produced by [jo] [churcher] [.] 1 produced 2 by [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] 1 the 3 of 3 of 4 the [old] [men] [at] [pevensey] [the] [runes] [on] [weland] ['s] [sword] a [centurion] of the [thirtieth] ['] [cities] [and] [thrones] [and] [powers] ['] [a] [british-roman] [song] 1 a 3 of 3 of 4 the on the [great] [wall] [a] [song] [to] [mithras] 1 on 2 the [the] [winged] [hats] [a] [pict] [song] [hal] [o] ['] [the] [draft] ['] [prophets] [have] [honour] [all] [over] [the] [earth] ['] [a] [smugglers] ['] [song] ' [dymchurch] [flit] ' [the] [bee] [boy] ['s] [song] [a] [three-part] [song] 1 ' 4 ' the [treasure] [and] [the] [law] [song] of the [fifth] [river] [the] [children] ['s] [song] 1 the 7 of 7 of 8 the [weland's] [sword] [puck] ['s] [song] see you [the] [dimpled] [track] that [runs] [,] [all] [hollow] [through] [the] [wheat] ? 1 see 2 you 2 you 14 ? 6 that 14 ? o [that] [was] [where] [they] [hauled] [the] [guns] [that] [smote] [king] [philip] ['s] [fleet] ! 1 o 15 ! see you [our] [little] [mill] that [clacks] [,] [so] [busy] [by] [the] [brook] ? 1 see 2 you 2 you 14 ? 6 that 14 ? she has [ground] [her] [corn] and [paid] her [tax] [ever] [since] [domesday] [book] . 1 she 2 has 1 she 8 her 6 and 8 her 8 her 14 . see you our stilly woods of oak , [and] the dread ditch beside ? 1 see 4 stilly 2 you 4 stilly 3 our 4 stilly 4 stilly 5 woods 4 stilly 7 oak 6 of 7 oak 7 oak 8 , 7 oak 12 ditch 10 the 12 ditch 11 dread 12 ditch 12 ditch 13 beside 12 ditch 14 ? o [that] [was] [where] [the] [saxons] [broke] , [on] [the] [day] [that] [harold] [died] ! 1 o 8 , 1 o 15 ! see [you] the [windy] [levels] [spread] [about] [the] [gates] of [rye] [?] 1 see 3 the 3 the 10 of o [that] [was] [where] [the] [northmen] [fled] , [when] [alfred] ['s] [ships] [came] [by] ! 1 o 8 , 1 o 15 ! see you [our] [pastures] [wide] [and] [lone] , [where] [the] [red] [oxen] [browse] [?] 1 see 2 you 2 you 8 , o [there] [was] [a] [city] [thronged] [and] [known] , [ere] [london] [boasted] [a] [house] ! 1 o 9 , 1 o 15 ! and see you , [after] [rain] , [the] [trace] [of] [mound] and [ditch] and [wall] [?] 1 and 2 see 2 see 3 you 3 you 4 , 4 , 14 and 7 , 12 and 7 , 14 and o [that] [was] [a] [legion] ['s] [camping-place] , [when] [caesar] [sailed] [from] [gaul] ! 1 o 8 , 1 o 14 ! and see you [marks] that [show] [and] [fade] [,] [like] [shadows] [on] [the] [downs] ? 1 and 2 see 2 see 3 you 3 you 15 ? 5 that 15 ? o [they] [are] [the] [lines] [the] [flint] [men] [made] , [to] [guard] [their] [wondrous] [towns] ! 1 o 10 , 1 o 16 ! 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 1 she 16 's 2 is 3 not 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 3 were 3 were 4 at 4 at 5 the 5 the 18 of dan [was] [puck] [and] [nick] [bottom] , [as] [well] [as] [all] [three] [fairies] . 1 dan 7 , 1 dan 14 . una [was] [titania] , [with] [a] [wreath] [of] [columbines] and a [foxglove] [wand] . 1 una 4 , 1 una 14 . 4 , 10 and 10 and 11 a the [theatre] [lay] [in] [a] meadow [called] [the] [long] [slip] . 1 the 6 meadow 6 meadow 11 . 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 4 a 4 a 5 sort 5 sort 6 of 6 of 13 meadow-sweet 7 thick 8 , 7 thick 13 meadow-sweet 9 sleepy 13 meadow-sweet 10 stillness 13 meadow-sweet 11 smelling 13 meadow-sweet 12 of 13 meadow-sweet 13 meadow-sweet 14 and 13 meadow-sweet 15 dry 13 meadow-sweet 16 grass 16 grass 17 . their play went beautifully . 1 their 2 play 2 play 4 beautifully 3 went 4 beautifully 4 beautifully 5 . this [was] [when] [they] [heard] [a] [whistle] [among] [the] [alders] [on] [the] [bank] , and they [jumped] [.] 1 this 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 they the bushes parted . 1 the 2 bushes 2 bushes 3 parted 3 parted 4 . ' [what] [hempen] [homespuns] [have] [we] [swaggering] here , [so] [near] [the] [cradle] [of] [the] [fairy] [queen] ? ' 1 ' 8 here 8 here 9 , 8 here 18 ? 18 ? 19 ' he stopped , hollowed one hand round his ear , and , with a wicked twinkle in his eye , went on : 1 he 2 stopped 2 stopped 4 hollowed 3 , 4 hollowed 4 hollowed 5 one 4 hollowed 6 hand 4 hollowed 7 round 4 hollowed 9 ear 8 his 9 ear 9 ear 10 , 9 ear 19 eye 9 ear 23 : 10 , 11 and 12 , 13 with 13 with 16 twinkle 14 a 16 twinkle 15 wicked 16 twinkle 16 twinkle 17 in 16 twinkle 19 eye 18 his 19 eye 19 eye 20 , 19 eye 22 on 21 went 22 on ' [what] , [a] [play] [toward] [?] 1 ' 3 , i 'll be [an] [auditor] [;] [an] [actor] , too , [perhaps] [,] if [i] see cause . ' 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 be 2 'll 16 see 3 be 10 too 9 , 10 too 10 too 11 , 11 , 14 if 16 see 17 cause 17 cause 18 . 18 . 19 ' the children looked and gasped . 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 looked 2 children 5 gasped 3 looked 4 and 5 gasped 6 . the [small] thing [he] was [no] [taller] [than] [dan] ['s] [shoulder] [stepped] [quietly] [into] the [ring] [.] 1 the 3 thing 3 thing 5 was 5 was 15 the ' [i] ['m] [rather] out [of] [practice] , ' said he ; ' but that 's the way my part ought to be played . ' 1 ' 9 ' 5 out 8 , 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 11 he 10 said 25 . 11 he 24 played 12 ; 13 ' 12 ; 14 but 14 but 15 that 15 that 16 's 16 's 20 part 17 the 18 way 17 the 20 part 19 my 20 part 20 part 21 ought 21 ought 22 to 21 ought 23 be 21 ought 24 played 25 . 26 ' still the children stared at him from his dark-blue cap , like a big columbine flower , to his bare , hairy feet . 1 still 2 the 2 the 3 children 3 children 9 dark-blue 4 stared 5 at 4 stared 6 him 4 stared 9 dark-blue 7 from 9 dark-blue 8 his 9 dark-blue 9 dark-blue 10 cap 9 dark-blue 15 columbine 10 cap 11 , 12 like 13 a 12 like 15 columbine 14 big 15 columbine 15 columbine 16 flower 15 columbine 17 , 15 columbine 18 to 15 columbine 20 bare 19 his 20 bare 20 bare 21 , 20 bare 22 hairy 22 hairy 23 feet 23 feet 24 . at last he laughed . 1 at 2 last 2 last 3 he 3 he 4 laughed 4 laughed 5 . ' [please] don't look like that . 1 ' 3 don't 3 don't 4 look 4 look 5 like 5 like 6 that 5 like 7 . it isn't my fault . 1 it 2 isn't 2 isn't 4 fault 3 my 4 fault 4 fault 5 . what else could you expect ? ' he said . 1 what 2 else 1 what 4 you 2 else 3 could 4 you 5 expect 4 you 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 9 said 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 . ' [we] [didn't] [expect] [any] one , ' [dan] answered slowly . 1 ' 10 answered 6 one 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 10 answered 10 answered 11 slowly 11 slowly 12 . ' [this] is our field . ' 1 ' 7 ' 3 is 4 our 4 our 5 field 5 field 6 . 6 . 7 ' ' [is] it ? ' said their visitor , sitting down . 1 ' 6 said 3 it 4 ? 4 ? 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 12 . 7 their 8 visitor 8 visitor 9 , 8 visitor 10 sitting 10 sitting 11 down 11 down 12 . [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 7 nose 2 's 10 face 3 as 4 plain 4 plain 5 as 4 plain 7 nose 5 as 6 the 8 on 9 my 9 my 10 face 10 face 11 . 11 . 12 ' 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 2 pointed 4 the ' [by] [oak] , [ash] , and [thorn] [!] ' he cried , still laughing . 1 ' 12 cried 4 , 7 and 4 , 10 ' 6 , 7 and 10 ' 12 cried 11 he 12 cried 12 cried 13 , 13 , 15 laughing 14 still 15 laughing 15 laughing 16 . ' [we] didn't know it was wrong , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 9 ' 3 didn't 4 know 4 know 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 7 wrong 7 wrong 8 , 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [wrong] ! ' 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' the little fellow shook with laughter . 1 the 2 little 2 little 3 fellow 3 fellow 4 shook 4 shook 6 laughter 5 with 6 laughter 6 laughter 7 . ' [indeed] [,] it isn't [wrong] [.] 1 ' 4 it 4 it 5 isn't 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 2 've 1 you 15 have 2 've 3 done 3 done 4 something 4 something 5 that 9 and 14 would 14 would 15 have 15 have 23 to 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 7 , 7 , 8 you 8 you 9 couldn't you ['ve] [broken] [the] [hills] you 've [broken] [the] [hills] [!] 1 you 7 've 6 you 7 've it hasn't happened in a thousand years . ' 1 it 2 hasn't 2 hasn't 3 happened 3 happened 6 thousand 4 in 5 a 5 a 6 thousand 6 thousand 7 years 7 years 8 . 8 . 9 ' ' [we] we didn't mean to , ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 we 1 ' 9 said 3 we 4 didn't 4 didn't 5 mean 5 mean 6 to 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [of] [course] you didn't ! 1 ' 4 you 1 ' 6 ! 4 you 5 didn't that 's just why you did it . 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 just 3 just 4 why 4 why 5 you 4 why 6 did 6 did 7 it 7 it 8 . [unluckily] [the] [hills] [are] [empty] [now] [,] [and] [all] [the] [people] [of] [the] [hills] [are] [gone] [.] i 'm the only one left . 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 4 only 3 the 4 only 4 only 5 one 5 one 6 left 6 left 7 . if you don't , of course you 've only to say so , [and] [i] 'll go . ' 1 if 2 you 1 if 9 only 2 you 3 don't 2 you 8 've 4 , 6 course 5 of 6 course 6 course 7 you 7 you 8 've 9 only 10 to 10 to 11 say 11 say 12 so 11 say 13 , 13 , 19 ' 16 'll 17 go 17 go 18 . 18 . 19 ' he looked at the children , and the children looked at him for quite half a minute . 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 2 looked 11 at 2 looked 14 quite 3 at 4 the 4 the 5 children 5 children 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 the 8 the 9 children 10 looked 11 at 11 at 12 him 12 him 13 for 14 quite 15 half 15 half 17 minute 16 a 17 minute 17 minute 18 . his eyes did not twinkle any more . 1 his 2 eyes 2 eyes 8 . 3 did 4 not 4 not 6 any 5 twinkle 6 any 6 any 7 more 7 more 8 . they were very kind , and there was the beginning of a good smile on his lips . 1 they 2 were 2 were 10 beginning 3 very 4 kind 4 kind 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 there 7 there 8 was 8 was 10 beginning 9 the 10 beginning 10 beginning 11 of 10 beginning 14 smile 12 a 13 good 12 a 14 smile 14 smile 15 on 14 smile 17 lips 16 his 17 lips 17 lips 18 . una put out her hand . 1 una 2 put 2 put 3 out 2 put 5 hand 4 her 5 hand 5 hand 6 . ' [don't] go , ' she said . 1 ' 5 ' 3 go 4 , 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 7 said 6 she 7 said 7 said 8 . ' [we] like you . ' 1 ' 4 you 1 ' 6 ' 3 like 4 you 5 . 6 ' ' [have] a [bath] [oliver] , ' said [dan] , and he passed over the [squashy] [envelope] [with] [the] [eggs] [.] 1 ' 3 a 1 ' 7 ' 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 he 12 he 13 passed 13 passed 14 over 14 over 15 the ' [by] [oak] , [ash] and [thorn] , ' cried [puck] [,] [taking] [off] [his] [blue] [cap] [,] ['] [i] [like] [you] [too] . 1 ' 10 cried 4 , 6 and 4 , 9 ' 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 cried 10 cried 24 . [sprinkle] [a] [plenty] [salt] [on] [the] [biscuit] [,] [dan] [,] [and] [i] ['ll] [eat] [it] [with] [you] [.] that ['ll] [show] [you] [the] sort of [person] [i] [am] [.] 1 that 6 sort 6 sort 7 of [but] [i] ['m] [puck] [!] ['] he brushed the crumbs carefully from his doublet and shook hands . 1 he 2 brushed 2 brushed 8 doublet 3 the 4 crumbs 4 crumbs 8 doublet 5 carefully 8 doublet 6 from 8 doublet 7 his 8 doublet 8 doublet 9 and 8 doublet 10 shook 10 shook 11 hands 11 hands 12 . ' [she] [means] [meeting] a fairy , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 8 ' 5 a 6 fairy 6 fairy 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [i] never believed in ' em not after [i] was six , anyhow . ' 1 ' 7 em 3 never 4 believed 4 believed 5 in 4 believed 7 em 6 ' 7 em 7 em 9 after 7 em 14 anyhow 8 not 9 after 11 was 12 six 12 six 14 anyhow 13 , 14 anyhow 14 anyhow 15 . 15 . 16 ' ' [i] [did] , ' said [una] . 1 ' 5 ' 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 . ' [at] [least] [,] [i] [sort] [of] [half] [believed] [till] [we] [learned] ["] farewell , [rewards] ["] [.] 1 ' 14 farewell 14 farewell 15 , do you know ["] [farewell] , [rewards] and [fairies] ["] ? ' 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 know 2 you 11 ? 3 know 6 , 6 , 8 and 11 ? 12 ' ' [do] you mean this ? ' said [puck] . 1 ' 3 you 1 ' 8 said 3 you 4 mean 5 this 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . he threw his big head back and began at the second line : 1 he 2 threw 2 threw 5 head 2 threw 6 back 2 threw 11 second 3 his 4 big 3 his 5 head 6 back 7 and 7 and 8 began 9 at 10 the 10 the 11 second 11 second 12 line 11 second 13 : ( ['] [join] [in] [,] [una] ! ' ) 1 ( 9 ) 7 ! 8 ' 7 ! 9 ) than [maids] [were] [wont] [to] [do] [,] [yet] [who] [of] [late] [for] [cleanliness] [finds] [sixpence] in [her] [shoe] [?] ['] 1 than 16 in the echoes flapped all along the flat meadow . 1 the 2 echoes 2 echoes 3 flapped 2 echoes 9 . 3 flapped 4 all 3 flapped 5 along 3 flapped 7 flat 3 flapped 8 meadow 5 along 6 the ' [of] [course] [i] know it , ' he said . 1 ' 8 ' 5 know 6 it 6 it 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 10 said 9 he 10 said 10 said 11 . ' [and] then there 's the [verse] [about] [the] [rings] , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 3 then 1 ' 13 said 3 then 4 there 4 there 5 's 5 's 6 the 11 , 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 15 . ' [when] [i] was [little] it always made me feel unhappy in my inside . ' 1 ' 16 ' 4 was 11 unhappy 6 it 7 always 7 always 8 made 8 made 11 unhappy 9 me 10 feel 10 feel 11 unhappy 11 unhappy 12 in 11 unhappy 14 inside 12 in 13 my 14 inside 15 . 15 . 16 ' " ['] [witness] [those] [rings] [and] [roundelays] ["] [,] do you [mean] [?] ['] [boomed] [puck] , [with] a [voice] like a great [church] [organ] [.] 1 " 10 do 10 do 11 you 11 you 17 , 17 , 19 a 19 a 23 great 21 like 22 a 22 a 23 great ' [it] ['s] [some] [time] [since] [i] [heard] [that] [sung] [,] but there 's no [good] beating about the bush [:] [it] ['s] [true] . 1 ' 12 but 12 but 13 there 13 there 14 's 13 there 15 no 15 no 17 beating 17 beating 18 about 17 beating 20 bush 19 the 20 bush 20 bush 25 . the [people] of [the] [hills] [have] all [left] . 1 the 3 of 3 of 7 all 7 all 9 . i saw them [come] [into] [old] [england] and [i] saw them go . 1 i 2 saw 2 saw 3 them 3 them 13 . 8 and 10 saw 10 saw 11 them 11 them 12 go 11 them 13 . i [came] [into] [england] [with] [oak] , [ash] [and] [thorn] , and when [oak] , [ash] and [thorn] [are] [gone] [i] [shall] [go] [too] [.] ['] 1 i 7 , 7 , 17 and 11 , 12 and 11 , 17 and 12 and 13 when 15 , 17 and ' [it] 's all right , ' he said [;] [and] [added] , ' [i] ['m] [planting] a [lot] of [acorns] this [autumn] [too] . ' 1 ' 7 ' 3 's 4 all 4 all 5 right 5 right 6 , 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 9 said 8 he 9 said 9 said 13 , 13 , 14 ' 13 , 26 ' 14 ' 18 a 20 of 22 this 22 this 25 . 25 . 26 ' ' [then] aren't you most awfully old ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 10 said 3 aren't 4 you 3 aren't 6 awfully 3 aren't 8 ? 5 most 6 awfully 6 awfully 7 old 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [not] [old] [fairly] [long-lived] , [as] [folk] [say] [hereabouts] [.] 1 ' 6 , 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 14 me 2 me 3 see 2 me 4 my 6 used 7 to 7 to 14 me yes , [before] [the] [flint] [men] [made] [the] [dewpond] [under] [chanctonbury] [ring] . ' 1 yes 2 , 2 , 14 ' 13 . 14 ' una clasped her hands , cried ' [oh] ! ' and nodded her head . 1 una 2 clasped 2 clasped 3 her 2 clasped 4 hands 2 clasped 13 her 5 , 6 cried 5 , 7 ' 5 , 11 and 7 ' 10 ' 9 ! 10 ' 11 and 12 nodded 12 nodded 13 her 13 her 14 head 14 head 15 . ' [she] ['s] thought [a] [plan] [,] ['] [dan] [explained] . 1 ' 4 thought 4 thought 11 . ' [she] [always] [does] [like] [that] [when] [she] [thinks] a plan . ' 1 ' 13 ' 10 a 11 plan 11 plan 12 . 12 . 13 ' ' [i] [was] [thinking] [suppose] we [saved] [some] [of] [our] [porridge] and [put] [it] [in] [the] [attic] [for] you ? 1 ' 6 we 1 ' 19 you 12 and 19 you 19 you 20 ? they 'd notice if we left it in the nursery . ' 1 they 2 'd 1 they 6 left 2 'd 3 notice 4 if 5 we 5 we 6 left 6 left 7 it 6 left 10 nursery 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 nursery 10 nursery 11 . 11 . 12 ' ' [bless] your heart [o] ['] [gold] ! ' said [puck] . 1 ' 3 your 1 ' 8 ! 3 your 4 heart 8 ! 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [you] ['ll] make a [fine] [considering] [wench] [some] [market-day] [.] 1 ' 4 make 4 make 5 a they felt they could not be afraid of him any more than of their [particular] [friend] [old] [hobden] [the] [hedger] [.] 1 they 2 felt 1 they 4 could 3 they 4 could 4 could 5 not 5 not 7 afraid 6 be 7 afraid 7 afraid 8 of 7 afraid 13 of 8 of 9 him 10 any 11 more 10 any 13 of 11 more 12 than 13 of 14 their ' [have] you a knife on you ? ' he said at last . 1 ' 3 you 1 ' 7 you 3 you 4 a 4 a 5 knife 5 knife 6 on 7 you 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 11 said 10 he 11 said 11 said 14 . 12 at 13 last 13 last 14 . 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 9 , 1 dan 26 . 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 began 12 began 13 to 13 to 21 the ' [what] ['s] that for [magic] ? ' said [una] , as he [pressed] [up] the [square] of [chocolate] [loam] [that] [cut] [like] [so] [much] [cheese] [.] 1 ' 4 that 1 ' 9 said 5 for 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 , 9 said 16 the 11 , 12 as 12 as 13 he 16 the 18 of ' [one] of my little [magics] , ' he answered , and [cut] another [.] 1 ' 10 answered 3 of 4 my 4 my 5 little 5 little 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 10 answered 9 he 10 answered 10 answered 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 14 another you certainly deserve it . ' 1 you 3 deserve 2 certainly 3 deserve 3 deserve 4 it 4 it 5 . 5 . 6 ' ' [what] ['s] [taking] [seisin] ? ' said [dan] , [cautiously] [.] 1 ' 8 said 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 , ' [it] ['s] [an] [old] [custom] the [people] [had] [when] [they] [bought] [and] [sold] land . 1 ' 7 the 7 the 15 land 15 land 16 . he held out the turves . 1 he 2 held 2 held 5 turves 3 out 5 turves 4 the 5 turves 5 turves 6 . ' [but] it 's [our] own [meadow] , ' said [dan] , [drawing] [back] [.] 1 ' 3 it 1 ' 10 said 3 it 4 's 4 's 6 own 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 , ' [are] you [going] to [magic] it [away] ? ' 1 ' 3 you 3 you 9 ? 5 to 7 it 7 it 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' puck laughed . 1 puck 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 . ' [i] [know] it ['s] [your] [meadow] , but there 's a great deal more in it than you or your father ever guessed . 1 ' 4 it 4 it 11 's 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 there 10 there 11 's 11 's 12 a 12 a 13 great 13 great 14 deal 14 deal 15 more 15 more 16 in 15 more 18 than 17 it 18 than 18 than 23 ever 19 you 21 your 19 you 23 ever 20 or 21 your 21 your 22 father 23 ever 24 guessed 23 ever 25 . try ! ' 1 try 2 ! 2 ! 3 ' he turned his [eyes] [on] [una] [.] 1 he 2 turned 2 turned 3 his ' [i] 'll do it , ' she said . 1 ' 7 ' 3 'll 4 do 4 do 5 it 5 it 6 , 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 9 said 8 she 9 said 9 said 10 . dan followed her example at once . 1 dan 4 example 1 dan 7 . 2 followed 3 her 2 followed 4 example 4 example 6 once 5 at 6 once ' [now] are you [two] [lawfully] [seised] [and] [possessed] [of] [all] [old] [england] , ['] [began] [puck] [,] in a [sing-song] voice . 1 ' 3 are 3 are 4 you 4 you 14 , 14 , 19 in 19 in 20 a 20 a 22 voice 22 voice 23 . fast ! 1 fast 2 ! hold fast [all] [i] give you . ' 1 hold 2 fast 2 fast 7 . 5 give 6 you 6 you 7 . 7 . 8 ' the children shut their eyes , but nothing happened . 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 shut 3 shut 5 eyes 4 their 5 eyes 5 eyes 10 . 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 nothing 8 nothing 9 happened 9 happened 10 . ' [well] ? ' said [una] , [disappointedly] [opening] [them] [.] 1 ' 5 said 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 , ' [i] thought there would be [dragons] . ' 1 ' 9 ' 3 thought 5 would 4 there 5 would 5 would 6 be 6 be 8 . 8 . 9 ' " ['] [though] [it] [shall] [have] [happened] three [thousand] [year] , " ['] said [puck] , and [counted] on [his] [fingers] . 1 " 14 said 8 three 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 14 said 14 said 16 , 14 said 22 . 16 , 17 and 17 and 19 on ' [no] [;] [i] ['m] [afraid] [there] [were] [no] [dragons] three thousand years ago . ' 1 ' 16 ' 11 three 13 years 12 thousand 13 years 13 years 14 ago 14 ago 15 . 15 . 16 ' ' [but] there [hasn't] happened [anything] at all , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 3 there 1 ' 11 said 5 happened 7 at 7 at 8 all 8 all 9 , 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 . ' [wait] [awhile] , ' said [puck] . 1 ' 5 ' 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 . ' [you] [don't] [grow] [an] [oak] [in] a [year] [and] [old] [england] ['s] [older] [than] [twenty] [oaks] [.] 1 ' 8 a let's sit down again and think . 1 let's 2 sit 1 let's 6 think 2 sit 3 down 3 down 4 again 4 again 5 and 6 think 7 . i can do that for a century at a time . ' 1 i 2 can 2 can 3 do 2 can 7 century 3 do 4 that 5 for 7 century 6 a 7 century 7 century 8 at 7 century 10 time 7 century 11 . 9 a 10 time 11 . 12 ' ' [ah] , but you 're a fairy , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 10 ' 3 , 4 but 4 but 5 you 5 you 6 're 6 're 7 a 7 a 8 fairy 8 fairy 9 , 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 . ' [have] you [ever] [heard] me say that [word] yet ? ' said [puck] [quickly] . 1 ' 3 you 1 ' 13 said 3 you 6 me 7 say 8 that 7 say 11 ? 10 yet 11 ? 11 ? 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 16 . ['] [no] [.] you [talk] [about] ["] [the] [people] [of] [the] [hills] ["] , but you never say " [fairies] ["] , ['] said [una] . 1 you 11 , 11 , 12 but 11 , 16 " 12 but 14 never 13 you 14 never 14 never 15 say 16 " 21 said 19 , 21 said 21 said 23 . ' [i] was [wondering] [at] that [.] 1 ' 6 that 3 was 6 that don't you like it ? ' 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 like 3 like 4 it 4 it 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' ' [i] [shouldn't] like it [at] all , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 9 ' 4 like 5 it 5 it 7 all 7 all 8 , 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [that] ['s] [how] [the] [djinns] [and] [afrits] [talk] [in] [the] [arabian] [nights] . ' 1 ' 15 ' 14 . 15 ' ' [and] that 's [how] [i] [feel] about [saying] [that] [word] [that] [i] [don't] [say] [.] 1 ' 3 that 3 that 4 's 4 's 8 about i know ['] [em] ! ['] 1 i 2 know 2 know 5 ! ' [we] don't mean that sort , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 3 don't 1 ' 9 said 3 don't 4 mean 4 mean 6 sort 5 that 6 sort 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [we] hate ' em too . ' 1 ' 5 em 3 hate 5 em 4 ' 5 em 5 em 6 too 6 too 7 . 7 . 8 ' ' [exactly] , ' said [puck] . 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . butterfly wings , indeed ! 1 butterfly 2 wings 1 butterfly 4 indeed 3 , 4 indeed 4 indeed 5 ! butterfly-wings ! 1 butterfly-wings 2 ! and the [horses] of the [hills] [picked] [their] way [from] [one] [wave] to [another] [by] the [lightning] [flashes] [!] 1 and 2 the 2 the 4 of 4 of 5 the 5 the 9 way 9 way 13 to 13 to 16 the that was how it was [in] the old days [!] ['] 1 that 2 was 1 that 5 was 3 how 4 it 4 it 5 was 5 was 7 the 7 the 8 old 8 old 9 days ' [splendid] , ' said [dan] , but [una] [shuddered] [.] 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 , 7 , 8 but ' [i] 'm glad they 're gone , then ; but what [made] [the] [people] [of] [the] [hills] [go] [away] [?] ['] 1 ' 12 what 3 'm 4 glad 4 glad 6 're 5 they 6 're 6 're 7 gone 7 gone 8 , 8 , 9 then 8 , 11 but 10 ; 11 but 11 but 12 what una asked . 1 una 2 asked 1 una 3 . ['] [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 4 you 3 tell 5 one 5 one 6 of 5 one 9 day 5 one 11 thing 6 of 7 them 8 some 9 day 11 thing 19 , 19 , 20 ' 20 ' 21 said 21 said 23 . ' [but] they [didn't] all [flit] [at] [once] . 1 ' 3 they 3 they 5 all 5 all 9 . they dropped off , one by one , through the centuries . 1 they 2 dropped 2 dropped 3 off 2 dropped 5 one 3 off 4 , 5 one 11 centuries 6 by 7 one 7 one 8 , 7 one 11 centuries 9 through 10 the 9 through 11 centuries 11 centuries 12 . most of them were foreigners who couldn't stand our climate . 1 most 2 of 1 most 5 foreigners 3 them 5 foreigners 4 were 5 foreigners 5 foreigners 6 who 5 foreigners 10 climate 7 couldn't 8 stand 8 stand 10 climate 9 our 10 climate 10 climate 11 . they flitted early [.] ['] 1 they 2 flitted 2 flitted 3 early ' [how] early ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 6 said 3 early 4 ? 4 ? 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 . ' [a] [couple] [of] [thousand] [years] or [more] [.] 1 ' 7 or 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 8 , 8 , 17 and 12 back 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 they 18 they 21 their [england] [is] [a] [bad] [country] [for] [gods] [.] now [,] [i] began [as] [i] mean to go on . 1 now 4 began 4 began 8 to 7 mean 8 to 8 to 9 go 9 go 10 on 10 on 11 . i belong here , you see , and [i] have been mixed up with people all my days . 1 i 2 belong 1 i 10 have 2 belong 3 here 3 here 4 , 4 , 5 you 5 you 6 see 6 see 7 , 7 , 8 and 10 have 11 been 11 been 12 mixed 12 mixed 13 up 12 mixed 14 with 12 mixed 15 people 12 mixed 18 days 16 all 17 my 17 my 18 days 18 days 19 . ' [people] [burned] [in] [wicker] [baskets] ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 9 said 7 ? 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [like] [miss] [blake] [tells] [us] [about] ? ['] 1 ' 8 ? ' [all] [sorts] [of] [sacrifices] , ' said [puck] . 1 ' 7 ' 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . i never liked it . 1 i 2 never 2 never 3 liked 3 liked 4 it 4 it 5 . they were [a] [stiff-necked] , [extravagant] [set] [of] [idols] [,] the [old] [things] [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 5 , 5 , 11 the but what was the result ? 1 but 2 what 1 but 5 result 2 what 3 was 4 the 5 result 5 result 6 ? 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 18 farm-horses 3 like 4 being 3 like 18 farm-horses 4 being 5 sacrificed 5 sacrificed 6 at 5 sacrificed 8 best 5 sacrificed 10 times 7 the 8 best 8 best 9 of 11 ; 12 they 12 they 18 farm-horses 13 don't 18 farm-horses 14 even 18 farm-horses 15 like 18 farm-horses 16 sacrificing 18 farm-horses 17 their 18 farm-horses 18 farm-horses 19 . some of them took to hanging about trees , and hiding in graves and groaning o ' nights . 1 some 2 of 2 of 3 them 3 them 13 graves 4 took 5 to 4 took 6 hanging 6 hanging 7 about 6 hanging 8 trees 8 trees 10 and 8 trees 13 graves 9 , 10 and 11 hiding 12 in 11 hiding 13 graves 13 graves 15 groaning 14 and 15 groaning 15 groaning 16 o 15 groaning 18 nights 16 o 17 ' 18 nights 19 . i remember one [goddess] [called] [belisama] [.] 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 3 one [she] [became] [a] [common] [wet] [water-spirit] [somewhere] [in] [lancashire] [.] and there were hundreds of other friends of mine . 1 and 2 there 2 there 3 were 2 there 4 hundreds 4 hundreds 5 of 4 hundreds 7 friends 4 hundreds 8 of 6 other 7 friends 8 of 9 mine 9 mine 10 . 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 2 was 2 was 3 only 2 was 21 in 3 only 4 one 4 one 11 who 21 in 23 world 22 the 23 world 23 world 24 . he was [called] [weland] , and he was a [smith] [to] [some] [gods] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 he 7 he 8 was 8 was 9 a i 've forgotten their names , but he used to make them swords and spears . 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 forgotten 3 forgotten 4 their 4 their 5 names 4 their 13 swords 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 he 8 he 9 used 9 used 10 to 10 to 11 make 11 make 13 swords 12 them 13 swords 13 swords 14 and 13 swords 15 spears 15 spears 16 . i think [he] [claimed] [kin] [with] [thor] of [the] [scandinavians] . ' 1 i 2 think 2 think 8 of 8 of 11 . 11 . 12 ' ' [heroes] [of] [asgard] [thor] ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 8 said 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . 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 6 book 7 . ' [perhaps] , ' answered [puck] . 1 ' 5 answered 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 answered 5 answered 7 . ' [none] the [less] [,] [when] [bad] [times] [came] [,] [he] [didn't] [beg] [or] [steal] [.] 1 ' 3 the he worked ; [and] [i] was lucky enough to be able to do him a good turn . ' 1 he 2 worked 2 worked 3 ; 2 worked 7 lucky 6 was 7 lucky 7 lucky 8 enough 7 lucky 11 able 9 to 10 be 10 be 11 able 11 able 12 to 12 to 13 do 12 to 14 him 12 to 17 turn 15 a 16 good 16 good 17 turn 17 turn 18 . 18 . 19 ' ' [tell] us about it , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 7 ' 3 us 4 about 4 about 5 it 5 it 6 , 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . ' [i] think [i] [like] [hearing] of [old] [things] . ' 1 ' 11 ' 3 think 7 of 7 of 10 . 10 . 11 ' they rearranged themselves comfortably , each chewing a grass stem . 1 they 2 rearranged 2 rearranged 3 themselves 2 rearranged 4 comfortably 2 rearranged 5 , 2 rearranged 6 each 2 rearranged 7 chewing 7 chewing 8 a 7 chewing 10 stem 9 grass 10 stem 10 stem 11 . puck propped himself on one strong arm and went on : 1 puck 2 propped 2 propped 3 himself 2 propped 4 on 2 propped 5 one 2 propped 7 arm 2 propped 10 on 6 strong 7 arm 8 and 9 went 9 went 10 on 10 on 11 : ' [let] ['s] [think] ! 1 ' 5 ! i met [weland] [first] [on] a [november] [afternoon] [in] [a] [sleet] [storm] [,] [on] [pevensey] [level] [.] ['] 1 i 2 met 2 met 6 a ' [pevensey] ? 1 ' 3 ? over the hill , you mean ? ' 1 over 3 hill 2 the 3 hill 3 hill 4 , 3 hill 7 ? 5 you 6 mean 6 mean 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' dan pointed south . 1 dan 2 pointed 1 dan 4 . 2 pointed 3 south ' [yes] ; but it was [all] [marsh] in those days , [right] up [to] [horsebridge] and [hydeneye] . 1 ' 3 ; 3 ; 4 but 4 but 5 it 5 it 6 was 5 it 19 . 6 was 9 in 9 in 10 those 10 those 11 days 11 days 12 , 12 , 17 and 14 up 17 and bitter cold it was ! 1 bitter 2 cold 2 cold 3 it 3 it 4 was 3 it 5 ! 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 1 there 23 's 14 with 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 there 18 there 23 's i didn't care ! 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 care 3 care 4 ! i ['d] [seen] [too] [many] [gods] [charging] [into] [old] [england] to be upset [about] [it] . 1 i 11 to 11 to 12 be 12 be 13 upset 13 upset 16 . ' [what] did [weland] say ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 8 said 3 did 5 say 5 say 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . ' [was] he [angry] [?] ['] 1 ' 3 he ' [he] [called] [me] [names] and [rolled] his eyes , and [i] went [away] to [wake] [up] the people [inland] . 1 ' 6 and 6 and 8 his 8 his 9 eyes 9 eyes 11 and 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 went 13 went 15 to 15 to 18 the 18 the 19 people 19 people 21 . but [the] [pirates] [conquered] [the] [country] , and [for] [centuries] [weland] was a most [important] [god] . 1 but 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 12 was 12 was 13 a 13 a 14 most 14 most 17 . he had [temples] [everywhere] [from] [lincolnshire] [to] the [isle] of [wight] , as he said [and] [his] [sacrifices] [were] [simply] [scandalous] . 