [.] 1 you 2 be 2 be 4 careless 3 as 4 careless 4 careless 5 as 5 as 8 bull come [an] ['] [sit] by the fires [.] 1 come 5 by 5 by 7 fires 6 the 7 fires she 'll do now [.] ['] 1 she 2 'll 2 'll 3 do 3 do 4 now that 'll show you [the] [sort] [o] ['] [man] [i] [be.'again] [he] [winked] , and [again] the [bee] [boy] [laughed] [and] [una] stared [at] [dan] [.] 1 that 2 'll 2 'll 3 show 3 show 4 you 3 show 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 23 stared 17 the 23 stared ['] [i] [know] [what] [sort] [o] ['] [man] [you] [be] [,] ['] [old] [hobden] [grunted] [,] [groping] [for] [the] [potatoes] [round] [the] [fire] [.] ['] [do] [ye] [?] ['] tom went on behind his back [.] 1 tom 2 went 2 went 3 on 2 went 4 behind 4 behind 6 back 5 his 6 back ['] [middlin] ['] [well] [.] ['] old [hobden] [let] [himself] [down] [on] [the] [coals] [by] [the] fire-door [.] 1 old 11 fire-door ['] [i] [was] [courtin] ['] [my] [woman] [on] [the] [marsh] [that] [year] [.] carter [to] [mus] ['] [plum] [i] was [,] gettin ['] ten shillin 's week [.] 1 carter 7 was 7 was 9 gettin 9 gettin 11 ten 9 gettin 14 week 12 shillin 13 's 13 's 14 week mine was a [marsh] woman [.] ['] 1 mine 2 was 2 was 5 woman 3 a 5 woman ['] [won'erful] [odd-gates] [place] [romney] [marsh] [,] ['] [said] [tom] [shoesmith] [.] ['] [i] ['ve] [heard] [say] [the] [world] ['s] [divided] [like] [into] [europe] [,] [ashy] [,] [afriky] [,] [ameriky] [,] [australy] [,] [an] ['] [romney] [marsh] [.] ['] ['] [the] [marsh] [folk] [think] [so] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] ['] [i] [had] [a] [hem] [o] ['] [trouble] [to] [get] [my] [woman] [to] [leave] [it] [.] ['] ['] [where] [did] [she] [come] [out] [of] [?] i ['ve] forgot [,] [ralph] [.] ['] 1 i 3 forgot ['] [dymchurch] [under] [the] [wall] [,] ['] [hobden] [answered] [,] [a] [potato] [in] [his] [hand] [.] ['] [then] [she] ['d] [be] [a] [pett] [or] [a] [whitgift] [,] [would] [she] [?] ['] ['] [whitgift] [.] ['] hobden broke open the potato and ate it with the curious neatness of men who make most of their meals in the blowy open [.] 1 hobden 6 and 2 broke 3 open 2 broke 5 potato 2 broke 6 and 4 the 5 potato 6 and 7 ate 6 and 24 open 7 ate 8 it 7 ate 21 in 8 it 9 with 8 it 13 of 9 with 12 neatness 10 the 12 neatness 11 curious 12 neatness 13 of 14 men 14 men 15 who 14 men 16 make 15 who 16 make 16 make 17 most 17 most 18 of 18 of 20 meals 19 their 20 meals 21 in 23 blowy 22 the 23 blowy and she was a won'erful hand with bees . ['] 1 and 2 she 1 and 9 . 2 she 3 was 3 was 6 hand 3 was 7 with 4 a 5 won'erful 4 a 6 hand 5 won'erful 6 hand 6 hand 7 with 7 with 8 bees he cut away a little piece of potato and threw it out to the door . 1 he 9 and 2 cut 3 away 2 cut 6 piece 2 cut 9 and 4 a 5 little 4 a 6 piece 6 piece 7 of 7 of 8 potato 9 and 10 threw 10 threw 11 it 11 it 12 out 12 out 13 to 12 out 16 . 13 to 15 door 14 the 15 door ['] [ah] [!] i ['ve] [heard] [say] [the] [whitgifts] could see [further] through [a] [millstone] [than] [most] , ['] said [shoesmith] . 1 i 7 could 7 could 8 see 8 see 10 through 10 through 15 , 15 , 17 said 17 said 19 . ['] [did] [she] [,] [now] [?] ['] ['] [she] [was] [honest-innocent] [of] [any] [nigromancin] ['] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] ['] [only] [she] ['d] [read] [signs] [and] [sinnifications] [out] [o] ['] [birds] [flyin] ['] [,] [stars] [fallin] ['] [,] [bees] [hivin] ['] [,] [and] [such] [.] [an] [,] [she] ['d] [lie] [awake] [listenin] ['] [for] [calls] [,] [she] [said] [.] ['] ['] [that] [don't] [prove] [naught] [,] ['] [said] [tom] [.] ['] [all] [marsh] [folk] [has] [been] [smugglers] [since] [time] [everlastin] ['] [.] ['] [twould] [be] [in] [her] [blood] [to] [listen] [out] [o] ['] [nights] [.] ['] ['] [nature-ally] [,] ['] [old] [hobden] [replied] [,] [smiling] [.] ['] [i] [mind] [when] [there] [was] [smugglin] ['] [a] [sight] [nearer] [us] [than] [what] [the] [marsh] [be] [.] but that wasn't my woman 's trouble [.] 1 but 3 wasn't 2 that 3 wasn't 3 wasn't 7 trouble 4 my 5 woman 5 woman 6 's 6 's 7 trouble ['] [twas] [a] [passel] [o] ['] [no-sense] [talk] ['] [he] [dropped] [his] [voice] ['] [about] [pharisees] [.] ['] ['] [yes] [.] i 've [heard] [marsh] [men] [belieft] [in] ['] [em.'tom] looked [straight] at the [wide-eyed] children [beside] [bess] [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 10 looked 10 looked 12 at 12 at 15 children 13 the 15 children ['] [pharisees] [,] ['] [cried] [una] [.] ['] [fairies] [?] oh , [i] see [!] ['] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 4 see ['] [people] [o] ['] [the] [hills] [,] ['] [said] [the] [bee] [boy] [,] [throwing] [half] [of] [his] [potato] [towards] [the] [door] [.] ['] [there] [you] [be] [!] ['] [said] [hobden] [,] [pointing] [at] [him] [.] my boy [he] has her eyes and her out-gate sense [.] 1 my 2 boy 2 boy 4 has 4 has 7 and 5 her 6 eyes 6 eyes 7 and 7 and 10 sense 8 her 10 sense 9 out-gate 10 sense that 's what she called ['] [em] [!] ['] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 what 3 what 4 she 3 what 5 called 4 she 5 called ['] [and] [what] [did] [you] [think] [of] [it] [all] [?] ['] ['] [um] [um] [,] ['] [hobden] [rumbled] [.] ['] [but] [settin] ['] [that] [aside] [?] ['] [said] [tom] [,] [coaxingly] [.] ['] [i] [saw] [ye] [throw] [the] [good] [piece] [out-at-doors] [just] [now] [.] do ye believe or do ye [?] ['] 1 do 2 ye 1 do 4 or 3 believe 4 or 4 or 5 do 5 do 6 ye ['] [there] [was] [a] [great] [black] [eye] [to] [that] [tater] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [indignantly] [.] ['] [my] [liddle] [eye] [didn't] [see] [un] [,] [then] [.] it looked as if you meant it for for [any] [one] that might need it [.] 1 it 2 looked 2 looked 4 if 3 as 4 if 4 if 5 you 4 if 14 need 5 you 6 meant 6 meant 7 it 6 meant 8 for 8 for 12 that 9 for 12 that 12 that 13 might 13 might 14 need 14 need 15 it but [settin] ['] that aside , d'ye believe or do ye [?] ['] 1 but 6 , 1 but 9 or 4 that 5 aside 5 aside 6 , 6 , 7 d'ye 8 believe 9 or 9 or 10 do 10 do 11 ye ['] [i] [ain't] [sayin] ['] [nothin] ['] [,] [because] [i] ['ve] [heard] [naught] [,] [an] ['] [i] ['ve] [see] [naught] [.] now turn again [,] [tom] [.] 1 now 2 turn 2 turn 3 again what ['s] [your] say ? ['] 1 what 4 say 4 say 5 ? ['] [i] ['m] [like] [you] [.] i say nothin ['] [.] 1 i 2 say 2 say 3 nothin but [i] ['ll] [tell] [you] a tale , [an] ['] you can fit [it] as [how] you [please] . ['] 1 but 7 tale 1 but 8 , 6 a 7 tale 8 , 19 . 11 you 12 can 12 can 13 fit 13 fit 15 as 15 as 17 you 17 you 19 . ['] [passel] [o] ['] [no-sense] [stuff] [,] ['] [growled] [hobden] [,] [but] [he] [filled] [his] [pipe] [.] ['] [the] [marsh] [men] [they] [call] [it] [dymchurch] [flit] [,] ['tom] [went] [on] [slowly] [.] ['] [hap] [you] [have] [heard] [it] [?] ['] ['] [my] [woman] [she] ['ve] [told] [it] [me] [scores] [o] ['] [times] [.] dunno [as] [i] [didn't] [end] by belieftin ['] [it] [sometimes] [.] 1 dunno 6 by 6 by 7 belieftin hobden crossed over as he spoke , and sucked with his pipe at the yellow lanthorn flame [.] 1 hobden 8 and 2 crossed 3 over 2 crossed 8 and 4 as 5 he 5 he 7 , 6 spoke 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 sucked 9 sucked 10 with 10 with 12 pipe 11 his 12 pipe 12 pipe 13 at 13 at 17 flame 14 the 17 flame 15 yellow 17 flame 16 lanthorn 17 flame tom rested one great elbow on one great knee , where he sat among the coal [.] 1 tom 2 rested 2 rested 5 elbow 2 rested 6 on 3 one 5 elbow 4 great 5 elbow 5 elbow 6 on 6 on 9 knee 7 one 9 knee 8 great 9 knee 9 knee 11 where 10 , 11 where 11 where 12 he 11 where 13 sat 12 he 13 sat 13 sat 14 among 14 among 16 coal 15 the 16 coal ['] [have] [you] [ever] [bin] [in] [the] [marsh] [?] ['] [he] [said] [to] [dan] [.] ['] [only] [as] [far] [as] [rye] [,] [once] [,] ['] [dan] [answered] [.] ['] [ah] [,] [that] ['s] [but] [the] [edge] [.] ['] [the] [marsh] [is] [just] [about] [riddled] [with] [diks] [an] ['] [sluices] [,] [an] ['] [tide-gates] [an] ['] [water-lets] [.] you 've seen [how] [flat] [she] [is] [the] [marsh] [?] 1 you 2 've 2 've 3 seen you 'd think nothin ['] easier than to walk eend-on acrost [her] [?] 1 you 2 'd 2 'd 3 think 3 think 4 nothin 4 nothin 6 easier 6 easier 7 than 6 easier 8 to 8 to 9 walk 9 walk 10 eend-on 10 eend-on 11 acrost ah , but the diks [an] ['] the water-lets , [they] twists the roads about as ravelly as witch-yarn on the spindles . 1 ah 2 , 1 ah 23 . 2 , 3 but 3 but 5 diks 3 but 10 , 4 the 5 diks 5 diks 10 , 8 the 9 water-lets 9 water-lets 10 , 10 , 12 twists 12 twists 14 roads 12 twists 15 about 12 twists 18 as 13 the 14 roads 15 about 17 ravelly 16 as 17 ravelly 18 as 19 witch-yarn 19 witch-yarn 20 on 20 on 22 spindles 21 the 22 spindles so ye get all turned round in broad daylight [.] ['] 1 so 2 ye 1 so 3 get 2 ye 3 get 3 get 4 all 4 all 5 turned 4 all 6 round 6 round 7 in 7 in 9 daylight 8 broad 9 daylight ['] [that] ['s] [because] [they] ['ve] [dreened] [the] [waters] [into] [the] [diks] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] ['] [who] [was] [he] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [why] [,] [the] [marsh] [fever] [an] ['] [ague] [.] he ['ve] clapped [me] on the shoulder [once] [or] twice [till] [i] [shook] [proper] [.] 