1 he 2 had 1 he 15 said 2 had 8 the 8 the 10 of 12 , 15 said 13 as 14 he 14 he 15 said 15 said 22 . in the old days the congregation were unhappy until the priests had chosen their sacrifices ; and so would you have been . 1 in 2 the 2 the 6 congregation 3 old 4 days 4 days 6 congregation 5 the 6 congregation 6 congregation 7 were 6 congregation 8 unhappy 6 congregation 11 priests 9 until 11 priests 10 the 11 priests 11 priests 15 sacrifices 11 priests 23 . 12 had 13 chosen 13 chosen 15 sacrifices 14 their 15 sacrifices 15 sacrifices 16 ; 15 sacrifices 18 so 15 sacrifices 19 would 16 ; 17 and 19 would 21 have 20 you 21 have 21 have 22 been then [everybody] [shouted] : ["] [a] [sacrifice] [to] [weland] [!] 1 then 4 : a [sacrifice] [to] [weland] [!] ["] ' 1 a 7 ' ' [and] the [man] wasn't really dead ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 the 1 ' 10 said 5 wasn't 6 really 6 really 7 dead 7 dead 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [not] a [bit] [.] 1 ' 3 a all as much pretence as a dolls ' tea-party . 1 all 4 pretence 2 as 3 much 3 much 4 pretence 4 pretence 5 as 4 pretence 9 tea-party 6 a 9 tea-party 7 dolls 9 tea-party 8 ' 9 tea-party 9 tea-party 10 . that counted the same as if a man and a horse had been killed . 1 that 2 counted 2 counted 4 same 3 the 4 same 4 same 5 as 5 as 6 if 6 if 12 had 7 a 8 man 7 a 11 horse 8 man 9 and 10 a 11 horse 11 horse 12 had 12 had 13 been 13 been 14 killed 14 killed 15 . i saw [poor] [weland] ['s] [face] [through] the [smoke] [,] [and] [i] couldn't help laughing . 1 i 2 saw 1 i 13 couldn't 2 saw 8 the 13 couldn't 14 help 14 help 15 laughing 15 laughing 16 . he looked so disgusted and so hungry , and all he had to satisfy himself was a horrid smell of burning hair . 1 he 2 looked 1 he 12 had 2 looked 4 disgusted 3 so 4 disgusted 4 disgusted 5 and 4 disgusted 7 hungry 6 so 7 hungry 7 hungry 8 , 8 , 9 and 10 all 11 he 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 to 13 to 14 satisfy 14 satisfy 15 himself 14 satisfy 18 horrid 16 was 17 a 17 a 18 horrid 18 horrid 19 smell 19 smell 20 of 19 smell 21 burning 21 burning 22 hair 22 hair 23 . just a dolls ' tea-party ! 1 just 5 tea-party 2 a 5 tea-party 3 dolls 5 tea-party 4 ' 5 tea-party 5 tea-party 6 ! 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 5 of 1 none 8 could 2 of 3 the 5 of 6 the 8 could 9 tell 9 tell 10 me 9 tell 12 about 11 anything 12 about 12 about 13 him 13 him 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 19 he 18 that 19 he 19 he 20 had 20 had 21 left 21 left 23 . puck turned , lay on his other elbow , and thought for a long time . 1 puck 2 turned 1 puck 3 , 1 puck 4 lay 1 puck 14 long 4 lay 5 on 5 on 6 his 6 his 8 elbow 7 other 8 elbow 8 elbow 9 , 8 elbow 11 thought 9 , 10 and 12 for 13 a 13 a 14 long 14 long 15 time 15 time 16 . ' [let] ['s] see , ' he said at last . 1 ' 6 ' 4 see 5 , 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 8 said 7 he 8 said 8 said 11 . 9 at 10 last 10 last 11 . ' [if] you [mean] [old] [hobden] [the] [hedger] , he 's only [seventy-two] [.] 1 ' 3 you 3 you 9 , 9 , 10 he 10 he 11 's 11 's 12 only he told me so himself , ' said [dan] . 1 he 2 told 1 he 5 himself 2 told 3 me 3 me 4 so 5 himself 6 , 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . ' [he] 's a intimate friend of ours . ' 1 ' 10 ' 3 's 4 a 4 a 5 intimate 5 intimate 6 friend 5 intimate 8 ours 7 of 8 ours 8 ours 9 . 9 . 10 ' ' [you] ['re] quite right , ' [puck] replied . 1 ' 9 replied 4 quite 5 right 5 right 6 , 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 9 replied 9 replied 10 . ['] [i] [meant] [old] [hobden] ['s] [ninth] [great-grandfather] [.] he was a free man and burned charcoal hereabouts . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 a 2 was 4 free 4 free 8 charcoal 5 man 8 charcoal 6 and 8 charcoal 7 burned 8 charcoal 8 charcoal 9 hereabouts 8 charcoal 10 . 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 5 family 6 , 5 family 9 son 7 father 8 and 7 father 9 son 9 son 10 , [hob] [of] [the] [dene] [was] [my] [hobden] ['s] [name] [,] [and] [he] [lived] [at] [the] [forge] [cottage] [.] he jerked his head westward , where the valley narrows between wooded hills and steep hop-fields . 1 he 2 jerked 2 jerked 5 westward 3 his 4 head 4 head 5 westward 5 westward 6 , 5 westward 10 narrows 7 where 10 narrows 8 the 10 narrows 9 valley 10 narrows 10 narrows 11 between 10 narrows 12 wooded 10 narrows 16 hop-fields 12 wooded 13 hills 14 and 16 hop-fields 15 steep 16 hop-fields 16 hop-fields 17 . ' [why] [,] that 's [willingford] [bridge] , ' said [una] . 1 ' 4 that 1 ' 10 said 4 that 5 's 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [we] go there for walks often . 1 ' 3 go 3 go 4 there 4 there 6 walks 5 for 6 walks 6 walks 7 often 7 often 8 . there 's a kingfisher there [.] ['] 1 there 2 's 1 there 4 kingfisher 3 a 4 kingfisher 4 kingfisher 5 there ' [it] [was] [weland] ['s] [ford] then , [dearie] [.] 1 ' 7 then 7 then 8 , 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 3 no 2 was 12 a 3 no 7 , 7 , 8 but 12 a 24 tree 24 tree 25 . then he sat down and went to sleep . 1 then 2 he 1 then 6 went 2 he 3 sat 3 sat 4 down 5 and 6 went 6 went 8 sleep 7 to 8 sleep 8 sleep 9 . it was [weland] [himself] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 . 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 4 astonished 3 so 4 astonished 4 astonished 5 that 4 astonished 7 jumped 4 astonished 11 : 7 jumped 8 out 7 jumped 9 and 10 said 11 : 11 : 12 " 11 : 25 ' 12 " 13 what 13 what 19 doing 17 are 18 you 17 are 19 doing 19 doing 20 here 19 doing 23 ? 20 here 21 , 23 ? 24 " ' [poor] [weland] ! ' [sighed] [una] [.] 1 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 ' ' [he] [pushed] the [long] [hair] [back] [from] [his] [forehead] [(] [he] [didn't] [recognize] [me] [at] [first] [)] [.] 1 ' 4 the then he said : " you ought to know . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 said 3 said 4 : 4 : 5 " 5 " 6 you 6 you 7 ought 6 you 9 know 7 ought 8 to 9 know 10 . you [foretold] [it] , [old] [thing] [.] 1 you 4 , i 'm shoeing horses for hire . 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 shoeing 3 shoeing 4 horses 3 shoeing 5 for 3 shoeing 6 hire 6 hire 7 . i 'm not even [weland] now , " he said . 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 not 3 not 4 even 4 even 6 now 6 now 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 10 said 9 he 10 said 10 said 11 . " they call me [wayland-smith] . " ['] 1 " 2 they 2 they 3 call 3 call 4 me 4 me 6 . 6 . 7 " ' [poor] [chap] ! ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 . ' [what] did you say ? ' 1 ' 4 you 3 did 4 you 4 you 5 say 5 say 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' ' [what] [could] [i] [say] ? 1 ' 6 ? " ['] [isn't] there any way for you to get back to [valhalla] [,] [or] [wherever] you [come] from ? " 1 " 4 there 1 " 8 you 4 there 5 any 5 any 6 way 7 for 8 you 8 you 10 get 9 to 10 get 10 get 11 back 11 back 12 to 12 to 17 you 17 you 20 ? 19 from 20 ? 20 ? 21 " i said . 1 i 2 said 2 said 3 . " ' [i] ['m] [afraid] not , " he said , rasping away at the hoof . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 10 said 6 not 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 10 said 9 he 10 said 10 said 12 rasping 11 , 12 rasping 12 rasping 13 away 12 rasping 14 at 12 rasping 16 hoof 15 the 16 hoof 16 hoof 17 . he had a wonderful touch with horses . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 a 3 a 4 wonderful 4 wonderful 5 touch 5 touch 7 horses 6 with 7 horses 7 horses 8 . the old beast was whinnying on his shoulder . 1 the 2 old 2 old 5 whinnying 3 beast 5 whinnying 4 was 5 whinnying 5 whinnying 6 on 5 whinnying 8 shoulder 7 his 8 shoulder 8 shoulder 9 . " you [may] remember that [i] was not a [gentle] [god] [in] [my] [day] [and] [my] [time] [and] [my] [power] . 1 " 2 you 2 you 4 remember 4 remember 5 that 4 remember 21 . 5 that 7 was 7 was 8 not 7 was 9 a i shall never be [released] [till] [some] [human] [being] [truly] [wishes] [me] well . " 1 i 2 shall 2 shall 3 never 2 shall 4 be 4 be 13 well 13 well 14 . 14 . 15 " " ['] [surely] , " said [i] , " [the] [farmer] can't do [less] than that . 1 " 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 12 can't 12 can't 13 do 13 do 16 that 13 do 17 . 15 than 16 that you 're shoeing the horse all round for him . " 1 you 2 're 2 're 3 shoeing 3 shoeing 4 the 3 shoeing 5 horse 3 shoeing 7 round 3 shoeing 8 for 6 all 7 round 8 for 9 him 9 him 10 . 10 . 11 " " ['] [yes] , " said he , " and my nails will hold a shoe from one full moon to the next . 1 " 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 7 he 6 said 8 , 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 and 10 and 12 nails 11 my 12 nails 12 nails 13 will 12 nails 14 hold 12 nails 16 shoe 12 nails 24 . 15 a 16 shoe 16 shoe 17 from 16 shoe 20 moon 17 from 18 one 19 full 20 moon 21 to 22 the 22 the 23 next 23 next 24 . but [farmers] [and] [weald] [clay] , " said he , " are both uncommon cold and sour . " 1 but 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 9 he 8 said 10 , 10 , 11 " 10 , 19 " 12 are 14 uncommon 13 both 14 uncommon 14 uncommon 15 cold 14 uncommon 17 sour 14 uncommon 18 . 15 cold 16 and 18 . 19 " ' [would] you believe it , [that] when that farmer woke and found his horse shod he rode away without one word of thanks ? 1 ' 3 you 3 you 4 believe 4 believe 5 it 5 it 6 , 6 , 8 when 8 when 11 woke 9 that 10 farmer 10 farmer 11 woke 11 woke 12 and 11 woke 16 shod 13 found 16 shod 14 his 15 horse 15 horse 16 shod 16 shod 18 rode 16 shod 22 word 16 shod 25 ? 17 he 18 rode 18 rode 19 away 20 without 22 word 21 one 22 word 22 word 23 of 22 word 24 thanks ' [were] you [invisible] ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 you 3 you 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . puck nodded , gravely . 1 puck 2 nodded 2 nodded 4 gravely 3 , 4 gravely 4 gravely 5 . the [farmer] thought he was bewitched well , he was , of [course] [and] [began] [to] [pray] [and] [shout] [.] 1 the 12 of 3 thought 4 he 3 thought 12 of 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 bewitched 6 bewitched 7 well 7 well 8 , 8 , 9 he 9 he 10 was 10 was 11 , i didn't care ! 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 care 3 care 4 ! ' [what] ['s] [a] [novice] ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 8 said 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . hugh was his name , and he had got up to go fishing hereabouts . 1 hugh 2 was 1 hugh 4 name 1 hugh 8 had 3 his 4 name 4 name 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 he 7 he 8 had 8 had 9 got 9 got 10 up 9 got 14 hereabouts 10 up 11 to 11 to 12 go 12 go 13 fishing 13 fishing 14 hereabouts 14 hereabouts 15 . his people owned all this valley . 1 his 3 owned 2 people 3 owned 3 owned 4 all 3 owned 5 this 3 owned 6 valley 6 valley 7 . hugh heard the farmer shouting , and asked him what in the world he meant . 1 hugh 5 shouting 2 heard 3 the 2 heard 5 shouting 4 farmer 5 shouting 5 shouting 7 and 5 shouting 8 asked 6 , 7 and 8 asked 9 him 8 asked 10 what 10 what 13 world 10 what 15 meant 11 in 13 world 12 the 13 world 14 he 15 meant 15 meant 16 . ( [the] [people] [of] [the] [hills] [are] [like] [otters] [they] [don't] [show] [except] [when] [they] [choose] . ) 1 ( 18 ) 17 . 18 ) but the novice wasn't a fool . 1 but 3 novice 2 the 3 novice 3 novice 4 wasn't 3 novice 6 fool 5 a 6 fool 6 fool 7 . he looked down at the horse 's [feet] , and saw the new [shoes] [fastened] [as] [only] [weland] [knew] [how] [to] [fasten] ['] [em] . 1 he 2 looked 1 he 11 saw 2 looked 3 down 2 looked 4 at 4 at 5 the 5 the 6 horse 6 horse 7 's 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 saw 11 saw 12 the 12 the 13 new 13 new 25 . ( [weland] had a way [of] [turning] [down] [the] [nails] [that] [folks] [called] [the] [smith] ['s] [clinch] . ) 1 ( 19 ) 3 had 4 a 4 a 5 way 5 way 18 . 18 . 19 ) " ' ['h'm] ! " said the novice . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 novice 7 the 8 novice 8 novice 9 . " where did you get your horse [shod] ? " 1 " 2 where 2 where 3 did 3 did 4 you 4 you 5 get 4 you 9 ? 5 get 6 your 6 your 7 horse 9 ? 10 " ' [the] [farmer] [wouldn't] tell him [at] [first] [,] [because] [the] [priests] [never] [liked] [their] [people] to [have] [any] [dealings] [with] the [old] [things] [.] 1 ' 5 tell 5 tell 6 him 6 him 17 to 17 to 22 the at last he [confessed] [that] [the] [smith] had done it . 1 at 2 last 2 last 3 he 3 he 8 had 8 had 9 done 9 done 10 it 10 it 11 . " what did you pay him ? " said the novice . 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 did 3 did 4 you 4 you 5 pay 5 pay 6 him 5 pay 11 novice 7 ? 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 novice 10 the 11 novice 11 novice 12 . " [penny] , " said the farmer , very sulkily . 1 " 5 said 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 6 the 5 said 10 sulkily 7 farmer 10 sulkily 8 , 10 sulkily 9 very 10 sulkily 10 sulkily 11 . " that 's [less] [than] a [christian] [would] [have] [charged] , " said the novice . 1 " 2 that 1 " 13 said 2 that 3 's 3 's 6 a 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 15 novice 14 the 15 novice 15 novice 16 . " [i] [hope] you [threw] [a] ['] thank you ['] [into] [the] [bargain] . " 1 " 4 you 1 " 8 thank 8 thank 9 you 9 you 14 . 14 . 15 " " no , " said the farmer [;] ["] [wayland-smith] 's [a] [heathen] . " 1 " 2 no 2 no 3 , 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 6 the 5 said 14 . 6 the 7 farmer 7 farmer 11 's 14 . 15 " " then [by] [your] [reasoning] [i] [ought] to [say] ['] [thank] you ['] to [satan] [if] [he] [helped] me ? " 1 " 2 then 1 " 12 you 8 to 12 you 12 you 20 ? 14 to 19 me 19 me 20 ? 20 ? 21 " " don't roll about up there splitting reasons with me , " said the novice . 1 " 2 don't 1 " 13 said 2 don't 7 splitting 3 roll 7 splitting 4 about 7 splitting 5 up 7 splitting 6 there 7 splitting 7 splitting 8 reasons 7 splitting 9 with 7 splitting 10 me 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 15 novice 14 the 15 novice 15 novice 16 . " come back to the [ford] and thank [the] [smith] [,] [or] you 'll be sorry . " 1 " 2 come 2 come 3 back 3 back 4 to 4 to 5 the 4 to 15 be 7 and 8 thank 8 thank 13 you 13 you 14 'll 14 'll 15 be 15 be 16 sorry 16 sorry 17 . 17 . 18 " ' [back] [the] [farmer] had to go . 1 ' 7 go 5 had 6 to 6 to 7 go 7 go 8 . 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 2 we 1 when 3 reached 1 when 8 was 3 reached 4 the 7 it 8 was he said he 'd [tell] the [abbot] [that] [the] [novice] wanted him to [worship] [heathen] [gods] . 1 he 2 said 1 he 11 wanted 2 said 3 he 2 said 6 the 3 he 4 'd 11 wanted 12 him 11 wanted 13 to 13 to 17 . then [hugh] the [novice] [lost] [his] [temper] [.] 1 then 3 the ' [did] [weland] [see] all this ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 9 said 5 all 6 this 6 this 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [oh] [yes] [,] [and] he shouted his old war-cry when the farmer thudded on to the ground . 1 ' 7 shouted 6 he 7 shouted 7 shouted 10 war-cry 8 his 10 war-cry 9 old 10 war-cry 10 war-cry 11 when 10 war-cry 14 thudded 12 the 14 thudded 13 farmer 14 thudded 14 thudded 15 on 14 thudded 16 to 14 thudded 18 ground 17 the 18 ground 18 ground 19 . he was delighted . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 delighted 3 delighted 4 . then [the] [novice] [turned] [to] [the] [oak] [tree] [and] [said] , " [ho] [,] [smith] [of] the [gods] [!] 1 then 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 17 the 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 1 then 6 fishing-rod 3 picked 4 up 3 picked 6 fishing-rod 5 his 6 fishing-rod 6 fishing-rod 7 it 6 fishing-rod 8 looked 6 fishing-rod 9 more 6 fishing-rod 10 like 6 fishing-rod 12 tall 11 a 12 tall 12 tall 13 spear 13 spear 14 than 13 spear 17 tramped 14 than 15 ever 16 and 17 tramped 17 tramped 18 off 17 tramped 19 down 17 tramped 20 your 17 tramped 21 valley 21 valley 22 . 22 . 23 ' ' [and] what did [poor] [weland] do ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 what 3 what 4 did 3 what 7 do 7 do 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [he] [laughed] [and] he cried [with] [joy] , because he had been [released] at last , and [could] [go] away . 1 ' 5 he 5 he 6 cried 5 he 12 had 9 , 10 because 10 because 11 he 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 been 13 been 15 at 15 at 16 last 16 last 17 , 17 , 18 and 18 and 21 away 21 away 22 . but he was an [honest] [old] [thing] [.] 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 was 3 was 4 an he had worked for his living and he paid his debts before he left . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 worked 3 worked 4 for 3 worked 5 his 3 worked 6 living 6 living 11 debts 7 and 8 he 8 he 9 paid 9 paid 11 debts 10 his 11 debts 11 debts 12 before 11 debts 14 left 11 debts 15 . 12 before 13 he " [i] [shall] [give] that [novice] [a] [gift] , " said [weland] . 1 " 5 that 1 " 11 said 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 13 . " [a] [gift] [that] [shall] [do] [him] good [the] [wide] [world] [over] [and] [old] [england] [after] [him] . 1 " 8 good 8 good 18 . blow up my [fire] [,] [old] [thing] [,] [while] [i] [get] [the] [iron] [for] [my] [last] [task] [.] ["] 1 blow 2 up 2 up 3 my then he made a sword [a] [dark-grey] , [wavy-lined] [sword] and [i] [blew] the [fire] [while] he [hammered] [.] 1 then 2 he 1 then 17 he 2 he 3 made 4 a 5 sword 5 sword 8 , 8 , 11 and 11 and 14 the 11 and 17 he by [oak] , [ash] and [thorn] [,] [i] [tell] [you] [,] [weland] [was] [a] [smith] [of] the [gods] [!] 1 by 17 the 3 , 5 and 5 and 17 the " [old] [thing] , " he said to me , [wiping] [his] [forehead] [,] " [this] [is] the best [blade] that [weland] ever made . 1 " 7 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 7 said 6 he 7 said 7 said 25 . 8 to 9 me 9 me 10 , 9 me 25 . 10 , 15 " 15 " 18 the 18 the 19 best 19 best 23 ever 21 that 23 ever 23 ever 24 made even the user will never know how good it is . 1 even 3 user 2 the 3 user 3 user 4 will 3 user 5 never 3 user 6 know 3 user 7 how 3 user 8 good 3 user 9 it 9 it 10 is 9 it 11 . come to the monastery . " 1 come 2 to 1 come 4 monastery 3 the 4 monastery 4 monastery 5 . 5 . 6 " the novice came first of all , waving his [new] [sword] [and] [shouting] [saxon] [battle-cries] [.] 1 the 2 novice 2 novice 3 came 2 novice 4 first 2 novice 8 waving 4 first 5 of 5 of 6 all 7 , 8 waving 8 waving 9 his take your sword , and keep your sword , and go with your sword , and be as gentle as you are strong and courteous . 1 take 2 your 2 your 3 sword 3 sword 4 , 3 sword 8 sword 4 , 5 and 6 keep 7 your 7 your 8 sword 8 sword 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 25 courteous 11 go 12 with 12 with 14 sword 13 your 14 sword 14 sword 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 25 courteous 17 be 25 courteous 18 as 19 gentle 19 gentle 20 as 19 gentle 25 courteous 21 you 22 are 22 are 25 courteous 23 strong 25 courteous 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 11 novice 2 they 3 went 3 went 5 bed 4 to 5 bed 5 bed 6 again 5 bed 11 novice 6 again 7 , 8 all 9 except 9 except 11 novice 10 the 11 novice 11 novice 15 sat 12 , 13 and 13 and 15 sat 14 he 15 sat 15 sat 19 garth 16 up 19 garth 17 in 19 garth 18 the 19 garth 19 garth 20 playing 19 garth 21 with 19 garth 23 sword 22 his 23 sword 23 sword 24 . then [weland] [said] [to] [me] [by] [the] [stables] [:] ["] [farewell] , [old] [thing] [;] you had the [right] of it . 1 then 12 , 1 then 18 the 12 , 16 you 16 you 17 had 18 the 20 of 20 of 21 it 21 it 22 . you saw me come to [england] , and you see me go . 1 you 3 me 1 you 10 see 2 saw 3 me 4 come 5 to 5 to 10 see 7 , 8 and 7 , 9 you 9 you 10 see 10 see 11 me 11 me 12 go 11 me 13 . farewell ! " 1 farewell 2 ! 2 ! 3 " that was how it happened . 1 that 2 was 1 that 5 happened 3 how 5 happened 4 it 5 happened 5 happened 6 . i saw it . ' 1 i 2 saw 2 saw 3 it 3 it 4 . 4 . 5 ' both children drew a long breath . 1 both 2 children 2 children 3 drew 3 drew 6 breath 4 a 5 long 5 long 6 breath 6 breath 7 . ' [but] what happened to [hugh] the [novice] ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 what 3 what 4 happened 4 happened 5 to 4 happened 9 ? 5 to 7 the 9 ? 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 . ' [and] the sword ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 7 said 3 the 4 sword 4 sword 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . [puck] [looked] [down] [the] [meadow] [that] [lay] [all] [quiet] [and] [cool] [in] [the] [shadow] [of] [pook] ['s] [hill] [.] 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 6 hay-field 4 in 6 hay-field 5 a 6 hay-field 6 hay-field 7 near 6 hay-field 8 by 6 hay-field 12 small 8 by 11 the 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 the 12 small 13 trouts 13 trouts 16 brook 13 trouts 17 began 13 trouts 19 jump 14 of 15 the 15 the 16 brook 17 began 18 to 19 jump 20 . ' [do] you [really] [want] [to] [know] ? ' 1 ' 3 you 3 you 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' puck said . 1 puck 2 said 1 puck 3 . ' [we] [do] , ' cried the children . 1 ' 6 cried 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 cried 6 cried 7 the 7 the 8 children 8 children 9 . ' [awfully] ! ' 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' ' [very] good . 1 ' 3 good 3 good 4 . 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 10 gate 4 with 5 you 6 as 7 far 7 far 8 as 9 the 10 gate 10 gate 11 . 11 . 12 ' ' [will] you be here when we come again ? ' they asked . 1 ' 3 you 1 ' 13 asked 3 you 4 be 5 here 10 ? 6 when 7 we 7 we 8 come 8 come 9 again 9 again 10 ? 10 ? 11 ' 10 ? 13 asked 11 ' 12 they 13 asked 14 . ' [surely] [,] [sure-ly] , ' said [puck] . 1 ' 6 ' 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . ' [i] ['ve] [been] here [some] [time] [already] [.] 1 ' 5 here one minute first , please . ' 1 one 2 minute 2 minute 3 first 2 minute 5 please 4 , 5 please 5 please 6 . 6 . 7 ' he gave them [each] [three] [leaves] [one] [of] [oak] , [one] [of] [ash] and one of [thorn] [.] 1 he 2 gave 2 gave 3 them 3 them 10 , 10 , 14 and 14 and 15 one 15 one 16 of ' [bite] these , ' said he . 1 ' 3 these 1 ' 6 said 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 7 he 6 said 8 . bite ! ' 1 bite 2 ! 2 ! 3 ' they bit hard , and found themselves walking side by side to the lower gate . 1 they 7 themselves 2 bit 3 hard 3 hard 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 found 6 found 7 themselves 7 themselves 8 walking 8 walking 9 side 9 side 11 side 10 by 11 side 11 side 14 lower 12 to 13 the 13 the 14 lower 14 lower 15 gate 15 gate 16 . their father was leaning over it . 1 their 2 father 2 father 4 leaning 3 was 4 leaning 4 leaning 5 over 5 over 6 it 6 it 7 . ' [and] how did your play go ? ' he asked . 1 ' 3 how 1 ' 11 asked 3 how 4 did 5 your 6 play 5 your 8 ? 7 go 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' 8 ? 11 asked 10 he 11 asked 11 asked 12 . ' [oh] [,] [splendidly] , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 6 ' 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . ' [only] [afterwards] , [i] [think] [,] [we] [went] [to] [sleep] [.] 1 ' 4 , it was very hot and quiet . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 very 3 very 4 hot 3 very 6 quiet 4 hot 5 and 6 quiet 7 . don't you remember , [una] ? ' 1 don't 2 you 2 you 3 remember 2 you 6 ? 3 remember 4 , 6 ? 7 ' una shook her head and said nothing . 1 una 2 shook 1 una 8 . 2 shook 3 her 2 shook 4 head 4 head 5 and 6 said 7 nothing 6 said 8 . ' [i] see , ' said [her] father . 1 ' 6 said 3 see 4 , 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 father 8 father 9 . but why are you chewing leaves at your time of life , daughter ? 1 but 2 why 2 why 3 are 2 why 5 chewing 2 why 14 ? 3 are 4 you 5 chewing 6 leaves 5 chewing 11 life 6 leaves 7 at 8 your 11 life 9 time 11 life 10 of 11 life 11 life 12 , 13 daughter 14 ? for fun ? ' 1 for 2 fun 2 fun 3 ? 3 ? 4 ' ['] [no] [.] it was for something , but [i] [can't] [exactly] remember , ' said [una] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 5 , 2 was 4 something 3 for 4 something 5 , 6 but 6 but 10 remember 10 remember 11 , 11 , 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 15 . and neither of them could till 1 and 2 neither 2 neither 4 them 2 neither 5 could 2 neither 6 till 3 of 4 them [a] [tree] [song] [sing] [oak] [and] [ash] [and] [thorn] [,] [good] [sirs] [(] [all] [of] [a] [midsummer] [morn] [)] [!] [surely] [we] [sing] [no] [little] [thing] [,] [in] [oak] [and] [ash] [and] [thorn] [!] [sing] [oak] [and] [ash] [and] [thorn] [,] [good] [sirs] [(] [all] [of] [a] [midsummer] [morn] [)] [!] [england] [shall] [bide] [till] [judgement] [tide] [,] [by] [oak] [and] [ash] [and] [thorn] [!] [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 3 closing 4 overhead 4 overhead 5 made 4 overhead 7 tunnels 6 long 7 tunnels 7 tunnels 8 through 7 tunnels 9 which 7 tunnels 11 sunshine 10 the 11 sunshine 11 sunshine 14 blobs 12 worked 14 blobs 13 in 14 blobs 14 blobs 15 and 14 blobs 16 patches 16 patches 17 . ' [we] ['ve] [got] [half] a [dozen] , ' said [dan] , after a [warm] [,] [wet] [hour] [.] 1 ' 6 a 1 ' 9 ' 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 , 12 , 13 after 13 after 14 a ' [i] [vote] we go up to [stone] [bay] [and] [try] [long] [pool] . ' 1 ' 4 we 4 we 5 go 5 go 6 up 5 go 7 to 7 to 14 . 14 . 15 ' when they were in the open they nearly fell down with astonishment . 1 when 2 they 2 they 3 were 3 were 4 in 4 in 5 the 4 in 12 astonishment 6 open 12 astonishment 7 they 8 nearly 8 nearly 9 fell 8 nearly 12 astonishment 9 fell 10 down 11 with 12 astonishment 12 astonishment 13 . on his back sat an old , white-haired man dressed in a loose glimmery gown of chain-mail . 1 on 2 his 2 his 17 chain-mail 3 back 8 white-haired 4 sat 8 white-haired 5 an 6 old 6 old 8 white-haired 7 , 8 white-haired 8 white-haired 9 man 8 white-haired 10 dressed 8 white-haired 14 glimmery 10 dressed 11 in 12 a 14 glimmery 13 loose 14 glimmery 14 glimmery 15 gown 14 glimmery 16 of 14 glimmery 17 chain-mail 17 chain-mail 18 . he was bare-headed , and a nut-shaped iron helmet hung at his saddle-bow . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 bare-headed 3 bare-headed 7 nut-shaped 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 nut-shaped 6 a 7 nut-shaped 7 nut-shaped 8 iron 7 nut-shaped 9 helmet 7 nut-shaped 10 hung 7 nut-shaped 13 saddle-bow 11 at 13 saddle-bow 12 his 13 saddle-bow 13 saddle-bow 14 . ' [look] ! ' said [una] , as [though] [dan] [were] [not] [staring] his very eyes [out] . 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 , 7 , 8 as 8 as 14 his 14 his 16 eyes 15 very 16 eyes 16 eyes 18 . ' [it] ['s] [like] [the] [picture] in [your] room ["] [sir] [isumbras] [at] [the] [ford] ["] . ' 1 ' 18 ' 7 in 9 room 9 room 17 . 17 . 18 ' ' [they] should be here now , [sir] [richard] [,] ' said [puck] 's [deep] voice [among] [the] [willow-herb] . 1 ' 11 ' 3 should 4 be 4 be 5 here 5 here 6 now 6 now 7 , 7 , 11 ' 11 ' 12 said 12 said 16 voice 14 's 16 voice 16 voice 20 . ' [they] are here , ' the knight said , and he smiled at [dan] [with] the [string] of [trouts] [in] [his] [hand] [.] 1 ' 9 said 3 are 4 here 4 here 5 , 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 9 said 7 the 8 knight 8 knight 9 said 9 said 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 smiled 12 he 13 smiled 13 smiled 14 at 14 at 17 the 17 the 19 of ' [there] [seems] [no] [great] [change] in [boys] [since] [mine] [fished] this [water] . ' 1 ' 15 ' 7 in 12 this 12 this 14 . 14 . 15 ' the great horse turned and hoisted himself into the pasture with a kick and a scramble that tore the clods down rattling . 1 the 10 pasture 2 great 6 hoisted 3 horse 6 hoisted 4 turned 6 hoisted 5 and 6 hoisted 6 hoisted 7 himself 6 hoisted 8 into 6 hoisted 10 pasture 8 into 9 the 10 pasture 16 scramble 11 with 12 a 12 a 16 scramble 13 kick 14 and 13 kick 16 scramble 15 a 16 scramble 16 scramble 20 clods 17 that 20 clods 18 tore 20 clods 19 the 20 clods 20 clods 21 down 20 clods 22 rattling 20 clods 23 . ' [your] [pardon] ! ' said [sir] [richard] [to] [dan] . 1 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 11 . ' [when] [these] [lands] [were] [mine] [,] [i] [never] [loved] [that] [mounted] [men] [should] [cross] [the] [brook] except [by] the [paved] [ford] [.] 1 ' 18 except 18 except 20 the but [my] [swallow] [here] [was] [thirsty] , and [i] [wished] to [meet] you . ' 1 but 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 to 11 to 13 you 13 you 14 . 14 . 15 ' ' [we] ['re] [very] [glad] you ['ve] come , sir , ' said [dan.'it] [doesn't] [matter] in the least [about] [the] [banks] . ' 1 ' 6 you 1 ' 24 ' 6 you 8 come 8 come 9 , 9 , 10 sir 10 sir 11 , 11 , 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 17 in 18 the 18 the 19 least 19 least 23 . 23 . 24 ' [una] [walked] [behind] [with] [puck] [.] she remembered [everything] [now] [.] 1 she 2 remembered ' [i] [s'pose] not , ' [una] answered . 1 ' 4 not 1 ' 8 answered 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 8 answered 8 answered 9 . ' [but] you said [that] [all] the [fair] [people] of the [hills] [had] [left] [england] . ' 1 ' 3 you 1 ' 4 said 4 said 7 the 4 said 16 . 7 the 10 of 10 of 11 the 16 . 17 ' ' [so] [they] [have] ; [but] [i] told you [that] you should [come] [and] go and [look] [and] [know] [,] [didn't] [i] [?] 1 ' 5 ; 5 ; 16 and 8 told 9 you 8 told 11 you 11 you 12 should 12 should 15 go 15 go 16 and the knight isn't a fairy . 1 the 2 knight 2 knight 3 isn't 2 knight 5 fairy 4 a 5 fairy 5 fairy 6 . he 's [sir] [richard] [dalyngridge] [,] a [very] [old] friend of mine . 1 he 2 's 2 's 7 a 7 a 10 friend 10 friend 12 mine 11 of 12 mine 12 mine 13 . he came over with [william] [the] [conqueror] , and [he] wants to see you [particularly] . ' 1 he 2 came 1 he 11 wants 2 came 3 over 3 over 9 and 4 with 8 , 8 , 9 and 11 wants 12 to 12 to 13 see 13 see 14 you 14 you 16 . 16 . 17 ' ' [what] for ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 6 said 3 for 4 ? 4 ? 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 . ' [on] [account] [of] [your] [great] [wisdom] [and] [learning] , ' [puck] replied , [without] [a] [twinkle] . 1 ' 13 replied 10 , 11 ' 11 ' 13 replied 13 replied 14 , 13 replied 18 . ' [us] ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 5 said 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [why] [,] [i] don't know [my] [nine] [times] [not] [to] [say] it [dodging] , and [dan] [makes] the most [awful] [mess] of [fractions] . 1 ' 5 don't 5 don't 6 know 6 know 13 it 13 it 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 19 the 19 the 20 most 20 most 23 of 23 of 25 . he can't mean us ! ' 1 he 2 can't 2 can't 3 mean 3 mean 4 us 4 us 5 ! 5 ! 6 ' ' [una] ! ' 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' dan called back . 1 dan 2 called 1 dan 4 . 2 called 3 back ' [sir] [richard] says he is going to tell what happened to [weland] ['s] [sword] . 1 ' 4 says 4 says 5 he 5 he 6 is 6 is 7 going 7 going 8 to 7 going 12 to 8 to 9 tell 9 tell 10 what 10 what 11 happened 12 to 16 . he 's got it . 1 he 3 got 2 's 3 got 3 got 4 it 4 it 5 . isn't it splendid ? ' 1 isn't 2 it 1 isn't 3 splendid 1 isn't 4 ? 4 ? 5 ' ' [nay] nay , ' said [sir] [richard] , [dismounting] as they [reached] the [ring] [,] [in] [the] [bend] of the [mill-stream] [bank] [.] 1 ' 6 said 3 nay 4 , 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 9 , 6 said 14 the 9 , 11 as 11 as 12 they 14 the 20 of 20 of 21 the 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 2 slipped 2 slipped 5 out 5 out 6 of 6 of 16 his 16 his 17 head 17 head 19 and 19 and 20 the 20 the 22 horse 22 horse 27 . [sir] [richard] [(] [they] [noticed] [he] [limped] [a] [little] [)] [unslung] [his] [great] [sword] [.] ' [that] ['s] it [,] ['] [dan] [whispered] [to] [una] [.] 1 ' 4 it ' [this] is the [sword] [that] [brother] [hugh] [had] [from] [wayland-smith] , ' [sir] [richard] said . 1 ' 3 is 1 ' 16 said 3 is 4 the 12 , 13 ' 13 ' 16 said 16 said 17 . see ! ' 1 see 2 ! 2 ! 3 ' he half drew it from its sheath and turned it before them . 1 he 2 half 2 half 7 sheath 3 drew 7 sheath 4 it 7 sheath 5 from 7 sheath 6 its 7 sheath 7 sheath 8 and 7 sheath 9 turned 7 sheath 10 it 7 sheath 11 before 11 before 12 them 12 them 13 . ' [now] , what [thing] made [those] ? ' said he . 1 ' 10 said 3 , 10 said 4 what 6 made 4 what 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 11 he 10 said 12 . ' [i] know [not] , but you [,] [perhaps] [,] can [say] . ' 1 ' 14 ' 3 know 5 , 5 , 6 but 6 but 7 you 7 you 11 can 11 can 13 . 13 . 14 ' ' [tell] [them] [all] the [tale] [,] [sir] [richard] , ' said [puck] . 1 ' 5 the 1 ' 12 said 10 , 11 ' 11 ' 12 said 12 said 14 . ' [it] [concerns] [their] [land] [somewhat] . ' 1 ' 8 ' 7 . 8 ' ' [from] the [beginning] , then , ' [sir] [richard] said , ['] [since] it [concerns] [your] [land] [,] [i] will tell the [tale] [.] 1 ' 3 the 1 ' 11 said 5 , 6 then 6 then 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 11 said 11 said 12 , 11 said 23 the 12 , 15 it 15 it 21 will 21 will 22 tell i did not [then] know that [england] would [conquer] [me] . 1 i 2 did 2 did 3 not 3 not 5 know 5 know 6 that 5 know 11 . 6 that 8 would we went [up] to [santlache] [with] [the] [rest] a very [great] [host] [of] [us] [.] ['] 1 we 2 went 2 went 4 to 4 to 9 a 9 a 10 very ' [does] that [mean] [the] [battle] [of] [hastings] [ten] [sixty-six] ? ' 1 ' 3 that 3 that 11 ? 11 ? 12 ' una whispered , and [puck] [nodded] [,] so as [not] to [interrupt] . 1 una 2 whispered 1 una 13 . 2 whispered 3 , 3 , 4 and 4 and 8 so 8 so 9 as 9 as 11 to ' [at] [santlache] [,] [over] [the] [hill] [yonder] ['] [he] [pointed] [south-eastward] [towards] [fairlight] ['] we found [harold] ['s] [men] [.] 1 ' 16 we 16 we 17 found we fought . 1 we 2 fought 2 fought 3 . at the day 's end [they] [ran] . 1 at 5 end 2 the 3 day 2 the 5 end 3 day 4 's 5 end 8 . there [a] [single] [saxon] [cried] [out] [to] [me] [in] [french] , and we [fought] together . 1 there 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 we 13 we 15 together 15 together 16 . i should have known his voice , but we fought together . 1 i 2 should 2 should 3 have 3 have 4 known 4 known 10 fought 5 his 6 voice 6 voice 7 , 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 we 9 we 10 fought 10 fought 11 together 11 together 12 . 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 2 a 2 a 3 long 3 long 4 time 4 time 5 neither 5 neither 7 any 6 had 7 any 7 any 13 ill-fortune 8 advantage 13 ill-fortune 9 , 10 till 10 till 13 ill-fortune 11 by 13 ill-fortune 12 pure 13 ill-fortune 13 ill-fortune 14 his 13 ill-fortune 15 foot 13 ill-fortune 16 slipped 13 ill-fortune 18 his 13 ill-fortune 19 sword 13 ill-fortune 22 his 16 slipped 17 and 19 sword 20 flew 20 flew 21 from 22 his 23 hand 23 hand 24 . " [a] [plague] [on] my [sword] , " said he . 1 " 9 said 5 my 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 9 said 11 . " it has lost me my first fight . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 has 3 has 4 lost 4 lost 6 my 5 me 6 my 6 my 7 first 7 first 8 fight 8 fight 9 . you have spared my life . 1 you 2 have 2 have 3 spared 3 spared 4 my 4 my 5 life 5 life 6 . take my sword . " 1 take 3 sword 2 my 3 sword 3 sword 4 . 4 . 5 " ( the children looked at the sword as though it might speak again . ) 1 ( 15 ) 2 the 3 children 2 the 7 sword 4 looked 5 at 5 at 6 the 6 the 7 sword 7 sword 9 though 8 as 9 though 9 though 10 it 10 it 11 might 11 might 12 speak 12 speak 13 again 13 again 14 . 14 . 15 ) thus , see you , he saved my life . 1 thus 2 , 1 thus 7 saved 3 see 4 you 4 you 7 saved 5 , 6 he 6 he 7 saved 7 saved 9 life 8 my 9 life 9 life 10 . he put me on my horse and led me through the woods ten long miles to this valley . ' 1 he 2 put 2 put 3 me 2 put 4 on 4 on 5 my 5 my 6 horse 6 horse 7 and 6 horse 8 led 8 led 9 me 8 led 10 through 10 through 12 woods 11 the 12 woods 12 woods 13 ten 13 ten 15 miles 14 long 15 miles 15 miles 16 to 15 miles 18 valley 17 this 18 valley 18 valley 19 . 19 . 20 ' ' [to] here , [d'you] [mean] ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 here 3 here 4 , 3 here 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [to] [this] very [valley] . 1 ' 4 very 4 very 6 . 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 5 the 5 the 20 valley 20 valley 22 . ' [and] [was] that [saxon] [hugh] [the] [novice] ? ' 1 ' 4 that 4 that 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' dan asked . 1 dan 2 asked 1 dan 3 . ' [yes] , and more than that [.] 1 ' 7 that 3 , 4 and 4 and 5 more 5 more 6 than 6 than 7 that ' [why] [wouldn't] he ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 he 1 ' 7 said 5 ? 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . it was [that] very [saxon] [hugh] [tempted] [me] to do it , and we had not met since that day . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 very 2 was 9 to 9 to 10 do 10 do 11 it 10 do 16 not 11 it 12 , 13 and 14 we 14 we 15 had 15 had 16 not 16 not 17 met 17 met 18 since 18 since 20 day 19 that 20 day 20 day 21 . i remember [i] [warned] him [to] [beware] [of] [sorcery] [and] [quick] [enchantments] . ' 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 5 him 5 him 13 . 13 . 14 ' [sir] [richard] [smiled] [to] [himself] [.] ' [i] [was] [very] [young] [very] [young] ! 1 ' 8 ! ' [when] we [came] [to] [his] [house] [here] [we] had [almost] [forgotten] that we had been at [blows] [.] 1 ' 3 we 3 we 10 had 10 had 16 been 13 that 14 we 14 we 15 had 15 had 16 been 16 been 17 at it was near midnight , and the [great] [hall] was full of [men] [and] [women] [waiting] [news] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 10 was 1 it 18 . 2 was 3 near 3 near 4 midnight 3 near 7 the 4 midnight 5 , 5 , 6 and 10 was 11 full 11 full 12 of there [i] [first] [saw] [his] [sister] , [the] [lady] [aelueva] [,] [of] [whom] [he] [had] [spoken] [to] [us] in [france] [.] 1 there 7 , 1 there 19 in " ' [this] is [thy] [fault] , " said the [lady] [aelueva] to me , and she [kneeled] [above] him and [called] [for] [wine] [and] [cloths] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 4 is 2 ' 9 said 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 10 the 9 said 27 . 13 to 14 me 13 to 20 him 14 me 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 she 20 him 21 and 20 him 27 . " ['] [if] [i] [had] [known] , ["] [i] [answered] , " he [should] [have] [ridden] and [i] [walked] [.] 1 " 7 , 7 , 17 and 11 , 12 " 11 , 17 and 12 " 13 he but he set me on my horse ; he made no complaint ; he walked beside me and spoke merrily throughout . 1 but 2 he 2 he 15 walked 3 set 4 me 3 set 5 on 5 on 6 my 6 my 7 horse 7 horse 8 ; 7 horse 12 complaint 9 he 10 made 10 made 12 complaint 11 no 12 complaint 12 complaint 13 ; 12 complaint 15 walked 14 he 15 walked 15 walked 16 beside 16 beside 17 me 16 beside 21 throughout 18 and 20 merrily 19 spoke 20 merrily 20 merrily 21 throughout 21 throughout 22 . i pray [i] have done him no harm . " 1 i 2 pray 1 i 4 have 4 have 5 done 5 done 8 harm 6 him 8 harm 7 no 8 harm 8 harm 9 . 9 . 10 " " ['] [thou] [hast] [need] [to] [pray] , " she said , [catching] [up] [her] [underlip] . 1 " 11 said 8 , 9 " 9 " 11 said 10 she 11 said 11 said 12 , 11 said 17 . " if he dies , thou shalt hang [.] ["] 1 " 2 if 2 if 4 dies 3 he 4 dies 4 dies 5 , 4 dies 7 shalt 6 thou 7 shalt 7 shalt 8 hang they cracked nuts with their knife-hilts the while . ' 1 they 6 knife-hilts 2 cracked 6 knife-hilts 3 nuts 6 knife-hilts 4 with 6 knife-hilts 5 their 6 knife-hilts 6 knife-hilts 7 the 6 knife-hilts 8 while 6 knife-hilts 10 ' 9 . 10 ' ' [and] how did you feel ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 3 how 3 how 4 did 4 did 5 you 5 you 6 feel 5 you 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [very] [weary] ; but [i] did [heartily] [pray] [for] [my] [schoolmate] [hugh] [his] [health] . 1 ' 4 ; 4 ; 5 but 5 but 7 did 7 did 16 . gilbert [de] [aquila] [came] [with] [them] , for it was his [boast] [that] [,] [like] his father , he forgot no man that served him . 1 gilbert 7 , 7 , 8 for 8 for 9 it 9 it 10 was 10 was 11 his 11 his 17 father 16 his 17 father 17 father 18 , 18 , 19 he 19 he 20 forgot 20 forgot 23 that 20 forgot 24 served 21 no 22 man 22 man 23 that 24 served 25 him 25 him 26 . 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 3 little 3 little 4 , 3 little 14 nose 4 , 5 like 6 his 7 father 6 his 10 terrible 6 his 14 nose 7 father 8 , 8 , 9 but 11 , 12 with 12 with 13 a 12 with 14 nose 14 nose 25 eagle 15 like 16 an 16 an 17 eagle 16 an 25 eagle 17 eagle 18 's 17 eagle 19 nose 19 nose 21 yellow 20 and 21 yellow 21 yellow 22 eyes 23 like 24 an 24 an 25 eagle 25 eagle 26 . he rode tall warhorses roans , which he bred himself and he could never abide to be helped into the saddle . 1 he 2 rode 2 rode 4 warhorses 3 tall 4 warhorses 4 warhorses 5 roans 5 roans 6 , 5 roans 7 which 5 roans 8 he 5 roans 9 bred 9 bred 10 himself 9 bred 15 abide 10 himself 11 and 12 he 13 could 13 could 15 abide 14 never 15 abide 15 abide 21 saddle 16 to 17 be 17 be 18 helped 18 helped 21 saddle 19 into 21 saddle 20 the 21 saddle 21 saddle 22 . he saw the rope hanging from the beam and laughed , and his men laughed , for [i] was too stiff to rise . 1 he 2 saw 2 saw 8 beam 3 the 4 rope 4 rope 8 beam 5 hanging 6 from 5 hanging 8 beam 6 from 7 the 8 beam 9 and 8 beam 10 laughed 8 beam 14 men 8 beam 15 laughed 10 laughed 12 and 11 , 12 and 13 his 14 men 15 laughed 16 , 15 laughed 20 too 16 , 17 for 19 was 20 too 20 too 21 stiff 21 stiff 23 rise 22 to 23 rise 23 rise 24 . show me , boy , to whom thou owest most , and we will pay them out of hand . " ' 1 show 2 me 1 show 16 them 2 me 3 , 4 boy 5 , 4 boy 9 owest 6 to 7 whom 7 whom 9 owest 8 thou 9 owest 9 owest 10 most 9 owest 13 we 9 owest 15 pay 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 we 14 will 15 pay 15 pay 16 them 16 them 17 out 17 out 18 of 17 out 19 hand 19 hand 20 . 20 . 21 " 20 . 22 ' ' [what] did [he] [mean] [?] 1 ' 3 did to kill ['] [em] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] 1 to 2 kill ['] [assuredly] [.] but [i] [looked] [at] [the] [lady] [aelueva] [where] [she] [stood] [among] [her] [maids] , and her [brother] [beside] [her] [.] 1 but 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 her [de] [aquila] ['s] [men] [had] [driven] [them] [all] [into] [the] [great] [hall] [.] ['] ' [was] she pretty ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 7 said 3 she 7 said 4 pretty 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . ' [as] [i] [looked] [at] [her] [i] thought [i] [might] [save] [her] [and] [her] [house] [by] [a] [jest] . 1 ' 8 thought 8 thought 19 . but my voice shook . 1 but 2 my 2 my 3 voice 3 voice 4 shook 3 voice 5 . it is it was not good to jest with that little man . 1 it 2 is 1 it 4 was 2 is 3 it 4 was 5 not 5 not 7 to 5 not 8 jest 6 good 7 to 8 jest 9 with 8 jest 10 that 10 that 12 man 11 little 12 man 12 man 13 . ' [all] [were] [silent] [awhile] , [till] [de] [aquila] [laughed] [.] 1 ' 6 , " look , men a miracle , " said he . 1 " 2 look 1 " 9 said 3 , 9 said 4 men 6 miracle 5 a 6 miracle 6 miracle 9 said 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 9 said 11 . by [the] [saints] , " he said , [rubbing] [his] [nose] , " [i] [never] thought [england] would be so easy won ! 1 by 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 7 said 6 he 7 said 7 said 8 , 8 , 13 " 12 , 13 " 13 " 16 thought 16 thought 18 would 18 would 19 be 19 be 21 easy 20 so 21 easy 21 easy 22 won 22 won 23 ! [surely] [i] [can] [do] [no] [less] [than] [give] [the] [lad] [what] [he] [has] [taken] [.] this [manor] [shall] [be] [thine] , boy , " he said , " [till] [i] come [again] , [or] [till] thou art slain . 1 this 6 , 6 , 9 " 7 boy 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 11 said 10 he 11 said 11 said 12 , 12 , 13 " 13 " 16 come 16 come 18 , 18 , 21 thou 21 thou 22 art 22 art 23 slain 23 slain 24 . now , mount , men , and ride . 1 now 2 , 1 now 3 mount 3 mount 4 , 3 mount 5 men 3 mount 8 ride 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 ride 8 ride 9 . we [follow] our [duke] [into] [kent] [to] [make] [him] [king] [of] [england] [.] ["] 1 we 3 our " ['] [hark] to me , " he said , fretting with his great war-gloves . 1 " 9 said 4 to 5 me 5 me 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 9 said 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 , 9 said 15 war-gloves 11 fretting 15 war-gloves 12 with 15 war-gloves 13 his 15 war-gloves 14 great 15 war-gloves 15 war-gloves 16 . " ' [alas] , [i] have no [cunning] , " said [i] . 1 " 11 said 2 ' 11 said 4 , 10 " 6 have 7 no 7 no 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 13 . " ['] [not] yet , " said he , [hopping] [abroad] [,] [foot] in [stirrup] , and [poking] his horse [in] the [belly] [with] [his] [toe] . 1 " 7 said 4 yet 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 9 , 7 said 22 the 7 said 27 . 9 , 17 and 14 in 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 19 his 19 his 20 horse " not yet , but [i] [think] thou hast a good teacher . 1 " 2 not 2 not 3 yet 3 yet 4 , 4 , 5 but 5 but 8 thou 8 thou 9 hast 9 hast 12 teacher 10 a 11 good 11 good 12 teacher 12 teacher 13 . farewell ! 1 farewell 2 ! [hold] [the] [manor] [and] [live] [.] [lose] [the] [manor] [and] [hang] [,] ["] [he] [said] [,] [and] [spurred] [out] [,] [his] [shield-straps] [squeaking] [behind] [him] [.] ' [and] that was here at home ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 that 3 that 4 was 4 was 5 here 5 here 8 ? 6 at 7 home 7 home 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [yes] , [here] [.] 1 ' 3 , see ! 1 see 2 ! a hornets ' nest indeed ! 1 a 2 hornets 2 hornets 3 ' 2 hornets 4 nest 2 hornets 5 indeed 5 indeed 6 ! " ['] [how] [could] [i] [know] that [de] [aquila] would give [it] me ? " 1 " 7 that 7 that 10 would 10 would 11 give 11 give 13 me 13 me 14 ? 14 ? 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 " 2 if 2 if 4 had 4 had 5 told 4 had 9 spent 5 told 6 him 8 had 9 spent 9 spent 10 my 9 spent 14 halter 11 night 14 halter 12 in 14 halter 13 your 14 halter 14 halter 15 he 14 halter 16 would 14 halter 18 burned 14 halter 20 place 14 halter 22 over 16 would 17 have 19 the 20 place 21 twice 22 over 22 over 23 by 23 by 24 now 24 now 25 . 25 . 26 " " ['] [lady] , " said [i] , " there is no captive in this valley except one , and he is not a [saxon] . " 1 " 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 , 8 , 9 " 8 , 27 " 9 " 10 there 10 there 11 is 10 there 12 no 12 no 13 captive 12 no 18 one 13 captive 14 in 13 captive 15 this 13 captive 16 valley 13 captive 17 except 19 , 20 and 19 , 27 " 20 and 21 he 21 he 22 is 22 is 23 not 22 is 24 a 26 . 27 " into the fields ! 1 into 3 fields 2 the 3 fields 3 fields 4 ! she had never seen the face of war ! 1 she 2 had 2 had 4 seen 3 never 4 seen 4 seen 5 the 4 seen 6 face 4 seen 8 war 7 of 8 war 8 war 9 ! we heard [de] [aquila] ['s] [trumpets] [blow] [thin] [through] [the] [woods] [kentward] [.] 1 we 2 heard " ' [shall] we [hang] [these] ? " said my men . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 4 we 2 ' 9 said 7 ? 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 12 . 10 my 11 men 11 men 12 . " ' [none] , " said they all . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 9 . 7 they 8 all 8 all 9 . " she bade us hang thee if our master died . 1 " 2 she 2 she 3 bade 3 bade 4 us 3 bade 5 hang 5 hang 6 thee 5 hang 7 if 5 hang 8 our 8 our 9 master 9 master 10 died 10 died 11 . and we would have hanged thee . 1 and 2 we 2 we 4 have 3 would 4 have 4 have 5 hanged 5 hanged 6 thee 6 thee 7 . there is no more [to] [it] . " 1 there 2 is 1 there 3 no 3 no 4 more 4 more 7 . 7 . 8 " " ['] [norman] or [saxon] , " said [i] , " we must [beat] them [back] [,] [or] [they] [will] [rob] [us] every day . 1 " 8 said 4 or 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 , 8 said 25 . 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 we 12 we 13 must 15 them 23 every 23 every 24 day 24 day 25 . out at them with any arms ye have ! " 1 out 6 arms 2 at 3 them 3 them 4 with 4 with 5 any 4 with 6 arms 6 arms 7 ye 7 ye 8 have 7 ye 9 ! 9 ! 10 " we beat them off , and saved our pork . 1 we 2 beat 2 beat 3 them 3 them 4 off 4 off 5 , 4 off 9 pork 5 , 6 and 7 saved 9 pork 8 our 9 pork 9 pork 10 . one hundred and seventy pigs we saved in that great battle . ' 1 one 2 hundred 2 hundred 3 and 2 hundred 4 seventy 4 seventy 5 pigs 4 seventy 7 saved 6 we 7 saved 7 saved 11 battle 8 in 9 that 8 in 10 great 10 great 11 battle 11 battle 12 . 12 . 13 ' [sir] [richard] [laughed] [.] said he to me , [riding] [home] [:] " [thou] [hast] [gone] [far] [to] [conquer] [england] this evening . " 1 said 2 he 2 he 3 to 3 to 4 me 4 me 5 , 5 , 9 " 5 , 20 " 17 this 18 evening 18 evening 19 . 19 . 20 " i [answered] [:] ["] [england] must be [thine] [and] mine , [then] . 1 i 6 must 6 must 7 be 7 be 10 mine 10 mine 11 , 10 mine 13 . help me , [hugh] [,] [to] [deal] [aright] [with] [these] [people] [.] 1 help 2 me 2 me 3 , " that may well be true , " said he , and gave me his hand . 1 " 2 that 1 " 9 said 3 may 4 well 4 well 7 , 5 be 6 true 6 true 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 9 said 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 gave 13 gave 14 me 13 gave 16 hand 15 his 16 hand 16 hand 17 . " [better] [the] [devil] we know [than] [the] [devil] we know [not] , till we can [pack] [you] [normans] [home] . " 1 " 5 we 1 " 10 we 5 we 6 know 10 we 11 know 11 know 13 , 13 , 22 " 14 till 15 we 15 we 16 can 16 can 21 . 21 . 22 " and so , too , said [his] [saxons] ; and [they] [laughed] as [we] [drove] the [pigs] [downhill] . 1 and 2 so 2 so 3 , 3 , 4 too 4 too 5 , 4 too 19 . 5 , 6 said 6 said 9 ; 9 ; 10 and 10 and 13 as 13 as 16 the but [i] think some of them , even then , [began] not to [hate] me . ' 1 but 3 think 3 think 5 of 4 some 5 of 5 of 6 them 6 them 7 , 7 , 8 even 8 even 9 then 9 then 10 , 10 , 12 not 12 not 13 to 13 to 15 me 15 me 16 . 16 . 17 ' ' [i] [like] [brother] [hugh] , ' said [una] , [softly] [.] 1 ' 7 ' 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 , 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 3 side 2 by 3 side 3 side 5 fought 4 we 5 fought 5 fought 19 landless 6 against 7 all 6 against 19 landless 8 who 9 came 9 came 10 thrice 10 thrice 12 week 10 thrice 13 sometimes 11 a 12 week 13 sometimes 19 landless 14 we 15 fought 15 fought 19 landless 16 against 19 landless 17 thieves 19 landless 18 and 19 landless 19 landless 20 knights 19 landless 21 looking 19 landless 24 manors 21 looking 22 for 23 good 24 manors 24 manors 25 . i kept [the] [roof] on the hall [and] [the] [thatch] [on] [the] [barn] , but [...] the [english] [are] [a] [bold] [people] [.] 1 i 2 kept 2 kept 5 on 5 on 6 the 6 the 7 hall 7 hall 14 , 14 , 15 but 15 but 17 the wonderful ! ' 1 wonderful 2 ! 2 ! 3 ' ' [aye] , ' said [puck] , [breaking] [in] for the first time . 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 , 7 , 10 for 10 for 11 the 11 the 12 first 12 first 13 time 13 time 14 . ' [not] [i] , ' said [sir] [richard] . 1 ' 5 ' 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 9 . ah , good days ! 1 ah 2 , 1 ah 5 ! 3 good 4 days 3 good 5 ! ah , wonderful people ! 1 ah 2 , 1 ah 5 ! 3 wonderful 4 people 3 wonderful 5 ! and [i] [loved] [them] all . ' 1 and 5 all 5 all 6 . 6 . 7 ' 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 3 him 5 at 5 at 6 the " ' [there] is no need [for] [thee] to [give] [any] [account] of [thy] [stewardship] , " said he . 1 " 18 said 2 ' 4 is 2 ' 18 said 4 is 5 no 5 no 6 need 6 need 9 to 13 of 16 , 16 , 17 " 17 " 18 said 18 said 19 he 18 said 20 . " [i] [have] it all [from] the child [here] . " 1 " 4 it 4 it 5 all 5 all 7 the 7 the 8 child 8 child 10 . 10 . 11 " ' [he] [pinched] the child ['s] [cheek] , and looked at [our] [cattle] [in] the [flat] by the river [.] 1 ' 4 the 4 the 5 child 5 child 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 looked 10 looked 11 at 11 at 15 the 15 the 19 river 17 by 18 the 18 the 19 river " ['] [both] [fat] , " said he , [rubbing] his nose . 1 " 7 said 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 9 , 7 said 13 . 11 his 12 nose 12 nose 13 . " this is [craft] [and] [cunning] [such] [as] [i] [love] [.] 1 " 3 is 2 this 3 is what did [i] [tell] [thee] [when] [i] [rode] [away] , [boy] ? " 1 what 2 did 1 what 12 ? 10 , 12 ? 12 ? 13 " " ' [hold] the [manor] or [hang] , " said [i] . i had [never] forgotten it . 1 " 10 said 1 " 13 i 2 ' 4 the 2 ' 10 said 6 or 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 . 13 i 14 had 14 had 16 forgotten 16 forgotten 17 it 17 it 18 . " ' [true] [.] 1 " 2 ' and thou hast held . " 1 and 4 held 2 thou 3 hast 3 hast 4 held 4 held 5 . 5 . 6 " 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 2 clambered 2 clambered 3 from 2 clambered 5 saddle 4 his 5 saddle 5 saddle 6 and 5 saddle 9 sword 7 with 8 his 8 his 9 sword 9 sword 15 turf 10 's 11 point 11 point 15 turf 12 cut 13 out 12 cut 15 turf 14 a 15 turf 15 turf 16 from 15 turf 18 bank 15 turf 20 gave 15 turf 23 where 17 the 18 bank 19 and 20 gave 20 gave 21 it 20 gave 22 me dan looked [at] [una] , and [una] looked at [dan] . 1 dan 2 looked 1 dan 11 . 2 looked 9 at 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 looked 8 looked 9 at ' [that] ['s] [seisin] , ' said [puck] , [in] [a] [whisper] [.] 1 ' 6 ' 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 , [this] [must] [serve] [till] [the] [king] ['s] [clerks] [write] [out] [thy] [title] [on] [a] [parchment] [.] england is all ours if we can hold it . " 1 england 4 ours 2 is 3 all 2 is 4 ours 4 ours 6 we 4 ours 10 . 5 if 6 we 6 we 7 can 7 can 8 hold 8 hold 9 it 10 . 11 " " ' [what] [service] [shall] [i] [pay] [?] ["] 1 " 2 ' 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 11 words 12 . " ['] [knight] 's [fee] [,] boy , [knight] ['s] [fee] ! " said he , [hopping] [round] [his] [horse] [on] [one] [foot] . 1 " 14 said 4 's 7 boy 7 boy 8 , 8 , 13 " 12 ! 13 " 13 " 14 said 14 said 15 he 14 said 16 , 14 said 24 . ( [have] [i] [said] [he] [was] [little] [,] [and] [could] [not] [endure] [to] [be] [helped] [to] [his] [saddle] ? ) 1 ( 20 ) 19 ? 20 ) " [i] [have] never [seen] [such] [bright] [straw] . 1 " 4 never 4 never 9 . " ' [alas] ! " said [i] , " [then] [my] [manor] is [already] [forfeit] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 13 is 13 is 16 . i [am] [under] [vow] not to [enter] [the] [great] [hall] . " 1 i 5 not 5 not 6 to 6 to 11 . 11 . 12 " and [i] told him [what] [i] [had] [sworn] to the [lady] [aelueva] . ' 1 and 3 told 3 told 4 him 4 him 9 to 4 him 13 . 9 to 10 the 13 . 14 ' ' [and] [hadn't] you [ever] [been] into the house [since] ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 4 you 1 ' 13 said 7 into 8 the 8 the 9 house 9 house 11 ? 11 ? 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 15 . ' [never] , ' [sir] [richard] answered [,] [smiling] . 1 ' 7 answered 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 7 answered 7 answered 10 . ' [i] [had] [made] [me] a little [hut] of [wood] [up] the hill , and there [i] [did] [justice] and [slept] [....y] 1 ' 6 a 6 a 7 little 7 little 9 of 9 of 12 the 12 the 13 hill 13 hill 14 , 14 , 15 and 14 , 20 and 15 and 16 there [de] [aquila] [wheeled] [aside] [,] [and] [his] [shield] [shook] [on] [his] [back] [.] " no matter , boy , " said he . 1 " 2 no 2 no 3 matter 2 no 4 , 4 , 7 " 5 boy 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 9 he 8 said 10 . " [i] will [remit] [the] [homage] [for] [a] [year] [.] ["] ['] 1 " 3 will ' [he] [meant] [sir] [richard] [needn't] [give] [him] [dinner] there [the] [first] [year] [,] ['] [puck] [explained] [.] 1 ' 10 there but [never] he [named] [the] [lady] [aelueva] ['s] [name] [,] [nor] went [he] [near] the [great] [hall] [.] 1 but 3 he 3 he 12 went 12 went 15 the by night he drank with us in the hut . 1 by 2 night 2 night 4 drank 3 he 4 drank 4 drank 5 with 4 drank 9 hut 6 us 7 in 7 in 8 the 8 the 9 hut 9 hut 10 . " ' [look] you , boys , " said he , " [i] [am] [born] [out] [of] my [due] [time] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 4 you 4 you 5 , 5 , 8 " 6 boys 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 9 said 11 , 9 said 21 . 11 , 12 " 12 " 18 my 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 4 ago 4 ago 17 , 4 ago 25 . 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 21 . ' [tis] [all] here , " said he , [tapping] his big head , " but [it] [hath] [no] [play] in this [black] [age] . 1 ' 4 here 4 here 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 9 , 7 said 25 . 9 , 15 " 9 , 16 but 11 his 12 big 11 his 13 head 13 head 14 , 14 , 15 " 16 but 22 this 21 in 22 this now [hugh] here is a better man than thou art [,] [richard] [.] ["] 1 now 3 here 3 here 4 is 4 is 5 a 4 is 6 better 6 better 7 man 6 better 8 than 8 than 9 thou 9 thou 10 art he had made his voice harsh and croaking , like a raven 's . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 made 3 made 8 croaking 4 his 5 voice 5 voice 6 harsh 6 harsh 8 croaking 7 and 8 croaking 8 croaking 9 , 8 croaking 10 like 8 croaking 12 raven 10 like 11 a 12 raven 13 's 12 raven 14 . " ' [truth] , " said [i] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " but [for] [hugh] , [his] [help] and [patience] [and] [long-suffering] [,] [i] [could] never [have] [kept] [the] [manor] [.] ["] 1 " 2 but 1 " 5 , 5 , 8 and 8 and 15 never " ' [nor] thy life [either] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 9 said 4 thy 5 life 5 life 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 12 . " [hugh] [has] [saved] [thee] not [once] [,] [but] a hundred times . 1 " 6 not 6 not 10 a 10 a 11 hundred 11 hundred 12 times 12 times 13 . be still , [hugh] ! " he said . 1 be 2 still 2 still 3 , 3 , 6 " 5 ! 6 " 6 " 8 said 7 he 8 said 8 said 9 . " [dost] [thou] know [,] [richard] [,] why [hugh] [slept] , and why [he] [still] [sleeps] , [among] [thy] [norman] [men-at-arms] ? " 1 " 8 why 4 know 8 why 8 why 11 , 11 , 23 " 12 and 13 why 13 why 17 , 13 why 22 ? 22 ? 23 " " ['to] [be] [near] me , " said [i] , for [i] [thought] this was [truth] . 1 " 8 said 5 me 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 , 10 , 11 for 11 for 14 this 14 this 15 was 15 was 17 . " ' [fool] ! " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 9 . " it is [because] [his] [saxons] [have] [begged] him [to] [rise] [against] [thee] , and [to] [sweep] [every] [norman] out of the valley . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 is 2 it 24 . 9 him 14 , 9 him 24 . 14 , 15 and 15 and 20 out 20 out 21 of 21 of 22 the 22 the 23 valley no matter how [i] [know] [.] 1 no 2 matter 2 matter 3 how it is truth . 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 truth 3 truth 4 . and this [his] [saxons] [know] [.] 1 and 2 this is [it] true , [hugh] ? " 1 is 3 true 3 true 4 , 4 , 7 " 6 ? 7 " " ['] [in] some sort , " said [hugh] [shamefacedly] ; ["] [at] [least] [,] it was [true] [half] a year ago . 1 " 8 said 4 some 5 sort 5 sort 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 11 ; 11 ; 16 it 16 it 17 was 17 was 20 a 20 a 21 year 21 year 22 ago 22 ago 23 . [my] [saxons] [would] [not] [harm] [richard] [now] [.] i think they know him but [i] [judged] it [best] [to] [make] [sure] . " 1 i 2 think 1 i 4 know 2 think 3 they 4 know 5 him 5 him 14 . 6 but 9 it 9 it 14 . 14 . 15 " ' [look] [,] [children] [,] [what] that man had done [and] [i] [had] never guessed it ! 1 ' 7 that 7 that 8 man 8 man 15 guessed 9 had 10 done 9 had 15 guessed 14 never 15 guessed 15 guessed 16 it 16 it 17 ! " ' [yes] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 9 . " and he is a swordless man . " 1 " 6 swordless 2 and 3 he 3 he 4 is 4 is 6 swordless 5 a 6 swordless 6 swordless 7 man 6 swordless 9 " 8 . 9 " he carried only the short knife and the long-bow . 1 he 2 carried 2 carried 3 only 3 only 9 long-bow 4 the 9 long-bow 5 short 9 long-bow 6 knife 7 and 6 knife 9 long-bow 8 the 9 long-bow 9 long-bow 10 . " [swordless] [and] [landless] [art] [thou] , [hugh] [;] and they [call] [thee] [kin] [to] [earl] [godwin] [.] " 1 " 7 , 7 , 10 and 10 and 11 they 11 they 19 " ( [hugh] [was] [indeed] [of] [godwin] ['s] [blood] . ) 1 ( 10 ) 9 . 10 ) " [the] [manor] that was [thine] is [given] to [this] [boy] [and] [to] [his] [children] [for] [ever] [.] 1 " 7 is 4 that 5 was 4 that 7 is 7 is 9 to sit up and [beg] [,] [for] [he] [can] [turn] [thee] out like a dog , [hugh] . " 1 sit 2 up 2 up 3 and 3 and 11 out 11 out 12 like 12 like 13 a 13 a 14 dog 14 dog 15 , 15 , 18 " 17 . 18 " then [de] [aquila] [laughed] [till] [the] [tears] [ran] down his face . 1 then 9 down 9 down 10 his 10 his 11 face 11 face 12 . " ' [i] [warned] the [king] , " said he , " what would come [of] [giving] [england] to [us] [norman] [thieves] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 5 the 2 ' 9 said 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 9 said 23 . 10 he 14 would 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 what 13 what 14 would 14 would 15 come 15 come 19 to here [art] [thou] , [richard] , [less] [than] [two] [days] [confirmed] in [thy] [manor] , and [already] [thou] [hast] [risen] [against] [thy] [overlord] [.] 1 here 4 , 4 , 16 and 6 , 16 and 12 in 15 , 15 , 16 and what shall we do to him [,] [sir] [hugh] ? " 1 what 2 shall 2 shall 3 we 3 we 4 do 4 do 10 ? 5 to 6 him 6 him 10 ? 10 ? 11 " " ' [i] [am] a [swordless] man , " said [hugh] . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 10 said 5 a 7 man 7 man 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 . " do not jest with me , " and he laid his head on his knees and groaned . 1 " 2 do 2 do 3 not 3 not 4 jest 4 jest 5 with 4 jest 11 laid 5 with 6 me 6 me 7 , 7 , 8 " 9 and 11 laid 10 he 11 laid 11 laid 12 his 12 his 13 head 12 his 16 knees 14 on 16 knees 15 his 16 knees 16 knees 17 and 16 knees 18 groaned 18 groaned 19 . " ['to] me ? " said [hugh] . 1 " 3 me 3 me 4 ? 4 ? 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " [i] [am] [a] [saxon] , and [,] [except] [that] [i] [love] [richard] here , [i] [have] not [sworn] [fealty] to [any] [norman] . " 1 " 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 14 here 14 here 15 , 15 , 25 " 18 not 21 to 21 to 24 . 24 . 25 " " if [i] [know] [men] [,] thou art [more] [faithful] [unsworn] [than] [a] [score] [of] [normans] [i] [could] [name] [.] 1 " 2 if 2 if 7 thou 7 thou 8 art take [dallington] [,] [and] [join] [sir] [richard] [to] [fight] me [tomorrow] , if it please thee ! " 1 take 10 me 10 me 12 , 12 , 13 if 13 if 14 it 13 if 15 please 15 please 16 thee 16 thee 17 ! 