1 he 3 clapped 3 clapped 5 on 5 on 7 shoulder 6 the 7 shoulder 7 shoulder 10 twice a won'erful place for bees [an] ['] ducks ['] tis too [.] ['] 1 a 2 won'erful 1 a 3 place 2 won'erful 3 place 3 place 4 for 3 place 8 ducks 4 for 5 bees 8 ducks 10 tis 8 ducks 11 too ['] [an] ['] [old] [,] ['] [tom] [went] [on] [.] ['] [flesh] [an] ['] [blood] [have] [been] [there] [since] [time] [everlastin] ['] [beyond] [.] i [lay] [the] [marsh] [men] ought to know . 1 i 6 ought 6 ought 7 to 6 ought 9 . 7 to 8 know they [say] [there] [was] [always] [a] middlin ['] [few] [pharisees] to be seen [on] [the] [marsh] [.] 1 they 7 middlin 7 middlin 11 to 11 to 12 be 12 be 13 seen impident as rabbits , they was [.] 1 impident 2 as 1 impident 6 was 2 as 4 , 3 rabbits 4 , 4 , 5 they yes , [an] ['] [times] they 'd lock [the] [church] [doors] [against] [parson] an ['] clerk [of] [sundays] [.] ['] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 6 they 6 they 7 'd 7 'd 8 lock 8 lock 16 clerk 14 an 16 clerk ['] [that] ['] [ud] [be] [smugglers] [layin] ['] [in] [the] [lace] [or] [the] [brandy] [till] [they] [could] [run] [it] [out] [o] ['] [the] [marsh] [.] i 've told my woman so , ['] said [hobden] . 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 told 3 told 5 woman 3 told 6 so 4 my 5 woman 6 so 7 , 7 , 9 said 9 said 11 . ['] [i] ['ll] [lay] [she] [didn't] [belieft] [it] [,] [then] [not] [if] [she] [was] [a] [whitgift] [.] a won'erful choice [place] [for] [pharisees] , the [marsh] [,] [by] [all] accounts , [till] [queen] [bess] ['s] [father] [he] come in [with] [his] [reformatories] [.] ['] 1 a 2 won'erful 2 won'erful 3 choice 3 choice 7 , 7 , 13 accounts 7 , 14 , 8 the 13 accounts 14 , 21 come 21 come 22 in ['] [would] [that] [be] [a] [act] [of] [parliament] [like] [?] ['] hobden asked [.] 1 hobden 2 asked ['] [sure-ly] [.] [can't] [do] [nothing] [in] [old] [england] [without] [act] [,] [warrant] [an] ['] [summons] [.] he [got] [his] [act] allowed [him] , [an'] , they say , [queen] [bess] ['s] [father] [he] [used] [the] parish churches [something] [shameful] [.] 1 he 7 , 5 allowed 7 , 7 , 9 , 9 , 10 they 9 , 12 , 10 they 11 say 12 , 21 churches 20 parish 21 churches just [about] tore the gizzards out of [i] dunnamany [.] 1 just 3 tore 3 tore 5 gizzards 3 tore 7 of 4 the 5 gizzards 5 gizzards 7 of 6 out 7 of 7 of 9 dunnamany ['] [same] [as] [bees] [,] ['] [said] [the] [bee] [boy] [.] ['] [bees] [won't] [stay] [by] [a] [house] [where] [there] ['s] [hating] [.] ['] ['] [true] [,] ['] [said] [tom] [.] ['] [this] [reformatories] [tarrified] [the] [pharisees] [same] [as] [the] [reaper] [goin] ['] [round] [a] [last] [stand] [o] ['] [wheat] [tarrifies] [rabbits] [.] ['] [did] [they] [all] [see] [it] [that] [way] [?] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] ['] [all] [but] [one] [that] [was] [called] [robin] [if] [you] ['ve] [heard] [of] [him] [.] what are you laughin ['] at [?] ['tom] [turned] [to] [dan] [.] 1 what 2 are 1 what 6 at 2 are 3 you 2 are 4 laughin 2 are 6 at ['] [the] [pharisees] ['s] [trouble] [didn't] [tech] [robin] [,] [because] [he] ['d] [cleaved] [middlin] ['] [close] [to] [people] [,] [like] [.] but [flesh] [an] ['] [blood] [must] [always] [think] [of] their own concerns [,] [an] ' [robin] [couldn't] [get] [through] [at] ['] em , ye see [.] 1 but 22 em 1 but 23 , 1 but 24 ye 10 their 11 own 10 their 12 concerns 12 concerns 15 ' 15 ' 22 em 24 ye 25 see they thought it was tide-echoes off [the] [marsh] [.] ['] 1 they 2 thought 2 thought 3 it 2 thought 4 was 3 it 4 was 4 was 5 tide-echoes 4 was 6 off ['] [what] [did] [you] [what] [did] [the] [fai] [pharisees] [want] [?] ['] una asked [.] 1 una 2 asked ['] [a] [boat] [,] [to] [be] [sure] [.] their liddle wings could [no] [more] cross [channel] [than] [so] [many] [tired] [butterflies] [.] 1 their 3 wings 2 liddle 3 wings 3 wings 4 could 4 could 7 cross a boat [an] ['] a crew they desired to sail ['] em [over] to [france] , [where] yet awhile folks hadn't tore down [the] [images] [.] 1 a 2 boat 2 boat 6 crew 5 a 6 crew 6 crew 7 they 6 crew 22 tore 7 they 8 desired 8 desired 9 to 8 desired 22 tore 9 to 10 sail 10 sail 12 em 10 sail 14 to 14 to 16 , 16 , 19 awhile 18 yet 19 awhile 20 folks 21 hadn't 21 hadn't 22 tore 22 tore 23 down they couldn't abide [it] no shape [.] 1 they 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 abide 3 abide 6 shape 5 no 6 shape i don't know as you 've ever heard [say] [pharisees] [are] [like] [chickens] [?] ['] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 know 3 know 4 as 4 as 5 you 5 you 6 've 6 've 8 heard 7 ever 8 heard ['] [my] [woman] [used] [to] [say] [that] [too] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [,] [folding] [his] [brown] [arms] [.] ['] [they] [be] [.] they don't [mean] [it] [,] [an] ['] [flesh] [an] ['] [blood] [don't] know it [,] but that 's the truth [as] [i] ['ve] [heard] [.] 1 they 2 don't 2 don't 13 know 13 know 14 it 13 know 16 but 16 but 17 that 17 that 18 's 18 's 20 truth 19 the 20 truth it [lay] [on] [the] [marsh] [like] [thunder] . 1 it 8 . oh , [i] [lay] [they] sweated [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 6 sweated but they [was] [flesh] [an] ['] [blood] , [an] ['] [marsh] [men] before [all] [.] 1 but 2 they 1 but 8 , 8 , 13 before they reckoned the signs sinnified [trouble] [for] [the] [marsh] [.] 1 they 2 reckoned 2 reckoned 4 signs 3 the 4 signs 4 signs 5 sinnified so they looked for the meanin ['] in the sea or in the clouds far [an] ['] high up [.] 1 so 3 looked 2 they 3 looked 3 looked 4 for 3 looked 15 far 3 looked 18 high 3 looked 19 up 4 for 6 meanin 5 the 6 meanin 6 meanin 11 or 8 in 10 sea 8 in 11 or 9 the 10 sea 11 or 12 in 12 in 14 clouds 13 the 14 clouds they never thought to look near an ['] knee-high , where they could see naught [.] 1 they 3 thought 2 never 3 thought 3 thought 4 to 3 thought 12 they 3 thought 14 see 4 to 5 look 5 look 6 near 6 near 10 , 7 an 9 knee-high 9 knee-high 10 , 10 , 11 where 12 they 13 could 13 could 14 see 14 see 15 naught she had two sons one born blind [,] [an] ['] [t'other] [struck] [dumb] [through] [fallin] ['] [off] [the] [wall] [when] [he] [was] [liddle] [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 4 sons 2 had 7 blind 3 two 4 sons 4 sons 5 one 4 sons 6 born they [was] [men] grown , but not wage-earnin ['] , [an] ['] she worked for ['] em , keepin ['] bees and answerin ['] [questions] [.] ['] 1 they 4 grown 4 grown 23 answerin 5 , 7 not 5 , 22 and 6 but 7 not 7 not 8 wage-earnin 10 , 13 she 10 , 14 worked 10 , 18 , 13 she 14 worked 14 worked 15 for 15 for 17 em 18 , 19 keepin 18 , 22 and 19 keepin 21 bees 22 and 23 answerin ['] [what] [sort] [of] [questions] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] she felt [the] [trouble] [on] [the] [marsh] [same] [as] eels [feel] [thunder] [.] 1 she 2 felt 2 felt 10 eels she was a wise woman [.] ['] 1 she 2 was 2 was 5 woman 3 a 4 wise 3 a 5 woman 4 wise 5 woman ['] [my] [woman] [was] [won'erful] [weather-tender] [,] [too] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] ['] [i] ['ve] [seen] [her] [brish] [sparks] [like] [off] [an] [anvil] [out] [of] [her] [hair] [in] [thunderstorms] [.] but she never laid out [to] [answer] [questions] [.] ['] 1 but 2 she 1 but 4 laid 2 she 4 laid 3 never 4 laid 4 laid 5 out ['] [this] [woman] [was] [a] [seeker] [,] [like] [,] [an] ['] [seekers] [they] [sometimes] [find] [.] oh , what is it [?] ["] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 what 3 what 4 is 4 is 5 it ['] [three] [times] [she] [called] [,] [an] ['] [three] [times] [the] [tide-wave] [did] [her] [down] [.] she felt a liddle hand lay hold on her gown-hem [,] [an] ['] [she] [stooped] [to] [the] [pull] [o] ['] [that] [liddle] [hand] [.] ['] 1 she 2 felt 2 felt 7 hold 2 felt 8 on 3 a 7 hold 4 liddle 5 hand 5 hand 7 hold 6 lay 7 hold 7 hold 8 on 8 on 10 gown-hem 9 her 10 gown-hem tom [shoesmith] [spread] [his] [huge] [fist] [before] [the] [fire] [and] [smiled] [at] [it] [as] [he] went on [.] 1 tom 16 went 16 went 17 on " ['] [will] [the] [sea] [drown] [the] [marsh] [?] " she says [.] 1 " 12 says 10 " 11 she 11 she 12 says she was a [marsh] woman first [an] ['] [foremost] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 5 woman 2 was 6 first 3 a 5 woman " ['] [no] [,] " [says] [the] [liddle] [voice] [.] 1 " 5 " " [sleep] [sound] [for] [all] [o] ['] [that] [.] " 1 " 10 " " ['] [is] [the] [plague] [comin] ['] [to] [the] [marsh] [?] " she says [.] 1 " 14 says 12 " 13 she 13 she 14 says [them] [was] [all] [the] [ills] [she] [knowed] [.] ["] ['] [no] [.] sleep [sound] for all [o] ['] that , " says [robin] [.] 1 sleep 3 for 1 sleep 8 , 3 for 7 that 4 all 7 that 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 says " ['] [lend] [us] [your] [sons] [,] " [says] [all] [the] [pharisees] [.] 1 " 8 " " [give] ['] [em] [leave] [an] ['] [good-will] [to] [sail] [it] [for] [us] [,] [mother] [o] [mother] [!] " 1 " 19 " " ['] [one] ['s] [dumb] [,] [an] ['] [t'other's] [blind] [,] " she says [.] 1 " 14 says 12 " 13 she 13 she 14 says " [but] [all] [the] [dearer] [me] [for] [that] [;] [and] [you] ['ll] [lose] [them] [in] [the] [big] [sea] [.] " 1 " 20 " the voices just about pierced through her [;] [an] ['] there [was] children 's voices too [.] 1 the 2 voices 2 voices 5 pierced 3 just 4 about 4 about 5 pierced 5 pierced 6 through 5 pierced 11 there 5 pierced 15 voices 5 pierced 16 too 6 through 7 her 13 children 14 's 14 's 15 voices she stood out all [she] [could] [,] [but] [she] [couldn't] [rightly] [stand] [against] [that] [.] 