17 ! 18 " " ' [nay] , " said [hugh] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " [i] [am] no child . 1 " 4 no 4 no 5 child 5 child 6 . very often [i] [myself] [lay] up in the woods and watched on her also . 1 very 2 often 2 often 11 watched 6 up 7 in 7 in 8 the 8 the 9 woods 9 woods 11 watched 10 and 11 watched 11 watched 13 her 11 watched 14 also 12 on 13 her 14 also 15 . then she wept , but we were alone . ' 1 then 2 she 1 then 6 we 2 she 3 wept 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 we 6 we 7 were 7 were 8 alone 8 alone 9 . 9 . 10 ' the knight was silent for a long time , his face turned across the valley , smiling . 1 the 2 knight 1 the 17 smiling 2 knight 4 silent 2 knight 12 turned 3 was 4 silent 4 silent 5 for 4 silent 9 , 5 for 6 a 6 a 7 long 7 long 8 time 10 his 11 face 11 face 12 turned 13 across 14 the 13 across 15 valley 13 across 17 smiling 16 , 17 smiling 17 smiling 18 . ' [oh] [,] well done ! ' said [una] , and [clapped] her hands [very] [softly] . 1 ' 4 well 1 ' 6 ! 4 well 5 done 6 ! 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 her 13 her 14 hands 14 hands 17 . ' [she] [was] sorry , and she said [so] . ' 1 ' 8 said 4 sorry 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 she 7 she 8 said 8 said 10 . 10 . 11 ' ' [aye] , she was [sorry] , and she said [so] , ' said [sir] [richard] , coming back with a little start . 1 ' 10 said 3 , 4 she 4 she 5 was 5 was 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 she 9 she 10 said 10 said 12 , 12 , 13 ' 13 ' 14 said 14 said 17 , 17 , 18 coming 18 coming 19 back 19 back 20 with 20 with 21 a 21 a 22 little 22 little 23 start 23 start 24 . [dust] [lay] [on] [the] [hilt] [,] [for] [i] [saw] [him] [blow] [it] [off] [.] [de] [aquila] [leaped] [up] [;] [but] [there] [was] [only] [the] [moonlight] [fretty] [on] [the] [floor] [.] " ' [hearken] ! " said [hugh] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " it is my sword , " and as he belted it on the music ceased . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 is 3 is 4 my 4 my 5 sword 5 sword 11 belted 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 and 8 and 11 belted 9 as 11 belted 10 he 11 belted 11 belted 12 it 11 belted 13 on 11 belted 16 ceased 13 on 14 the 15 music 16 ceased 16 ceased 17 . " ['] [over] [gods] , [forbid] that [i] [should] [ever] [belt] [blade] [like] [that] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 17 said 5 , 7 that 5 , 17 said 15 , 16 " 16 " 17 said 17 said 20 . " what does it foretell ? " 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 does 3 does 5 foretell 4 it 5 foretell 5 foretell 6 ? 6 ? 7 " " ['] [the] [gods] [that] [made] it may [know] . 1 " 7 it 7 it 8 may 7 it 10 . 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 12 all 12 all 13 my [belike] [it] [sings] [now] [that] [i] [have] [new] [lands] [and] [am] [a] [man] [again] [,] ["] [said] [hugh] [.] ' [now] that was [the] [second] [time] in all my life [i] [heard] [this] [sword] [sing] . ' [...] 1 ' 3 that 3 that 4 was 4 was 8 in 8 in 11 life 9 all 11 life 10 my 11 life 11 life 17 . 17 . 18 ' ' [look] ! ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [there] ['s] [mother] [coming] [down] the [long] [slip] [.] 1 ' 7 the what will she say to [sir] [richard] ? 1 what 2 will 1 what 3 she 1 what 4 say 1 what 8 ? 4 say 5 to she can't help seeing him . ' 1 she 2 can't 2 can't 3 help 3 help 4 seeing 4 seeing 5 him 5 him 6 . 6 . 7 ' ' [and] [puck] [can't] [magic] [us] this time , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 7 this 7 this 8 time 8 time 9 , 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 . ' [but] [what] [befell] [the] [sword] [and] my brother [hugh] [i] [will] [tell] [on] another time , ' said [he] , rising . 1 ' 8 my 1 ' 19 said 8 my 9 brother 15 another 16 time 16 time 17 , 17 , 18 ' 18 ' 19 said 19 said 22 rising 21 , 22 rising 22 rising 23 . ' [ohe] [,] [swallow] ! ' 1 ' 5 ! 5 ! 6 ' the great horse cantered up from the far end of the meadow , close to [mother] [.] 1 the 9 end 2 great 4 cantered 3 horse 4 cantered 4 cantered 5 up 4 cantered 6 from 4 cantered 8 far 4 cantered 9 end 6 from 7 the 9 end 10 of 10 of 11 the 11 the 12 meadow 12 meadow 14 close 13 , 14 close 14 close 15 to they [heard] [mother] say : ' [children] [,] [gleason] ['s] [old] [horse] [has] [broken] [into] [the] [meadow] [again] [.] 1 they 4 say 4 say 5 : 5 : 6 ' where did he get through ? ' 1 where 2 did 1 where 6 ? 2 did 3 he 2 did 4 get 4 get 5 through 6 ? 7 ' ' [just] [below] [stone] [bay] , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 7 ' 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . ' [he] [tore] [down] [simple] [flobs] [of] the [bank] ! 1 ' 8 the 1 ' 10 ! we [noticed] [it] just [now] [.] 1 we 4 just and we 've caught no end of fish . 1 and 2 we 2 we 3 've 3 've 4 caught 4 caught 8 fish 5 no 6 end 6 end 7 of 6 end 8 fish 8 fish 9 . we 've been at it all the afternoon . ' 1 we 2 've 1 we 6 all 2 've 3 been 3 been 4 at 5 it 6 all 6 all 7 the 7 the 8 afternoon 8 afternoon 9 . 9 . 10 ' and they honestly believed that they had . 1 and 2 they 2 they 3 honestly 2 they 7 had 3 honestly 4 believed 4 believed 5 that 6 they 7 had 7 had 8 . they [never] noticed [the] [oak] , [ash] [and] [thorn] [leaves] that [puck] [had] [slyly] [thrown] [into] [their] [laps] [.] 1 they 3 noticed 3 noticed 11 that 6 , 11 that [sir] [richard] ['s] [song] [the] [knights] [of] [the] [joyous] [venture] [harp] [song] [of] [the] [dane] [women] 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 2 is 1 what 6 you 2 is 3 a 3 a 4 woman 6 you 9 , 6 you 24 ? 9 , 13 and 13 and 14 the 14 the 21 old 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 17 , 1 dan 26 . 17 , 18 and 18 and 22 a 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 2 kingfisher 7 watching-branch 4 asleep 7 watching-branch 5 on 7 watching-branch 6 his 7 watching-branch 7 watching-branch 8 , 7 watching-branch 9 and 7 watching-branch 11 blackbirds 10 the 11 blackbirds 11 blackbirds 12 scarcely 11 blackbirds 13 took 11 blackbirds 15 trouble 11 blackbirds 17 dive 14 the 15 trouble 16 to 17 dive 17 dive 18 into 17 dive 21 bush 19 the 20 next 20 next 21 bush 21 bush 22 . then the little voices of the slipping water began again . 1 then 9 began 2 the 3 little 3 little 4 voices 4 voices 5 of 4 voices 7 slipping 5 of 6 the 7 slipping 8 water 7 slipping 9 began 9 began 10 again 10 again 11 . ' [it] ['s] [like] the [shadows] [talking] , isn't it ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 5 the 1 ' 13 said 8 , 9 isn't 9 isn't 10 it 9 isn't 11 ? 11 ? 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 15 . she had given up trying to read . 1 she 2 had 2 had 3 given 3 given 4 up 3 given 5 trying 5 trying 6 to 6 to 7 read 7 read 8 . dan lay over the bows , trailing his hands in the current . 1 dan 7 trailing 2 lay 7 trailing 3 over 4 the 4 the 5 bows 5 bows 7 trailing 6 , 7 trailing 7 trailing 9 hands 7 trailing 10 in 7 trailing 12 current 8 his 9 hands 11 the 12 current 12 current 13 . they [heard] [feet] [on] [the] [gravel-bar] [that] [runs] [half] [across] [the] [pool] [and] saw [sir] [richard] [dalyngridge] [standing] [over] them . 1 they 14 saw 14 saw 20 them 20 them 21 . ' [was] yours a dangerous voyage ? ' he asked , smiling . 1 ' 3 yours 3 yours 6 voyage 4 a 5 dangerous 5 dangerous 6 voyage 6 voyage 7 ? 6 voyage 12 smiling 7 ? 8 ' 7 ? 10 asked 8 ' 9 he 11 , 12 smiling 12 smiling 13 . ' [she] [bumped] a [lot] , sir , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 a 1 ' 9 ' 6 , 7 sir 7 sir 8 , 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [there] ['s] [hardly] [any] [water] [this] [summer] . ' 1 ' 10 ' 9 . 10 ' ' [ah] [,] [the] [brook] [was] [deeper] [and] [wider] [when] my children [played] [at] [danish] [pirates] . 1 ' 11 my 11 my 12 children 12 children 17 . are you pirate-folk ? ' 1 are 3 pirate-folk 2 you 3 pirate-folk 3 pirate-folk 4 ? 3 pirate-folk 5 ' ' [oh] no . 1 ' 3 no 3 no 4 . [we] [gave] [up] [being] [pirates] [years] [ago] [,] ['] [explained] [una] [.] ' [we] ['re] [nearly] [always] [explorers] now . 1 ' 7 now 7 now 8 . sailing round the world , you know . ' 1 sailing 2 round 2 round 4 world 3 the 4 world 4 world 5 , 4 world 8 . 6 you 7 know 7 know 8 . 8 . 9 ' ' [round] ? ' said [sir] [richard] . 1 ' 5 said 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 8 . he sat him in the comfortable crotch of an old ash-root on the bank . 1 he 2 sat 2 sat 7 crotch 3 him 7 crotch 4 in 7 crotch 5 the 7 crotch 6 comfortable 7 crotch 7 crotch 8 of 7 crotch 11 ash-root 9 an 11 ash-root 10 old 11 ash-root 11 ash-root 12 on 11 ash-root 14 bank 13 the 14 bank 14 bank 15 . ' [how] can it be [round] ? ' 1 ' 3 can 3 can 5 be 4 it 5 be 5 be 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' ' [wasn't] it [in] [your] [books] [?] ['] 1 ' 3 it dan suggested . 1 dan 2 suggested 2 suggested 3 . 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 5 geography 8 last 5 geography 9 lesson 5 geography 10 . 6 at 7 his 6 at 8 last ' [i] [can] [neither] [write] [nor] [read] , ' he replied . 1 ' 11 replied 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 11 replied 10 he 11 replied 11 replied 12 . ' [canst] thou [read] [,] [child] ? ' 1 ' 3 thou 3 thou 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' ' [yes] , ' said [dan] , ' [barring] the very long [words] . ' 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 , 7 , 8 ' 7 , 15 ' 8 ' 10 the 11 very 12 long 12 long 14 . 14 . 15 ' ' [wonderful] ! 1 ' 3 ! read to me , [that] [i] [may] [hear] for myself . ' 1 read 2 to 2 to 3 me 3 me 4 , 4 , 9 for 9 for 10 myself 10 myself 11 . 11 . 12 ' dan [flushed] , but [opened] [the] [book] [and] [began] [gabbling] a little [at] ['] [the] [discoverer] of the [north] [cape] . ['] 1 dan 3 , 1 dan 21 . 3 , 4 but 4 but 11 a 11 a 12 little 12 little 17 of 17 of 18 the ' [but] but [this] [i] [know] ! 1 ' 3 but 1 ' 7 ! this is an old song ! 1 this 2 is 2 is 3 an 3 an 4 old 4 old 5 song 5 song 6 ! this [i] [have] [heard] [sung] ! 1 this 6 ! this [is] [a] [miracle] , ' [sir] [richard] [interrupted] . 1 this 5 , 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 10 . ' [nay] [,] do not stop ! ' 1 ' 8 ' 4 do 5 not 4 do 6 stop 6 stop 7 ! 7 ! 8 ' he leaned forward , and the shadows of the leaves slipped and slid upon his chain-mail . 1 he 2 leaned 2 leaned 3 forward 2 leaned 7 shadows 3 forward 5 and 4 , 5 and 6 the 7 shadows 7 shadows 8 of 7 shadows 10 leaves 9 the 10 leaves 10 leaves 16 chain-mail 11 slipped 16 chain-mail 12 and 13 slid 13 slid 16 chain-mail 14 upon 16 chain-mail 15 his 16 chain-mail 16 chain-mail 17 . his hand fell on the hilt of the great sword . 1 his 2 hand 1 his 10 sword 3 fell 4 on 3 fell 6 hilt 5 the 6 hilt 6 hilt 7 of 6 hilt 9 great 6 hilt 10 sword 7 of 8 the 10 sword 11 . ' [a] [nameless] [sea] ! ' he [repeated] [.] 1 ' 5 ! 5 ! 6 ' 6 ' 7 he ' [so] did [i] so [did] [hugh] [and] [i] . ' 1 ' 11 ' 3 did 5 so 5 so 10 . 10 . 11 ' ' [where] [did] you go [?] 1 ' 4 you 4 you 5 go tell us , ' said [una] . 1 tell 2 us 2 us 3 , 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ['] [wait] [.] let me [hear] [all] [first] . ' 1 let 2 me 2 me 6 . 6 . 7 ' [so] [dan] [read] [to] [the] [poem] ['s] [very] [end] [.] ' [good] , ' said the knight . 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 knight 6 the 7 knight 7 knight 8 . ' [that] is [othere] ['s] [tale] even so [i] [have] [heard] [the] [men] [in] [the] [dane] [ships] [sing] [it] [.] 1 ' 3 is 3 is 8 so 7 even 8 so not those same valiant words , but something like to them . ' 1 not 9 like 2 those 4 valiant 3 same 4 valiant 4 valiant 5 words 4 valiant 8 something 5 words 6 , 6 , 7 but 8 something 9 like 9 like 10 to 10 to 11 them 11 them 12 . 12 . 13 ' ' [have] you [ever] [explored] [north] ? ' 1 ' 3 you 3 you 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' dan shut the book . 1 dan 2 shut 2 shut 4 book 3 the 4 book 4 book 5 . ['] [nay] [.] [my] [venture] [was] [south] [.] farther [south] than any man [has] [fared] , [hugh] and [i] went down with [witta] and his [heathen] [.] ['] 1 farther 3 than 3 than 4 any 4 any 5 man 5 man 8 , 8 , 10 and 8 , 16 and 10 and 12 went 12 went 13 down 13 down 14 with 16 and 17 his he jerked the tall sword forward , and leaned on it with both hands ; but his eyes looked long past them . 1 he 2 jerked 2 jerked 3 the 2 jerked 4 tall 2 jerked 5 sword 2 jerked 6 forward 6 forward 9 leaned 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 leaned 9 leaned 10 on 9 leaned 14 hands 9 leaned 17 his 9 leaned 21 past 10 on 11 it 12 with 13 both 13 both 14 hands 14 hands 15 ; 15 ; 16 but 17 his 18 eyes 18 eyes 19 looked 20 long 21 past 21 past 22 them 22 them 23 . ' [i] [thought] you always lived here , ' said [una] [,] timidly . 1 ' 4 you 1 ' 10 said 5 always 6 lived 6 lived 7 here 7 here 8 , 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 13 timidly 13 timidly 14 . ' [yes] ; [while] [my] [lady] [aelueva] [lived] [.] 1 ' 3 ; but she died . 1 but 2 she 2 she 3 died 3 died 4 . she died . 1 she 2 died 2 died 3 . then [hugh] came [with] [me] [.] ['] 1 then 3 came ' [when] did this happen ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 8 said 3 did 5 happen 4 this 5 happen 5 happen 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . 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 4 day 1 on 10 the 2 that 4 day " this is a [cross] [matter] , " said [de] [aquila] , " [to] [meet] [on] the [threshold] of [a] [journey] [.] 1 " 3 is 1 " 9 said 2 this 3 is 3 is 4 a 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 12 , 9 said 17 the 12 , 13 " 17 the 19 of [if] [red] [william] [be] [dead] [i] [may] [have] [to] [fight] [for] [my] [lands] [.] wait a little . " 1 wait 2 a 2 a 3 little 3 little 4 . 4 . 5 " ' [my] [lady] [being] [dead] [,] [i] [cared] nothing [for] [signs] [and] [omens] , [nor] [hugh] [either] [.] 1 ' 9 nothing 9 nothing 14 , their master [was] [a] [knight] [of] [artois] . 1 their 2 master 2 master 8 . he [served] [the] [duke] [of] [burgundy] [against] [the] [moors] in [spain] , and was [returning] [to] [that] [war] [with] his [dogs] . 1 he 14 was 1 he 20 his 10 in 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 was 20 his 22 . he [sang] [us] [strange] [moorish] [songs] [that] [first] [night] [,] and [half] [persuaded] [us] [to] [go] [with] [him] [.] 1 he 11 and i was on pilgrimage to forget which is what no pilgrimage brings . 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 on 3 on 4 pilgrimage 4 pilgrimage 5 to 4 pilgrimage 6 forget 4 pilgrimage 7 which 4 pilgrimage 8 is 4 pilgrimage 12 brings 4 pilgrimage 13 . 9 what 12 brings 10 no 11 pilgrimage 11 pilgrimage 12 brings i think [i] would have gone [,] [but] [....v] 1 i 2 think 1 i 5 have 4 would 5 have 5 have 6 gone ' [look] you [how] the [life] [and] [fortune] of man [changes] ! 1 ' 3 you 1 ' 12 ! 5 the 9 of 5 the 10 man 10 man 12 ! i [leaped] [after] [him] , [and] [we] [two] [tumbled] [aboard] [the] [dane] , and were [caught] and [bound] [ere] we could [rise] . 1 i 5 , 5 , 17 and 13 , 14 and 13 , 17 and 14 and 15 were 17 and 20 we 20 we 21 could 21 could 23 . our own ship was swallowed up in the mist . 1 our 2 own 1 our 3 ship 3 ship 4 was 3 ship 5 swallowed 5 swallowed 6 up 5 swallowed 9 mist 7 in 8 the 8 the 9 mist 9 mist 10 . he was stout , with bowed legs and long arms . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 stout 3 stout 4 , 3 stout 6 bowed 3 stout 7 legs 5 with 6 bowed 7 legs 8 and 7 legs 9 long 7 legs 10 arms 10 arms 11 . 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 3 yellow 3 yellow 6 sickness 3 yellow 13 honey 4 not 6 sickness 5 from 6 sickness 6 sickness 7 , 6 sickness 10 nature 7 , 8 but 9 by 10 nature 11 yellow 13 honey 12 as 13 honey 13 honey 14 , 13 honey 19 endwise 15 and 16 his 16 his 17 eyes 17 eyes 19 endwise 18 stood 19 endwise 19 endwise 20 in 19 endwise 22 head 19 endwise 24 ' 21 his 22 head 23 . 24 ' ' [how] do you mean ? ' said [una] [,] [her] [chin] on her [hand] . 1 ' 3 do 3 do 5 mean 4 you 5 mean 5 mean 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 16 . 13 on 14 her 14 her 16 . ' [thus] , ' said [sir] [richard] . 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 8 . he put a finger to the corner of each eye , and pushed it up till his eyes narrowed to slits . 1 he 2 put 2 put 4 finger 3 a 4 finger 4 finger 5 to 4 finger 7 corner 6 the 7 corner 7 corner 8 of 7 corner 10 eye 9 each 10 eye 10 eye 13 pushed 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 pushed 13 pushed 14 it 13 pushed 15 up 13 pushed 19 narrowed 16 till 19 narrowed 17 his 18 eyes 18 eyes 19 narrowed 19 narrowed 20 to 19 narrowed 21 slits 21 slits 22 . ' [why] [,] you look just like a [chinaman] ! ' cried [dan] . 1 ' 4 you 1 ' 10 ! 4 you 5 look 5 look 7 like 6 just 7 like 7 like 8 a 10 ! 11 ' 11 ' 12 cried 12 cried 14 . ' [was] [the] [man] a [chinaman] [?] ' 1 ' 5 a 1 ' 8 ' ' [i] [know] [not] [what] that may be . 1 ' 6 that 6 that 7 may 7 may 8 be 8 be 9 . [witta] [had] [found] [him] [half] [dead] [among] [ice] [on] [the] [shores] [of] [muscovy] [.] we thought he was a devil . 1 we 2 thought 2 thought 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 a 5 a 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 3 a 3 a 9 little 7 , 8 a 8 a 9 little 9 little 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 16 in 16 in 17 the " ' [not] [by] my father [guthrum] 's head , " said he . 1 " 12 said 2 ' 5 my 2 ' 12 said 5 my 6 father 8 's 9 head 9 head 10 , 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 13 he 12 said 14 . " the [gods] [sent] [ye] [into] [my] [ship] [for] [a] [luck-offering] [.] ["] 1 " 2 the ' [at] this [i] [quaked] , for [i] [knew] it was [still] [the] [danes] ['] [custom] [to] [sacrifice] [captives] [to] [their] [gods] [for] [fair] [weather] [.] 1 ' 3 this 3 this 11 was 6 , 7 for 7 for 10 it 10 it 11 was " ' [a] [plague] on [thy] [four] [long] [bones] ! " said [hugh] . 1 " 12 said 2 ' 12 said 5 on 10 ! 10 ! 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 14 . " what profit canst thou make of poor old pilgrims that can neither work nor fight ? " 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 profit 3 profit 4 canst 4 canst 5 thou 4 canst 6 make 4 canst 10 pilgrims 4 canst 13 neither 6 make 7 of 8 poor 10 pilgrims 9 old 10 pilgrims 10 pilgrims 11 that 10 pilgrims 12 can 13 neither 14 work 13 neither 15 nor 13 neither 16 fight 16 fight 17 ? 17 ? 18 " " ' [gods] [forbid] [i] [should] [fight] [against] [thee] , [poor] [pilgrim] [with] [the] [singing] [sword] , " said he . 1 " 19 said 2 ' 19 said 10 , 18 " 17 , 18 " 18 " 19 said 19 said 20 he 19 said 21 . " come with us and be poor no more . 1 " 2 come 1 " 8 no 2 come 3 with 2 come 5 and 3 with 4 us 6 be 7 poor 6 be 8 no 8 no 9 more 9 more 10 . thy teeth are far apart , which is a sure sign thou wilt travel and grow rich . " 1 thy 2 teeth 2 teeth 5 apart 3 are 4 far 4 far 5 apart 5 apart 6 , 5 apart 7 which 5 apart 11 sign 7 which 8 is 8 is 9 a 9 a 11 sign 10 sure 11 sign 11 sign 13 wilt 12 thou 13 wilt 13 wilt 14 travel 14 travel 15 and 14 travel 16 grow 16 grow 17 rich 17 rich 18 . 18 . 19 " " ' [what] if we will not come ? " said [hugh] . 1 " 11 said 2 ' 4 if 4 if 5 we 5 we 6 will 6 will 7 not 6 will 8 come 8 come 9 ? 9 ? 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 13 . " ' [swim] [to] [england] or [france] , " said [witta] . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 10 said 6 or 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 . " we are midway between the two . 1 " 2 we 2 we 3 are 3 are 4 midway 4 midway 5 between 4 midway 7 two 4 midway 8 . 5 between 6 the unless ye choose to drown yourselves no hair of your head will be harmed here aboard . 1 unless 3 choose 2 ye 3 choose 3 choose 5 drown 4 to 5 drown 5 drown 6 yourselves 5 drown 8 hair 6 yourselves 7 no 8 hair 14 harmed 9 of 10 your 10 your 11 head 11 head 14 harmed 12 will 13 be 13 be 14 harmed 14 harmed 15 here 14 harmed 16 aboard 16 aboard 17 . 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 3 ye 4 bring 4 bring 5 us 4 bring 6 luck 4 bring 10 myself 6 luck 7 , 7 , 8 and he turned and bade them hoist sail . 1 he 2 turned 2 turned 6 hoist 3 and 4 bade 4 bade 5 them 4 bade 6 hoist 6 hoist 7 sail 7 sail 8 . ' [hereafter] all made way for us as we walked about the ship , and the ship was full of wonders . ' 1 ' 23 ' 3 all 11 about 4 made 5 way 4 made 6 for 6 for 7 us 7 us 11 about 8 as 10 walked 9 we 10 walked 10 walked 11 about 11 about 12 the 12 the 13 ship 13 ship 14 , 13 ship 21 wonders 14 , 15 and 16 the 17 ship 17 ship 21 wonders 18 was 19 full 19 full 20 of 19 full 21 wonders 21 wonders 22 . 22 . 23 ' ' [what] was she like ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 8 said 3 was 4 she 4 she 8 said 5 like 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . here [hugh] and [i] [slept] , with [witta] [and] the [yellow] [man] [,] [upon] [tapestries] [as] [soft] [as] [wool] [.] 1 here 3 and 1 here 6 , 6 , 7 with 7 with 10 the i remember ['] [he] [laughed] [to] [himself] ['] [when] [first] [we] [entered] [there] [a] [loud] [voice] [cried] , " [out] [swords] [!] 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 18 , 18 , 19 " out swords ! 1 out 2 swords 2 swords 3 ! kill , kill ! " 1 kill 2 , 1 kill 3 kill 3 kill 4 ! 4 ! 5 " [seeing] [us] [start] [witta] [laughed] [,] [and] [showed] [us] [it] [was] [but] [a] [great-beaked] [grey] [bird] [with] [a] [red] [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 6 shoulder 5 his 6 shoulder 6 shoulder 8 and 6 shoulder 10 called 7 , 8 and 9 she 10 called 10 called 11 for 10 called 15 hoarsely 12 bread 13 and 12 bread 14 wine 14 wine 15 hoarsely 15 hoarsely 18 prayed 15 hoarsely 21 kiss 15 hoarsely 23 . 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 prayed 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 4 no 5 more 5 more 6 than 6 than 8 silly 7 a 8 silly 8 silly 9 bird 9 bird 10 . but ye knew this ? ' 1 but 2 ye 2 ye 5 ? 3 knew 4 this 4 this 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' he looked at their smiling faces . 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 2 looked 6 faces 4 their 6 faces 5 smiling 6 faces 6 faces 7 . ' [we] [weren't] [laughing] [at] you , ' said [una] . 1 ' 6 you 6 you 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [that] must have been a parrot . 1 ' 7 parrot 3 must 4 have 4 have 5 been 5 been 7 parrot 6 a 7 parrot 7 parrot 8 . it 's just what [pollies] do . ' 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 just 3 just 4 what 4 what 6 do 6 do 7 . 7 . 8 ' ' [so] we learned later . 1 ' 3 we 3 we 4 learned 4 learned 5 later 5 later 6 . but [here] [is] another [marvel] . 1 but 4 another 4 another 6 . the [yellow] [man] [,] [whose] name [was] [kitai] , [had] [with] [him] [a] [brown] [box] [.] 1 the 6 name 6 name 9 , ' [south] ? ' said [dan] [suddenly] , and put his hand into his pocket . 1 ' 5 said 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 put 10 put 15 pocket 11 his 12 hand 11 his 15 pocket 13 into 15 pocket 14 his 15 pocket 15 pocket 16 . ' [with] my [own] [eyes] [i] [saw] [it] [.] 1 ' 3 my [witta] [called] [it] [the] [wise] [iron] [,] [because] [it] [showed] [him] [his] [way] [across] [the] [unknowable] [seas] [.] ['] again [sir] [richard] [looked] [keenly] [at] the children . 1 again 7 the 7 the 8 children 8 children 9 . ' [how] [think] [ye] ? 1 ' 5 ? was it sorcery ? ' 1 was 3 sorcery 2 it 3 sorcery 3 sorcery 4 ? 4 ? 5 ' ' [was] it [anything] [like] [this] [?] ['] 1 ' 3 it dan fished out his old brass pocket-compass , that generally lived with his knife and key-ring . 1 dan 7 pocket-compass 2 fished 3 out 2 fished 7 pocket-compass 4 his 7 pocket-compass 5 old 7 pocket-compass 6 brass 7 pocket-compass 7 pocket-compass 8 , 7 pocket-compass 9 that 7 pocket-compass 10 generally 10 generally 16 key-ring 11 lived 16 key-ring 12 with 16 key-ring 13 his 16 key-ring 14 knife 16 key-ring 15 and 16 key-ring 16 key-ring 17 . ' [the] [glass] [has] [got] [cracked] , but the [needle] [waggles] all right , sir . ' 1 ' 17 ' 7 , 8 but 7 , 15 sir 8 but 9 the 12 all 13 right 13 right 14 , 14 , 15 sir 15 sir 16 . 16 . 17 ' the knight drew a long breath of wonder . 1 the 2 knight 2 knight 3 drew 3 drew 6 breath 4 a 5 long 5 long 6 breath 6 breath 7 of 6 breath 8 wonder 6 breath 9 . ' [yes] [,] yes ! 1 ' 4 yes 4 yes 5 ! [the] [wise] [iron] [shook] [and] [swung] [in] [just] [this] [fashion] [.] now it is still . 1 now 2 it 2 it 3 is 3 is 4 still 4 still 5 . now it [points] [to] [the] [south] [.] ['] 1 now 2 it ' [north] , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [nay] , [south] [!] 1 ' 3 , there [is] [the] [south] , ' said [sir] [richard] . 1 there 5 , 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 10 . ' [te] , ' said [sir] [richard] , [clicking] [his] [tongue] [.] 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 8 , ' [there] can be [no] [sorcery] [if] a child [carries] [it] . 1 ' 3 can 3 can 4 be 4 be 8 a 8 a 9 child 9 child 12 . [wherefore] [does] [it] [point] [south] [or] [north] [?] ['] ' [father] says that [nobody] [knows] , ' said [una] . 1 ' 8 ' 3 says 4 that 3 says 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . [sir] [richard] [looked] [relieved] [.] ' [then] it may [still] be [magic] . 1 ' 3 it 3 it 4 may 4 may 6 be 6 be 8 . it was magic to us . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 magic 3 magic 5 us 4 to 5 us 5 us 6 . and so we voyaged . 1 and 4 voyaged 2 so 4 voyaged 3 we 4 voyaged 4 voyaged 5 . when [it] [failed] , they [rowed] [with] [long] [oars] [;] [the] [yellow] [man] sat [by] [the] [wise] [iron] [,] [and] [witta] [steered] [.] 1 when 5 they 4 , 5 they 5 they 14 sat 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 2 first 2 first 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 14 how hugh liked it well [from] [the] [first] [.] 1 hugh 2 liked 2 liked 3 it 2 liked 4 well we [sailed] [south] [across] [a] [stormy] [sea] [,] [where] [by] [moonlight] [,] [between] [clouds] [,] [we] saw a [flanders] ship [roll] [clean] [over] [and] [sink] [.] 1 we 17 saw 17 saw 18 a 18 a 20 ship there is a sickness of the sea which for three days is pure death ! 1 there 2 is 2 is 13 pure 3 a 4 sickness 4 sickness 5 of 4 sickness 7 sea 4 sickness 11 days 6 the 7 sea 7 sea 8 which 9 for 10 three 10 three 11 days 11 days 13 pure 12 is 13 pure 13 pure 14 death 14 death 15 ! when we [next] saw [land] [witta] [said] it was [spain] [,] [and] [we] [stood] out [to] [sea] . 1 when 9 was 2 we 4 saw 4 saw 8 it 8 it 9 was 9 was 15 out 15 out 18 . so we put into [a] [small] [harbour] [which] [witta] [knew] [.] 1 so 2 we 2 we 3 put 3 put 4 into 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 3 too 1 wine 6 bought 2 , 3 too 3 too 4 , 5 he 6 bought 6 bought 8 lumps 7 for 8 lumps 8 lumps 9 of 8 lumps 10 sweet-smelling 10 sweet-smelling 11 grey 10 sweet-smelling 12 amber 12 amber 15 morsel 13 a 14 little 13 a 15 morsel 15 morsel 20 thumb-nail 16 no 20 thumb-nail 17 bigger 18 than 17 bigger 20 thumb-nail 19 a 20 thumb-nail 20 thumb-nail 21 purchased 20 thumb-nail 22 a 20 thumb-nail 23 cask 20 thumb-nail 25 wine 24 of 25 wine 25 wine 26 . but [i] [speak] like a merchant [.] ['] 1 but 4 like 4 like 5 a 5 a 6 merchant ' [no] [,] no ! 1 ' 4 no 4 no 5 ! tell us [what] [you] [had] [to] [eat] , ' cried [dan] . 1 tell 2 us 2 us 8 , 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 cried 10 cried 12 . aha ! 1 aha 2 ! dates is the name . 1 dates 2 is 1 dates 4 name 3 the 4 name 4 name 5 . there [had] [he] [bought] [much] [gold] , and no [few] [elephants] ['] [teeth] , and [thither] by [help] [of] the [wise] [iron] [would] [witta] [go] [.] 1 there 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 no 9 no 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 17 by 17 by 20 the witta feared nothing except to be poor . 1 witta 2 feared 2 feared 3 nothing 2 feared 8 . 3 nothing 4 except 4 except 7 poor 5 to 6 be 6 be 7 poor how think ye ? " 1 how 3 ye 2 think 3 ye 3 ye 4 ? 4 ? 5 " " ' [gold] [or] no [gold] , " said [hugh] , [fingering] [his] [sword] , " it is a [joyous] [venture] . 1 " 5 no 2 ' 5 no 5 no 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 , 11 , 16 " 15 , 16 " 16 " 17 it 17 it 18 is 17 it 22 . 18 is 19 a [have] [at] [these] [devils] [of] [thine] [,] [witta] [!] ["] " ' [venture] ! " said [witta] sourly . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 sourly 8 sourly 9 . " [i] [am] [only] [a] poor [sea-thief] . 1 " 6 poor 6 poor 8 . i do not set my life adrift on a plank for joy , or the venture . 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 not 3 not 16 venture 4 set 7 adrift 5 my 6 life 6 life 7 adrift 7 adrift 8 on 7 adrift 10 plank 9 a 10 plank 10 plank 12 joy 10 plank 16 venture 11 for 12 joy 13 , 14 or 14 or 16 venture 15 the 16 venture 16 venture 17 . once [i] [beach] [ship] again [at] [stavanger] , and [feel] [the] [wife] ['s] [arms] [round] [my] [neck] [,] [i] ['ll] [seek] no more [ventures] . 1 once 5 again 5 again 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 22 no 22 no 23 more 23 more 25 . a ship is heavier care than a wife or cattle . " 1 a 2 ship 2 ship 4 heavier 3 is 4 heavier 4 heavier 5 care 4 heavier 6 than 4 heavier 10 cattle 7 a 8 wife 8 wife 10 cattle 9 or 10 cattle 10 cattle 11 . 11 . 12 " ' [he] [leaped] [down] [among] [the] [rowers] [,] [chiding] [them] [for] [their] little [strength] [and] [their] [great] [stomachs] . 1 ' 13 little 13 little 19 . yet [witta] was a wolf [in] [fight] , and a very fox in cunning . 1 yet 3 was 3 was 4 a 4 a 5 wolf 5 wolf 8 , 5 wolf 14 cunning 8 , 9 and 10 a 11 very 11 very 14 cunning 12 fox 13 in 12 fox 14 cunning 14 cunning 15 . [this] [craft] [his] [father] [guthrum] [had] [shown] [him] [.] he knew all the care of a ship . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 all 3 all 4 the 4 the 8 ship 5 care 6 of 6 of 7 a 7 a 8 ship 8 ship 9 . ' [after] [the] [storm] we saw a [mountain] [whose] [top] was [covered] [with] [snow] [and] [pierced] the [clouds] [.] 1 ' 5 we 1 ' 17 the 5 we 6 saw 6 saw 7 a 11 was 17 the the grasses under this mountain , boiled and eaten , are a good cure for soreness of the gums and swelled ankles . 1 the 2 grasses 1 the 16 soreness 2 grasses 3 under 2 grasses 4 this 2 grasses 7 boiled 5 mountain 6 , 5 mountain 7 boiled 7 boiled 8 and 7 boiled 9 eaten 9 eaten 10 , 11 are 16 soreness 12 a 13 good 13 good 16 soreness 14 cure 16 soreness 15 for 16 soreness 16 soreness 17 of 16 soreness 19 gums 18 the 19 gums 19 gums 20 and 19 gums 21 swelled 19 gums 22 ankles 22 ankles 23 . we lay there eight days , till men in skins threw stones at us . 1 we 2 lay 2 lay 3 there 2 lay 4 eight 4 eight 5 days 4 eight 10 skins 5 days 6 , 7 till 10 skins 8 men 10 skins 9 in 10 skins 10 skins 11 threw 10 skins 12 stones 10 skins 14 us 12 stones 13 at 14 us 15 . that shore is sandy , and we rowed along it within three bowshots . 1 that 4 sandy 2 shore 4 sandy 3 is 4 sandy 4 sandy 8 rowed 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 rowed 7 we 8 rowed 8 rowed 13 bowshots 9 along 13 bowshots 10 it 13 bowshots 11 within 13 bowshots 12 three 13 bowshots 13 bowshots 14 . here we saw whales , and fish in the shape of shields , but longer than our ship . 