1 she 2 stood 2 stood 3 out 3 out 4 all so [she] [says] [:] ["] [if] you [can] draw my sons for your job , [i'd] [not] hinder ['] em [.] 1 so 7 you 7 you 9 draw 9 draw 11 sons 10 my 11 sons 11 sons 12 for 12 for 15 , 13 your 14 job 14 job 15 , 15 , 20 em 18 hinder 20 em you can't ask no more of a [mother] [.] ["] 1 you 2 can't 2 can't 3 ask 3 ask 5 more 4 no 5 more 5 more 6 of 6 of 7 a tom [shoesmith] threw back his head and half shut his eyes [.] 1 tom 7 and 3 threw 4 back 3 threw 6 head 3 threw 7 and 5 his 6 head 7 and 9 shut 8 half 9 shut 9 shut 11 eyes 10 his 11 eyes ['] [eh] [,] [me] [!] ['] [he] [said] [.] ['] [she] [was] [a] [fine] [,] [valiant] [woman] [,] [the] [widow] [whitgift] [.] the [pharisees] [all] [about] [they] [hushed] [their] children [from] [cryin] ['] [an] ['] [they] waited [dumb-still] [.] 1 the 8 children 8 children 15 waited she was all their dependence [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 all 3 all 4 their 3 all 5 dependence 4 their 5 dependence ['] [thout] [her] [leave] [an] ['] [good-will] [they] [could] [not] [pass] [;] [for] [she] [was] [the] [mother] [.] so she shook like a aps-tree makin ['] up her mind [.] 1 so 2 she 1 so 3 shook 2 she 3 shook 3 shook 4 like 3 shook 9 up 4 like 7 makin 5 a 6 aps-tree 5 a 7 makin 6 aps-tree 7 makin 9 up 11 mind 10 her 11 mind ['] [last] [she] [drives] [the] [word] [past] [her] [teeth] [,] [an] ['] ["] [go] [!] ["] [she] [says] [.] " [go] [with] [my] [leave] [an] ['] [goodwill] [.] " 1 " 10 " ['] [i] [never] [heard] [she] [was] [all] [alone] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] ['] [i] [remember] [now] [.] the one [called] [robin] , [he] [stayed] with [her] , [they] [tell] . 1 the 2 one 2 one 5 , 5 , 8 with 8 with 10 , 10 , 13 . she was all too grieevious to listen to [his] promises . ['] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 all 3 all 5 grieevious 4 too 5 grieevious 5 grieevious 6 to 5 grieevious 8 to 6 to 7 listen 8 to 10 promises 10 promises 11 . ['] [ah] [!] she [should] [ha] ['] made her bargain beforehand [.] 1 she 5 made 5 made 6 her 5 made 7 bargain 7 bargain 8 beforehand i [allus] told my woman so ! ['] [hobden] [cried] [.] 1 i 3 told 3 told 5 woman 3 told 6 so 4 my 5 woman 6 so 7 ! ['] [no] [.] tom laughed softly [.] 1 tom 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 softly ['] [she] [done] [that] [.] yes , she done [that] [!] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 3 she 3 she 4 done folks come out [fresh] an ['] shinin ['] all [over] [the] [marsh] [like] [snails] [after] wet [.] 1 folks 2 come 2 come 3 out 3 out 7 shinin 5 an 7 shinin 7 shinin 9 all 7 shinin 16 wet an ' [that] [while] [the] [widow] [whitgift] [sat] grievin ['] [on] [the] [wall] [.] 1 an 2 ' 2 ' 9 grievin she might have belieft [us] she might have trusted her sons would be sent back [!] 1 she 2 might 2 might 3 have 3 have 4 belieft 4 belieft 6 she 4 belieft 14 sent 6 she 7 might 7 might 8 have 8 have 9 trusted 9 trusted 11 sons 9 trusted 14 sent 10 her 11 sons 11 sons 12 would 12 would 13 be 13 be 14 sent 14 sent 15 back she fussed [,] [no] [bounds] [,] [when] [their] [boat] [come] in [after] three days [.] ['] 1 she 2 fussed 2 fussed 11 in 11 in 14 days 13 three 14 days ['] [and] [,] [of] [course] [,] [the] [sons] [were] [both] [quite] [cured] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [no-o] [.] that would have been out [o] ['] nature [.] 1 that 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 been 4 been 8 nature 5 out 8 nature she got ['] [em] back as she sent ['] [em] [.] 1 she 2 got 2 got 5 back 2 got 6 as 6 as 7 she 6 as 8 sent 7 she 8 sent the blind man he hadn't seen naught of anythin ['] , [an] ['] the dumb man nature-ally [he] couldn't say aught of what he 'd seen [.] 1 the 3 man 2 blind 3 man 3 man 4 he 3 man 16 man 3 man 19 couldn't 4 he 5 hadn't 5 hadn't 6 seen 6 seen 7 naught 6 seen 16 man 7 naught 8 of 8 of 11 , 9 anythin 11 , 11 , 15 dumb 14 the 15 dumb 16 man 17 nature-ally 19 couldn't 20 say 20 say 21 aught 21 aught 22 of 22 of 23 what 23 what 24 he 23 what 26 seen 24 he 25 'd 25 'd 26 seen i reckon that was [why] [the] [pharisees] pitched on ['] em for the ferryin ['] job [.] ['] 1 i 2 reckon 2 reckon 3 that 3 that 4 was 4 was 8 pitched 8 pitched 9 on 9 on 11 em 11 em 12 for 12 for 16 job 13 the 16 job 14 ferryin 16 job ['] [but] [what] [did] [you] [what] [did] [robin] [promise] [the] [widow] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [what] [did] [he] [promise] [,] [now] [?] ['] tom pretended to think . 1 tom 2 pretended 2 pretended 3 to 3 to 4 think 4 think 5 . ['] [wasn't] [your] [woman] [a] [whitgift] [,] [ralph] [?] didn't she ever say ? ['] 1 didn't 2 she 1 didn't 4 say 3 ever 4 say 4 say 5 ? ['] [she] [told] [me] [a] [passel] [o] ['] [no-sense] [stuff] [when] [he] [was] [born] [.] ['] hobden pointed at his son [.] 1 hobden 2 pointed 2 pointed 3 at 3 at 5 son 4 his 5 son ['] [there] [was] [always] [to] [be] [one] [of] ['] [em] [that] [could] [see] [further] [into] [a] [millstone] [than] [most] [.] ['] ['] [me] [!] that 's me [!] ['] [said] [the] [bee] [boy] [so] [suddenly] [that] [they] [all] [laughed] [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 me ['] [i] ['ve] [got] [it] [now] [!] ['] [cried] [tom] [,] [slapping] [his] [knee] [.] ['] [they] [was] [the] [exact] [words] [she] [told] [me] [when] [we] [first] [found] [he] [wasn't] [like] [others] [.] but it beats [me] [how] you known ['] em , ['] said [hobden] . 1 but 2 it 1 but 10 , 2 it 3 beats 3 beats 9 em 6 you 9 em 7 known 9 em 10 , 12 said 12 said 14 . ['] [aha] [!] there 's more [under] my hat besides hair [?] ['] 1 there 2 's 2 's 3 more 2 's 6 hat 2 's 7 besides 5 my 6 hat 7 besides 8 hair tom laughed and stretched himself [.] 1 tom 3 and 2 laughed 3 and 3 and 4 stretched 3 and 5 himself [an] ['] [where] [might] [you] [live] [?] ['] [he] [said] [,] [gravely] [,] [to] [dan] [.] ['] [an] ['] [do] [you] [think] [your] [pa] ['] [ud] [give] [me] [a] [drink] [for] [takin] ['] [you] [there] [,] [missy] [?] ['] they giggled so at this that [they] had to run out [.] 1 they 2 giggled 2 giggled 3 so 3 so 6 that 3 so 8 had 4 at 5 this 4 at 6 that 6 that 8 had 8 had 9 to 8 had 10 run 9 to 10 run 10 run 11 out ['] [oh] [,] [puck] [!] [puck] [!] i guessed you right [from] when you talked about the salt [.] 1 i 2 guessed 2 guessed 3 you 2 guessed 4 right 2 guessed 6 when 6 when 7 you 6 when 8 talked 7 you 8 talked 8 talked 9 about 9 about 11 salt 10 the 11 salt how could you ever do it [?] ['] 1 how 2 could 2 could 3 you 2 could 5 do 4 ever 5 do 5 do 6 it una cried , swinging along delighted [.] 1 una 2 cried 2 cried 3 , 2 cried 4 swinging 2 cried 6 delighted 4 swinging 5 along 4 swinging 6 delighted ['] [do] [what] [?] ['] [he] [said] [,] [and] [climbed] [the] [stile] [by] [the] [pollard] [oak] [.] tom was [almost] running . 1 tom 2 was 2 was 4 running 4 running 5 . ['] [yes] [.] ['] [here] [you] [be] [.] ['] he strode into the old kitchen yard , and slid them down as [ellen] [came] to ask questions [.] 1 he 9 and 2 strode 3 into 2 strode 9 and 3 into 7 yard 4 the 7 yard 5 old 7 yard 6 kitchen 7 yard 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 slid 9 and 13 as 10 slid 11 them 10 slid 12 down 13 as 16 to 16 to 17 ask 17 ask 18 questions ['] [i] ['m] [helping] [in] [mus] ['] [spray] ['s] [oast-house] [,] ['] [he] [said] [to] [her] [.] ['] [no] [,] [i] ['m] [no] [foreigner] [.] i knowed this country ['] fore your mother was born [;] [an] ['] [yes] , it 's dry work oastin ['] [,] [miss] [.] 1 i 2 knowed 2 knowed 6 fore 3 this 6 fore 4 country 6 fore 6 fore 8 mother 6 fore 9 was 6 fore 10 born 7 your 8 mother 8 mother 9 was 10 born 15 , 10 born 16 it 16 it 17 's 17 's 20 oastin 18 dry 19 work 19 work 20 oastin thank you [.] ['] 1 thank 2 you ellen went to [get] [a] [jug] , and the children went in [magicked] once more by [oak] [,] [ash] [,] [and] [thorn] [!] 1 ellen 2 went 2 went 3 to 3 to 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 children 8 and 11 went 9 the 10 children 10 children 11 went 11 went 12 in 11 went 14 once 11 went 15 more 11 went 16 by [a] [three-part] [song] i 've buried my heart in a ferny hill , [twix] ['] a liddle low shaw [an] ['] a great high gill [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 buried 3 buried 5 heart 3 buried 6 in 4 my 5 heart 6 in 10 , 7 a 8 ferny 8 ferny 9 hill 9 hill 10 , 10 , 22 gill 13 a 22 gill 14 liddle 22 gill 15 low 22 gill 16 shaw 22 gill 19 a 20 great 20 great 22 gill 21 high 22 gill oh , hop-bine yaller [an] ['] wood-smoke [blue] , [i] [reckon] you ['ll] [keep] [her] middling [true] ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 hop-bine 3 hop-bine 4 yaller 4 yaller 7 wood-smoke 7 wood-smoke 16 middling 9 , 12 you 9 , 16 middling 16 middling 18 ! i 've given my soul to the [southdown] grass , [an] ['] sheep-bells tinkled where you pass [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 given 3 given 5 soul 3 given 15 where 4 my 5 soul 5 soul 6 to 5 soul 14 tinkled 5 soul 15 where 6 to 10 , 7 the 9 grass 9 grass 10 , 10 , 13 sheep-bells 15 where 16 you 15 where 17 pass 16 you 17 pass oh , [firle] [an] ['] [ditchling] [an] ['] [sails] [at] [sea] , [i] reckon you keep [my] [soul] [for] me [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 12 , 12 , 14 reckon 14 reckon 15 you 15 you 16 keep 16 keep 20 me [the] [treasure] [and] [the] [law] song of the [fifth] [river] 1 song 2 of 2 of 3 the when [first] [by] [eden] [tree] [the] [four] [great] [rivers] [ran] [,] [to] each was [appointed] [a] [man] [her] [prince] [and] [ruler] to be . 