1 here 4 whales 2 we 4 whales 3 saw 4 whales 4 whales 5 , 4 whales 7 fish 4 whales 10 shape 5 , 6 and 8 in 10 shape 9 the 10 shape 10 shape 11 of 10 shape 12 shields 12 shields 13 , 12 shields 15 longer 12 shields 18 ship 13 , 14 but 15 longer 16 than 17 our 18 ship 18 ship 19 . some slept , some opened their mouths at us , and some danced on the hot waters . 1 some 13 danced 2 slept 3 , 2 slept 7 mouths 4 some 7 mouths 5 opened 7 mouths 6 their 7 mouths 7 mouths 8 at 7 mouths 9 us 7 mouths 13 danced 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 danced 12 some 13 danced 13 danced 14 on 13 danced 17 waters 14 on 15 the 16 hot 17 waters 17 waters 18 . here , too , were fish that flew in the air like birds . 1 here 2 , 2 , 3 too 3 too 4 , 3 too 14 . 5 were 13 birds 6 fish 7 that 6 fish 8 flew 8 flew 11 air 8 flew 13 birds 9 in 10 the 10 the 11 air 12 like 13 birds 13 birds 14 . 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 18 roast 3 fall 6 laps 4 on 5 the 4 on 6 laps 6 laps 7 of 6 laps 9 rowers 8 the 9 rowers 9 rowers 10 , 9 rowers 13 we 9 rowers 15 ashore 10 , 11 and 12 when 13 we 14 went 15 ashore 15 ashore 18 roast 16 we 18 roast 17 would 18 roast 18 roast 19 and 18 roast 20 eat 20 eat 21 them 21 them 22 . 22 . 23 ' 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 2 knight 17 said 3 paused 9 doubted 4 to 5 see 5 see 6 if 6 if 9 doubted 7 the 8 children 8 children 9 doubted 9 doubted 10 him 9 doubted 15 nodded 11 , 12 but 12 but 13 they 13 they 14 only 14 only 15 nodded 15 nodded 16 and 17 said 18 , 18 , 19 ' 19 ' 23 ' 22 . 23 ' ' [the] [yellow] [land] [lay] [on] [our] [left] , [the] [grey] [sea] [on] [our] [right] [.] 1 ' 9 , [knight] [though] [i] [was] [,] [i] [pulled] [my] [oar] [amongst] [the] [rowers] [.] i caught seaweed and dried it , and stuffed it between the pots of beads lest they should break . 1 i 2 caught 2 caught 3 seaweed 3 seaweed 5 dried 3 seaweed 9 stuffed 4 and 5 dried 5 dried 6 it 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 stuffed 9 stuffed 10 it 9 stuffed 13 pots 11 between 12 the 11 between 13 pots 13 pots 14 of 13 pots 15 beads 13 pots 19 break 13 pots 20 . 15 beads 16 lest 16 lest 17 they 16 lest 18 should knighthood is for the land . 1 knighthood 2 is 1 knighthood 3 for 1 knighthood 5 land 4 the 5 land 5 land 6 . at sea , look you , a man is but a spurless rider on a bridleless horse . 1 at 2 sea 2 sea 3 , 2 sea 6 , 2 sea 18 . 4 look 5 you 5 you 6 , 7 a 12 spurless 8 man 12 spurless 9 is 12 spurless 10 but 12 spurless 11 a 12 spurless 12 spurless 13 rider 12 spurless 16 bridleless 14 on 16 bridleless 15 a 16 bridleless 16 bridleless 17 horse 16 bridleless 18 . but [hugh] [had] [tenfold] [more] [sea-cunning] [than] [i] [witta] [gave] [him] [charge] [of] the [rowers] of the [left] [side] [.] 1 but 14 the 14 the 16 of 16 of 17 the they saw that [no] [man] [was] [idle] . 1 they 2 saw 2 saw 3 that 3 that 8 . truly , as [hugh] [said] [,] [and] [witta] would [laugh] [at] [him] [,] [a] [ship] [is] [all] [more] [care] [than] [a] [manor] [.] 1 truly 2 , 2 , 3 as 3 as 9 would ' [how] ? 1 ' 3 ? [thus] [.] witta vowed he would wring her neck . ' 1 witta 2 vowed 2 vowed 3 he 2 vowed 5 wring 4 would 5 wring 5 wring 6 her 5 wring 7 neck 7 neck 8 . 8 . 9 ' ' [poor] [polly] ! 1 ' 4 ! did he ? ' said [una] . 1 did 2 he 1 did 3 ? 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ['] [nay] [.] she was the ship 's bird . 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 the 3 the 4 ship 4 ship 5 's 4 ship 6 bird 6 bird 7 . she could [call] [all] [the] [rowers] [by] [name] [....y] 1 she 2 could those were [good] days [for] [a] [wifeless] [man] [with] [witta] [and] [his] [heathen] [beyond] [the] [world] ['s] [end] [....y] 1 those 2 were 1 those 4 days after many weeks [we] [came] [on] [the] [great] [shoal] [which] [stretched] [,] [as] [witta] ['s] [father] [had] [said] [,] [far] [out] [to] [sea] . 1 after 2 many 2 many 3 weeks 3 weeks 24 . witta scratched his head at them in sign he would buy gold . 1 witta 2 scratched 1 witta 12 gold 2 scratched 3 his 2 scratched 4 head 2 scratched 5 at 2 scratched 8 sign 5 at 6 them 6 them 7 in 9 he 10 would 10 would 11 buy 11 buy 12 gold 12 gold 13 . ' [what] did it [mean] ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 8 said 3 did 4 it 4 it 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . ['] [patience] [.] ye shall hear . 1 ye 2 shall 2 shall 3 hear 3 hear 4 . 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 19 came 19 came 20 to 20 to 21 the here we lost the sun . 1 here 2 we 2 we 3 lost 3 lost 5 sun 4 the 5 sun 5 sun 6 . the water was foul , and great glittering flies tormented us . 1 the 2 water 2 water 4 foul 3 was 4 foul 4 foul 5 , 4 foul 10 tormented 5 , 6 and 7 great 8 glittering 8 glittering 9 flies 9 flies 10 tormented 10 tormented 11 us 11 us 12 . morning and evening a blue mist covered the mud , which bred fevers . 1 morning 2 and 1 morning 6 mist 3 evening 6 mist 4 a 6 mist 5 blue 6 mist 6 mist 7 covered 7 covered 13 fevers 8 the 9 mud 9 mud 13 fevers 10 , 11 which 11 which 13 fevers 12 bred 13 fevers 13 fevers 14 . the [yellow] [man] [lay] [sick] [beside] [the] [wise] [iron] [,] [rolling] his head [and] [talking] [in] [his] [own] [tongue] . 1 the 13 head 12 his 13 head 13 head 20 . only the [bird] [throve] [.] 1 only 2 the she sat on [witta] ['s] [shoulder] [and] [screamed] [in] [that] [noisome] [,] [silent] [darkness] [.] 1 she 2 sat 2 sat 3 on yes ; [i] think it was the silence we most feared . ' 1 yes 2 ; 2 ; 13 ' 4 think 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 8 silence 7 the 8 silence 8 silence 11 feared 9 we 11 feared 10 most 11 feared 11 feared 12 . 12 . 13 ' he paused to listen to the comfortable home noises of the brook . 1 he 2 paused 2 paused 4 listen 3 to 4 listen 4 listen 5 to 4 listen 9 noises 6 the 9 noises 7 comfortable 9 noises 8 home 9 noises 9 noises 10 of 9 noises 12 brook 11 the 12 brook 12 brook 13 . 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 3 fetched 2 they 3 fetched 3 fetched 4 store 3 fetched 8 bars 5 of 6 gold 6 gold 7 in 6 gold 8 bars 8 bars 9 and 8 bars 14 huts 10 in 11 dust 11 dust 12 from 11 dust 14 huts 13 their 14 huts 14 huts 15 , 14 huts 19 blackened 15 , 16 and 17 some 19 blackened 18 great 19 blackened 19 blackened 20 elephants 19 blackened 21 ' 19 blackened 22 teeth 22 teeth 23 . their captain or chief sorcerer then beat on his chest with his fists , and gnashed his teeth . 1 their 2 captain 2 captain 5 sorcerer 3 or 5 sorcerer 4 chief 5 sorcerer 5 sorcerer 6 then 5 sorcerer 7 beat 5 sorcerer 10 chest 8 on 9 his 9 his 10 chest 10 chest 16 gnashed 11 with 13 fists 12 his 13 fists 13 fists 16 gnashed 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 gnashed 16 gnashed 17 his 16 gnashed 18 teeth 18 teeth 19 . ' [said] [thorkild] [of] [borkum] [:] ["] [do] [they] [mean] we must fight for all this gear ? " and he half drew sword . 1 ' 11 we 11 we 12 must 12 must 17 gear 13 fight 17 gear 14 for 17 gear 15 all 17 gear 16 this 17 gear 17 gear 18 ? 17 gear 22 half 17 gear 23 drew 18 ? 19 " 19 " 21 he 20 and 21 he 23 drew 24 sword 24 sword 25 . " ' [nay] , " said [hugh] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " [i] think [they] [ask] [us] [to] [league] [against] [some] [enemy] [.] ["] 1 " 3 think " ['] [i] like this [not] , " said [witta] , [of] [a] [sudden] . 1 " 9 said 4 like 5 this 5 this 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 , 9 said 15 . " back into mid-stream . " 1 " 4 mid-stream 2 back 4 mid-stream 3 into 4 mid-stream 4 mid-stream 5 . 5 . 6 " ' [so] we did , and sat still [all] , [watching] the [black] [folk] [and] [the] [gold] [they] [piled] on the bank . 1 ' 3 we 3 we 4 did 4 did 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 sat 7 sat 8 still 8 still 10 , 10 , 12 the 12 the 22 bank 20 on 22 bank 21 the 22 bank 22 bank 23 . again we heard drums beat in the forest , and the people fled to their huts , leaving the gold unguarded . 1 again 4 drums 2 we 3 heard 3 heard 4 drums 4 drums 5 beat 4 drums 8 forest 6 in 7 the 7 the 8 forest 8 forest 10 and 8 forest 12 people 9 , 10 and 11 the 12 people 12 people 16 huts 13 fled 14 to 13 fled 16 huts 15 their 16 huts 16 huts 21 unguarded 17 , 18 leaving 18 leaving 21 unguarded 19 the 21 unguarded 20 gold 21 unguarded 21 unguarded 22 . ' [then] [hugh] , at the [bows] , [pointed] [without] [speech] , and we [saw] [a] [great] [devil] [come] [out] [of] the [forest] [.] 1 ' 14 we 1 ' 22 the 4 , 5 at 4 , 13 and 5 at 6 the 8 , 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 we he shaded his brows with his hand , and moistened his pink tongue between his lips thus . ' 1 he 2 shaded 2 shaded 4 brows 3 his 4 brows 4 brows 5 with 4 brows 10 moistened 6 his 7 hand 7 hand 10 moistened 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 moistened 10 moistened 11 his 10 moistened 12 pink 10 moistened 13 tongue 10 moistened 14 between 10 moistened 15 his 10 moistened 16 lips 16 lips 17 thus 16 lips 18 . 18 . 19 ' ' [a] [devil] ! ' said [dan] , [delightfully] [horrified] [.] 1 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 , ['] [yea] [.] taller than a man ; covered with reddish hair . 1 taller 2 than 1 taller 6 covered 3 a 4 man 4 man 5 ; 5 ; 6 covered 6 covered 7 with 6 covered 8 reddish 8 reddish 9 hair 9 hair 10 . hugh loosed arrow , and pierced him through the throat . 1 hugh 2 loosed 2 loosed 3 arrow 2 loosed 6 pierced 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 pierced 6 pierced 7 him 6 pierced 8 through 6 pierced 10 throat 8 through 9 the 10 throat 11 . 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 17 into 4 , 5 and 5 and 9 ran 9 ran 10 out 10 out 11 of 11 of 12 the 12 the 13 forest 13 forest 15 hauled 14 and 15 hauled 15 hauled 16 him 15 hauled 17 into 17 into 18 a 18 a 19 tall 18 a 23 sight 19 tall 20 tree 21 out 22 of 21 out 23 sight 23 sight 24 . anon they cast down the blood-stained arrow , and lamented together among the leaves . 1 anon 2 they 1 anon 6 blood-stained 3 cast 4 down 3 cast 6 blood-stained 5 the 6 blood-stained 6 blood-stained 7 arrow 6 blood-stained 10 lamented 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 lamented 10 lamented 11 together 10 lamented 12 among 12 among 13 the 12 among 14 leaves 14 leaves 15 . witta saw the gold on the bank ; he was loath to leave it . 1 witta 2 saw 1 witta 4 gold 1 witta 7 bank 3 the 4 gold 5 on 7 bank 6 the 7 bank 7 bank 11 loath 8 ; 11 loath 9 he 10 was 10 was 11 loath 11 loath 12 to 11 loath 13 leave 11 loath 15 . 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 15 off 2 us 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 at 12 at 13 least 15 off 19 . 19 . 20 " ' [bold] as a wolf [,] [cunning] [as] [a] [fox] [was] [witta] ! 1 ' 5 wolf 3 as 4 a 4 a 5 wolf 5 wolf 13 ! 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 5 on 5 on 6 the 6 the 18 tree 18 tree 22 close 22 close 23 to 23 to 24 the 24 the 25 bank 25 bank 26 . but none would set foot ashore , though the gold was within ten paces . 1 but 2 none 2 none 3 would 2 none 6 ashore 4 set 5 foot 5 foot 6 ashore 6 ashore 8 though 7 , 8 though 8 though 14 paces 9 the 10 gold 10 gold 14 paces 11 was 12 within 12 within 14 paces 13 ten 14 paces 14 paces 15 . no man is hasty to his hanging ! 1 no 2 man 1 no 8 ! 2 man 4 hasty 3 is 4 hasty 4 hasty 5 to 4 hasty 7 hanging 6 his 7 hanging they [whimpered] [at] [their] [oars] like [beaten] [hounds] [,] [and] [witta] [bit] [his] [fingers] [for] [rage] . 1 they 6 like 6 like 17 . ' [said] [hugh] [of] [a] [sudden] [,] ["] [hark] ! " 1 ' 10 ! 10 ! 11 " ' [what] ? ' said [dan] [and] [una] . 1 ' 5 said 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 9 . ' [it] was the [sword] [.] ['] 1 ' 4 the 3 was 4 the [sir] [richard] [patted] [the] [smooth] [hilt] [.] ' [it] [sang] [as] a [dane] [sings] [before] [battle] [.] 1 ' 5 a " [i] go , " said [hugh] , and he [leaped] [from] [the] [bows] and [fell] [among] the gold [.] 1 " 3 go 3 go 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 , 6 said 18 the 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 10 he 15 and 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 4 to 4 to 25 me 10 , 11 but 10 , 12 for 12 for 25 me 19 and 25 me 25 me 26 . none other came . 1 none 2 other 1 none 3 came 3 came 4 . " blame me [not] , " cried [witta] [behind] [us] , " [i] must [abide] [by] [my] [ship] . " 1 " 7 cried 2 blame 3 me 3 me 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 cried 7 cried 11 , 11 , 12 " 11 , 20 " 12 " 14 must 19 . 20 " we three had no time to blame or praise . 1 we 2 three 1 we 3 had 3 had 4 no 4 no 5 time 4 no 7 blame 6 to 7 blame 7 blame 9 praise 8 or 9 praise 9 praise 10 . ' [i] [know] not [how] [the] [devils] [leaped] [down] [,] [or] [how] [the] [fight] [began] [.] 1 ' 4 not i do not know . 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 not 3 not 4 know 4 know 5 . i went to it in my mail-shirt , which saved my skin . 1 i 7 mail-shirt 2 went 3 to 2 went 7 mail-shirt 4 it 7 mail-shirt 5 in 7 mail-shirt 6 my 7 mail-shirt 7 mail-shirt 8 , 7 mail-shirt 9 which 7 mail-shirt 10 saved 7 mail-shirt 12 skin 10 saved 11 my 12 skin 13 . i passed my sword twice through him , and he crutched himself away between his long arms , coughing and moaning . 1 i 2 passed 2 passed 4 sword 3 my 4 sword 4 sword 5 twice 5 twice 11 crutched 6 through 11 crutched 7 him 11 crutched 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 crutched 10 he 11 crutched 11 crutched 12 himself 11 crutched 13 away 11 crutched 14 between 11 crutched 15 his 11 crutched 16 long 11 crutched 17 arms 17 arms 19 coughing 18 , 19 coughing 19 coughing 21 moaning 20 and 21 moaning 21 moaning 22 . that was twenty days after . ' 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 twenty 3 twenty 4 days 4 days 5 after 4 days 6 . 6 . 7 ' ' [what] [had] [happened] ? 1 ' 5 ? did [hugh] [die] ? ' the [children] [asked] [.] 1 did 4 ? 4 ? 5 ' 5 ' 6 the ' [never] was such a [fight] [fought] [by] [christened] man , ' said [sir] [richard] . 1 ' 12 ' 3 was 4 such 4 such 5 a 5 a 10 man 10 man 11 , 11 , 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 16 . judge what teeth they were ! ' 1 judge 2 what 1 judge 3 teeth 1 judge 6 ! 3 teeth 5 were 4 they 5 were 6 ! 7 ' [sir] [richard] [turned] [the] [sword] [again] [that] [the] [children] [might] [see] [the] [two] [great] [chiselled] [gouges] [on] [either] [side] [of] [the] [blade] [.] ' [those] [same] [teeth] [met] [in] [hugh] ['s] [right] [arm] and [side] [,] ['] [sir] [richard] went on . 1 ' 11 and 11 and 17 went 17 went 18 on 18 on 19 . ' [i] ? 1 ' 3 ? oh , [i] [had] [no] [more] [than] [a] [broken] [foot] and a [fever] [.] 1 oh 2 , 2 , 11 and 11 and 12 a [thorkild] ['s] [ear] [was] [bitten] [,] [but] [hugh] ['s] [arm] [and] [side] [clean] [withered] [away] [.] i saw him where he lay along , sucking a fruit in his left hand . 1 i 2 saw 2 saw 3 him 3 him 4 where 4 where 5 he 4 where 6 lay 6 lay 9 sucking 7 along 9 sucking 8 , 9 sucking 9 sucking 10 a 9 sucking 11 fruit 9 sucking 12 in 9 sucking 13 his 9 sucking 14 left 14 left 15 hand 15 hand 16 . 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 12 patched 2 flesh 4 wasted 2 flesh 7 bones 3 was 4 wasted 4 wasted 5 off 6 his 7 bones 7 bones 8 , 7 bones 12 patched 9 his 12 patched 10 hair 12 patched 11 was 12 patched 12 patched 13 with 12 patched 14 white 14 white 20 blue-veined 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 his 17 his 20 blue-veined 18 hand 20 blue-veined 19 was 20 blue-veined 20 blue-veined 21 like 20 blue-veined 23 woman 22 a 23 woman 23 woman 24 's 23 woman 25 . he put his left arm round my neck and whispered , " take my sword . 1 he 2 put 2 put 5 arm 2 put 14 my 3 his 5 arm 4 left 5 arm 5 arm 6 round 6 round 8 neck 7 my 8 neck 8 neck 9 and 8 neck 10 whispered 10 whispered 11 , 11 , 12 " 13 take 14 my 14 my 15 sword 15 sword 16 . it [has] [been] [thine] [since] [hastings] , [o] my brother , but [i] can [never] hold hilt again . " 1 it 7 , 7 , 12 but 7 , 20 " 9 my 10 brother 10 brother 11 , 11 , 12 but 14 can 16 hold 16 hold 17 hilt 17 hilt 18 again 18 again 19 . 19 . 20 " i was weak , and he little more than a shadow . 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 weak 2 was 10 a 3 weak 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 he 7 little 8 more 8 more 9 than 9 than 10 a 10 a 11 shadow 11 shadow 12 . " ' [nay] nay , " said [witta] , [at] the [helm-rail] [.] 1 " 7 said 2 ' 4 nay 4 nay 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 9 , 7 said 11 the " gold is a good right arm to any man . 1 " 3 is 2 gold 3 is 3 is 4 a 3 is 6 right 4 a 5 good 6 right 7 arm 7 arm 11 . 8 to 9 any 9 any 10 man 10 man 11 . look look at the gold ! " 1 look 3 at 2 look 3 at 3 at 4 the 4 the 5 gold 5 gold 6 ! 6 ! 7 " he [bade] [thorkild] [show] [us] [the] [gold] [and] [the] [elephants] ['] [teeth] [,] [as] [though] [we] had been children . 1 he 17 had 17 had 18 been 18 been 19 children 19 children 20 . they [worshipped] [us] [as] [gods] [,] [thorkild] told me [:] it was one of their [old] [women] [healed] [up] [hugh] ['s] [poor] [arm] . ['] 1 they 8 told 8 told 9 me 9 me 24 . 11 it 12 was 11 it 24 . 12 was 13 one 13 one 14 of 14 of 15 their ' [how] [much] [gold] did you get ? ' asked [dan] . 1 ' 10 asked 5 did 6 you 6 you 7 get 6 you 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' 8 ? 10 asked 10 asked 12 . ' [how] can [i] [say] [?] 1 ' 3 can where we came out with wedges of iron under the rowers ' feet we returned with wedges of gold hidden beneath planks . 1 where 6 wedges 2 we 6 wedges 3 came 6 wedges 4 out 6 wedges 5 with 6 wedges 6 wedges 7 of 6 wedges 8 iron 6 wedges 9 under 6 wedges 11 rowers 6 wedges 22 planks 10 the 11 rowers 11 rowers 12 ' 11 rowers 13 feet 11 rowers 14 we 15 returned 17 wedges 16 with 17 wedges 17 wedges 18 of 17 wedges 19 gold 17 wedges 22 planks 20 hidden 22 planks 21 beneath 22 planks 22 planks 23 . " ['] [i] [had] [sooner] [have] my right [arm] , " said [hugh] , when he had seen all . 1 " 7 my 1 " 12 said 8 right 10 , 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 14 , 12 said 20 . 14 , 15 when 15 when 16 he 16 he 17 had 17 had 18 seen 18 seen 19 all " ' [ahai] [!] 1 " 2 ' that was [my] [fault] [,] ["] [said] [witta] . 1 that 2 was 2 was 9 . " [i] [should] [have] [taken] [ransom] and [landed] you [in] [france] [when] [first] you came [aboard] [,] [ten] [months] [ago] . " 1 " 9 you 1 " 14 you 7 and 9 you 14 you 15 came 15 came 21 . 21 . 22 " " ['] [it] is [over-late] now , " said [hugh] , [laughing] . 1 " 4 is 1 " 9 said 6 now 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 , 9 said 13 . ['] [witta] [plucked] [at] [his] [long] [shoulder-lock] [.] " but think ! " said he . 1 " 2 but 1 " 6 said 2 but 3 think 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 7 he 6 said 8 . think of this [and] [do] [not] [blame] [me] [overmuch] , [hugh] [.] 1 think 2 of 2 of 3 this 3 this 10 , see ! 1 see 2 ! i will only take a half of the gold . " 1 i 2 will 2 will 4 take 3 only 4 take 4 take 5 a 4 take 6 half 6 half 7 of 7 of 8 the 7 of 9 gold 9 gold 10 . 10 . 11 " " ' [i] [blame] [thee] not at all , [witta] , " said [hugh] . 1 " 13 said 2 ' 6 not 6 not 7 at 7 at 8 all 8 all 9 , 9 , 12 " 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 15 . " it was a joyous venture , and we thirty-five here have done what never men have done . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 10 thirty-five 4 a 5 joyous 5 joyous 6 venture 5 joyous 10 thirty-five 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 we 9 we 10 thirty-five 10 thirty-five 11 here 10 thirty-five 13 done 10 thirty-five 14 what 10 thirty-five 15 never 10 thirty-five 16 men 10 thirty-five 18 done 12 have 13 done 17 have 18 done 18 done 19 . if [i] [live] [till] [england] [,] [i] will [build] [me] [a] [stout] [keep] [over] [dallington] [out] [of] [my] [share] [.] ["] 1 if 8 will [many] [will] [fight] [for] [me] [now] [.] but [first] [we] [must] [turn] [north] , and [with] [this] [honest] [treasure] [aboard] [i] [pray] [we] [meet] no [pirate] [ships] . " 1 but 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 18 no 18 no 21 . 21 . 22 " ' [we] did [not] [laugh] [.] 1 ' 3 did we were careful . 1 we 2 were 2 were 3 careful 3 careful 4 . we were afraid [lest] [we] [should] [lose] one [grain] of our [gold] [,] [for] [which] [we] [had] [fought] [devils] [.] 1 we 2 were 1 we 11 our 2 were 3 afraid 8 one 10 of 10 of 11 our " ' [he] has gone to his own country , " said he . 1 " 12 said 2 ' 12 said 4 has 5 gone 5 gone 6 to 6 to 7 his 7 his 8 own 8 own 9 country 9 country 10 , 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 13 he 12 said 14 . he leaped out on the mud , and did not answer when we called ; so we called no more . 1 he 2 leaped 2 leaped 3 out 2 leaped 6 mud 4 on 5 the 5 the 6 mud 6 mud 8 and 6 mud 11 answer 6 mud 14 called 6 mud 18 called 6 mud 21 . 7 , 8 and 9 did 10 not 10 not 11 answer 11 answer 12 when 12 when 13 we 15 ; 16 so 15 ; 17 we 17 we 18 called 19 no 20 more 20 more 21 . he [left] [the] [wise] [iron] , which is all [that] [i] [care] [for] [and] [see] , [the] [spirit] [still] [points] [to] [the] [south] . " 1 he 6 , 6 , 25 " 7 which 8 is 8 is 9 all 9 all 16 , 16 , 25 " 24 . 25 " ' [why] ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 5 said 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [because] [of] [the] [gold] because of [our] gold . 1 ' 6 because 6 because 7 of 7 of 9 gold 9 gold 10 . gold changes men altogether . 1 gold 2 changes 2 changes 3 men 2 changes 4 altogether 4 altogether 5 . [thorkild] [of] [borkum] [did] [not] [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 2 laughed 25 . 3 at 20 the 5 for 11 us 11 us 16 to 16 to 20 the " ['] [better] [be] [drowned] [out] [of] hand , " said [thorkild] [of] [borkum] , " [than] go [tied] to [a] [deck-load] [of] [yellow] [dust] . " 1 " 11 said 8 hand 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 15 , 15 , 16 " 16 " 18 go 18 go 20 to 20 to 26 . 26 . 27 " ' [he] [was] [a] [landless] [man] [,] and [had] [been] [slave] [to] some [king] [in] [the] [east] [.] 1 ' 8 and 8 and 13 some 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 10 bands 5 out 10 bands 6 the 7 gold 7 gold 10 bands 8 into 9 deep 9 deep 10 bands 10 bands 11 to 10 bands 12 put 10 bands 13 round 10 bands 15 oars 14 the 15 oars 15 oars 20 prow 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 round 18 round 20 prow 19 the 20 prow 20 prow 21 . but [for] [hugh] , [he] [said] and so did all his men they would never have won the gold . 1 but 4 , 1 but 10 all 4 , 7 and 7 and 8 so 8 so 9 did 10 all 11 his 11 his 12 men 12 men 17 won 13 they 14 would 14 would 15 never 14 would 16 have 16 have 17 won 17 won 18 the 17 won 19 gold 19 gold 20 . i remember [witta] [made] a little , [thin] [gold] [ring] for our [bird] [to] [swing] [in] [.] 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 5 a 5 a 6 little 6 little 7 , 7 , 11 for 11 for 12 our ' [three] [months] [we] [rowed] and [sailed] [and] went [ashore] [for] [fruits] [or] to [clean] the ship . 1 ' 6 and 6 and 9 went 9 went 14 to 14 to 16 the 16 the 17 ship 17 ship 18 . " ['] [now] [find] ye [pevensey] [yourselves] , " said [witta] . 1 " 5 ye 1 " 10 said 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 . " [i] [love] not [these] [narrow] [ship-filled] [seas] [.] ["] 1 " 4 not yet , for our gold 's sake , we were more afraid than they . 1 yet 2 , 2 , 3 for 3 for 7 sake 4 our 5 gold 5 gold 7 sake 6 's 7 sake 7 sake 8 , 7 sake 13 than 7 sake 15 . 9 we 10 were 10 were 11 more 11 more 12 afraid 11 more 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 10 came 10 came 11 to 11 to 12 the [witta] [would] [not] [come] [ashore] [with] [us] [,] [though] [hugh] [promised] [him] [wine] [at] [dallington] [enough] [to] [swim] [in] [.] 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 8 the 8 the 11 way 11 way 16 . ' [did] he get home all right ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 3 he 1 ' 10 said 4 get 5 home 5 home 8 ? 6 all 7 right 7 right 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [i] never [knew] [.] 1 ' 3 never we saw him hoist sail under the moon-track and stand away . 1 we 2 saw 2 saw 8 moon-track 3 him 8 moon-track 4 hoist 5 sail 4 hoist 8 moon-track 6 under 8 moon-track 7 the 8 moon-track 8 moon-track 9 and 8 moon-track 10 stand 8 moon-track 11 away 11 away 12 . i have prayed that he found his wife and the children . ' 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 prayed 3 prayed 4 that 3 prayed 7 his 4 that 5 he 5 he 6 found 7 his 8 wife 8 wife 9 and 8 wife 11 children 10 the 11 children 11 children 12 . 12 . 13 ' ' [and] what did you do ? ' 1 ' 3 what 3 what 4 did 4 did 5 you 5 you 6 do 6 do 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' ' [we] [waited] [on] the [marsh] [till] [the] day . 1 ' 5 the 5 the 9 day 9 day 10 . sir [richard] [crossed] [hands] [on] [his] [sword-hilt] , and [stared] down [stream] [through] the [soft] [warm] [shadows] [.] 1 sir 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 down 11 down 14 the ' [a] [whole] [shipload] [of] gold ! ' said [una] , looking at the little [golden] [hind] [.] 1 ' 9 said 6 gold 7 ! 7 ! 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 , 11 , 12 looking 12 looking 13 at 13 at 14 the 14 the 15 little ' [but] [i] 'm glad [i] [didn't] [see] [the] [devils] . ' 1 ' 12 ' 4 'm 5 glad 5 glad 11 . 11 . 12 ' ' [i] [don't] [believe] they were [devils] , ['] [dan] [whispered] [back] [.] 1 ' 5 they 5 they 6 were 6 were 8 , ' [eh] ? ' said [sir] [richard] . 1 ' 5 said 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 8 . ' [witta] ['s] [father] [warned] [him] they were [unquestionable] [devils] . 1 ' 7 they 7 they 8 were 8 were 11 . one must believe one 's father , and not one 's children . 1 one 2 must 2 must 3 believe 3 believe 4 one 4 one 5 's 5 's 6 father 6 father 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 not 9 not 10 one 10 one 11 's 11 's 12 children 12 children 13 . what [were] [my] [devils] , then ? ' 1 what 7 ? 5 , 6 then 6 then 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' dan flushed all over . 1 dan 2 flushed 1 dan 5 . 3 all 4 over 4 over 5 . ' [not] [always] , ' said [una] . 1 ' 5 ' 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 . ' [only] [twice] . ' 1 ' 5 ' 4 . 5 ' they had been [reading] [the] [gorilla] [hunters] in the orchard . 1 they 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 8 in 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 orchard 10 orchard 11 . ' [well] [,] [anyhow] [,] they [always] [drummed] [on] [their] [chests] [,] [like] [sir] [richard] ['s] did , [before] [they] [went] for [people] [.] 1 ' 6 they 6 they 17 did 17 did 18 , 18 , 22 for and they built houses in trees , too . ' 1 and 2 they 2 they 3 built 3 built 4 houses 4 houses 5 in 4 houses 6 trees 4 houses 8 too 7 , 8 too 8 too 9 . 9 . 10 ' ' [ha] ! ' 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' [sir] [richard] [opened] [his] [eyes] [.] ' [houses] [like] [flat] [nests] did [our] [devils] [make] [,] [where] [their] [imps] [lay] [and] [looked] [at] [us] [.] 1 ' 6 did wonderful ! 1 wonderful 2 ! were [our] [devils] only [nest-building] [apes] [?] 1 were 4 only is there no sorcery left in the world ? ' 1 is 4 sorcery 2 there 3 no 3 no 4 sorcery 4 sorcery 5 left 4 sorcery 8 world 4 sorcery 9 ? 6 in 8 world 7 the 8 world 9 ? 10 ' ' [i] don't know , ' answered [dan] [,] [uncomfortably] . 1 ' 3 don't 3 don't 4 know 4 know 5 , 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 answered 7 answered 11 . and we did . ' 1 and 2 we 2 we 3 did 3 did 4 . 4 . 5 ' ' [but] we didn't , ' said [una] , [sighing] [.] 1 ' 3 we 1 ' 7 said 3 we 4 didn't 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 , ' [oh] ! there ['s] [puck] ! ' 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 8 ' 4 there 7 ! 7 ! 8 ' ' [no] [sorcery] [,] [sir] [richard] [?] ['] he [laughed] , and [blew] [on] [a] [full] [dandelion] [head] he had [picked] . 1 ' 9 he 9 he 20 had 11 , 12 and 12 and 19 he 19 he 20 had 20 had 22 . ' [they] tell me that [witta] 's [wise] [iron] [was] a [toy] . 1 ' 3 tell 3 tell 4 me 4 me 5 that 4 me 13 . 5 that 7 's 7 's 11 a the boy carries such an iron with him . 1 the 2 boy 2 boy 3 carries 3 carries 6 iron 3 carries 7 with 4 such 5 an 5 an 6 iron 7 with 8 him 8 him 9 . they tell me [our] [devils] [were] [apes] , [called] [gorillas] [!] ' said [sir] [richard] , [indignantly] . 1 they 2 tell 2 tell 3 me 3 me 8 , 3 me 18 . 8 , 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 16 , ' [that] is the [sorcery] [of] [books] , ' said [puck] . 1 ' 3 is 1 ' 10 said 3 is 4 the 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [i] [warned] [thee] they were wise [children] [.] 1 ' 5 they 5 they 6 were 6 were 7 wise 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 7 reading 6 by 7 reading 7 reading 9 books 8 of 9 books 9 books 10 . 10 . 11 ' ' [but] are the books true ? ' 1 ' 3 are 3 are 6 true 4 the 5 books 5 books 6 true 6 true 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' [sir] [richard] [frowned] [.] ' [i] [like] not all this [reading] [and] [writing] . ' 1 ' 4 not 4 not 5 all 5 all 6 this 6 this 10 . 10 . 11 ' ' [ye-es] , ' said [puck] , [holding] the [naked] [dandelion] head [at] [arm] ['s] [length] . 1 ' 5 said 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 , 5 said 9 the 9 the 12 head 12 head 17 . ' [but] [if] [we] [hang] [all] [fellows] [who] [write] [falsely] , why did [de] [aquila] not [begin] [with] [gilbert] [the] [clerk] ? 1 ' 12 why 11 , 12 why 12 why 13 did 12 why 22 ? 13 did 16 not he was [false] enough . ' 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 enough 4 enough 5 . 5 . 6 ' ['] [poor] [false] [gilbert] [.] yet , [in] [his] [fashion] [,] [he] [was] [bold] [,] ' said [sir] [richard] . 1 yet 2 , 2 , 11 ' 11 ' 12 said 12 said 15 . ' [what] [did] he do ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 he 1 ' 8 said 5 do 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . ' [he] [wrote] , ' said [sir] [richard] . 1 ' 5 ' 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 9 . ' [is] [the] [tale] [meet] [for] [children] [,] [think] you ? ' 1 ' 10 you 10 you 11 ? 11 ? 12 ' he looked at [puck] [;] [but] ['] [tell] us [!] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 3 at 9 us tell us ! ' cried [dan] [and] [una] [together] . 1 tell 2 us 2 us 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' 4 ' 5 cried 5 cried 10 . [thorkild] ['s] [song] there 's no [wind] [along] [these] [seas] , [out] [oars] for [stavanger] [!] 1 there 2 's 1 there 3 no 3 no 8 , 8 , 11 for [forward] [all] [for] [stavanger] [!] so we must [wake] [the] [white-ash] [breeze] [,] [let] [fall] [for] [stavanger] [!] 1 so 2 we 2 we 3 must a long [pull] [for] [stavanger] [!] 1 a 2 long oh , hear the benches creak and strain ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 5 benches 1 oh 9 ! 3 hear 5 benches 4 the 5 benches 5 benches 6 creak 5 benches 7 and 5 benches 8 strain ( [a] [long] [pull] [for] [stavanger] ! ) 1 ( 8 ) 7 ! 8 ) [she] [thinks] [she] [smells] [the] [northland] [rain] [!] ( [a] [long] [pull] [for] [stavanger] ! ) 1 ( 8 ) 7 ! 8 ) she thinks [she] [smells] [the] [northland] [snow] [,] [and] [she] ['s] as glad as we to go . 