1 when 13 each 13 each 14 was 14 was 22 to 22 to 23 be 23 be 24 . but [after] this was ordained , [(] the ancient legends [tell] [)] , [there] [came] dark [israel] , [for] [whom] [no] [river] [remained] . 1 but 3 this 1 but 13 , 3 this 4 was 4 was 5 ordained 6 , 10 legends 6 , 13 , 8 the 10 legends 9 ancient 10 legends 13 , 24 . 16 dark 18 , 18 , 24 . so it was said [and] [done] [.] 1 so 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 said he is [lord] of [the] [last] [the] [fifth] , [most] [wonderful] , [flood] . 1 he 2 is 2 is 4 of 4 of 9 , 9 , 14 . 12 , 14 . he hears [her] thunder [past] [and] [her] [song] [is] in his blood [.] 1 he 2 hears 2 hears 4 thunder 4 thunder 10 in 10 in 12 blood 11 his 12 blood he can foresay [:] ['] [she] [will] [fall] [,] ['] [for] [he] [knows] [which] [fountain] [dries] [behind] [which] desert-belt [a] thousand leagues [to] [the] [south] [.] 1 he 2 can 2 can 3 foresay 3 foresay 19 desert-belt 19 desert-belt 22 leagues 21 thousand 22 leagues he can foresay [:] ['] [she] [will] [rise] [.] ['] 1 he 2 can 2 can 3 foresay he knows what [far] [snows] [melt] [along] [what] [mountain-wall] [a] [thousand] [leagues] [to] [the] [north] [.] 1 he 2 knows 2 knows 3 what a [prince] [without] [a] [sword] [,] [a] [ruler] [without] [a] [throne] [;] [israel] [follows] his quest [.] 1 a 16 quest 15 his 16 quest in [every] [land] a guest , [of] [many] [lands] a lord , [in] no land [king] [is] [he] [.] 1 in 15 land 4 a 5 guest 4 a 15 land 5 guest 6 , 6 , 11 lord 6 , 12 , 10 a 11 lord 12 , 14 no but the [fifth] [great] [river] [keeps] [the] secret of [her] deeps [for] [israel] [alone] [,] [as] it was ordered to be . 1 but 8 secret 1 but 17 it 2 the 8 secret 8 secret 9 of 9 of 11 deeps 17 it 18 was 18 was 19 ordered 19 ordered 20 to 20 to 21 be 21 be 22 . now it was the third week in [november] , and the woods rang with the noise of pheasant-shooting [.] 1 now 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 6 week 4 the 6 week 5 third 6 week 6 week 7 in 7 in 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 13 rang 11 the 12 woods 12 woods 13 rang 13 rang 14 with 14 with 16 noise 15 the 16 noise 16 noise 17 of 17 of 18 pheasant-shooting dan [and] [una] [found] a couple of them [towling] round the kitchen-garden [after] [the] [laundry] cat [.] 1 dan 16 cat 5 a 6 couple 5 a 16 cat 6 couple 7 of 6 couple 8 them 7 of 8 them 8 them 10 round 10 round 12 kitchen-garden 11 the 12 kitchen-garden he headed for [far] [wood] , and [there] they [frightened] [out] [all] [the] [pheasants] , who were sheltering from a big beat across the valley [.] 1 he 2 headed 2 headed 3 for 3 for 15 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 they 7 and 15 , 15 , 16 who 16 who 17 were 17 were 18 sheltering 17 were 19 from 17 were 23 across 18 sheltering 19 from 19 from 22 beat 20 a 22 beat 21 big 22 beat 22 beat 23 across 23 across 25 valley 24 the 25 valley then [the] [cruel] [guns] [began] [again] , and they grabbed the beagles lest they should stray and get hurt [.] 1 then 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 they 8 and 10 grabbed 9 they 10 grabbed 10 grabbed 12 beagles 10 grabbed 13 lest 11 the 12 beagles 13 lest 14 they 13 lest 17 and 14 they 17 and 15 should 16 stray 15 should 17 and 17 and 18 get 18 get 19 hurt ['] [i] [wouldn't] [be] [a] [pheasant] [in] [november] [for] [a] [lot] [,] ['] [dan] [panted] [,] [as] [he] [caught] [folly] [by] [the] [neck] [.] ['] [why] [did] [you] [laugh] [that] [horrid] [way] [?] ['] ['] [i] [didn't] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] [sitting] [on] [flora] [,] [the] [fat] [lady-dog] [.] ['] [oh] [,] [look] [!] the silly birds are going back to their own woods instead of ours , where they would be safe [.] ['] 1 the 3 birds 2 silly 3 birds 3 birds 4 are 4 are 5 going 5 going 6 back 5 going 12 of 5 going 15 where 6 back 7 to 7 to 10 woods 8 their 9 own 8 their 10 woods 11 instead 12 of 12 of 13 ours 14 , 15 where 15 where 16 they 15 where 18 be 16 they 17 would 17 would 18 be 18 be 19 safe ['] [safe] [till] [it] [pleased] [you] [to] [kill] [them] [.] ['] an old [man] , [so] tall [he] [was] [almost] [a] [giant] , [stepped] [from] [behind] [the] [clump] of [hollies] [by] [volaterrae] [.] 1 an 2 old 2 old 6 tall 4 , 6 tall 6 tall 12 , 12 , 18 of the children jumped , and the dogs dropped like setters [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 jumped 2 children 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 dogs 5 and 8 dropped 6 the 7 dogs 8 dropped 9 like 9 like 10 setters then he looked at them steadily , and they stared back without doubt or fear [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 7 , 3 looked 4 at 3 looked 6 steadily 3 looked 7 , 4 at 5 them 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 stared 9 they 10 stared 10 stared 11 back 11 back 14 or 12 without 13 doubt 12 without 14 or 14 or 15 fear ['] [you] [are] [not] [afraid] [?] ['] [he] [said] [,] [running] [his] [hands] [through] [his] [splendid] [grey] [beard] [.] you see , [mr] [meyer] [will] fire [at] [rabbits] [.] 1 you 3 , 2 see 3 , 3 , 7 fire but he [gave] [waxy] [garnett] [a] quid [sovereign] , [i] [mean] and [waxy] [told] [hobden] he 'd have stood [both] barrels [for] [half] [the] [money] . ['] 1 but 2 he 2 he 9 , 7 quid 9 , 9 , 12 and 12 and 16 he 12 and 26 . 16 he 17 'd 17 'd 18 have 18 have 19 stood 19 stood 21 barrels ['] [he] [doesn't] [understand] [,] ['] [una] [cried] [,] [watching] [the] [pale] [,] [troubled] [face] [.] ['] [oh] [,] [i] [wish] ['] she had scarcely said it [when] [puck] [rustled] out of the hollies and spoke to the man quickly in foreign words [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 13 and 3 scarcely 4 said 4 said 5 it 4 said 10 of 4 said 13 and 5 it 10 of 9 out 10 of 10 of 12 hollies 11 the 12 hollies 13 and 14 spoke 14 spoke 15 to 14 spoke 18 quickly 14 spoke 19 in 15 to 17 man 16 the 17 man 19 in 21 words 20 foreign 21 words puck wore a long cloak [too] the afternoon was just frosting down [and] [it] [changed] [his] [appearance] [altogether] [.] 1 puck 2 wore 2 wore 5 cloak 2 wore 12 down 3 a 4 long 3 a 5 cloak 4 long 5 cloak 5 cloak 11 frosting 7 the 8 afternoon 8 afternoon 9 was 9 was 10 just 10 just 11 frosting ['] [nay] [,] [nay] [!] ['] [he] [said] [at] [last] [.] ['] [you] [did] [not] [understand] [the] [boy] [.] a freeman was a little hurt , by pure mischance , at the hunting [.] ['] 1 a 2 freeman 2 freeman 3 was 3 was 5 little 3 was 6 hurt 4 a 5 little 6 hurt 8 by 6 hurt 12 at 7 , 8 by 8 by 10 mischance 8 by 11 , 9 pure 10 mischance 12 at 14 hunting 13 the 14 hunting ['] [i] [know] [that] [mischance] [!] what did his lord do [?] 1 what 2 did 2 did 4 lord 2 did 5 do 3 his 4 lord laugh and ride over him [?] ['] [the] [old] [man] [sneered] [.] 1 laugh 2 and 2 and 3 ride 3 ride 4 over 4 over 5 him ['] [it] [was] [one] [of] [your] [own] [people] [did] [the] [hurt] [,] [kadmiel] [.] ['] puck 's eyes twinkled maliciously [.] 1 puck 2 's 2 's 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 twinkled 4 twinkled 5 maliciously ['] [so] [he] [gave] [the] [freeman] [a] [piece] [of] [gold] [,] [and] [no] [more] [was] [said] [.] ['] ['] [a] [jew] [drew] [blood] [from] [a] [christian] [and] [no] [more] [was] [said] [?] ['] kadmiel cried [.] 1 kadmiel 2 cried ['] [never] [!] when did they torture him [?] ['] 1 when 2 did 2 did 3 they 2 did 4 torture 4 torture 5 him ['] [no] [man] [may] [be] [bound] [,] [or] [fined] [,] [or] [slain] [till] [he] [has] [been] [judged] [by] [his] [peers] [,] ['] [puck] [insisted] [.] ['] [there] [is] [but] [one] [law] [in] [old] [england] [for] [jew] [or] [christian] [the] [law] [that] [was] [signed] [at] [runnymede] [.] ['] ['] [why] [,] [that] ['s] [magna] [charta] [!] ['] dan whispered [.] 1 dan 2 whispered it was one of the few history dates that he could remember [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 one 3 one 4 of 4 of 8 dates 5 the 6 few 6 few 8 dates 7 history 8 dates 8 dates 9 that 8 dates 12 remember 9 that 10 he 9 that 12 remember 10 he 11 could 11 could 12 remember kadmiel turned on him with a sweep and [a] whirr of his spicy-scented [gown] [.] 1 kadmiel 8 and 2 turned 3 on 2 turned 5 with 2 turned 8 and 3 on 4 him 5 with 7 sweep 6 a 7 sweep 8 and 10 whirr 10 whirr 11 of 11 of 13 spicy-scented 12 his 13 spicy-scented ['] [dost] [thou] [know] [of] [that] [,] [babe] [?] ['] [he] [cried] [,] [and] [lifted] [his] [hands] [in] [wonder] [.] ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [firmly] [.] ['] [magna] [charta] [was] [signed] [by] [john] [,] [that] [henry] [the] [third] [put] [his] [heel] [upon] [.] again [puck] [translated] to [kadmiel] in the [strange] [,] solemn-sounding language [,] [and] [at] [last] [kadmiel] [laughed] [.] 1 again 4 to 4 to 11 language 6 in 7 the 7 the 10 solemn-sounding 10 solemn-sounding 11 language ['] [out] [of] [the] [mouths] [of] [babes] [do] [we] [learn] [,] ['] [said] [he] [.] for he was [a] [king] . ['] 1 for 2 he 2 he 3 was 3 was 6 . dan looked sideways at his sister [.] 