1 she 2 thinks 2 thinks 15 we 12 as 13 glad 12 as 14 as 14 as 15 we 15 we 17 go 16 to 17 go 17 go 18 . [she] [thinks] [she] [smells] [the] [northland] [rime] [,] [and] [the] [dear] [dark] [nights] [of] [winter-time] [.] her [very] [bolts] [are] [sick] [for] [shore] , [and] we we want it ten times more ! 1 her 8 , 8 , 10 we 10 we 12 want 11 we 12 want 12 want 16 more 13 it 14 ten 14 ten 15 times 15 times 16 more 16 more 17 ! so all [you] [gods] that [love] [brave] [men] [,] [send] [us] [a] [three-reef] [gale] [again] [!] 1 so 5 that 2 all 5 that send us [a] [gale] [,] [and] [watch] [us] [come] [,] [with] [close-cropped] [canvas] [slashing] [home] [!] 1 send 2 us but there 's no wind in all these seas . 1 but 2 there 2 there 3 's 2 there 4 no 4 no 5 wind 5 wind 9 seas 6 in 8 these 7 all 8 these 8 these 9 seas 9 seas 10 . a long [pull] [for] [stavanger] [!] 1 a 2 long so we must [wake] [the] [white-ash] [breeze] [,] [a] [long] [pull] [for] [stavanger] [!] 1 so 2 we 2 we 3 must [old] [men] [at] [pevensey] ' [it] has [naught] to do [with] [apes] [or] [devils] [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [went] [on] [,] [in] [an] [undertone] [.] 1 ' 6 do 3 has 5 to 5 to 6 do ' [it] [concerns] [de] [aquila] , [than] [whom] [there] [was] [never] [bolder] [nor] [craftier] [,] [nor] [more] [hardy] [knight] [born] [.] 1 ' 6 , and remember he was an old , old man at that time . ' 1 and 2 remember 2 remember 6 old 2 remember 11 that 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 an 5 an 6 old 6 old 7 , 6 old 9 man 8 old 9 man 9 man 10 at 11 that 12 time 12 time 13 . 13 . 14 ' ' [when] ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 5 said 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [when] we came [back] from [sailing] [with] [witta] . ['] 1 ' 3 we 3 we 4 came 4 came 6 from 6 from 10 . ' [what] [did] [you] do with your gold ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 5 do 1 ' 11 said 5 do 6 with 6 with 7 your 8 gold 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 . ' [have] patience . 1 ' 3 patience 3 patience 4 . link by link is chain-mail made . 1 link 5 chain-mail 2 by 5 chain-mail 3 link 5 chain-mail 4 is 5 chain-mail 5 chain-mail 6 made 5 chain-mail 7 . i will tell all in its place . 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 tell 3 tell 4 all 4 all 6 its 5 in 6 its 6 its 7 place 7 place 8 . 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 3 on 4 his 4 his 5 bed 5 bed 10 falcon 6 like 7 a 7 a 8 little 8 little 9 white 9 white 10 falcon 10 falcon 12 turning 10 falcon 15 swiftly 10 falcon 16 from 11 , 12 turning 12 turning 14 head 13 his 14 head 16 from 17 one 16 from 19 the 18 to 19 the 19 the 20 other 19 the 25 tale 21 as 22 we 21 as 23 told 23 told 25 tale 24 our 25 tale 25 tale 26 . it was [jehan] [whom] [de] [aquila] [had] sent to [us] with [the] [horses] , and [only] [jehan] [had] [loaded] the [gold] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 22 . 2 was 8 sent 8 sent 9 to 9 to 20 the 11 with 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 20 the 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 17 we 17 we 18 were 18 were 19 as this was the very thing that [the] [red] [king] had [done] to [robert] [when] [our] [great] [william] [died] . 1 this 2 was 2 was 3 the 2 was 4 very 4 very 5 thing 5 thing 6 that 6 that 10 had 10 had 12 to 12 to 19 . a little [earlier] , and [witta] ['s] [ship] would have [rowed] [through] [them] . 1 a 2 little 2 little 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 9 would 9 would 10 have 10 have 14 . ( better ride a horse on the bit he knows [,] [i] say ! ) 1 ( 3 ride 1 ( 15 ) 2 better 3 ride 3 ride 5 horse 3 ride 6 on 3 ride 8 bit 4 a 5 horse 6 on 7 the 8 bit 10 knows 9 he 10 knows 13 say 14 ! 14 ! 15 ) but that is only a [cloak] [to] [their] [falsehood] [.] ["] 1 but 2 that 2 that 3 is 3 is 4 only 4 only 5 a he cracked his finger on the table , where the wine was spilt , and thus he spoke : 1 he 2 cracked 2 cracked 4 finger 3 his 4 finger 4 finger 5 on 4 finger 7 table 6 the 7 table 7 table 8 , 7 table 13 spilt 9 where 13 spilt 10 the 11 wine 11 wine 13 spilt 12 was 13 spilt 13 spilt 14 , 13 spilt 16 thus 13 spilt 18 spoke 14 , 15 and 17 he 18 spoke 18 spoke 19 : " ['] [william] [crammed] [us] [norman] [barons] [full] [of] good [english] [acres] [after] [santlache] . 1 " 10 good 10 good 15 . therefore [clare] [has] [risen] , [fitzosborne] [has] [risen] [,] [montgomery] [has] [risen] [whom] [our] [first] [william] [made] [an] [english] [earl] [.] 1 therefore 5 , even [d'arcy] [is] [out] [with] [his] [men] [,] [whose] [father] [i] [remember] a little [hedge-sparrow] [knight] [near] [by] [caen] . 1 even 13 a 13 a 14 little 14 little 20 . if [henry] [wins] [,] [the] [barons] can [still] [flee] [to] [normandy] [,] [where] [robert] [will] [welcome] [them] . 1 if 7 can 7 can 18 . 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 12 them 17 . oh , a [pest] [a] [pest] [on] [normandy] , [for] she will be [our] [england] 's [curse] [this] [many] a long [year] ! " 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 9 , 1 oh 23 ! 2 , 3 a 9 , 11 she 11 she 12 will 12 will 13 be 13 be 20 a 16 's 20 a 20 a 21 long 23 ! 24 " " ' [amen] , " said [hugh] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " but [will] the war come [our] [ways] , think you ? " 1 " 2 but 1 " 6 come 2 but 4 the 4 the 5 war 6 come 9 , 9 , 13 " 10 think 11 you 11 you 12 ? 12 ? 13 " " ' [not] [from] the [north] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 5 the 2 ' 9 said 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 12 . " but the sea [is] [always] [open] . 1 " 2 but 2 but 3 the 3 the 4 sea 4 sea 8 . ye have brought your pigs to a pretty market ! 1 ye 2 have 2 have 3 brought 3 brought 5 pigs 4 your 5 pigs 5 pigs 9 market 6 to 9 market 7 a 8 pretty 8 pretty 9 market 9 market 10 ! " ' [what] is to do ? " said [hugh] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 9 said 4 is 5 to 5 to 6 do 6 do 7 ? 7 ? 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " [i] [have] [no] [keep] [at] [dallington] [;] and if [we] [buried] it , whom [could] [we] [trust] ? " 1 " 10 if 9 and 10 if 10 if 13 it 13 it 14 , 14 , 20 " 15 whom 19 ? 19 ? 20 " " ' [me] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 9 . " [pevensey] [walls] are [strong] [.] 1 " 4 are no man but jehan , who is my dog , knows what is between them . " 1 no 4 jehan 2 man 4 jehan 3 but 4 jehan 4 jehan 6 who 5 , 6 who 6 who 7 is 6 who 11 knows 8 my 9 dog 9 dog 10 , 9 dog 11 knows 11 knows 12 what 12 what 13 is 13 is 14 between 14 between 15 them 15 them 16 . 16 . 17 " he drew a curtain by the shot-window and showed us the shaft of a well in the thickness of the wall . 1 he 2 drew 2 drew 7 shot-window 3 a 4 curtain 4 curtain 7 shot-window 5 by 7 shot-window 6 the 7 shot-window 7 shot-window 8 and 7 shot-window 9 showed 7 shot-window 10 us 7 shot-window 12 shaft 11 the 12 shaft 12 shaft 13 of 12 shaft 18 thickness 14 a 18 thickness 15 well 18 thickness 16 in 18 thickness 17 the 18 thickness 18 thickness 19 of 18 thickness 21 wall 20 the 21 wall 21 wall 22 . hark ! " 1 hark 2 ! 2 ! 3 " we heard the water whistle and blow at the bottom . 1 we 2 heard 2 heard 5 whistle 3 the 4 water 4 water 5 whistle 5 whistle 6 and 5 whistle 7 blow 7 blow 10 bottom 8 at 10 bottom 9 the 10 bottom 10 bottom 11 . " will it serve ? " said he . 1 " 7 said 2 will 4 serve 3 it 4 serve 4 serve 5 ? 5 ? 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 9 . " ['] [needs] must , " said [hugh] . 1 " 4 must 1 " 7 said 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 9 . " [our] [lives] are [in] [thy] [hands] [.] ["] 1 " 4 are not for love nor for sorrow , but to be with the gold . 1 not 3 love 1 not 10 be 2 for 3 love 3 love 6 sorrow 4 nor 6 sorrow 5 for 6 sorrow 6 sorrow 7 , 7 , 8 but 9 to 10 be 10 be 11 with 11 with 13 gold 12 the 13 gold 13 gold 14 . have [a] [care] [,] ["] [he] [said] [,] [laughing] [,] ["] [lest] [i] [use] [it] to make myself [pope] . 1 have 16 to 16 to 17 make 17 make 18 myself 18 myself 20 . trust me not , but return ! " ' 1 trust 2 me 2 me 4 , 2 me 7 ! 3 not 4 , 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 return 7 ! 8 " 7 ! 9 ' [sir] [richard] [paused] [and] [smiled] [sadly] [.] ' [in] [seven] [days] , [then] [,] [we] [returned] [from] [our] [manors] [from] [the] [manors] which had been [ours] . ['] 1 ' 5 , 5 , 16 which 16 which 17 had 17 had 18 been 18 been 20 . ' [and] were the children quite well ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 7 well 1 ' 10 said 3 were 6 quite 4 the 5 children 5 children 6 quite 6 quite 7 well 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ['] [my] [sons] [were] [young] [.] land and governance belong by right to young men [.] ['] 1 land 3 governance 2 and 3 governance 3 governance 4 belong 3 governance 5 by 3 governance 6 right 3 governance 8 young 3 governance 9 men 6 right 7 to [sir] [richard] [was] [talking] [to] [himself] [.] ' [it] [would] [have] [broken] [their] [hearts] if we had [taken] [back] [our] [manors] . 1 ' 8 if 8 if 9 we 9 we 10 had 10 had 15 . they made us great welcome , but we could see [hugh] [and] [i] could see that our day was done . 1 they 2 made 2 made 3 us 3 us 17 our 4 great 5 welcome 5 welcome 6 , 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 we 8 we 9 could 8 we 17 our 9 could 10 see 9 could 15 see 14 could 15 see 15 see 16 that 17 our 18 day 18 day 19 was 19 was 20 done 20 done 21 . i was a cripple and he a one-armed man . 1 i 2 was 2 was 8 one-armed 3 a 8 one-armed 4 cripple 8 one-armed 5 and 8 one-armed 6 he 8 one-armed 7 a 8 one-armed 8 one-armed 9 man 8 one-armed 10 . no ! ' 1 no 2 ! 2 ! 3 ' he shook his head . 1 he 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 3 his 4 head 4 head 5 . ' [and] [therefore] ['] [he] [raised] his voice ['] [we] [rode] [back] [to] [pevensey] . ' 1 ' 16 ' 7 his 8 voice 8 voice 15 . 15 . 16 ' ' [i] ['m] sorry , ' said [una] , for the knight seemed very sorrowful . 1 ' 12 knight 4 sorry 5 , 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 , 9 , 10 for 10 for 11 the 11 the 12 knight 12 knight 13 seemed 12 knight 15 sorrowful 14 very 15 sorrowful 15 sorrowful 16 . ' [little] [maid] , [it] [all] [passed] [long] [ago] [.] 1 ' 4 , they were young ; we were old . 1 they 2 were 1 they 6 were 2 were 3 young 4 ; 5 we 5 we 6 were 6 were 7 old 7 old 8 . we let [them] [rule] [the] [manors] [.] 1 we 2 let " aha ! " cried [de] [aquila] [from] [his] [shot-window] , when we [dismounted] [.] 1 " 2 aha 2 aha 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 cried 5 cried 11 , 11 , 12 when 12 when 13 we welcome , poor ghosts ! " 1 welcome 2 , 1 welcome 4 ghosts 1 welcome 5 ! 3 poor 4 ghosts 5 ! 6 " thus it fell out that we were rich beyond belief , and lonely . 1 thus 2 it 2 it 3 fell 2 it 10 belief 3 fell 4 out 5 that 10 belief 6 we 7 were 7 were 8 rich 8 rich 10 belief 9 beyond 10 belief 10 belief 13 lonely 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 lonely 13 lonely 14 . and lonely ! ' 1 and 2 lonely 2 lonely 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' ' [what] did you do ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 8 said 3 did 4 you 4 you 5 do 5 do 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . ' [we] [watched] for [robert] [of] [normandy] , ' said the knight . 1 ' 9 ' 4 for 8 , 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 knight 11 the 12 knight 12 knight 13 . ['] [de] [aquila] [was] [like] [witta] [.] he suffered no idleness . 1 he 2 suffered 2 suffered 4 idleness 3 no 4 idleness 4 idleness 5 . in foul weather he would walk on the top of his tower , frowning against the rain peering here and pointing there . 1 in 2 foul 2 foul 3 weather 2 foul 5 would 2 foul 6 walk 4 he 5 would 6 walk 12 tower 7 on 9 top 8 the 9 top 9 top 10 of 9 top 11 his 9 top 12 tower 12 tower 14 frowning 13 , 14 frowning 14 frowning 15 against 14 frowning 18 peering 14 frowning 23 . 16 the 17 rain 17 rain 18 peering 18 peering 19 here 18 peering 21 pointing 19 here 20 and 21 pointing 22 there it [always] [vexed] [him] [to] [think] [how] [witta] 's ship [had] [come] and [gone] [without] [his] [knowledge] . 1 it 9 's 1 it 18 . 9 's 10 ship 10 ship 13 and his [other] [eye] [he] [kept] [landward] [for] word [of] [henry] ['s] [war] [against] [the] [barons] . 1 his 8 word 8 word 16 . do not copy our [blind] [king] [,] [but] [see] [with] [thine] own [eyes] [and] [feel] [with] [thine] [own] [hands] . " 1 do 2 not 2 not 3 copy 3 copy 4 our 4 our 12 own 12 own 20 . 20 . 21 " i do not think he knew any sort of fear . 1 i 4 think 2 do 3 not 2 do 4 think 4 think 5 he 4 think 9 of 5 he 6 knew 7 any 8 sort 8 sort 9 of 9 of 10 fear 10 fear 11 . and so [we] [lived] [at] [pevensey] , in the little [chamber] [above] the [hall] [.] 1 and 2 so 2 so 7 , 7 , 8 in 8 in 9 the 8 in 13 the 9 the 10 little ' [one] [foul] [night] [came] [word] that [a] [messenger] [of] [the] [king] [waited] [below] [.] 1 ' 7 that we were [chilled] [after] [a] [long] [riding] in the [fog] [towards] [bexlei] [,] [which] [is] [an] [easy] place for [ships] [to] [land] [.] 1 we 2 were 2 were 8 in 8 in 9 the 9 the 18 place 18 place 19 for [de] [aquila] [sent] [word] [the] [man] [might] [either] [eat] [with] [us] [or] [wait] [till] [we] [had] [fed] [.] anon jehan , at the stair-head , cried that he had called for horse , and was gone . 1 anon 2 jehan 2 jehan 3 , 2 jehan 6 stair-head 4 at 6 stair-head 5 the 6 stair-head 6 stair-head 7 , 6 stair-head 8 cried 6 stair-head 9 that 6 stair-head 11 had 6 stair-head 12 called 6 stair-head 15 , 10 he 11 had 12 called 13 for 14 horse 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 was 17 was 18 gone 18 gone 19 . " [pest] on him ! " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 7 said 3 on 4 him 4 him 5 ! 5 ! 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 10 . " [i] have [more] to do [than] [to] [shiver] [in] [the] [great] [hall] for [every] [gadling] the [king] [sends] [.] 1 " 3 have 3 have 5 to 5 to 6 do 6 do 14 for 14 for 17 the [left] [he] [no] [word] [?] ["] " ' [oho] ! " said [de] [aquila] , [rubbing] [his] [nose] , " to whom did he say [that] ? " 1 " 6 said 2 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 9 , 9 , 14 " 9 , 22 " 13 , 14 " 15 to 16 whom 16 whom 21 ? 17 did 18 he 17 did 19 say 19 say 21 ? 21 ? 22 " " ['to] [his] [beard] [,] [chiefly] [,] but [some] [to] [his] [horse] ['s] [flank] as he was [girthing] [up] . 1 " 8 but 8 but 16 he 15 as 16 he 16 he 17 was 17 was 20 . i followed him [out] , " said [jehan] the [crab] . 1 i 2 followed 2 followed 3 him 3 him 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 9 the 7 said 11 . " ' [what] [was] [his] [shield-mark] [?] ["] 1 " 2 ' " ' [gold] [horseshoes] on [black] , " said the [crab] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 9 said 5 on 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 10 the 9 said 12 . " ' [that] [is] one of [fulke] ['s] men , " said [de] [aquila] . ' 1 " 12 said 2 ' 5 one 2 ' 12 said 5 one 6 of 9 men 10 , 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 15 . 15 . 16 ' [puck] [broke] [in] [very] [gently] [,] ['] [gold] [horseshoes] [on] [black] [is] [not] [the] [fulkes] ['] [shield] [.] the [fulkes] ' [arms] [are] ['] 1 the 3 ' the knight waved one hand statelily . 1 the 2 knight 2 knight 6 statelily 3 waved 6 statelily 4 one 6 statelily 5 hand 6 statelily 6 statelily 7 . i have changed all the names in my tale . 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 changed 3 changed 6 names 4 all 5 the 4 all 6 names 6 names 9 tale 7 in 8 my 8 my 9 tale 9 tale 10 . his children 's children may be still alive . ' 1 his 2 children 2 children 3 's 2 children 4 children 4 children 5 may 5 may 6 be 6 be 8 alive 7 still 8 alive 8 alive 9 . 9 . 10 ' ' [true] true , ' said [puck] , [smiling] [softly] [.] 1 ' 3 true 3 true 4 , 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 , ' [it] is [knightly] [to] [keep] [faith] [even] [after] a thousand years . ' 1 ' 3 is 3 is 10 a 10 a 11 thousand 11 thousand 12 years 12 years 13 . 13 . 14 ' [sir] [richard] [bowed] [a] [little] [and] [went] [on] [:] " ' [gold] [horseshoes] [on] [black] ? " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 9 said 7 ? 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 12 . " [i] [had] [heard] [fulke] [had] [joined] [the] [barons] [,] [but] [if] [this] [is] [true] [our] [king] must be of the upper hand . 1 " 18 must 18 must 19 be 19 be 20 of 20 of 21 the 21 the 22 upper 22 upper 23 hand 23 hand 24 . no matter [,] [all] [fulkes] [are] [faithless] . 1 no 2 matter 2 matter 8 . still [,] [i] would not have sent the man away empty . " 1 still 11 empty 4 would 5 not 4 would 6 have 6 have 7 sent 7 sent 8 the 7 sent 10 away 8 the 9 man 10 away 11 empty 11 empty 12 . 12 . 13 " " ' [he] [fed] , " said [jehan] . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 7 said 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 9 . " [gilbert] [the] [clerk] [fetched] [him] [meat] and [wine] [from] the [kitchens] [.] 1 " 8 and 8 and 11 the he ate [at] [gilbert] ['s] [table] [.] ["] 1 he 2 ate ' [this] [gilbert] was [a] [clerk] [from] [battle] [abbey] [,] [who] [kept] the [accounts] [of] [the] [manor] [of] [pevensey] [.] 1 ' 13 the 4 was 13 the he was tall and pale-coloured , and carried those new-fashioned beads for counting of prayers . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 tall 3 tall 5 pale-coloured 4 and 5 pale-coloured 5 pale-coloured 6 , 5 pale-coloured 10 new-fashioned 7 and 10 new-fashioned 8 carried 10 new-fashioned 9 those 10 new-fashioned 10 new-fashioned 11 beads 10 new-fashioned 12 for 10 new-fashioned 13 counting 10 new-fashioned 14 of 10 new-fashioned 15 prayers 15 prayers 16 . 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 2 were 2 were 7 seeds 3 large 7 seeds 4 brown 7 seeds 5 nuts 7 seeds 6 or 7 seeds 7 seeds 9 and 7 seeds 13 girdle 8 , 9 and 10 hanging 13 girdle 11 from 13 girdle 12 his 13 girdle 13 girdle 14 with 13 girdle 18 ink-horn 15 his 18 ink-horn 16 pen 18 ink-horn 17 and 18 ink-horn 18 ink-horn 19 they 18 ink-horn 20 clashed 18 ink-horn 23 walked 18 ink-horn 24 . 20 clashed 21 when 21 when 22 he his place was in the great fireplace . 1 his 2 place 2 place 7 fireplace 3 was 4 in 4 in 5 the 5 the 7 fireplace 6 great 7 fireplace 7 fireplace 8 . there [was] [his] [table] [of] [accounts] , and there he lay [o] ['] [nights] [.] 1 there 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 there 9 there 11 lay 10 he 11 lay 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 22 it 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 4 none 2 it 3 was 4 none 5 of 4 none 9 feed 6 his 7 work 7 work 9 feed 8 to 9 feed 9 feed 10 our 9 feed 11 guests 11 guests 17 depart 12 , 13 or 13 or 17 depart 14 to 17 depart 15 let 17 depart 16 them 17 depart 17 depart 18 without 17 depart 19 his 17 depart 20 lord 17 depart 22 knowledge 17 depart 23 . 20 lord 21 's " ' [no] , " said [hugh] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " he is [no] [friend] to me , [or] [to] [odo] [my] [hound] either . " 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 is 3 is 6 to 6 to 7 me 7 me 8 , 8 , 14 either 14 either 15 . 15 . 16 " " ' [no] [matter] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 7 said 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 10 . there [be] [devils] [in] [africa] , [as] [i] [have] [heard] , but [by] [the] [saints] [,] there [be] [greater] [devils] [in] [pevensey] ! " 1 there 6 , 6 , 24 " 11 , 12 but 12 but 17 there 17 there 23 ! 23 ! 24 " and that was all he would say . 1 and 2 that 2 that 3 was 2 that 6 would 3 was 4 all 5 he 6 would 6 would 7 say 7 say 8 . first the wench 's father spoke ; then [her] mother [;] [then] [all] [together] , [till] [the] [hall] [rang] and the [hounds] [bayed] [.] 1 first 3 wench 2 the 3 wench 3 wench 4 's 3 wench 5 father 5 father 6 spoke 5 father 10 mother 6 spoke 7 ; 7 ; 8 then 10 mother 15 , 15 , 20 and 20 and 21 the [de] [aquila] [held] [up] [his] [hands] [.] " [write] [her] [free] [,] ["] he called to [gilbert] [by] the [fireplace] [.] 1 " 7 he 7 he 8 called 8 called 9 to 9 to 12 the " [a] ['] [god] ['s] [name] [write] [her] [free] , [before] [she] [deafens] me ! 1 " 10 , 1 " 15 ! 14 me 15 ! ( [the] [great] [hall] [is] [always] [bitter] [cold] . ) 1 ( 10 ) 9 . 10 ) 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 11 in 12 the he [signed] [to] [de] [aquila] , [who] [bade] [gilbert] [measure] [the] [new] [field] for the new [couple] . 1 he 6 , 6 , 14 for 14 for 15 the 15 the 16 new 16 new 18 . ' [said] [hugh] , [leaning] [down] [to] [the] [hearthstones] [,] ["] [i] [saw] [this] [stone] [move] [under] [gilbert] ['s] [foot] [when] [odo] [snuffed] [at] [it] [.] 1 ' 4 , look ! " 1 look 2 ! 2 ! 3 " ye see ? ' 1 ye 2 see 1 ye 3 ? 3 ? 4 ' [dan] [and] [una] [nodded] [.] ' [yes] , ' said [una] gravely . 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 gravely 7 gravely 8 . ' [it] [isn't] what you say so much . 1 ' 4 what 4 what 5 you 5 you 6 say 6 say 7 so 7 so 8 much 8 much 9 . it 's what you mean when you say it . 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 what 3 what 5 mean 4 you 5 mean 5 mean 8 say 6 when 7 you 7 you 8 say 8 say 9 it 9 it 10 . like [calling] [dan] a [beast] [in] [fun] [.] 1 like 4 a only grown-ups don't always understand . ' 1 only 2 grown-ups 2 grown-ups 5 understand 3 don't 5 understand 4 always 5 understand 5 understand 6 . 6 . 7 ' " ' [he] hath done this day by day before our very face ? " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 16 said 2 ' 16 said 4 hath 5 done 5 done 6 this 5 done 14 ? 6 this 7 day 6 this 12 very 7 day 10 before 8 by 9 day 9 day 10 before 10 before 11 our 12 very 13 face 14 ? 15 " 15 " 16 said 16 said 19 . " ' [nay] , [hour] by [hour] , " said [hugh] . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 10 said 4 , 9 " 6 by 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 . " ' [bones] [of] the [saints] ! " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 5 the 2 ' 7 ! 7 ! 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 12 . " what avail is honour or a sword against a pen ? 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 avail 2 what 12 ? 3 avail 4 is 3 avail 5 honour 3 avail 6 or 3 avail 8 sword 3 avail 9 against 7 a 8 sword 9 against 11 pen 10 a 11 pen where did [gilbert] [hide] [that] [writing] ? 1 where 2 did 1 where 7 ? he shall [eat] [it] . ["] 1 he 2 shall 2 shall 5 . " ['] [in] [his] [breast] [when] he ran out , " said [hugh] . 1 " 7 he 1 " 12 said 7 he 8 ran 9 out 10 , 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 14 . " [which] [made] [me] [look] [to] [see] [where] he kept his [finished] [stuff] [.] 1 " 9 he 9 he 10 kept 10 kept 11 his when [odo] [scratched] [at] [this] [stone] [here] [,] [i] saw [his] [face] [change] [.] 1 when 10 saw [so] [i] [was] [sure] [.] ["] " ' [he] is [bold] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 8 said 2 ' 4 is 2 ' 8 said 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 11 . " do him justice . 1 " 2 do 2 do 4 justice 3 him 4 justice 4 justice 5 . in his own fashion , my [gilbert] [is] bold . " 1 in 4 fashion 2 his 3 own 3 own 4 fashion 4 fashion 5 , 4 fashion 9 bold 4 fashion 10 . 5 , 6 my 10 . 11 " " ' [overbold] , " said [hugh] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " ['] [pest] on [him] ! 1 " 6 ! 4 on 6 ! he is [not] [my] [tire-woman] ! " said [de] [aquila] , and [hugh] [and] [i] laughed . 1 he 2 is 2 is 6 ! 6 ! 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 16 laughed 16 laughed 17 . " ['so] [did] [i] [.] it was a [black] [fog] . 1 " 6 it 6 it 7 was 6 it 11 . 7 was 8 a robert could have landed ten thousand men , and we none the wiser . 1 robert 4 landed 2 could 3 have 3 have 4 landed 4 landed 5 ten 5 ten 6 thousand 6 thousand 7 men 7 men 13 wiser 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 we 10 we 11 none 11 none 13 wiser 12 the 13 wiser 13 wiser 14 . " ' [no] , " said [hugh] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " [but] here is the [prayer] [of] [gilbert] [himself] [to] [his] master [fulke] . " 1 " 3 here 3 here 4 is 4 is 5 the 5 the 12 master 12 master 14 . 14 . 15 " " ' [ah] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 9 . " [well] [i] [knew] it was [fulke] . 1 " 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 8 . what is the price of my blood ? " 1 what 2 is 1 what 4 price 1 what 8 ? 3 the 4 price 4 price 5 of 4 price 7 blood 6 my 7 blood 8 ? 9 " " ['] [fear] and [pains] is a [true] word , " said [de] [aquila] , and [sucked] in [his] [cheeks] . 1 " 12 said 4 and 6 is 6 is 7 a 7 a 9 word 9 word 10 , 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 15 , 12 said 21 . 15 , 16 and 16 and 18 in " but how [excellent] [a] [weapon] is a [pen] [!] 1 " 2 but 1 " 3 how 3 how 7 is 7 is 8 a 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 " 5 that 5 that 7 will and [lest] [fulke] [should] [forget] [,] he has [written] [below] [,] ['] [to] [be] [sacristan] [of] [battle] ['] . " 1 and 7 he 7 he 8 has 8 has 19 . 19 . 20 " ' [at] this [de] [aquila] [whistled] [.] 1 ' 3 this " [a] man who can plot against one lord can plot against another . 1 " 4 who 3 man 4 who 4 who 5 can 5 can 6 plot 6 plot 7 against 6 plot 11 plot 7 against 8 one 9 lord 11 plot 10 can 11 plot 11 plot 12 against 11 plot 13 another 13 another 14 . [when] [i] [am] [stripped] [of] [my] [lands] [fulke] [will] [whip] [off] [my] [gilbert] ['s] [foolish] [head] [.] none the less [battle] [needs] [a] [new] [sacristan] . 1 none 3 less 2 the 3 less 3 less 9 . they tell me [the] [abbot] [henry] [keeps] [no] [sort] [of] [rule] [there] . " 1 they 2 tell 2 tell 3 me 3 me 13 . 13 . 14 " " ' [let] the [abbot] [wait] , " said [hugh] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 4 the 2 ' 9 said 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " it is our heads and our lands that are in danger . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 is 3 is 4 our 4 our 5 heads 5 heads 6 and 5 heads 8 lands 7 our 8 lands 8 lands 9 that 8 lands 10 are 8 lands 12 danger 11 in 12 danger 12 danger 13 . this parchment is the second part of the tale . 1 this 2 parchment 1 this 9 tale 2 parchment 3 is 2 parchment 5 second 2 parchment 6 part 4 the 5 second 6 part 7 of 7 of 8 the 9 tale 10 . the first [has] [gone] [to] [fulke] , and so [to] [the] [king] , [who] [will] [hold] [us] [traitors] . " 1 the 2 first 2 first 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 so 9 so 13 , 13 , 20 " 19 . 20 " " [assuredly] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 5 said 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 8 . fulke has his ear , and pours poison into it . 1 fulke 2 has 1 fulke 7 pours 1 fulke 11 . 3 his 4 ear 4 ear 7 pours 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 pours 7 pours 8 poison 7 pours 9 into 7 pours 10 it presently the [king] [gives] [him] [my] [land] [and] [yours] [.] 1 presently 2 the this is old , " and he leaned back and yawned . 1 this 2 is 1 this 3 old 1 this 11 yawned 4 , 5 " 4 , 6 and 6 and 11 yawned 7 he 8 leaned 8 leaned 9 back 8 leaned 11 yawned 10 and 11 yawned 11 yawned 12 . " ' [and] thou wilt [surrender] [pevensey] [without] [word] or [blow] ? " said [hugh] . 1 " 14 said 2 ' 4 thou 2 ' 14 said 4 thou 5 wilt 10 or 12 ? 12 ? 13 " 13 " 14 said 14 said 16 . " we [saxons] will [fight] [your] [king] [then] . 1 " 2 we 2 we 4 will 4 will 9 . i will go [warn] [my] [nephew] [at] [dallington] . 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 go 3 go 9 . give me a horse ! " 1 give 2 me 2 me 3 a 2 me 5 ! 3 a 4 horse 5 ! 6 " " ' [give] [thee] [a] [toy] and [a] [rattle] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 12 said 2 ' 7 and 2 ' 12 said 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 15 . " put back the parchment , and rake over the ashes . 1 " 2 put 2 put 5 parchment 3 back 5 parchment 4 the 5 parchment 5 parchment 7 and 5 parchment 8 rake 6 , 7 and 8 rake 9 over 8 rake 11 ashes 10 the 11 ashes 11 ashes 12 . if [fulke] [is] [given] my [pevensey] , [which] [is] [england] ['s] [gate] [,] [what] [will] he [do] [with] it ? 1 if 16 he 1 if 19 it 5 my 7 , 7 , 16 he 19 it 20 ? he is [norman] [at] [heart] , and his heart is in [normandy] , [where] [he] [can] [kill] [peasants] [at] [his] [pleasure] [.] 1 he 2 is 1 he 10 is 2 is 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 his 8 his 9 heart 10 is 11 in 11 in 13 , therefore [i] cannot [give] [up] [pevensey] [.] ["] 1 therefore 3 cannot " ' [good] , " said we two . 1 " 6 said 1 " 7 we 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 7 we 8 two 8 two 9 . " ['] [ah] , [but] [wait] ! 1 " 4 , 1 " 7 ! who will be the first to come through thereby ? 1 who 2 will 2 will 3 be 2 will 7 come 4 the 5 first 5 first 6 to 6 to 7 come 7 come 9 thereby 8 through 9 thereby 9 thereby 10 ? [even] [robert] [of] [normandy] [.] therefore [i] cannot [fight] [my] [king] [.] ["] 1 therefore 3 cannot he nursed his sword thus . 1 he 2 nursed 2 nursed 4 sword 2 nursed 5 thus 2 nursed 6 . 3 his 4 sword " ' [this] is [saying] [and] [unsaying] like a [norman] , " said [hugh] . 1 " 13 said 2 ' 4 is 2 ' 13 said 4 is 9 a 8 like 9 a 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 15 . " what of [our] [manors] ? " 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 of 2 what 6 ? 6 ? 7 " " ['] [i] do not [think] for myself , " said [de] [aquila] , ["] [nor] for our [king] [,] [nor] [for] [your] [lands] . 1 " 4 do 1 " 11 said 4 do 5 not 7 for 8 myself 8 myself 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 14 , 11 said 25 . 14 , 17 for 17 for 18 our i think [for] [england] , [for] [whom] [neither] [king] [nor] [baron] [thinks] [.] 1 i 2 think 2 think 5 , i am not [norman] , [sir] [richard] [,] [nor] [saxon] [,] [sir] [hugh] [.] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 not 3 not 5 , [english] [am] [i] [.] ["] " ['] [saxon] , [norman] or [english] , " said [hugh] , " [our] [lives] are [thine] [,] [however] the [game] [goes] [.] 1 " 10 said 4 , 9 " 6 or 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 , 10 said 20 the 12 , 13 " 13 " 16 are when [do] [we] [hang] [gilbert] ? " 1 when 6 ? 6 ? 7 " " ' [never] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 9 . " [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 7 yet 12 , 12 , 13 for 13 for 17 him 17 him 19 , 19 , 20 he 20 he 21 is dead men make dumb witnesses . 1 dead 5 witnesses 2 men 5 witnesses 3 make 5 witnesses 4 dumb 5 witnesses 5 witnesses 6 . [wait] [.] ["] " ['] [but] [the] [king] may [give] [pevensey] [to] [fulke] . 1 " 6 may 6 may 11 . and [our] [manors] [go] [with] [it] [,] ["] said [i] . 1 and 9 said 9 said 11 . " shall we tell our sons [?] ["] 1 " 3 we 2 shall 3 we 3 we 5 our 4 tell 5 our 5 our 6 sons " ' [no] [.] 1 " 2 ' the [king] [will] [not] [wake] [up] [a] [hornets] ' [nest] [in] [the] [south] [till] [he] [has] [smoked] [out] [the] [bees] [in] [the] [north] [.] 1 the 9 ' 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 3 were 4 wise 4 wise 7 wait 4 wise 10 war 5 he 6 would 6 would 7 wait 7 wait 8 till 9 that 10 war 10 war 12 over 11 were 12 over 13 before 14 he 14 he 15 made 15 made 17 enemies 16 new 17 enemies 17 enemies 18 . but [mere] [talk] [,] [such] as [gilbert] [sends] , [is] [no] [proof] [nowadays] [.] 1 but 6 as 6 as 9 , [we] [barons] [follow] [the] [church] [,] [and] [,] [like] [anselm] [,] [we] [speak] [what] [we] [please] [.] let us go [about] [our] day ['s] [dealings] , and [say] [naught] to [gilbert] . " 1 let 2 us 1 let 3 go 3 go 10 and 3 go 13 to 6 day 9 , 9 , 10 and 13 to 15 . 