1 dan 2 looked 2 looked 3 sideways 2 looked 4 at 4 at 6 sister 5 his 6 sister it was her turn [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 turn 3 her 4 turn ['] [because] [he] [jolly] [well] [had] [to] [,] ['] [said] [una] [softly] [.] ['] [the] [barons] [made] [him] [.] ['] ['] [nay] [,] ['] [kadmiel] [answered] [,] [shaking] [his] [head] [.] ['] [you] [christians] [always] [forget] [that] [gold] [does] [more] [than] [the] [sword] [.] our [good] [king] [signed] [because] [he] [could] [not] [borrow] [more] money [from] [us] [bad] [jews] [.] ['] 1 our 11 money he curved his shoulders as he spoke [.] 1 he 2 curved 2 curved 4 shoulders 2 curved 5 as 3 his 4 shoulders 5 as 6 he 5 as 7 spoke 6 he 7 spoke that [was] [my] [work] [,] ['] he cried , triumphantly , to [puck] [.] 1 that 7 he 7 he 8 cried 8 cried 10 triumphantly 9 , 10 triumphantly 10 triumphantly 11 , 11 , 12 to ['] [spirit] [of] [earth] [,] [bear] [witness] [that] [that] [was] [my] [work] [!] ['] he shot up to his full towering height , and his words rang like a trumpet [.] 1 he 2 shot 2 shot 3 up 2 shot 4 to 4 to 16 trumpet 5 his 8 height 6 full 8 height 7 towering 8 height 8 height 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 words 10 and 13 rang 11 his 12 words 13 rang 14 like 14 like 16 trumpet 15 a 16 trumpet ['] [many] [people] [can] [bear] [witness] [to] [that] [,] ['] [puck] [answered] [.] ['] [tell] [these] [babes] [how] [it] [was] [done] [.] remember , [master] , they do not know [doubt] [or] [fear] [.] ['] 1 remember 2 , 2 , 4 , 4 , 5 they 4 , 8 know 5 they 6 do 6 do 7 not 6 do 8 know 7 not 8 know ['] [so] [i] [saw] [in] [their] [faces] [when] [we] [met] [,] ['] [said] [kadmiel] [.] ['] [yet] [surely] [,] [surely] [they] [are] [taught] [to] [spit] [upon] [jews] [?] ['] ['] [are] [they] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [much] [interested] [.] ['] [where] [at] [?] ['] puck [fell] back a pace , laughing [.] 1 puck 3 back 3 back 5 pace 4 a 5 pace 5 pace 7 laughing 6 , 7 laughing ['] [kadmiel] [is] [thinking] [of] [king] [john] ['s] [reign] [,] ['] [he] [explained] [.] ['] [his] [people] [were] [badly] [treated] [then] [.] ['] it stuck in [their] lesson-memory [that] [king] [john] [used] to pull [out] [jews] ['] teeth to make them lend [him] [money] [.] 1 it 2 stuck 2 stuck 3 in 3 in 5 lesson-memory 5 lesson-memory 10 to 10 to 11 pull 11 pull 15 teeth 15 teeth 16 to 16 to 17 make 17 make 18 them 17 make 19 lend kadmiel understood the look and smiled bitterly [.] 1 kadmiel 5 and 2 understood 4 look 2 understood 5 and 3 the 4 look 5 and 6 smiled 5 and 7 bitterly ['] [no] [.] your [king] [never] [drew] [my] teeth [:] [i] [think] , [perhaps] [,] [i] [drew] [his] [.] 1 your 6 teeth 6 teeth 10 , [listen] [!] i was not born [among] [christians] [,] [but] [among] [moors] in [spain] in a little white town [under] [the] [mountains] [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 4 born 4 born 11 in 4 born 13 in 13 in 17 town 14 a 17 town 15 little 16 white 16 white 17 town yes , [the] [moors] [are] [cruel] , but at least their learned men dare to think . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 7 , 7 , 8 but 8 but 10 least 8 but 13 men 8 but 17 . 9 at 10 least 11 their 13 men 12 learned 13 men 13 men 14 dare 14 dare 15 to 15 to 16 think it was [prophesied] of me at my birth that [i] should be [a] [lawgiver] [to] [a] [people] of a strange speech and a hard language [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 of 2 was 6 at 4 of 5 me 6 at 8 birth 7 my 8 birth 8 birth 9 that 8 birth 11 should 11 should 12 be 12 be 18 of 18 of 22 and 19 a 20 strange 20 strange 21 speech 21 speech 22 and 22 and 25 language 23 a 25 language 24 hard 25 language we [jews] are [always] [looking] [for] [the] [prince] [and] [the] [lawgiver] to come [.] 1 we 3 are 3 are 12 to 12 to 13 come why not [?] 1 why 2 not my [people] in the town [(] [we] [were] [very] [few] [)] [set] [me] [apart] [as] [a] [child] [of] [the] [prophecy] [the] [chosen] [of] [the] [chosen] [.] 1 my 5 town 3 in 4 the 4 the 5 town we [jews] dream so many dreams [.] 1 we 3 dream 3 dream 4 so 4 so 6 dreams 5 many 6 dreams he paced back [and] forth through the wood as he talked [.] 1 he 2 paced 2 paced 3 back 2 paced 5 forth 2 paced 6 through 2 paced 9 as 6 through 8 wood 7 the 8 wood 9 as 10 he 9 as 11 talked 10 he 11 talked the rattle of the shot-guns never ceased , and the dogs whimpered a little and lay flat on the leaves [.] 1 the 2 rattle 2 rattle 3 of 2 rattle 9 and 3 of 4 the 4 the 5 shot-guns 6 never 7 ceased 7 ceased 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 dogs 9 and 15 and 10 the 11 dogs 12 whimpered 14 little 12 whimpered 15 and 13 a 14 little 15 and 16 lay 15 and 17 flat 15 and 18 on 18 on 20 leaves 19 the 20 leaves ['] [i] [was] [a] [prince] [.] [yes] [!] [he] [!] such a [little] [prince] [it] [was] [!] 1 such 2 a one eye [he] [kept] [on] [the] [stone-throwing] [moorish] [boys] , and [the] [other] it roved about the streets [looking] [for] [his] [kingdom] . 1 one 2 eye 2 eye 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 14 it 11 and 23 . 14 it 15 roved 15 roved 16 about 16 about 18 streets 17 the 18 streets yes , and he learned to cry softly when he was hunted up and down those streets . 1 yes 2 , 2 , 3 and 3 and 4 he 3 and 18 . 4 he 5 learned 5 learned 6 to 5 learned 14 and 6 to 14 and 7 cry 8 softly 7 cry 9 when 7 cry 14 and 9 when 10 he 9 when 12 hunted 10 he 11 was 11 was 12 hunted 12 hunted 13 up 14 and 15 down 15 down 17 streets 16 those 17 streets he learned to do all things without noise [.] 1 he 2 learned 2 learned 3 to 2 learned 4 do 3 to 4 do 4 do 6 things 4 do 7 without 5 all 6 things 6 things 7 without 7 without 8 noise they came across the mountains , [from] out of all the world , for my [prince] ['s] father was their counsellor [.] 1 they 2 came 2 came 3 across 3 across 5 mountains 4 the 5 mountains 5 mountains 9 of 6 , 9 of 8 out 9 of 9 of 10 all 9 of 13 , 10 all 11 the 10 all 12 world 11 the 12 world 13 , 14 for 13 , 19 was 14 for 18 father 14 for 19 was 15 my 18 father 19 was 21 counsellor 20 their 21 counsellor they came from behind [the] [armies] [of] [sala-ud-din] [:] [from] [rome] [:] [from] [venice] [:] [from] [england] [.] 1 they 2 came 2 came 3 from 3 from 4 behind all over the world the heathen fought each other [.] 1 all 2 over 2 over 4 world 2 over 6 heathen 3 the 4 world 5 the 6 heathen 6 heathen 7 fought 7 fought 9 other 8 each 9 other why not [?] 1 why 2 not how [should] [the] [foolish] [kings] [know] [that] [while] they fight and steal and kill [?] ['] 1 how 9 they 9 they 10 fight 10 fight 11 and 11 and 12 steal 12 steal 13 and 13 and 14 kill the children 's faces showed that they knew nothing at all as , with open eyes , they trotted and turned beside the long-striding old man [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 's 3 's 4 faces 4 faces 5 showed 5 showed 6 that 6 that 7 they 6 that 20 and 7 they 20 and 8 knew 9 nothing 8 knew 10 at 8 knew 12 as 8 knew 20 and 10 at 11 all 12 as 18 they 12 as 19 trotted 13 , 14 with 14 with 16 eyes 14 with 17 , 14 with 18 they 15 open 16 eyes 18 they 19 trotted 20 and 21 turned 21 turned 22 beside 21 turned 26 man 22 beside 25 old 23 the 25 old 24 long-striding 25 old ['] [no] [matter] [,] ['] [he] [said] [.] such power had [we] [jews] [among] [the] [gentiles] [.] 1 such 2 power 2 power 3 had ah , my little [prince] [!] 1 ah 2 , 2 , 4 little 3 my 4 little do you wonder that he learned quickly [?] 1 do 3 wonder 2 you 3 wonder 3 wonder 4 that 3 wonder 6 learned 4 that 5 he 4 that 6 learned 5 he 6 learned 6 learned 7 quickly why not [?] ['] 1 why 2 not he muttered to himself and went on [:] 1 he 5 and 2 muttered 3 to 2 muttered 5 and 3 to 4 himself 5 and 6 went 6 went 7 on ['] [my] [trade] [was] [that] [of] [a] [physician] [.] [when] [i] [had] [learned] [it] [in] [spain] [i] [went] [to] [the] [east] [to] [find] [my] [kingdom] [.] why not [?] 1 why 2 not a [jew] [is] [as] free [as] [a] sparrow [or] [a] dog [.] 1 a 5 free 1 a 11 dog 5 free 8 sparrow he goes where he is hunted [.] 1 he 2 goes 2 goes 3 where 3 where 4 he 3 where 6 hunted 4 he 5 is 5 is 6 hunted in the [east] [i] [found] libraries [where] [men] [dared] to think [schools] of medicine [where] [they] [dared] to learn [.] 1 in 2 the 2 the 6 libraries 6 libraries 10 to 10 to 11 think 11 think 13 of 13 of 14 medicine 14 medicine 18 to 18 to 19 learn i was diligent in my business [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 diligent 3 diligent 4 in 4 in 6 business 5 my 6 business therefore [i] [stood] [before] [kings] . 1 therefore 6 . i have been a brother to [princes] and [a] companion to beggars , and [i] [have] [walked] [between] the living and the dead [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 been 3 been 5 brother 3 been 6 to 4 a 5 brother 5 brother 6 to 6 to 21 and 8 and 10 companion 8 and 21 and 10 companion 11 to 11 to 14 and 12 beggars 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 20 living 19 the 20 living 21 and 23 dead 22 the 23 dead there was no profit in it [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 profit 3 no 4 profit 4 profit 5 in 5 in 6 it i did not [find] [my] [kingdom] . 1 i 2 did 2 did 3 not 3 not 7 . so , in the tenth year of [my] [travels] , [when] [i] [had] [reached] [the] [uttermost] [eastern] [sea] [,] [i] [returned] [to] [my] [father] ['s] [house] . 