15 . 16 " " ' [then] we do nothing ? " said [hugh] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 4 we 4 we 5 do 5 do 6 nothing 5 do 7 ? 7 ? 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " ['] [we] wait , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 4 wait 1 " 7 said 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 10 . " [i] [am] [old] [,] but [still] [i] [find] [that] the [most] [grievous] work [i] [know] . " 1 " 6 but 6 but 11 the 11 the 14 work 14 work 17 . 17 . 18 " ' [and] [so] we found it , but in the end [de] [aquila] [was] [right] . 1 ' 4 we 4 we 5 found 5 found 6 it 6 it 7 , 7 , 8 but 8 but 10 the 9 in 10 the 10 the 11 end 11 end 16 . ' [a] little [later] [in] [the] [year] [,] [armed] [men] [rode] [over] [the] [hill] [,] [the] [golden] [horseshoes] [flying] [behind] [the] [king] ['s] [banner] . 1 ' 3 little 3 little 25 . said [de] [aquila] , at the window of our chamber : " how did [i] tell you ? 1 said 4 , 1 said 11 : 5 at 7 window 6 the 7 window 7 window 10 chamber 8 of 9 our 9 our 10 chamber 10 chamber 11 : 11 : 12 " 12 " 13 how 13 how 14 did 14 did 17 you 16 tell 17 you 17 you 18 ? 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 2 comes 1 here 25 . 25 . 26 " " ' [how] dost thou know ? " said [hugh] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 4 dost 4 dost 5 thou 4 dost 6 know 4 dost 7 ? 7 ? 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " ' [because] that is what [i] would [do] [if] [i] [were] [fulke] [,] [but] [i] [should] have brought [more] [men] [.] 1 " 6 what 2 ' 5 is 2 ' 6 what 4 that 5 is 6 what 8 would 8 would 18 have 18 have 19 brought he sucked in his cheeks and drummed on the edge of the well-shaft , where the water sounded all hollow . 1 he 7 drummed 2 sucked 3 in 2 sucked 7 drummed 4 his 5 cheeks 5 cheeks 6 and 5 cheeks 7 drummed 7 drummed 8 on 7 drummed 13 well-shaft 9 the 10 edge 10 edge 11 of 10 edge 13 well-shaft 12 the 13 well-shaft 13 well-shaft 14 , 13 well-shaft 15 where 13 well-shaft 17 water 13 well-shaft 18 sounded 13 well-shaft 21 . 16 the 17 water 18 sounded 20 hollow 19 all 20 hollow " ' [shall] we go ? " said [i] . 1 " 8 said 2 ' 4 we 2 ' 8 said 4 we 5 go 6 ? 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 . " ' [go] [!] 1 " 2 ' at this time of year ? 1 at 2 this 2 this 3 time 2 this 5 year 4 of 5 year 5 year 6 ? stark madness , " said he . 1 stark 2 madness 2 madness 7 . 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 5 said 7 . who would [stop] [them] [fulke] ? " 1 who 2 would 1 who 6 ? 6 ? 7 " " ' [how] did [i] tell you ? " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 7 you 4 did 7 you 6 tell 7 you 7 you 8 ? 8 ? 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 13 . see that [fulke] ['s] [men] [lie] in the [big] [south] barn , " said he [.] 1 see 2 that 2 that 15 he 7 in 11 barn 8 the 11 barn 11 barn 12 , 12 , 13 " 13 " 14 said 14 said 15 he " give them [drink] , and [when] [fulke] [has] [eaten] we will [drink] [in] [my] [chamber] . 1 " 11 we 2 give 3 them 3 them 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 11 we 11 we 12 will 12 will 17 . the [great] [hall] [is] [too] [cold] [for] old bones . " 1 the 8 old 8 old 9 bones 9 bones 10 . 10 . 11 " ' [did] you know it was going to happen ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 3 you 1 ' 12 said 3 you 4 know 4 know 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 7 going 7 going 8 to 7 going 9 happen 10 ? 11 ' 11 ' 12 said 12 said 14 . ' [assuredly] , ' said [sir] [richard] , with a [sweet] smile . 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 8 , 8 , 9 with 9 with 12 smile 10 a 12 smile 12 smile 13 . he lay rolling his eyes and bubbling with his mouth , and jehan roped him like a calf . 1 he 2 lay 2 lay 3 rolling 3 rolling 7 bubbling 4 his 5 eyes 5 eyes 7 bubbling 6 and 7 bubbling 7 bubbling 8 with 7 bubbling 13 jehan 9 his 10 mouth 10 mouth 13 jehan 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 jehan 13 jehan 14 roped 14 roped 15 him 14 roped 16 like 14 roped 18 calf 16 like 17 a 18 calf 19 . he was cased all in that newfangled armour which we call lizard-mail . 1 he 3 cased 2 was 3 cased 3 cased 4 all 3 cased 5 in 3 cased 7 newfangled 6 that 7 newfangled 7 newfangled 8 armour 7 newfangled 9 which 7 newfangled 12 lizard-mail 10 we 12 lizard-mail 11 call 12 lizard-mail 12 lizard-mail 13 . not [rings] like [my] [hauberk] [here] ['] [sir] [richard] [tapped] his [chest] [but] [little] [pieces] [of] [dagger-proof] [steel] [overlapping] [on] [stout] [leather] [.] 1 not 3 like 3 like 11 his ' [at] this [gilbert] [would] [have] [run] [out] [.] 1 ' 3 this i laid my hand on his shoulder . 1 i 2 laid 2 laid 4 hand 2 laid 7 shoulder 3 my 4 hand 5 on 7 shoulder 6 his 7 shoulder 7 shoulder 8 . it sufficed . 1 it 2 sufficed 2 sufficed 3 . he fell to trembling and praying on his beads . 1 he 2 fell 2 fell 3 to 2 fell 4 trembling 4 trembling 5 and 4 trembling 6 praying 6 praying 9 beads 7 on 8 his 8 his 9 beads 9 beads 10 . [take] [pen] [and] [ink-horn] [,] [gilbert] [.] we [cannot] all [be] [sacristans] [of] [battle] . " 1 we 3 all 3 all 8 . 8 . 9 " ' [said] [fulke] [from] [the] [floor] [,] ["] [ye] have [bound] a [king] ['s] [messenger] [.] 1 ' 10 have 10 have 12 a pevensey shall burn for this . " 1 pevensey 2 shall 1 pevensey 3 burn 1 pevensey 6 . 3 burn 4 for 3 burn 5 this 6 . 7 " " ' [maybe] [.] 1 " 2 ' i have [seen] it [besieged] [once] , " said [de] [aquila] , " but [heart] [up] [,] [fulke] [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 4 it 4 it 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 12 , 12 , 13 " 12 , 14 but ' [then] [fulke] [sat] [up] and [looked] [long] [and] [cunningly] [at] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 ' 6 and " ' [am] [i] ? " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 7 said 5 ? 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 10 . ' [fulke] [laughed] and said , " no man who [serves] [king] [henry] [dare] [do] [this] [much] [to] [his] [messenger] [.] 1 ' 4 and 1 ' 5 said 5 said 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 no 8 no 9 man 9 man 10 who when [didst] thou [come] [over] [to] [the] [duke] [?] 1 when 3 thou let me [up] [and] [we] [can] [smooth] [it] out [together] . " 1 let 2 me 2 me 9 out 9 out 11 . 11 . 12 " and he smiled and becked and winked . 1 and 5 becked 2 he 5 becked 3 smiled 5 becked 4 and 5 becked 5 becked 6 and 5 becked 7 winked 7 winked 8 . " ' [yes] [,] we will [smooth] it out , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 12 said 2 ' 5 we 2 ' 12 said 5 we 6 will 8 it 9 out 9 out 10 , 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 15 . it was turn of ebb , and the water came to his knees . 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 ebb 3 turn 5 ebb 4 of 5 ebb 5 ebb 6 , 5 ebb 7 and 5 ebb 9 water 5 ebb 10 came 8 the 9 water 10 came 11 to 11 to 12 his 12 his 13 knees 13 knees 14 . he said nothing , but shivered somewhat . 1 he 2 said 2 said 3 nothing 3 nothing 5 but 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 shivered 6 shivered 7 somewhat 6 shivered 8 . ' [then] [jehan] [of] a [sudden] [beat] [down] [gilbert] ['s] [wrist] [with] [his] [sheathed] [dagger] [.] 1 ' 5 a " stop ! " he said . 1 " 2 stop 2 stop 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 6 said 5 he 6 said 6 said 7 . " he [swallows] [his] [beads] [.] ["] 1 " 2 he " ' [poison] , [belike] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 8 said 2 ' 8 said 4 , 7 " 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 11 . " it is good for men who know too much . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 is 3 is 4 good 4 good 5 for 4 good 6 men 6 men 7 who 6 men 8 know 8 know 10 much 9 too 10 much 10 much 11 . i have carried it these thirty years . 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 carried 3 carried 4 it 3 carried 6 thirty 5 these 6 thirty 6 thirty 7 years 7 years 8 . give me ! " 1 give 2 me 2 me 3 ! 3 ! 4 " ' [then] [gilbert] [wept] and [howled] [.] 1 ' 5 and [de] [aquila] [ran] [the] [beads] [through] [his] [fingers] [.] on it was [written] [:] ["] [the] [old] [dog] [goes] to [salisbury] to be [beaten] . 1 on 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 11 to 11 to 14 be 13 to 14 be 14 be 16 . i have [his] [kennel] . 1 i 2 have 2 have 5 . come quickly . 1 come 2 quickly 2 quickly 3 . " ['] [this] is worse [than] [poison] , " said [de] [aquila] [very] softly , and [sucked] in [his] [cheeks] [.] 1 " 10 said 4 is 5 worse 5 worse 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 14 softly 14 softly 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 18 in then [gilbert] [grovelled] [in] [the] [rushes] , and told [us] [all] he knew . 1 then 7 , 1 then 12 he 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 told 12 he 13 knew 13 knew 14 . " ['] [i] will have no [clerk] of mine [mishandled] [or] [miscalled] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 4 will 1 " 15 said 4 will 5 have 5 have 6 no 8 of 9 mine 9 mine 13 , 13 , 14 " 14 " 15 said 15 said 18 . " that seaman shall be whipped at his own mast . 1 " 2 that 2 that 3 seaman 3 seaman 4 shall 3 seaman 6 whipped 4 shall 5 be 6 whipped 7 at 6 whipped 10 mast 8 his 9 own 9 own 10 mast 10 mast 11 . 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 5 letter 3 first 5 letter 4 a 5 letter 5 letter 9 shalt 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 shalt 8 thou 9 shalt 9 shalt 10 bear 9 shalt 15 order 10 bear 11 it 11 it 12 , 13 with 14 the 14 the 15 order 15 order 18 whipping 16 for 17 the 16 for 18 whipping 18 whipping 19 , 18 whipping 20 tomorrow 18 whipping 23 boat 21 to 22 the 22 the 23 boat 23 boat 24 . 24 . 25 " " ['] [write] to any man [that] [all] [is] [betrayed] , " said [de] [aquila] , " and even the [pope] [himself] [would] [sleep] [uneasily] [.] 1 " 13 said 4 to 5 any 5 any 6 man 6 man 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 16 , 13 said 20 the 16 , 17 " 16 , 18 and 18 and 19 even eh [,] [jehan] ? 1 eh 4 ? if one told thee all was betrayed , what wouldst thou do ? " 1 if 2 one 1 if 11 thou 3 told 4 thee 4 thee 10 wouldst 5 all 7 betrayed 6 was 7 betrayed 7 betrayed 10 wouldst 8 , 9 what 9 what 10 wouldst 10 wouldst 11 thou 11 thou 13 ? 12 do 13 ? 13 ? 14 " " ' [i] would run away , " said [jehan] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 9 said 4 would 5 run 5 run 6 away 6 away 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " it might be [true] . " 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 might 3 might 4 be 4 be 6 . 6 . 7 " " ['] [well] said , " [quoth] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 4 said 4 said 5 , 5 , 6 " we will give [robert] [full] [measure] [to] [chew] [upon] [.] 1 we 2 will 2 will 3 give [write] [also] [that] [fulke] [himself] [is] [sick] [to] [death] [of] [a] [dropsy] [.] ["] " ' [nay] ! " cried [fulke] [,] [hanging] [in] the [well-shaft] . 1 " 6 cried 2 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 cried 6 cried 11 the 6 cried 13 . " drown me out of hand , but do not make a jest of me . " 1 " 2 drown 2 drown 3 me 2 drown 6 hand 2 drown 15 me 4 out 5 of 4 out 6 hand 7 , 8 but 8 but 10 not 9 do 10 not 10 not 11 make 11 make 13 jest 11 make 15 me 12 a 13 jest 13 jest 14 of 15 me 16 . 16 . 17 " " ' [jest] [?] 1 " 2 ' 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 " 4 but 1 " 13 , 13 , 14 as 13 , 22 " 18 me 19 , 19 , 22 " 21 . 22 " ' [then] [fulke] [groaned] , for he was [cold] , and , " let me [confess] , " said he . 1 ' 19 said 5 , 11 and 5 , 13 " 6 for 7 he 7 he 8 was 8 was 10 , 10 , 11 and 12 , 13 " 13 " 19 said 14 let 15 me 15 me 17 , 17 , 18 " 18 " 19 said 19 said 20 he 19 said 21 . " ' [now] [,] this is right [neighbourly] , " said [de] [aquila] [,] [leaning] [over] the [shaft] . 1 " 11 said 2 ' 5 this 2 ' 11 said 6 is 7 right 7 right 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 17 the 11 said 19 . [take] [pen] [and] [inkhorn] [,] [gilbert] [.] here is work that will not irk thee . " 1 here 2 is 1 here 7 irk 3 work 7 irk 4 that 7 irk 5 will 7 irk 6 not 7 irk 7 irk 8 thee 7 irk 9 . 9 . 10 " " ' [let] my men [go] [without] [hurt] , and [i] will [confess] my [treason] [against] [the] [king] , " said [fulke] . 1 " 21 said 2 ' 4 my 2 ' 21 said 4 my 5 men 9 , 10 and 9 , 14 my 10 and 12 will 14 my 19 , 19 , 20 " 20 " 21 said 21 said 23 . plunder he gave them , but pity , none . 1 plunder 2 he 1 plunder 3 gave 1 plunder 7 pity 3 gave 4 them 4 them 5 , 5 , 6 but 7 pity 8 , 7 pity 9 none 9 none 10 . " ' [te] [!] 1 " 2 ' [te] [!] ["] [said] [de] [aquila] [.] " [thy] [treason] was all [confessed] [long] [ago] [by] [gilbert] [.] 1 " 5 all 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 9 . 9 . 10 " " ' [all] [in] good time , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 9 said 5 good 6 time 6 time 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 12 . " [the] [night] is [young] [;] the [wine] [is] old [;] and [we] [need] [only] [the] [merry] [tale] [.] 1 " 4 is 4 is 7 the 7 the 10 old 10 old 12 and begin the story of [thy] life [since] [when] [thou] [wast] [a] [lad] [at] [tours] . 1 begin 3 story 2 the 3 story 3 story 4 of 4 of 6 life 6 life 15 . tell it nimbly ! " 1 tell 3 nimbly 2 it 3 nimbly 3 nimbly 4 ! 4 ! 5 " " ' [ye] [shame] [me] [to] my soul , " said [fulke] . 1 " 11 said 2 ' 11 said 7 my 8 soul 8 soul 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 13 . " ['] [then] [i] have done what [neither] [king] [nor] [duke] [could] do , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 5 have 1 " 13 do 5 have 6 done 6 done 7 what 13 do 14 , 14 , 15 " 15 " 16 said 16 said 19 . " but [begin] , and [forget] nothing [.] ["] 1 " 2 but 1 " 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 nothing " ' [send] [thy] [man] away , " said [fulke] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 9 said 6 away 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " ' [that] [much] can [i] do , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 5 can 5 can 7 do 7 do 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 13 . ' [but] , [remember] [,] [i] [am] [like] [the] [danes] ['] [king] [.] 1 ' 3 , 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 " 5 will 1 " 10 said 6 it 8 ? 8 ? 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 , 10 said 16 . 12 , 13 and " ' [for] three [hours] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 8 said 2 ' 8 said 4 three 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 11 . " time to tell all thy good deeds . 1 " 4 tell 2 time 3 to 3 to 4 tell 4 tell 5 all 4 tell 6 thy 6 thy 8 deeds 7 good 8 deeds 8 deeds 9 . 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 16 twist 8 have 9 heard 9 heard 12 somewhat 10 thou 11 art 11 art 12 somewhat 12 somewhat 13 careless 13 careless 16 twist 14 do 15 not 15 not 16 twist 16 twist 17 his 16 twist 18 words 16 twist 20 his 16 twist 22 meaning 19 from 20 his 21 true 22 meaning 22 meaning 23 . 23 . 24 " ' [was] it [bad] ? ' said [dan] , [awestruck] [.] 1 ' 3 it 1 ' 7 said 5 ? 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 , ' [beyond] [belief] , ' [sir] [richard] answered . 1 ' 8 answered 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 8 answered 8 answered 9 . ' [none] [the] [less] , [there] [was] [that] in it which [forced] [even] [gilbert] [to] [laugh] [.] 1 ' 5 , 5 , 11 which 9 in 10 it 9 in 11 which we three laughed till we ached . 1 we 6 ached 2 three 3 laughed 3 laughed 6 ached 4 till 5 we 4 till 6 ached 6 ached 7 . at one place his teeth so chattered that we could not well hear , and we reached him down a cup of wine . 1 at 2 one 2 one 3 place 3 place 7 chattered 4 his 5 teeth 5 teeth 7 chattered 6 so 7 chattered 7 chattered 8 that 7 chattered 9 we 7 chattered 13 hear 7 chattered 15 and 7 chattered 17 reached 10 could 11 not 10 could 13 hear 11 not 12 well 14 , 15 and 16 we 17 reached 17 reached 18 him 17 reached 23 wine 18 him 19 down 20 a 21 cup 21 cup 22 of 21 cup 23 wine 23 wine 24 . yes , he waved the filthy rags of his life before us , as though they had been some proud banner . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 6 filthy 3 he 4 waved 4 waved 6 filthy 5 the 6 filthy 6 filthy 7 rags 6 filthy 10 life 6 filthy 11 before 6 filthy 12 us 6 filthy 15 though 8 of 9 his 9 his 10 life 13 , 15 though 14 as 15 though 15 though 16 they 15 though 21 banner 16 they 17 had 17 had 18 been 19 some 21 banner 20 proud 21 banner 21 banner 22 . he was shivering , but shameless . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 shivering 3 shivering 6 shameless 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 shameless 6 shameless 7 . " my father ! 1 " 2 my 2 my 3 father 3 father 4 ! my father ! 1 my 2 father 2 father 3 ! i dreamed of treachery , " he cried , and babbled thickly . 1 i 2 dreamed 2 dreamed 3 of 2 dreamed 4 treachery 4 treachery 5 , 4 treachery 8 cried 6 " 8 cried 7 he 8 cried 8 cried 11 babbled 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 babbled 11 babbled 12 thickly 12 thickly 13 . " ' [there] is no [treachery] here , " said [fulke] . 1 " 5 no 1 " 10 said 2 ' 4 is 4 is 5 no 7 here 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 . " ['] [thy] only [son] ! " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 4 only 1 " 8 said 6 ! 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 11 . " why didst thou bring the child here ? " 1 " 2 why 2 why 3 didst 3 didst 4 thou 3 didst 5 bring 5 bring 6 the 5 bring 8 here 6 the 7 child 8 here 9 ? 9 ? 10 " " ['] [he] is my [heir] [.] 1 " 4 is 4 is 5 my i [dared] not [trust] [him] [to] my brother , " said [fulke] , and now he was ashamed . 1 i 18 ashamed 3 not 7 my 7 my 8 brother 8 brother 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 now 15 now 16 he 16 he 17 was 17 was 18 ashamed 18 ashamed 19 . [de] [aquila] [said] [nothing] [,] [but] [sat] [weighing] [a] [wine-cup] [in] [his] [two] [hands] [thus] [.] [anon] [,] [fulke] [touched] [him] [on] [the] [knee] [.] " ' [let] the boy [escape] [to] [normandy] , " said he , " and do with me [at] [thy] [pleasure] . 1 " 11 said 2 ' 4 the 4 the 5 boy 5 boy 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 12 he 11 said 13 , 11 said 22 . 13 , 14 " 14 " 15 and 16 do 17 with 17 with 18 me 18 me 22 . [yea] [,] [hang] [me] [tomorrow] [,] [with] [my] [letter] [to] [robert] [round] [my] [neck] [,] [but] [let] [the] [boy] [go] [.] ["] " ' [be] still , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 7 said 4 still 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 10 . " [i] think [for] [england] [.] ["] 1 " 3 think ' [so] [we] [waited] [what] [our] [lord] [of] [pevensey] [should] [devise] ; and [the] [sweat] ran down [fulke] ['s] [forehead] . 1 ' 12 ; 12 ; 13 and 13 and 16 ran 16 ran 17 down 17 down 21 . ' [at] [last] said [de] [aquila] : " [i] [am] [too] old to judge , or to trust any man . 1 ' 4 said 4 said 7 : 7 : 8 " 7 : 14 judge 12 old 14 judge 13 to 14 judge 14 judge 18 trust 15 , 16 or 16 or 18 trust 17 to 18 trust 18 trust 19 any 19 any 20 man 20 man 21 . therefore [,] go back [to] [thy] [king] , [fulke] . " 1 therefore 3 go 3 go 4 back 4 back 8 , 8 , 11 " 10 . 11 " " ' [and] thou wilt say nothing of what has passed ? " said [fulke] . 1 " 14 said 2 ' 4 thou 2 ' 14 said 4 thou 5 wilt 5 wilt 6 say 6 say 7 nothing 7 nothing 8 of 9 what 10 has 9 what 12 ? 10 has 11 passed 12 ? 13 " 13 " 14 said 14 said 16 . " ' [why] [should] [i] [?] 1 " 2 ' thy son will stay with me . 1 thy 2 son 1 thy 3 will 3 will 4 stay 4 stay 5 with 5 with 6 me 6 me 7 . ' [but] it hadn't anything to do with his son , ' cried [una] [,] [startled] . 1 ' 13 cried 3 it 4 hadn't 4 hadn't 5 anything 5 anything 6 to 6 to 7 do 7 do 8 with 8 with 9 his 9 his 10 son 10 son 11 , 11 , 12 ' 12 ' 13 cried 13 cried 17 . ' [how] [could] we have [hanged] [fulke] ? ' said [sir] [richard] . 1 ' 4 we 1 ' 10 said 4 we 5 have 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 13 . ' [we] [needed] [him] [to] [make] [our] peace [with] [the] [king] . 1 ' 8 peace 8 peace 12 . he would have [betrayed] [half] [england] [for] the [boy] ['s] [sake] [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 8 the of that we were sure [.] ['] 1 of 2 that 2 that 3 we 3 we 4 were 4 were 5 sure ' [i] don't understand , ' said [una] . 1 ' 6 ' 3 don't 4 understand 4 understand 5 , 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . ' [but] [i] think it was simply [awful] . ' 1 ' 10 ' 4 think 5 it 5 it 6 was 5 it 9 . 6 was 7 simply 9 . 10 ' ' [so] did [not] [fulke] [.] 1 ' 3 did he was well pleased . ' 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 pleased 3 well 4 pleased 4 pleased 5 . 5 . 6 ' ' [what] ? 1 ' 3 ? because his son was going to be killed ? ' 1 because 2 his 2 his 3 son 3 son 9 ? 4 was 5 going 5 going 6 to 6 to 7 be 7 be 8 killed 8 killed 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' ['] [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 13 's 13 's 17 own 17 own 21 . " [i] will do it , " he said . 1 " 9 said 3 will 4 do 4 do 5 it 5 it 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 9 said 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 . " [i] [swear] [i] [will] do it . 1 " 6 do 6 do 7 it 7 it 8 . 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 21 us 8 no 10 , 10 , 11 but 11 but 12 the 12 the 13 most 13 most 20 of 20 of 21 us yes , [i] will save thee . " 1 yes 2 , 2 , 8 " 4 will 5 save 5 save 6 thee 6 thee 7 . 7 . 8 " ' [de] [aquila] [looked] [still] [into] the [bottom] [of] [the] [cup] [,] [rolling] [the] [wine-dregs] [to] [and] [fro] [.] 1 ' 7 the " ' [ay] , " he said . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 7 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 7 said 6 he 7 said 7 said 8 . " if [i] had a son , [i] [would] [,] [i] [think] [,] [save] [him] [.] 1 " 2 if 2 if 4 had 4 had 5 a 5 a 6 son 6 son 7 , but do not by any means tell me how thou wilt go about it . " 1 but 3 not 2 do 3 not 3 not 12 go 4 by 6 means 5 any 6 means 6 means 11 wilt 7 tell 8 me 7 tell 9 how 9 how 11 wilt 10 thou 11 wilt 11 wilt 12 go 12 go 13 about 13 about 14 it 14 it 15 . 15 . 16 " " ' [nay] [,] nay , " said [fulke] , [nodding] his [bald] head [wisely] . 1 " 8 said 2 ' 5 nay 5 nay 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 , 8 said 16 . 12 his 14 head 14 head 16 . " that is my secret . 1 " 2 that 2 that 3 is 3 is 4 my 4 my 5 secret 5 secret 6 . " ['] [and] [henceforward] , " said [de] [aquila] , " [i] [counsel] [thee] [to] [serve] [one] [master] not [two] . " 1 " 7 said 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 10 , 10 , 11 " 10 , 22 " 11 " 19 not 21 . 22 " " ' [what] ? " said [fulke] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 ? 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " [can] [i] [work] no more [honest] [trading] [between] [the] [two] [sides] [these] [troublous] [times] ? ["] 1 " 5 no 1 " 16 ? 5 no 6 more " ' [serve] [robert] [or] the [king] [england] or [normandy] , " said [de] [aquila] . 1 " 13 said 2 ' 6 the 2 ' 13 said 9 or 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 16 . " [i] [care] [not] [which] it is , [but] [make] [thy] [choice] here and now . " 1 " 6 it 6 it 7 is 7 is 8 , 8 , 14 and 13 here 14 and 14 and 15 now 15 now 16 . 16 . 17 " " ['] [the] [king] , then , " said [fulke] , " [for] [i] [see] he is [better] [served] [than] [robert] . 1 " 9 said 5 , 6 then 6 then 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 16 he 16 he 17 is 17 is 22 . shall [i] [swear] [it] ? ["] 1 shall 5 ? " ['] [no] [need] , " said [de] [aquila] , and [he] laid his hand on the [parchments] [which] [gilbert] [had] [written] . 1 " 7 said 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 10 , 7 said 23 . 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 laid 13 laid 15 hand 13 laid 16 on 14 his 15 hand 16 on 17 the how many [cattle] , think you , [would] [the] [bishop] [of] [tours] [give] for that [tale] ? 1 how 2 many 1 how 6 you 2 many 4 , 5 think 6 you 6 you 17 ? 7 , 14 for 14 for 15 that 15 that 17 ? or thy brother ? 1 or 2 thy 2 thy 3 brother 3 brother 4 ? or the [monks] [of] [blois] [?] 1 or 2 the [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] [.] this shall be thy punishment , if [ever] [i] [find] [thee] [double-dealing] [with] [thy] [king] any more . 1 this 5 punishment 2 shall 3 be 2 shall 4 thy 4 thy 5 punishment 5 punishment 6 , 6 , 7 if 7 if 16 any 16 any 17 more 17 more 18 . meantime , the parchments stay here with thy son . 1 meantime 2 , 1 meantime 4 parchments 3 the 4 parchments 4 parchments 5 stay 4 parchments 8 thy 4 parchments 9 son 5 stay 6 here 5 stay 7 with 9 son 10 . him [i] [will] [return] to [thee] [when] [thou] [hast] [made] [my] [peace] [with] the [king] [.] 1 him 5 to 5 to 14 the the parchments never . " 1 the 2 parchments 2 parchments 3 never 2 parchments 4 . 4 . 5 " ' [fulke] [hid] [his] [face] and [groaned] [.] 1 ' 6 and " ' [bones] [of] the [saints] ! " said [de] [aquila] , [laughing] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 5 the 2 ' 7 ! 7 ! 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 12 , 9 said 14 . " the [pen] [cuts] [deep] [.] 1 " 2 the i could never have fetched that grunt out of thee with any sword [.] ["] 1 i 2 could 2 could 3 never 2 could 4 have 4 have 5 fetched 5 fetched 7 grunt 5 fetched 13 sword 6 that 7 grunt 7 grunt 8 out 7 grunt 10 thee 8 out 9 of 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 " 20 said 2 ' 4 so 2 ' 20 said 8 do 9 not 8 do 18 ? 9 not 16 be 12 , 15 will 15 will 16 be 17 secret 18 ? 18 ? 19 " 19 " 20 said 20 said 22 . " ' [just] [so] [long] [.] 1 " 2 ' does [that] [comfort] [thee] [,] [fulke] ? " said [de] [aquila] . 1 does 7 ? 7 ? 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 12 . ' [poor] [fulke] , ' said [una] . 1 ' 5 ' 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 . ' [i] [pitied] [him] also , ' said [sir] [richard] . 1 ' 7 ' 5 also 6 , 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 11 . " ['] [if] [i] [had] [known] this , " said [fulke] , [catching] [his] [breath] [,] " [i] [would] never [have] [lifted] [hand] [against] [pevensey] . 1 " 10 said 7 this 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 , 12 , 17 " 17 " 20 never 20 never 26 . only lack of this yellow stuff has made me so unlucky in my dealings . " 1 only 2 lack 2 lack 3 of 2 lack 6 stuff 3 of 4 this 5 yellow 6 stuff 6 stuff 7 has 6 stuff 11 unlucky 7 has 8 made 8 made 9 me 10 so 11 unlucky 11 unlucky 14 dealings 12 in 13 my 13 my 14 dealings 14 dealings 15 . 15 . 16 " ' [it] [was] [dawn] then , and [they] [stirred] in the [great] [hall] [below] [.] 1 ' 5 then 5 then 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 10 in 10 in 11 the he smoothed his long beard , and called his son to his stirrup and kissed him . 1 he 2 smoothed 2 smoothed 3 his 3 his 5 beard 3 his 13 stirrup 4 long 5 beard 5 beard 7 and 6 , 7 and 8 called 13 stirrup 9 his 13 stirrup 10 son 13 stirrup 11 to 12 his 12 his 13 stirrup 13 stirrup 15 kissed 14 and 15 kissed 15 kissed 16 him 16 him 17 . [de] [aquila] [rode] [with] [him] [as] [far] [as] [the] [new] [mill] [landward] [.] we [thought] the night had been all a dream . ' 1 we 5 had 3 the 4 night 4 night 5 had 5 had 6 been 6 been 7 all 6 been 8 a 8 a 9 dream 9 dream 10 . 10 . 11 ' ' [but] did [he] [make] [it] [right] [with] [the] [king] [?] ['] 1 ' 3 did dan asked . 1 dan 2 asked 1 dan 3 . ' [about] [your] [not] [being] [traitors] [,] [i] [mean] . ' 1 ' 11 ' 10 . 11 ' [sir] [richard] [smiled] [.] ' [the] [king] [sent] no [second] [summons] [to] [pevensey] , nor did he [ask] why [de] [aquila] had not [obeyed] [the] [first] . 1 ' 5 no 1 ' 15 why 5 no 10 , 10 , 11 nor 11 nor 12 did 12 did 13 he 15 why 19 not 18 had 19 not 19 not 23 . yes , that [was] [fulke] 's [work] . 1 yes 2 , 2 , 3 that 3 that 6 's 6 's 8 . i know not how he did it , but it was well and swiftly done . ' 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 not 2 know 4 how 4 how 5 he 5 he 6 did 5 he 11 was 7 it 11 was 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 it 10 it 11 was 11 was 15 done 12 well 15 done 13 and 14 swiftly 14 swiftly 15 done 15 done 16 . 16 . 17 ' ' [then] you didn't do anything to his son ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 12 said 3 you 4 didn't 3 you 5 do 5 do 6 anything 6 anything 7 to 7 to 8 his 8 his 9 son 9 son 10 ? 10 ? 11 ' 11 ' 12 said 12 said 14 . ' [the] [boy] ? 1 ' 4 ? oh , he was an imp ! 1 oh 2 , 2 , 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 an 5 an 6 imp 6 imp 7 ! he turned the keep doors out of dortoirs while we had him . 1 he 2 turned 2 turned 3 the 2 turned 8 dortoirs 4 keep 8 dortoirs 5 doors 8 dortoirs 6 out 8 dortoirs 7 of 8 dortoirs 8 dortoirs 9 while 8 dortoirs 10 we 8 dortoirs 11 had 8 dortoirs 12 him 12 him 13 . i gave him a bittern's claw to bring him good luck at shooting . 1 i 5 bittern's 2 gave 5 bittern's 3 him 5 bittern's 4 a 5 bittern's 5 bittern's 6 claw 5 bittern's 7 to 5 bittern's 8 bring 5 bittern's 9 him 5 bittern's 11 luck 10 good 11 luck 11 luck 12 at 11 luck 13 shooting 13 shooting 14 . an imp , if ever there was ! ' 1 an 2 imp 2 imp 5 ever 2 imp 7 was 2 imp 8 ! 3 , 4 if 4 if 5 ever 6 there 7 was 8 ! 9 ' ' [and] what happened to [gilbert] ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 3 what 3 what 4 happened 4 happened 5 to 4 happened 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [not] [even] a [whipping] [.] 1 ' 4 a moreover , after that night [i] [think] [gilbert] [loved] as [much] [as] he [feared] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 moreover 2 , 1 moreover 3 after 3 after 4 that 4 that 5 night 5 night 10 as 10 as 13 he 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 1 at 21 him 2 least 3 he 3 he 4 would 4 would 5 not 4 would 8 not 5 not 6 leave 8 not 9 even 9 even 10 when 10 when 13 the 17 , 18 would 18 would 19 have 19 have 21 him 21 him 26 . a false fellow , but , in his fashion , bold . ' 1 a 2 false 1 a 9 fashion 2 false 3 fellow 3 fellow 4 , 3 fellow 6 , 4 , 5 but 7 in 8 his 7 in 9 fashion 9 fashion 10 , 9 fashion 11 bold 9 fashion 12 . 12 . 13 ' ' [did] [robert] [ever] [land] [in] [pevensey] [after] all [?] ['] 1 ' 9 all dan went on . 1 dan 2 went 1 dan 4 . 2 went 3 on many of [henry] ['s] [men] [sailed] [from] [pevensey] [to] [that] [war] [.] 1 many 2 of fulke came , [i] remember , and we all four lay in the little chamber once again , and drank together . 1 fulke 2 came 1 fulke 3 , 3 , 7 and 5 remember 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 20 drank 8 we 9 all 9 all 10 four 10 four 11 lay 11 lay 12 in 12 in 13 the 13 the 15 chamber 14 little 15 chamber 15 chamber 16 once 15 chamber 20 drank 16 once 17 again 18 , 19 and 19 and 20 drank 20 drank 21 together 21 together 22 . [de] [aquila] [was] [right] [.] one should not judge men . 1 one 2 should 2 should 3 not 2 should 4 judge 4 judge 5 men 5 men 6 . fulke was merry . 1 fulke 2 was 1 fulke 3 merry 1 fulke 4 . yes , always merry with a catch in his breath . ' 1 yes 2 , 2 , 12 ' 3 always 4 merry 3 always 6 a 3 always 7 catch 5 with 6 a 7 catch 10 breath 8 in 9 his 9 his 10 breath 10 breath 11 . 11 . 12 ' ' [and] what did you do afterwards ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 what 3 what 4 did 4 did 5 you 5 you 6 do 6 do 8 ? 