1 so 2 , 2 , 27 . 3 in 6 year 4 the 6 year 5 tenth 6 year 6 year 7 of 7 of 10 , 10 , 27 . god had wonderfully preserved my people [.] 1 god 2 had 2 had 4 preserved 3 wonderfully 4 preserved 4 preserved 6 people 5 my 6 people none had been [slain] , none even wounded , and [only] a few scourged . 1 none 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 15 . 5 , 10 and 5 , 15 . 6 none 8 wounded 6 none 10 and 7 even 8 wounded 9 , 10 and 10 and 13 few 10 and 14 scourged 12 a 13 few i became once more a son in my father 's house [.] 1 i 2 became 2 became 3 once 2 became 4 more 2 became 6 son 2 became 7 in 5 a 6 son 6 son 7 in 7 in 11 house 8 my 9 father 9 father 10 's 10 's 11 house but [i] [was] not rich [not] [very] [rich] [.] 1 but 4 not 4 not 5 rich therefore , [when] [those] that [had] power and knowledge and wealth talked [together] , [i] [sat] [in] [the] [shadow] . 1 therefore 2 , 2 , 20 . 5 that 7 power 7 power 8 and 8 and 9 knowledge 8 and 10 and 10 and 11 wealth 10 and 14 , 11 wealth 12 talked 14 , 20 . why not [?] 1 why 2 not he cannot do much harm [.] 1 he 2 cannot 2 cannot 3 do 3 do 5 harm 4 much 5 harm if thou doubtest , come with me [to] [bury] [in] [england] and live [as] [i] [live] [.] ["] 1 if 2 thou 1 if 3 doubtest 1 if 4 , 1 if 12 and 2 thou 3 doubtest 5 come 6 with 5 come 12 and 6 with 7 me 12 and 13 live ['] [i] [saw] [my] [mother] ['s] [face] [across] [the] [candle] [flame] [,] [and] [i] [said] [,] ["] [i] [will] [come] [with] [thee] [to] [bury] [.] maybe [my] [kingdom] [shall] be there [.] ["] 1 maybe 5 be 5 be 6 there ['] [so] [i] [sailed] [with] [elias] [to] [the] [darkness] [and] [the] [cruelty] [of] [bury] [in] [england] [,] [where] [there] [are] [no] [learned] [men] [.] how can a man be wise [if] [he] hate [?] 1 how 2 can 2 can 4 man 2 can 5 be 3 a 4 man 5 be 9 hate 6 wise 9 hate at [bury] [i] [kept] his accounts for [elias] , and [i] [saw] [men] [kill] [jews] [there] [by] the tower [.] 1 at 19 tower 5 his 6 accounts 6 accounts 7 for 6 accounts 10 and 7 for 9 , 10 and 18 the 18 the 19 tower no none laid hands on [elias] [.] 1 no 2 none 2 none 3 laid 3 laid 4 hands 3 laid 5 on he lent money to [the] [king] , and the [king] ['s] favour was about him [.] 1 he 2 lent 2 lent 3 money 2 lent 4 to 4 to 7 , 7 , 12 favour 8 and 9 the 9 the 12 favour 12 favour 13 was 13 was 14 about 14 about 15 him a [king] [will] [not] [take] [the] life [so] [long] [as] [there] [is] [any] [gold] [.] 1 a 7 life this [king] [yes] , [john] oppressed [his] [people] [bitterly] [because] [they] [would] [not] [give] [him] [money] . 1 this 4 , 4 , 17 . 6 oppressed 17 . yet his land was a good land [.] 1 yet 3 land 2 his 3 land 3 land 4 was 4 was 7 land 5 a 6 good 5 a 7 land 6 good 7 land if he had only given it rest he might have cropped [it] as a [christian] [crops] [his] beard [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 5 given 1 if 8 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 5 given 4 only 5 given 5 given 6 it 5 given 7 rest 8 he 9 might 9 might 10 have 10 have 11 cropped 11 cropped 13 as 13 as 18 beard 14 a 18 beard therefore [his] [people] [turned] [against] [us] [jews] , [who] [are] all [people] ['s] dogs . 1 therefore 8 , 1 therefore 15 . 8 , 14 dogs 11 all 14 dogs why not [?] 1 why 2 not lastly [the] [barons] [and] [the] [people] [rose] [together] [against] [the] [king] [because] [of] [his] cruelties [.] 1 lastly 15 cruelties they joined then , as cats and pigs will join to slay a snake [.] 1 they 3 then 2 joined 3 then 3 then 12 slay 4 , 5 as 5 as 7 and 5 as 10 join 6 cats 7 and 7 and 8 pigs 7 and 9 will 9 will 10 join 10 join 11 to 11 to 12 slay 12 slay 14 snake 13 a 14 snake i kept the accounts , and [i] [watched] [all] [these] [things] [,] [for] [i] [remembered] [the] [prophecy] . 1 i 6 and 2 kept 4 accounts 2 kept 6 and 3 the 4 accounts 5 , 6 and 6 and 18 . if he swore to keep those [laws] [,] they would allow him a little money [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 swore 1 if 9 they 2 he 3 swore 3 swore 4 to 3 swore 5 keep 4 to 5 keep 5 keep 6 those 9 they 10 would 10 would 11 allow 11 allow 12 him 11 allow 14 little 11 allow 15 money 13 a 14 little that was [the] [king] ['s] [god] [money] to waste [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 8 to 8 to 9 waste they [showed] [us] [the] roll [of] [the] [new] [laws] . 1 they 5 roll 5 roll 10 . why not [?] 1 why 2 not we had lent them money [.] 1 we 2 had 2 had 3 lent 3 lent 4 them 3 lent 5 money we knew all [their] [counsels] [we] [jews] [shivering] [behind] [our] [doors] [in] [bury] [.] ['] 1 we 2 knew 2 knew 3 all he threw out his hands suddenly [.] 1 he 2 threw 2 threw 3 out 2 threw 5 hands 2 threw 6 suddenly 4 his 5 hands ['] [we] [did] [not] [seek] [to] [be] [paid] [all] [in] [money] [.] we sought [power] [power] [power] [!] 1 we 2 sought that is [our] [god] in our captivity [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 5 in 5 in 7 captivity 6 our 7 captivity power to use [!] 1 power 2 to 2 to 3 use ['] [i] [said] [to] [elias] [:] ["] [these] [new] [laws] [are] [good] [.] lend [no] [more] money to [the] [king] [:] [so] [long] as he has [money] he will lie and slay [the] [people] [.] " 1 lend 4 money 1 lend 5 to 5 to 18 and 11 as 12 he 11 as 13 has 11 as 15 he 12 he 13 has 15 he 16 will 16 will 17 lie 17 lie 18 and 18 and 19 slay 19 slay 23 " " ['] [nay] [,] " [said] [elias] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [i] [know] [this] [people] [.] they are madly cruel [.] 1 they 2 are 2 are 3 madly 2 are 4 cruel better one [king] [than] [a] [thousand] [butchers] [.] 1 better 2 one i have lent a little money to [the] [barons] , or they would torture [us] [,] [but] [my] [most] [i] [will] lend [to] [the] [king] [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 lent 3 lent 5 little 3 lent 6 money 3 lent 7 to 4 a 5 little 7 to 10 , 10 , 11 or 11 or 12 they 11 or 22 lend 12 they 13 would 13 would 14 torture he hath [promised] [me] [a] [place] [near] [him] at [court] , [where] [my] [wife] and [i] shall be safe [.] ["] 1 he 2 hath 2 hath 9 at 9 at 11 , 11 , 15 and 15 and 17 shall 17 shall 18 be 18 be 19 safe if we lend he will fight again [.] ["] 1 if 2 we 1 if 3 lend 1 if 4 he 2 we 3 lend 4 he 5 will 5 will 6 fight 6 fight 7 again " ['] [who] [made] [thee] [a] [lawgiver] [in] [england] [?] " [said] [elias] [.] 1 " 11 " ["] [i] [know] [this] [people] [.] let the dogs tear one another [!] 1 let 3 dogs 1 let 4 tear 2 the 3 dogs 4 tear 6 another 5 one 6 another i will lend [the] [king] ten thousand pieces of gold , and he can fight [the] [barons] at his pleasure [.] ["] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 lend 3 lend 8 pieces 6 ten 7 thousand 7 thousand 8 pieces 8 pieces 9 of 9 of 20 pleasure 10 gold 11 , 10 gold 20 pleasure 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 he 12 and 15 fight 13 he 14 can 15 fight 18 at 18 at 19 his ['] [oh] [!] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [pevensey] [again] [!] ['] [and] [looked] [at] [una] [,] [who] [nodded] [and] [skipped] [.] they called [him] [joseph] , and threw torches at his wet head [.] 1 they 6 and 2 called 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 threw 7 threw 8 torches 7 threw 9 at 8 torches 9 at 9 at 12 head 10 his 12 head 11 wet 12 head why not [?] ['] 1 why 2 not ['] [why] [,] [of] [course] [!] ['] [cried] [dan] [.] ['] [didn't] [you] [know] [it] [was] ['] [puck] [held] [up] [his] [hand] [to] [stop] [him] [,] [and] [kadmiel] [,] [who] [never] [noticed] [,] [went] [on] [.] some wicked treasure of the old days put away , and the secret cut off by the sword [.] 1 some 3 treasure 2 wicked 3 treasure 3 treasure 4 of 3 treasure 8 put 3 treasure 11 and 4 of 7 days 5 the 7 days 6 old 7 days 8 put 9 away 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 secret 11 and 14 cut 12 the 13 secret 14 cut 15 off 14 cut 16 by 16 by 18 sword 17 the 18 sword i have heard the like before [.] ['] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 heard 3 heard 5 like 3 heard 6 before 4 the 5 like 5 like 6 before ['] [so] [have] [we] [,] ['] [una] [whispered] [.] ['] [but] [it] [wasn't] [wicked] [a] [bit] [.] ['] the [great] store of [it] [still] [remained] , and by long brooding he had come to look on it as his own . 1 the 3 store 3 store 4 of 4 of 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 13 he 9 and 23 . 10 by 12 brooding 10 by 13 he 11 long 12 brooding 13 he 14 had 14 had 15 come 15 come 16 to 16 to 17 look 17 look 18 on 17 look 20 as 18 on 19 it 20 as 22 own 21 his 22 own yet when we thought [how] we should lift and convey it , we saw no way [.] 1 yet 13 we 2 when 3 we 2 when 4 thought 2 when 12 , 2 when 13 we 3 we 4 thought 4 thought 6 we 4 thought 9 and 6 we 7 should 7 should 9 and 8 lift 9 and 9 and 10 convey 10 convey 11 it 13 we 14 saw 14 saw 16 way 15 no 16 way this [was] [before] [the] [word] [of] [the] [lord] had come to me [.] 1 this 9 had 9 had 10 come 10 come 11 to 11 to 12 me a walled fortress [possessed] [by] [normans] [;] in the midst [a] forty-foot [tide-well] [out] [of] [which] to remove secretly many horse-loads of gold [!] 1 a 2 walled 1 a 12 forty-foot 2 walled 3 fortress 3 fortress 10 midst 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 midst 12 forty-foot 23 gold 17 to 18 remove 18 remove 19 secretly 18 remove 21 horse-loads 20 many 21 horse-loads 21 horse-loads 22 of 22 of 23 gold [hopeless] [!] so [elias] wept . 1 so 3 wept 3 wept 4 . adah , his wife , wept too [.] 1 adah 4 wife 1 adah 6 wept 2 , 4 wife 3 his 4 wife 4 wife 5 , 6 wept 7 too why not [?] 1 why 2 not she was born in [england] an odious woman [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 born 3 born 4 in 4 in 8 woman 6 an 7 odious 6 an 8 woman 7 odious 8 woman wherefore [the] [king] in [his] [camp] [stopped] his ears [against] [the] [barons] and the people [.] 1 wherefore 4 in 4 in 13 and 8 his 9 ears 9 ears 13 and 13 and 15 people 14 the 15 people wherefore men died daily [.] 1 wherefore 2 men 2 men 3 died 3 died 4 daily why not [?] 1 why 2 not this [elias] refused to [do] , for he looked [on] [the] [gold] as his own [.] 1 this 3 refused 3 refused 7 for 4 to 6 , 6 , 7 for 7 for 8 he 8 he 9 looked 9 looked 13 as 13 as 15 own 14 his 15 own [elias] [and] [adah] [went] [to] [their] [chamber] [.] ['] kadmiel laughed scornfully in his beard [.] 1 kadmiel 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 scornfully 2 laughed 4 in 4 in 6 beard 5 his 6 beard the shots across the valley stopped as the shooting party changed their ground for the last beat [.] 1 the 2 shots 2 shots 3 across 2 shots 6 stopped 3 across 5 valley 4 the 5 valley 6 stopped 7 as 6 stopped 14 for 7 as 10 party 7 as 11 changed 8 the 9 shooting 8 the 10 party 10 party 11 changed 11 changed 13 ground 12 their 13 ground 13 ground 14 for 14 for 17 beat 15 the 16 last 15 the 17 beat ['] [what] [terms] [?] ['] [said] [puck] [quickly] [.] ['] [the] [fortieth] [of] [the] [great] [charter] [says] [:] ["] [to] [none] [will] [we] [sell] [,] [refuse] [,] [or] [delay] [right] [or] [justice] [.] ["] ['] ['] [true] [,] [but] [the] [barons] [had] [written] [first] [:] [to] [no] [free] [man] [.] it cost me two hundred broad pieces of gold to change those narrow words [.] 1 it 2 cost 2 cost 3 me 2 cost 7 pieces 2 cost 10 to 2 cost 11 change 4 two 5 hundred 5 hundred 7 pieces 6 broad 7 pieces 7 pieces 8 of 8 of 9 gold 10 to 11 change 11 change 14 words 12 those 14 words 13 narrow 14 words langton , the priest , understood [.] 1 langton 4 priest 1 langton 6 understood 2 , 4 priest 3 the 4 priest 4 priest 5 , then [he] [went] [out] [stealthily] , as men do [who] deal [with] [israel] [by] [night] [.] 1 then 6 , 6 , 7 as 7 as 8 men 7 as 11 deal 8 men 9 do i think he spent my gift upon his altar [.] 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 he 2 think 4 spent 3 he 4 spent 4 spent 6 gift 4 spent 7 upon 5 my 6 gift 6 gift 7 upon 7 upon 9 altar 8 his 9 altar why not [?] 1 why 2 not i have spoken [with] [langton] [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 spoken he [was] [such] [a] [man] [as] [i] might have been [if] if we [jews] had been a people [.] 1 he 8 might 8 might 9 have 9 have 10 been 10 been 12 if 12 if 13 we 12 if 16 been 13 we 15 had 15 had 16 been 16 been 18 people 17 a 18 people but [yet] , in many things , a child [.] 1 but 3 , 1 but 7 , 3 , 4 in 4 in 6 things 5 many 6 things 7 , 9 child 8 a 9 child therefore [i] [saw] [that] [the] [gold] must be [put] [away] [from] the reach of any man [.] 1 therefore 7 must 7 must 8 be 8 be 13 reach 12 the 13 reach 13 reach 14 of 14 of 16 man 15 any 16 man kadmiel halted , all black against the pale green sky beyond the wood a huge robed figure , like [the] [moses] [in] [the] [picture-bible] [.] 1 kadmiel 4 all 2 halted 3 , 2 halted 4 all 4 all 18 , 5 black 6 against 5 black 11 beyond 5 black 17 figure 5 black 18 , 6 against 10 sky 7 the 9 green 8 pale 9 green 9 green 10 sky 10 sky 11 beyond 11 beyond 13 wood 12 the 13 wood 14 a 15 huge 14 a 17 figure 15 huge 17 figure 16 robed 17 figure 18 , 19 like ['] [i] [rose] [.] i answered : " there is no need [.] 1 i 2 answered 2 answered 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 5 there 3 : 6 is 5 there 6 is 6 is 8 need 7 no 8 need the [lord] is [with] [me] [.] ["] 1 the 3 is ['] [in] [that] [hour] [the] [lord] [gave] [me] [full] [understanding] [of] [all] [that] [i] [must] [do] [;] [and] [his] [hand] [covered] [me] [in] [my] [ways] [.] first [i] [went] [to] [london] [,] [to] [a] physician [of] [our] [people] [,] [who] [sold] [me] [certain] drugs [that] [i] [needed] [.] 1 first 9 physician 9 physician 18 drugs you shall see why [.] 1 you 2 shall 2 shall 3 see 3 see 4 why thence [i] [went] swiftly [to] [pevensey] [.] 1 thence 4 swiftly men fought [all] [around] [me] , [for] [there] [were] [neither] [rulers] [nor] [judges] in the abominable land [.] 1 men 2 fought 2 fought 14 in 6 , 14 in 14 in 17 land 15 the 17 land 16 abominable 17 land that also [god] [showed] [me] [.] ['] 1 that 2 also he was as calm as though he were speaking of [some] [stranger] , and his voice filled the little bare wood with rolling music [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 as 2 was 5 as 3 as 4 calm 5 as 7 he 5 as 8 were 6 though 7 he 7 he 8 were 8 were 9 speaking 9 speaking 10 of 10 of 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 16 voice 14 and 17 filled 15 his 16 voice 16 voice 17 filled 17 filled 22 with 17 filled 24 music 18 the 19 little 19 little 20 bare 20 bare 21 wood 21 wood 22 with 22 with 23 rolling nay , [i] [did] no [harm] . 1 nay 2 , 1 nay 7 . 2 , 5 no the more we [physicians] know , the less [do] we do [.] 1 the 2 more 2 more 3 we 2 more 5 know 2 more 6 , 2 more 8 less 3 we 5 know 7 the 8 less 8 less 11 do 10 we 11 do only the fool says [:] ["] [i] [dare] [.] ["] 1 only 3 fool 2 the 3 fool 3 fool 4 says i caused a blotched [and] itching rash to break out upon their skins [,] [but] [i] [knew] [it] [would] [fade] in fifteen days [.] 1 i 2 caused 2 caused 7 rash 2 caused 8 to 2 caused 9 break 3 a 7 rash 4 blotched 7 rash 6 itching 7 rash 8 to 9 break 9 break 10 out 10 out 11 upon 11 upon 13 skins 12 their 13 skins 13 skins 21 in 21 in 23 days 22 fifteen 23 days i did not stretch out my hand against their life [.] 1 i 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 stretch 3 not 4 stretch 4 stretch 5 out 4 stretch 7 hand 4 stretch 8 against 6 my 7 hand 7 hand 8 against 8 against 10 life 9 their 10 life they [in] [the] [castle] thought it was [the] [plague] , and they ran out , taking with them their very dogs . 1 they 5 thought 5 thought 6 it 5 thought 7 was 6 it 7 was 7 was 22 . 10 , 11 and 10 , 22 . 11 and 12 they 11 and 13 ran 12 they 13 ran 13 ran 16 taking 13 ran 17 with 14 out 15 , 14 out 16 taking 17 with 18 them 17 with 21 dogs 19 their 20 very 19 their 21 dogs ['] [a] [christian] [physician] [,] [seeing] [that] [i] [was] [a] [jew] [and] [a] [stranger] [,] [vowed] [that] [i] [had] [brought] [the] [sickness] [from] [london] [.] this is the one [time] [i] [have] [ever] [heard] [a] [christian] [leech] [speak] truth of any disease [.] 1 this 2 is 2 is 14 truth 3 the 4 one 4 one 14 truth 14 truth 15 of 15 of 17 disease 16 any 17 disease [thereupon] [the] [people] [beat] [me] [,] [but] [a] [merciful] [woman] [said] [:] ["] [do] [not] [kill] [him] [now] [.] why not [?] 1 why 2 not they drove me across the drawbridge of [the] [castle] , and fled [back] to their booths [.] 1 they 2 drove 2 drove 3 me 2 drove 4 across 2 drove 14 to 4 across 6 drawbridge 5 the 6 drawbridge 6 drawbridge 7 of 7 of 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 fled 14 to 16 booths 15 their 16 booths thus [i] [came] to be alone with the treasure [.] ['] 1 thus 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 alone 6 alone 7 with 7 with 9 treasure 8 the 9 treasure ['] [but] [did] [you] [know] [this] [was] [all] [going] [to] [happen] [just] [right] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [my] [prophecy] [was] [that] [i] [should] [be] [a] [lawgiver] [to] [a] [people] [of] [a] [strange] [land] [and] [a] [hard] [speech] [.] i [knew] [i] should not die [.] 1 i 4 should 4 should 5 not 5 not 6 die i washed my cuts [.] 1 i 2 washed 2 washed 4 cuts 3 my 4 cuts i found [the] [tide-well] in the wall , and [from] [sabbath] to [sabbath] [i] dove [and] [dug] [there] in [that] [empty] , [christian-smelling] [fortress] . 1 i 2 found 2 found 9 and 2 found 25 . 5 in 9 and 6 the 7 wall 7 wall 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 12 to 12 to 15 dove 15 dove 19 in 19 in 22 , [he] [!] i spoiled [the] [egyptians] [!] 1 i 2 spoiled [he] [!] [if] [they] [had] [only] [known] [!] i [drew] [up] [many] [good] [loads] [of] gold [,] [which] [i] [loaded] [by] [night] into my boat [.] 1 i 8 gold 8 gold 15 into 15 into 17 boat 16 my 17 boat there had been [gold] [dust] [too] , [but] that had been washed [out] by the tides . ['] 1 there 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 17 . 7 , 9 that 7 , 17 . 9 that 10 had 10 had 11 been 11 been 12 washed 12 washed 14 by 14 by 16 tides 15 the 16 tides puck shook his head and pursed his lips [.] 1 puck 5 and 2 shook 4 head 2 shook 5 and 3 his 4 head 5 and 6 pursed 6 pursed 8 lips 7 his 8 lips ['] [often] [;] [for] [the] [gold] [was] [new] [to] [me] [,] ['] [kadmiel] [replied] [.] ['] [i] [know] [the] [golds] [.] i can judge them in the dark [;] but this was heavier and redder than any [we] [deal] in [.] 1 i 2 can 2 can 3 judge 3 judge 4 them 3 judge 7 dark 3 judge 19 in 5 in 6 the 6 the 7 dark 9 but 10 this 10 this 11 was 11 was 13 and 11 was 19 in 12 heavier 13 and 13 and 14 redder 14 redder 15 than 15 than 16 any perhaps it was the very gold of [parvaim] [.] 1 perhaps 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 6 gold 4 the 5 very 4 the 6 gold 6 gold 7 of eh , [why] [not] [?] 1 eh 2 , ['] [oh] [,] [marvel] [!] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [beneath] [his] [breath] [,] [rustling] [in] [the] [dead] [leaves] [.] i [went] [out] [by] [the] [little] [gate] [where] [the] [castle] ['s] refuse is thrown [.] 1 i 12 refuse 12 refuse 13 is 13 is 14 thrown ['] [weren't] [you] [afraid] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [why] [?] [there] [were] [no] [christians] [in] [the] [boat] [.] at sunrise [i] [made] my prayer , and [cast] the gold [all] all that gold into the deep sea [!] 1 at 2 sunrise 1 at 8 and 5 my 6 prayer 6 prayer 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 gold 10 the 11 gold 11 gold 15 gold 13 all 14 that 14 that 15 gold 15 gold 16 into 16 into 19 sea 17 the 19 sea 18 deep 19 sea [a] [king] ['s] [ransom] [no] [,] [the] [ransom] [of] [a] [people] [!] ['] [but] [you] [hadn't] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [oh] [,] [yes] [!] i see [!] 1 i 2 see you [meant] [that] [king] [john] might have spent it [on] [that] [?] ['] 1 you 6 might 6 might 7 have 7 have 8 spent 8 spent 9 it ['] [even] [so] [,] ['] [said] [kadmiel] [.] the firing broke out again close behind them [.] 1 the 2 firing 2 firing 3 broke 3 broke 4 out 3 broke 5 again 3 broke 6 close 6 close 7 behind 7 behind 8 them the pheasants poured over the top of a belt of tall firs [.] 1 the 2 pheasants 2 pheasants 3 poured 3 poured 4 over 4 over 6 top 5 the 6 top 6 top 7 of 7 of 9 belt 8 a 9 belt 9 belt 10 of 10 of 12 firs 11 tall 12 firs ['] [but] [what] [did] [elias] [of] [bury] [do] [?] ['] puck demanded [.] 1 puck 2 demanded ['] [he] [had] [promised] [money] [to] [the] [king] [.] ['] kadmiel smiled grimly [.] 1 kadmiel 2 smiled 2 smiled 3 grimly ['] [i] [sent] [him] [word] [from] [london] [that] [the] [lord] [was] [on] [my] [side] [.] he [and] [adah] hurried to [lewes] and [asked] [me] for [an] accounting [.] 1 he 4 hurried 4 hurried 7 and 5 to 7 and 7 and 10 for 10 for 12 accounting he still looked on the gold as his own [.] 1 he 3 looked 2 still 3 looked 3 looked 4 on 3 looked 7 as 4 on 6 gold 5 the 6 gold 7 as 9 own 8 his 9 own i told [them] [where] [i] [had] laid [it] , and [i] gave them [full] [leave] to pick it up [....y] 1 i 10 and 2 told 10 and 7 laid 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 gave 12 gave 13 them 12 gave 16 to 16 to 17 pick 17 pick 18 it 17 pick 19 up eh , well [!] 1 eh 2 , 1 eh 3 well the curses of a fool and the dust of a journey are two things no wise man can escape [....y] 1 the 2 curses 2 curses 3 of 2 curses 12 are 3 of 6 and 4 a 5 fool 5 fool 6 and 6 and 8 dust 6 and 9 of 7 the 8 dust 9 of 11 journey 10 a 11 journey 12 are 14 things 13 two 14 things 14 things 17 man 14 things 19 escape 15 no 17 man 16 wise 17 man 17 man 18 can 18 can 19 escape [but] [i] [pitied] [elias] [!] they [took] [ship] [from] [lewes] [to] [spain] . 1 they 8 . that was wise [!] ['] 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 wise ['] [and] [you] [?] did you see the signing of the [law] at [runnymede] [?] ['] [said] [puck] , as [kadmiel] [laughed] noiselessly [.] 1 did 2 you 1 did 3 see 3 see 5 signing 3 see 9 at 4 the 5 signing 5 signing 6 of 6 of 7 the 9 at 15 , 15 , 16 as 16 as 19 noiselessly ['] [nay] [.] [who] [am] [i] [to] [meddle] [with] [things] [too] [high] [for] [me] [?] i returned to [bury] , and lent money on the autumn crops [.] 1 i 6 and 2 returned 6 and 3 to 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 lent 7 lent 8 money 7 lent 9 on 8 money 9 on 9 on 12 crops 10 the 12 crops 11 autumn 12 crops why not [?] ['] 1 why 2 not there was a crackle overhead [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 crackle 2 was 5 overhead 3 a 4 crackle a cock-pheasant that had sheered aside after being hit spattered down almost on top of them , driving up the dry leaves like a shell [.] 1 a 2 cock-pheasant 2 cock-pheasant 3 that 2 cock-pheasant 5 sheered 2 cock-pheasant 19 up 3 that 4 had 4 had 5 sheered 5 sheered 6 aside 5 sheered 7 after 5 sheered 12 almost 7 after 8 being 7 after 10 spattered 8 being 9 hit 8 being 10 spattered 10 spattered 11 down 12 almost 15 of 13 on 14 top 14 top 15 of 15 of 17 , 16 them 17 , 17 , 18 driving 19 up 22 leaves 19 up 23 like 20 the 22 leaves 21 dry 22 leaves 22 leaves 23 like 23 like 25 shell 24 a 25 shell ['] [well] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [calmly] [,] ['] [what] [did] [you] [think] [of] [it] [?] [weland] [gave] [the] [sword] [!] the [sword] [gave] [the] [treasure] [,] [and] [the] [treasure] [gave] [the] [law] . 1 the 13 . it 's as natural as an oak growing [.] ['] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 natural 3 as 4 natural 4 natural 5 as 5 as 7 oak 6 an 7 oak 7 oak 8 growing ['] [i] [don't] [understand] [.] didn't he know it [was] [sir] [richard] 's old [treasure] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] 1 didn't 2 he 1 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 it 4 it 8 's 8 's 9 old ['] [and] [why] [did] [sir] [richard] [and] [brother] [hugh] [leave] [it] [lying] [about] [?] [and] [and] ['] ['] [never] [mind] [,] ['] [said] [una] [politely] [.] ['] [he] ['ll] [let] [us] [come] [and] [go] [and] [look] [and] [know] [another] [time] [.] [won't] [you] [,] [puck] [?] ['] ['] [another] [time] [maybe] [,] ['] [puck] [answered] [.] ['] [brr] [!] it 's cold and late [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 and 3 cold 4 and 4 and 5 late i 'll race you towards home [!] ['] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 race 3 race 4 you 3 race 5 towards 5 towards 6 home they hurried down into the sheltered valley [.] 1 they 2 hurried 2 hurried 3 down 2 hurried 4 into 4 into 7 valley 5 the 7 valley 6 sheltered 7 valley there was [oak] and [ash] and [thorn] [enough] in [that] [year-end] shower to magic [away] [a] [thousand] [memories] [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 6 and 4 and 6 and 6 and 14 magic 9 in 12 shower 12 shower 13 to 13 to 14 magic so they trotted to the brook at the bottom of the lawn , [wondering] [why] [flora] [and] [folly] had missed the quarry-hole fox [.] 1 so 2 they 1 so 13 , 2 they 3 trotted 3 trotted 4 to 4 to 6 brook 5 the 6 brook 6 brook 7 at 7 at 12 lawn 8 the 9 bottom 9 bottom 10 of 10 of 11 the 11 the 12 lawn 13 , 19 had 19 had 20 missed 20 missed 23 fox 21 the 23 fox 22 quarry-hole 23 fox old [hobden] [was] [just] finishing [some] [hedge-work] [.] 1 old 5 finishing they saw his white smock glimmer in the twilight where he faggoted the rubbish [.] 1 they 2 saw 2 saw 6 glimmer 2 saw 7 in 2 saw 10 where 3 his 6 glimmer 4 white 5 smock 5 smock 6 glimmer 6 glimmer 7 in 7 in 9 twilight 8 the 9 twilight 9 twilight 10 where 10 where 11 he 10 where 12 faggoted 11 he 12 faggoted 12 faggoted 14 rubbish 13 the 14 rubbish ['] [winter] [,] [he] ['s] [come] [,] [i] [reckon] [,] [mus] ['] [dan] [,] ['] [he] [called] [.] ['] [hard] [times] [now] [till] [heffle] [cuckoo] [fair] [.] they heard a crash , and a stamp and a splash of water as though a heavy old cow were crossing almost under their noses [.] 1 they 2 heard 2 heard 9 and 2 heard 15 though 3 a 4 crash 4 crash 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 stamp 6 and 9 and 7 a 8 stamp 9 and 11 splash 9 and 12 of 10 a 11 splash 12 of 13 water 14 as 15 though 15 though 19 cow 15 though 20 were 16 a 17 heavy 16 a 19 cow 17 heavy 19 cow 18 old 19 cow 19 cow 20 were 20 were 21 crossing 21 crossing 22 almost 22 almost 23 under 23 under 25 noses 24 their 25 noses hobden ran forward angrily to the ford [.] 1 hobden 2 ran 2 ran 3 forward 2 ran 4 angrily 2 ran 5 to 5 to 7 ford 6 the 7 ford ['] [gleason] ['s] [bull] [again] [,] [playin] ['] [robin] [all] [over] [the] [farm] [!] oh , look [,] [mus] ['] [dan] his great footmark as [big] as a trencher [.] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 look 3 look 10 footmark 3 look 11 as 8 his 10 footmark 9 great 10 footmark 11 as 13 as 13 as 15 trencher 14 a 15 trencher no bounds [to] [his] [impidence] [!] 1 no 2 bounds he might count himself to be a man [or] [or] [somebody] ['] 1 he 2 might 2 might 3 count 3 count 5 to 4 himself 5 to 5 to 6 be 6 be 8 man 7 a 8 man a [voice] [the] [other] side [of] the brook [boomed] [:] 1 a 5 side 5 side 8 brook 7 the 8 brook ['] [i] [wonder] [who] [his] [cloak] [would] [turn] [when] [puck] [had] [led] [him] [round] [,] [or] [where] [those] [walking] [fires] [would] [burn] ['] then the children went in [singing] ['] [farewell] , [rewards] and [fairies] ['] at the tops of their voices [.] 1 then 3 children 2 the 3 children 3 children 4 went 4 went 5 in 5 in 9 , 9 , 11 and 11 and 16 tops 14 at 15 the 15 the 16 tops 16 tops 17 of 17 of 19 voices 18 their 19 voices they had forgotten that they had not [even] [said] [good-night] to [puck] [.] 1 they 2 had 2 had 3 forgotten 3 forgotten 4 that 4 that 5 they 4 that 6 had 5 they 6 had 6 had 11 to 7 not 11 to [the] [children] ['s] [song] end of the [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] of [puck] [of] [pook] ['s] [hill] , [by] [rudyard] [kipling] 1 end 2 of 2 of 13 , 3 the 7 of 7 of 13 ,