7 afterwards 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ['] [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 4 men 5 can 5 can 6 do 6 do 9 grow 7 when 8 they 8 they 9 grow 9 grow 10 old 10 old 11 , 10 old 13 maid 12 little 13 maid 13 maid 14 . 14 . 15 ' the bell for tea rang faintly across the meadows . 1 the 9 meadows 2 bell 5 rang 3 for 4 tea 4 tea 5 rang 5 rang 6 faintly 6 faintly 7 across 7 across 8 the 7 across 9 meadows 9 meadows 10 . ' [again] , in the [mist] [and] [shadow] [of] [sleep] [,] [he] [saw] [his] [native] land . ' 1 ' 18 ' 3 , 4 in 4 in 5 the 5 the 16 land 16 land 17 . 17 . 18 ' ' [i] don't know when you began that , ' said [dan] , [sleepily] [.] 1 ' 3 don't 1 ' 11 said 3 don't 4 know 3 don't 6 you 5 when 6 you 6 you 8 that 7 began 8 that 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 , [the] [runes] [on] [weland] ['s] [sword] a [smith] [makes] [me] [to] [betray] [my] [man] [in] [my] [first] fight . 1 a 12 fight 12 fight 13 . to [gather] [gold] [at] the world 's end [i] [am] [sent] . 1 to 5 the 5 the 6 world 6 world 8 end 6 world 12 . 7 's 8 end the [gold] [i] [gather] [comes] [into] [england] [out] of [deep] [water] [.] 1 the 9 of like [a] [shining] [fish] [then] it [descends] [into] [deep] [water] . 1 like 6 it 6 it 11 . it is not [given] [for] [goods] [or] [gear] [,] [but] for [the] [thing] . 1 it 2 is 1 it 14 . 2 is 3 not 3 not 11 for [the] [gold] [i] [gather] [a] [king] [covets] [for] [an] [ill] [use] [.] the [gold] [i] [gather] [is] [drawn] [up] [out] of [deep] [water] [.] 1 the 9 of like [a] [shining] [fish] [then] it [descends] [into] [deep] [water] . 1 like 6 it 6 it 11 . it is not [given] [for] [goods] [or] [gear] [,] [but] for [the] [thing] . 1 it 2 is 1 it 14 . 2 is 3 not 3 not 11 for [a] [centurion] [of] [the] [thirtieth] [cities] [and] [thrones] [and] [powers] [stand] [in] [time] ['s] [eye] [,] [almost] [as] [long] [as] [flowers] [,] [which] [daily] [die] [.] 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 , 17 and 11 men 12 , 12 , 17 and dan [had] [come] [to] [grief] [over] [his] [latin] , and [was] [kept] in [;] [so] [una] went [alone] to [far] [wood] . 1 dan 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 13 in 10 and 17 went 17 went 19 to 19 to 22 . they had [named] [the] [place] [out] [of] [the] [verse] [in] [lays] [of] [ancient] [rome] [:] 1 they 2 had from [lordly] [volaterrae] [,] [where] [scowls] the [far-famed] [hold] [piled] [by] [the] [hands] [of] [giants] [for] [godlike] [kings] of old . 1 from 7 the 7 the 20 old 19 of 20 old 20 old 21 . the sou'-west wind ( there is always a wind [by] [volaterrae] [)] [blew] [from] [the] [bare] [ridge] [where] [cherry] [clack] [windmill] [stands] [.] 1 the 2 sou'-west 2 sou'-west 3 wind 2 sou'-west 4 ( 2 sou'-west 5 there 2 sou'-west 7 always 2 sou'-west 8 a 2 sou'-west 9 wind 5 there 6 is 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 10 , 1 una 28 . 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 made 12 made 13 ready 13 ready 14 to 14 to 15 meet [a] [gust] [boomed] [up] [the] [valley] [,] [and] [una] [chanted] [sorrowfully] [:] ' [verbenna] [down] [to] [ostia] [hath] [wasted] [all] [the] [plain] [:] [astur] [hath] [stormed] [janiculum] [,] [and] [the] [stout] [guards] [are] [slain] . ' 1 ' 24 ' 23 . 24 ' but the wind , not [charging] [fair] to the wood , [started] [aside] and [shook] a [single] [oak] [in] [gleason] ['s] [pasture] [.] 1 but 2 the 1 but 5 not 2 the 3 wind 3 wind 4 , 5 not 8 to 8 to 9 the 9 the 10 wood 10 wood 11 , 11 , 14 and 14 and 16 a ' [now] welcome [welcome] , [sextus] , ' [sang] [una] [,] [loading] [the] [catapult] ['] [now] [welcome] [to] [thy] [home] [!] 1 ' 3 welcome 3 welcome 5 , 5 , 8 ' 7 , 8 ' why dost thou stay , and turn away ? 1 why 2 dost 2 dost 3 thou 2 dost 4 stay 2 dost 7 turn 2 dost 9 ? 4 stay 6 and 5 , 6 and 7 turn 8 away here [lies] the [road] [to] [rome] [.] ['] 1 here 3 the ' [oh] [,] my [winkie] ! ' she said [aloud] , and that was something she had picked up [from] [dan] . 1 ' 4 my 1 ' 9 said 6 ! 7 ' 7 ' 9 said 8 she 9 said 9 said 11 , 9 said 22 . 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 that 13 that 14 was 14 was 15 something 16 she 17 had 17 had 18 picked 18 picked 19 up 19 up 22 . ' [i] [b'lieve] [i] ['ve] [tickled] [up] a [gleason] [cow] . ' 1 ' 8 a 1 ' 12 ' 11 . 12 ' ' [you] little painted beast ! ' a voice cried . 1 ' 10 cried 3 little 5 beast 4 painted 5 beast 5 beast 6 ! 6 ! 7 ' 7 ' 10 cried 8 a 9 voice 9 voice 10 cried 10 cried 11 . ' [i] ['ll] [teach] you [to] [sling] [your] [masters] ! ' 1 ' 5 you 5 you 10 ! 10 ! 11 ' she looked down most cautiously , and saw a young man covered with hoopy bronze armour all glowing among the late broom . 1 she 2 looked 2 looked 3 down 2 looked 5 cautiously 4 most 5 cautiously 5 cautiously 8 saw 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 saw 8 saw 14 hoopy 9 a 10 young 10 young 11 man 10 young 14 hoopy 12 covered 14 hoopy 13 with 14 hoopy 14 hoopy 15 bronze 14 hoopy 16 armour 14 hoopy 17 all 14 hoopy 18 glowing 18 glowing 19 among 18 glowing 22 broom 19 among 20 the 21 late 22 broom 22 broom 23 . 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 2 what 7 was 7 was 18 in 18 in 19 the 19 the 20 wind 20 wind 21 . she could hear the long hairs rasp on his shimmery shoulder-plates . 1 she 2 could 2 could 7 rasp 3 hear 7 rasp 4 the 7 rasp 5 long 7 rasp 6 hairs 7 rasp 7 rasp 8 on 7 rasp 10 shimmery 9 his 10 shimmery 10 shimmery 11 shoulder-plates 11 shoulder-plates 12 . he caught sight of [una] ['s] [yellow] [head] [.] 1 he 2 caught 2 caught 3 sight 3 sight 4 of ' [have] you [seen] [a] [painted] [lead-slinger] ? ' he called . 1 ' 3 you 3 you 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 10 he 10 he 11 called 11 called 12 . ' [no-o] , ' said [una] . 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [but] if you 've seen a [bullet] ['] 1 ' 3 if 3 if 4 you 4 you 5 've 5 've 6 seen 6 seen 7 a ' [seen] ? ' cried the man . 1 ' 5 cried 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 cried 5 cried 6 the 6 the 7 man 7 man 8 . ' [it] [passed] [within] a [hair] ['s] [breadth] [of] [my] [ear] . ' 1 ' 5 a 1 ' 13 ' 12 . 13 ' ' [well] [,] that was [me] . 1 ' 4 that 4 that 5 was 5 was 7 . i 'm most awfully sorry . ['] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 5 sorry 3 most 4 awfully 4 awfully 5 sorry 5 sorry 6 . ' [didn't] [the] [faun] tell you [i] [was] [coming] ? ' 1 ' 6 you 5 tell 6 you 6 you 10 ? 10 ? 11 ' he smiled . 1 he 2 smiled 2 smiled 3 . ' [not] if you mean [puck] [.] 1 ' 3 if 3 if 4 you 4 you 5 mean i thought you were a [gleason] [cow] [.] 1 i 2 thought 2 thought 3 you 3 you 4 were 4 were 5 a i [i] didn't know you were a a [what] [are] you ? ' 1 i 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 know 3 didn't 11 you 4 know 5 you 5 you 6 were 6 were 7 a 6 were 8 a 11 you 12 ? 12 ? 13 ' he laughed outright , showing a set of splendid teeth . 1 he 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 outright 3 outright 4 , 3 outright 5 showing 5 showing 6 a 5 showing 10 teeth 7 set 8 of 7 set 10 teeth 9 splendid 10 teeth 10 teeth 11 . his face and eyes were dark , and his eyebrows met above his big nose in one bushy black bar . 1 his 2 face 1 his 4 eyes 1 his 10 eyebrows 2 face 3 and 4 eyes 5 were 6 dark 8 and 6 dark 10 eyebrows 7 , 8 and 9 his 10 eyebrows 10 eyebrows 11 met 10 eyebrows 12 above 12 above 18 bushy 13 his 18 bushy 14 big 18 bushy 15 nose 16 in 15 nose 18 bushy 17 one 18 bushy 18 bushy 19 black 18 bushy 20 bar 20 bar 21 . ['] [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 4 a did you sling that bullet ? ' 1 did 3 sling 2 you 3 sling 3 sling 4 that 3 sling 5 bullet 5 bullet 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' ' [i] did [.] 1 ' 3 did i was [using] [dan] ['s] [catapult] [,] ['] [said] [una] . 1 i 2 was 2 was 11 . ' [catapults] ! ' said he . 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 6 he 5 said 7 . ' [i] ought [to] [know] [something] [about] [them] [.] 1 ' 3 ought show me ! ' 1 show 2 me 2 me 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' ' [a] [sling] [on] a [forked] [stick] [.] 1 ' 5 a i understand ! ' he cried , and pulled at the elastic . 1 i 2 understand 2 understand 13 . 3 ! 4 ' 3 ! 6 cried 5 he 6 cried 6 cried 12 elastic 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 pulled 9 pulled 12 elastic 10 at 11 the 10 at 12 elastic 12 elastic 13 . ' [but] what [wonderful] [beast] [yields] this [stretching] [leather] ? ' 1 ' 3 what 3 what 10 ? 7 this 10 ? 10 ? 11 ' ['] [it] ['s] [laccy] [elastic] [.] you put the bullet into that loop , and then you pull hard [.] ['] 1 you 2 put 2 put 7 loop 3 the 4 bullet 4 bullet 7 loop 5 into 7 loop 6 that 7 loop 7 loop 8 , 7 loop 10 then 7 loop 12 pull 7 loop 13 hard 9 and 10 then 11 you 12 pull the man pulled , and hit himself square on his thumbnail . 1 the 2 man 2 man 3 pulled 3 pulled 6 hit 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 hit 6 hit 11 thumbnail 7 himself 11 thumbnail 8 square 11 thumbnail 9 on 11 thumbnail 10 his 11 thumbnail 11 thumbnail 12 . ' [each] to his own [weapon] , ' he said gravely , [handing] [it] [back] . 1 ' 8 ' 3 to 4 his 4 his 5 own 5 own 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 10 said 9 he 10 said 10 said 11 gravely 11 gravely 12 , 11 gravely 16 . ' [i] [am] [better] [with] [the] [bigger] [machine] [,] little [maiden] . 1 ' 10 little 10 little 12 . but it 's a pretty toy . 1 but 2 it 2 it 3 's 3 's 6 toy 4 a 6 toy 5 pretty 6 toy 6 toy 7 . a wolf [would] [laugh] [at] [it] . 1 a 2 wolf 2 wolf 7 . aren't you afraid of wolves ? ' 1 aren't 2 you 1 aren't 3 afraid 1 aren't 5 wolves 1 aren't 6 ? 3 afraid 4 of 6 ? 7 ' ' [there] [aren't] [any] , ' said [una] . 1 ' 6 ' 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . ' [never] [believe] it [!] 1 ' 4 it a wolf ['s] [like] [a] [winged] [hat] . 1 a 2 wolf 2 wolf 8 . he comes when he isn't expected . 1 he 2 comes 2 comes 6 expected 3 when 4 he 4 he 5 isn't 5 isn't 6 expected 6 expected 7 . don't they hunt wolves here ? ' 1 don't 3 hunt 2 they 3 hunt 3 hunt 4 wolves 4 wolves 5 here 5 here 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' ' [we] [don't] [hunt] , ' said [una] , [remembering] [what] she had heard from [grown-ups] [.] 1 ' 6 ' 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 , 9 , 12 she 12 she 13 had 13 had 14 heard 14 heard 15 from ['] [we] [preserve] [pheasants] [.] do you know them ? ' 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 know 2 you 5 ? 4 them 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' ' [what] [a] [big] [painted] [clucking] [fool] is a [pheasant] ! ' he said . 1 ' 8 is 1 ' 11 ! 8 is 9 a 11 ! 12 ' 12 ' 14 said 13 he 14 said 14 said 15 . ' [just] [like] [some] [romans] . ' 1 ' 7 ' 6 . 7 ' ' [but] you 're a [roman] [yourself] [,] aren't you ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 you 3 you 4 're 3 you 11 ? 4 're 5 a 9 aren't 10 you 10 you 11 ? 11 ? 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 15 . ' [ye-es] and [no.] 1 ' 3 and i 'm [one] [of] a good [few] [thousands] [who] have [never] seen [rome] [except] [in] a [picture] [.] 1 i 2 'm 1 i 10 have 2 'm 5 a 5 a 6 good 10 have 12 seen 12 seen 16 a my people [have] [lived] [at] [vectis] [for] [generations] [.] 1 my 2 people [vectis] [that] [island] [west] [yonder] [that] [you] [can] [see] [from] [so] [far] [in] [clear] [weather] [.] ['] ' [do] you mean [the] [isle] [of] [wight] ? 1 ' 3 you 3 you 4 mean 4 mean 9 ? it [lifts] up [just] [before] [rain] , [and] you see it from the [downs] [.] ['] 1 it 3 up 3 up 7 , 7 , 9 you 9 you 10 see 10 see 11 it 11 it 12 from 12 from 13 the ['] [very] [likely] [.] [our] [villa] ['s] [on] [the] [south] [edge] [of] [the] [island] [,] [by] [the] [broken] [cliffs] [.] 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 2 of 3 it 2 of 5 three 3 it 4 is 5 three 6 hundred 6 hundred 7 years 6 hundred 12 cow-stables 8 old 12 cow-stables 9 , 10 but 10 but 12 cow-stables 11 the 12 cow-stables 12 cow-stables 13 , 12 cow-stables 14 where 12 cow-stables 15 our 12 cow-stables 17 ancestor 16 first 17 ancestor 17 ancestor 18 lived 17 ancestor 19 , 17 ancestor 20 must 17 ancestor 23 hundred 20 must 21 be 21 be 22 a 22 a 23 hundred 23 hundred 24 years 24 years 25 older 25 older 26 . 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 , 2 , 3 quite 5 , 6 because 6 because 13 his it 's not a bad little place for its size . 1 it 2 's 2 's 5 bad 3 not 5 bad 4 a 5 bad 5 bad 7 place 6 little 7 place 7 place 8 for 7 place 10 size 9 its 10 size 10 size 11 . in springtime violets grow down to the very beach . 1 in 2 springtime 2 springtime 3 violets 3 violets 4 grow 3 violets 9 beach 5 down 6 to 5 down 9 beach 7 the 9 beach 8 very 9 beach 9 beach 10 . 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 4 sea-weeds 3 gathered 4 sea-weeds 4 sea-weeds 5 for 4 sea-weeds 6 myself 4 sea-weeds 7 and 4 sea-weeds 8 violets 4 sea-weeds 9 for 9 for 10 my 9 for 12 many 12 many 13 a 13 a 14 time 13 a 18 nurse 15 with 16 our 16 our 17 old 17 old 18 nurse 18 nurse 19 . 19 . 20 ' ' [was] [your] [nurse] a [a] [romaness] [too] [?] ' 1 ' 5 a 1 ' 10 ' ' [no] , [a] [numidian] [.] 1 ' 3 , gods be good to her ! 1 gods 2 be 2 be 3 good 3 good 4 to 3 good 6 ! 4 to 5 her a dear , fat , brown thing with a tongue like a cowbell . 1 a 2 dear 1 a 4 fat 1 a 13 cowbell 2 dear 3 , 4 fat 5 , 6 brown 7 thing 7 thing 13 cowbell 8 with 13 cowbell 9 a 13 cowbell 10 tongue 13 cowbell 11 like 13 cowbell 12 a 13 cowbell 13 cowbell 14 . she was a free woman . 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 5 woman 4 free 5 woman 5 woman 6 . by the way , are you free , maiden ? ' 1 by 2 the 2 the 3 way 2 the 9 maiden 3 way 4 , 5 are 6 you 5 are 7 free 7 free 8 , 7 free 9 maiden 9 maiden 10 ? 10 ? 11 ' ' [oh] [,] [quite] , ' said [una] . 1 ' 6 ' 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . ' [at] [least] [,] [till] [tea-time] ; and in [summer] [our] [governess] [doesn't] [say] [much] [if] [we] ['re] [late] [.] ['] 1 ' 7 ; 7 ; 8 and 8 and 9 in the young man laughed again a proper understanding laugh . 1 the 2 young 2 young 3 man 3 man 4 laughed 4 laughed 5 again 4 laughed 9 laugh 6 a 9 laugh 7 proper 8 understanding 8 understanding 9 laugh 9 laugh 10 . ' [i] see , ' said he . 1 ' 5 ' 3 see 4 , 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 7 he 6 said 8 . ' [that] [accounts] [for] [your] [being] [in] the wood . 1 ' 8 the 8 the 9 wood 9 wood 10 . we hid among the cliffs . ' 1 we 5 cliffs 2 hid 5 cliffs 3 among 5 cliffs 4 the 5 cliffs 5 cliffs 6 . 6 . 7 ' ' [did] you have a [governess] , then ? ' 1 ' 3 you 3 you 4 have 3 you 9 ? 4 have 5 a 7 , 8 then 8 then 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' ' [did] we [not] [?] 1 ' 3 we [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 1 she 15 gorse-bushes 2 had 3 a 4 way 5 of 4 way 6 clutching 6 clutching 8 dress 6 clutching 11 hunted 7 her 8 dress 8 dress 9 when 9 when 10 she 11 hunted 15 gorse-bushes 12 us 15 gorse-bushes 13 among 15 gorse-bushes 14 the 15 gorse-bushes 15 gorse-bushes 16 that 15 gorse-bushes 17 made 15 gorse-bushes 18 us 15 gorse-bushes 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 3 'd 9 whipped 5 she 6 'd 6 'd 7 get 7 get 9 whipped 8 us 9 whipped 9 whipped 10 . she never did , [though] [,] [bless] [her] [!] 1 she 2 never 1 she 3 did 3 did 4 , aglaia was a thorough sportswoman , for all her learning . ' 1 aglaia 5 sportswoman 2 was 5 sportswoman 3 a 4 thorough 4 thorough 5 sportswoman 5 sportswoman 6 , 5 sportswoman 7 for 5 sportswoman 8 all 5 sportswoman 9 her 5 sportswoman 10 learning 10 learning 11 . 11 . 12 ' ' [but] what lessons did you do when when you were little ? ' 1 ' 3 what 3 what 5 did 3 what 7 do 4 lessons 5 did 5 did 6 you 7 do 10 you 7 do 13 ? 8 when 10 you 9 when 10 you 10 you 11 were 11 were 12 little 13 ? 14 ' ' [ancient] [history] [,] [the] [classics] , [arithmetic] and so [on] , ' he answered . 1 ' 15 answered 7 , 9 and 9 and 10 so 10 so 12 , 12 , 13 ' 13 ' 15 answered 14 he 15 answered 15 answered 16 . and funny ! 1 and 2 funny 2 funny 3 ! [roma] [dea] [!] how [mother] could [make] [us] [laugh] [!] ['] 1 how 3 could ' [what] [at] ? ['] 1 ' 4 ? ' [little] [jokes] and [sayings] [that] [every] [family] [has] [.] 1 ' 4 and don't you know ? ' 1 don't 3 know 2 you 3 know 3 know 4 ? 4 ? 5 ' ' [i] [know] we [have] [,] but [i] [didn't] [know] other people had them too , ' said [una] . 1 ' 4 we 1 ' 18 said 4 we 13 had 7 but 11 other 11 other 12 people 12 people 13 had 13 had 14 them 15 too 16 , 16 , 17 ' 17 ' 18 said 18 said 20 . ' [tell] me [about] [all] [your] [family] , please . ' 1 ' 11 ' 3 me 8 , 8 , 9 please 9 please 10 . 10 . 11 ' ' [good] [families] [are] very [much] [alike] . 1 ' 5 very 5 very 8 . 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 13 , 13 , 19 and 16 did 18 , 18 , 19 and 19 and 20 we when [our] [noise] [grew] [too] [loud] the [pater] [would] [say] [,] ["] [less] [tumult] [!] 1 when 7 the less tumult ! 1 less 2 tumult 2 tumult 3 ! have you never heard of [a] [father] ['s] [right] [over] his children ? 1 have 2 you 2 you 3 never 3 never 4 heard 4 heard 5 of 5 of 11 his 11 his 12 children 12 children 13 ? he [can] [slay] [them] , [my] [loves] [slay] [them] [dead] , and the [gods] [highly] [approve] of the [action] [!] " 1 he 5 , 5 , 21 " 11 , 12 and 11 , 21 " 12 and 13 the 13 the 17 of 17 of 18 the then [mother] [would] [prim] [up] [her] [dear] [mouth] [over] the [wheel] [and] [answer] : ["] [h] ['m] [!] 1 then 10 the 1 then 14 : i 'm afraid there can't be [much] [of] [the] [roman] [father] [about] you ! " 1 i 2 'm 1 i 5 can't 2 'm 3 afraid 3 afraid 4 there 5 can't 6 be 5 can't 13 you 13 you 14 ! 14 ! 15 " ' [fathers] [can] if they like , ' said [una] , [her] [eyes] [dancing] [.] 1 ' 4 if 1 ' 9 said 4 if 5 they 5 they 6 like 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 , ' [didn't] [i] [say] all [good] [families] [are] [very] [much] [the] [same] [?] ['] 1 ' 5 all ' [what] [did] you do in summer ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 4 you 1 ' 10 said 4 you 5 do 6 in 7 summer 7 summer 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [play] [about] , [like] [us] [?] ['] 1 ' 4 , ' [yes] , and we [visited] [our] [friends] [.] 1 ' 5 we 3 , 4 and 4 and 5 we there are no [wolves] [in] [vectis] [.] 1 there 2 are 1 there 3 no we had many friends , and as many ponies as we wished [.] ['] 1 we 2 had 2 had 3 many 3 many 4 friends 3 many 9 ponies 4 friends 5 , 5 , 6 and 7 as 8 many 8 many 9 ponies 9 ponies 10 as 9 ponies 12 wished 10 as 11 we ' [it] must have been lovely , ' said [una] . 1 ' 8 ' 3 must 4 have 4 have 5 been 5 been 6 lovely 6 lovely 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [i] [hope] [it] [lasted] for ever . ' 1 ' 9 ' 6 for 7 ever 7 ever 8 . 8 . 9 ' ' [not] [quite] [,] little [maid] . 1 ' 5 little 5 little 7 . when [i] [was] [about] [sixteen] [or] [seventeen] [,] [the] [father] [felt] [gouty] [,] [and] we [all] went to [the] [waters] . ' 1 when 15 we 15 we 17 went 17 went 18 to 18 to 21 . 21 . 22 ' ' [what] [waters] ? ['] 1 ' 4 ? ['] [at] [aquae] [sulis] [.] every one goes there . 1 every 2 one 2 one 3 goes 3 goes 4 there 4 there 5 . you ought to get your [father] to take you some day . ' 1 you 2 ought 2 ought 3 to 2 ought 7 to 3 to 4 get 4 get 5 your 7 to 8 take 8 take 9 you 8 take 10 some 10 some 11 day 11 day 12 . 12 . 13 ' ' [but] where ? 1 ' 3 where 3 where 4 ? i don't know , ' said [una] . 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 know 3 know 4 , 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 . the young man looked astonished for a moment . 1 the 2 young 2 young 3 man 3 man 4 looked 4 looked 5 astonished 5 astonished 8 moment 6 for 8 moment 7 a 8 moment 8 moment 9 . ' [aquae] [sulis] , ['] [he] [repeated] [.] 1 ' 4 , ['] [the] [best] [baths] [in] [britain] [.] just as good , [i] ['m] [told] , as [rome] [.] 1 just 2 as 1 just 9 as 2 as 3 good 3 good 4 , 8 , 9 as all the old gluttons sit in hot water , and talk scandal and politics . 1 all 4 gluttons 2 the 4 gluttons 3 old 4 gluttons 4 gluttons 5 sit 4 gluttons 6 in 4 gluttons 7 hot 4 gluttons 8 water 8 water 9 , 8 water 12 scandal 9 , 10 and 11 talk 12 scandal 12 scandal 13 and 12 scandal 14 politics 14 politics 15 . [we] [young] [people] [,] [of] [course] [,] [took] [no] [interest] [in] [politics] [.] we had not the gout . 1 we 2 had 2 had 3 not 3 not 5 gout 4 the 5 gout 5 gout 6 . there were many of our age like us . 1 there 2 were 2 were 3 many 3 many 4 of 4 of 6 age 4 of 8 us 5 our 6 age 6 age 7 like 8 us 9 . we did not find life sad . 1 we 2 did 2 did 3 not 3 not 4 find 4 find 5 life 5 life 6 sad 5 life 7 . i do not think it is [a] [profession] for a [well-born] man , but then [i] 'm not my brother . 1 i 4 think 1 i 17 'm 2 do 3 not 2 do 4 think 4 think 5 it 5 it 6 is 6 is 10 a 9 for 10 a 10 a 12 man 12 man 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 then 17 'm 18 not 18 not 19 my 19 my 20 brother 20 brother 21 . you see , ' the young man 's eyes twinkled ' his philosopher was a long-haired one ! ' 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 13 philosopher 5 the 6 young 6 young 7 man 7 man 13 philosopher 8 's 10 twinkled 9 eyes 10 twinkled 10 twinkled 13 philosopher 11 ' 13 philosopher 12 his 13 philosopher 13 philosopher 14 was 13 philosopher 16 long-haired 15 a 16 long-haired 16 long-haired 17 one 16 long-haired 18 ! 18 ! 19 ' ' [i] [thought] [philosophers] [were] [bald] , ' said [una] . 1 ' 8 ' 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [not] all [.] 1 ' 3 all she was very pretty . 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 very 3 very 4 pretty 4 pretty 5 . i don't blame him . 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 blame 3 blame 4 him 4 him 5 . 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 1 nothing 4 suited 2 could 3 have 4 suited 5 me 4 suited 6 better 4 suited 9 eldest 4 suited 15 for 6 better 7 than 8 my 9 eldest 9 eldest 10 brother 9 eldest 12 doing 10 brother 11 's 12 doing 13 this 14 , 15 for 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 1 i 6 should 6 should 7 have 7 have 8 to 8 to 9 stay 8 to 13 look 9 stay 11 home 10 at 11 home 11 home 12 and 13 look 14 after 14 after 16 estate 14 after 21 this 15 the 16 estate 16 estate 17 while 16 estate 19 brother 16 estate 20 took 18 my 19 brother 21 this 22 . 22 . 23 ' he rapped on his great glistening shield that never seemed to be in his way . 1 he 2 rapped 2 rapped 3 on 2 rapped 6 glistening 3 on 4 his 5 great 6 glistening 6 glistening 7 shield 6 glistening 13 in 7 shield 8 that 7 shield 10 seemed 9 never 10 seemed 10 seemed 11 to 11 to 12 be 13 in 14 his 14 his 15 way 15 way 16 . ' [so] we were [well] [contented] [we] [young] [people] [and] [we] [rode] [back] to [clausentum] [along] the [wood] [road] [very] [quietly] [.] 1 ' 3 we 1 ' 17 the 3 we 4 were 4 were 14 to but [when] we [reached] [home] [,] [aglaia] [,] [our] [governess] [,] saw what had come to [us] [.] 1 but 3 we 3 we 12 saw 12 saw 13 what 13 what 14 had 14 had 15 come 15 come 16 to 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 3 her 12 head 4 at 6 door 5 the 6 door 6 door 7 , 6 door 9 torch 8 the 9 torch 9 torch 10 over 9 torch 12 head 11 her 12 head 12 head 18 cliff-path 13 , 14 watching 14 watching 18 cliff-path 15 us 18 cliff-path 16 climb 18 cliff-path 17 the 18 cliff-path 18 cliff-path 19 from 18 cliff-path 21 boat 20 the 21 boat 21 boat 22 . " [aie] ! 1 " 3 ! aie ! " she said . 1 aie 2 ! 2 ! 3 " 3 " 5 said 4 she 5 said 5 said 6 . " [children] you [went] [away] . 1 " 3 you 3 you 6 . men and a woman you return ! " 1 men 2 and 2 and 3 a 3 a 4 woman 4 woman 6 return 4 woman 7 ! 5 you 6 return 7 ! 8 " then [she] [kissed] [mother] , and [mother] wept . 1 then 8 wept 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 wept 8 wept 9 . [thus] [our] [visit] [to] [the] [waters] [settled] [our] [fates] [for] [each] [of] [us] [,] [maiden] [.] ['] he rose to his feet and listened , leaning on the shield-rim . 1 he 7 listened 2 rose 3 to 3 to 4 his 4 his 5 feet 5 feet 6 and 6 and 7 listened 7 listened 12 shield-rim 8 , 9 leaning 9 leaning 12 shield-rim 10 on 12 shield-rim 11 the 12 shield-rim 12 shield-rim 13 . ' [i] [think] that 's [dan] my brother , ' said [una] . 1 ' 4 that 1 ' 11 said 4 that 5 's 7 my 8 brother 8 brother 9 , 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 . ' [yes] [;] and [the] [faun] is with him , ' he replied , as [dan] [with] [puck] [stumbled] [through] the [copse] [.] 1 ' 7 is 1 ' 13 replied 4 and 7 is 8 with 9 him 9 him 10 , 10 , 11 ' 11 ' 13 replied 12 he 13 replied 13 replied 14 , 13 replied 21 the 14 , 15 as [parnesius] [looked] [bewildered] [,] [even] [when] [una] [explained] [.] dan [had] [climbed] [into] [volaterrae] , [hot] and [panting] . 1 dan 6 , 1 dan 10 . 6 , 8 and ' [i] ['ve] [run] nearly all the way , ' he [gasped] , ['] and then [puck] [met] [me] [.] 1 ' 16 then 5 nearly 6 all 6 all 7 the 7 the 8 way 8 way 9 , 8 way 13 , 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 he 13 , 15 and 15 and 16 then how do you do , sir ? ' 1 how 2 do 2 do 3 you 3 you 4 do 4 do 7 ? 5 , 6 sir 6 sir 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' ' [i] [am] [in] good [health] , ' [parnesius] answered . 1 ' 5 good 5 good 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 10 answered 10 answered 11 . ' [see] ! 1 ' 3 ! 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 4 to 18 . ['] [i] ['m] [sorry] [.] you must have pulled off too soon , ' said [dan] . 1 you 2 must 2 must 3 have 3 have 4 pulled 4 pulled 5 off 5 off 6 too 6 too 7 soon 6 too 8 , 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [but] [puck] [said] you were [telling] [una] a story . ' 1 ' 5 you 1 ' 12 ' 5 you 6 were 9 a 10 story 10 story 11 . 11 . 12 ' ' [continue] [,] [o] [parnesius] , ' said [puck] [,] [who] [had] [perched] himself on [a] [dead] [branch] [above] them . 1 ' 8 said 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 14 himself 14 himself 21 . 15 on 20 them 20 them 21 . ' [i] will be chorus . 1 ' 3 will 3 will 4 be 4 be 5 chorus 5 chorus 6 . [has] [he] [puzzled] [you] [much] [,] [una] [?] ['] ' [not] [a] [bit] [,] [except] [i] didn't know [where] [ak] [ak] [something] [was] , ' she answered . 1 ' 18 answered 8 didn't 9 know 9 know 15 , 15 , 16 ' 16 ' 18 answered 17 she 18 answered 18 answered 19 . ' [oh] , [aquae] [sulis] [.] 1 ' 3 , that 's [bath] [,] [where] the [buns] [come] [from] [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 6 the let the hero tell his own tale . ' 1 let 3 hero 2 the 3 hero 3 hero 7 tale 4 tell 7 tale 5 his 6 own 6 own 7 tale 7 tale 8 . 8 . 9 ' ' [thanks] [,] [jester] , ' said [parnesius] [,] [shaking] his [curly] [dark] head . 1 ' 6 ' 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 15 . 11 his 14 head 14 head 15 . ' [that] is [cooler] . 1 ' 3 is 3 is 5 . now hang it up for me . 1 now 2 hang 2 hang 3 it 2 hang 4 up 2 hang 6 me 5 for 6 me 6 me 7 . ' [i] was [telling] [your] [sister] [how] [i] [joined] the [army] , ' he said to [dan] [.] 1 ' 10 the 1 ' 15 said 3 was 10 the 12 , 13 ' 13 ' 15 said 14 he 15 said 15 said 16 to ' [did] you have to [pass] [an] [exam] ? ' 1 ' 3 you 3 you 4 have 3 you 9 ? 4 have 5 to 9 ? 10 ' dan asked eagerly . 1 dan 3 eagerly 2 asked 3 eagerly 3 eagerly 4 . ['] [no] [.] now , like [many] [of] [our] [youngsters] , [i] [was] not [too] [fond] [of] [anything] [roman] [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 8 , 2 , 3 like 8 , 11 not the [roman-born] [officers] [and] [magistrates] [looked] [down] [on] [us] [british-born] [as] [though] [we] were [barbarians] [.] 1 the 14 were i told my [father] [so] [.] 1 i 2 told 2 told 3 my " ['to] [which] [empire] ? ["] 1 " 5 ? i asked . 1 i 2 asked 2 asked 3 . " we [split] [the] [eagle] [before] [i] [was] [born] [.] ["] 1 " 2 we " ['] [what] [thieves] ' [talk] is that ? " said [my] [father] . 1 " 11 said 5 ' 11 said 7 is 8 that 7 is 9 ? 9 ? 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 14 . he hated slang . 1 he 2 hated 2 hated 3 slang 3 slang 4 . which [am] [i] to [follow] [?] ["] 1 which 4 to " ' [gratian] , " said he . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 7 he 6 said 8 . " [at] [least] he 's a [sportsman] [.] ["] 1 " 4 he 4 he 5 's 5 's 6 a " ' [he] 's all [that] , " [i] said . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 10 said 4 's 5 all 5 all 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 10 said 10 said 11 . " [hasn't] he [turned] himself [into] [a] [raw-beef-eating] [scythian] [?] ["] 1 " 3 he 3 he 5 himself " ' [where] did you hear of it ? " said the [pater] . 1 " 11 said 2 ' 11 said 4 did 6 hear 5 you 6 hear 6 hear 7 of 6 hear 8 it 8 it 9 ? 9 ? 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 12 the 11 said 14 . " ' [at] [aquae] [sulis] , " [i] said . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 9 said 6 , 7 " 7 " 9 said 9 said 10 . it was perfectly true . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 perfectly 3 perfectly 4 true 4 true 5 . 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 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 he 15 he 16 was 16 was 19 about 19 about 20 them 20 them 26 . 24 like 25 them 25 them 26 . in [rome] of all [places] [in] the world ! 1 in 8 world 3 of 7 the 4 all 7 the 7 the 8 world 8 world 9 ! it was as bad as if [my] [own] [father] had [painted] [himself] [blue] ! 1 it 2 was 1 it 14 ! 2 was 4 bad 3 as 4 bad 4 bad 5 as 5 as 6 if 6 if 10 had " ' [no] [matter] for [the] [clothes] , " said the [pater] . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 10 said 5 for 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 11 the 10 said 13 . " they are [only] [the] [fringe] [of] [the] [trouble] [.] 1 " 3 are 2 they 3 are it began before your time or mine . 1 it 2 began 1 it 3 before 3 before 8 . 4 your 7 mine 5 time 6 or 6 or 7 mine 7 mine 8 . [rome] [has] [forsaken] [her] [gods] [,] [and] [must] [be] [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 2 great 3 war 3 war 4 with 4 with 5 the we [beat] [the] [painted] [people] [in] [the] [very] [year] our [temples] were [rebuilt] [.] 1 we 10 our 1 we 12 were go back further still . " 1 go 2 back 1 go 3 further 3 further 4 still 3 further 5 . 5 . 6 " ' [i] [knew] nothing [about] [it] . 1 ' 4 nothing 4 nothing 7 . aglaia never taught us the history of our own country . 1 aglaia 2 never 1 aglaia 3 taught 1 aglaia 6 history 1 aglaia 8 our 3 taught 4 us 5 the 6 history 6 history 7 of 8 our 9 own 9 own 10 country 10 country 11 . she was so full of her [ancient] [greeks] [.] 1 she 2 was 1 she 6 her 2 was 4 full 3 so 4 full 4 full 5 of " ' [there] is no [hope] for [rome] , " said the [pater] , at last . 1 " 5 no 1 " 11 said 2 ' 4 is 4 is 5 no 7 for 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 12 the 12 the 16 last 14 , 15 at 15 at 16 last 16 last 17 . " she has [forsaken] [her] [gods] [,] [but] [if] [the] [gods] [forgive] [us] here , [we] [may] [save] [britain] . 1 " 2 she 1 " 14 here 2 she 3 has 14 here 15 , 14 here 20 . to do that [,] [we] [must] keep [the] [painted] [people] back . 1 to 2 do 1 to 7 keep 2 do 3 that 7 keep 11 back 11 back 12 . ' [what] [wall] ? ' asked [dan] [and] [una] [at] [once] . 1 ' 6 asked 4 ? 5 ' 4 ? 6 asked 6 asked 12 . ' [father] [meant] the one [we] [call] [hadrian] ['s] [wall] . 1 ' 4 the 4 the 5 one 5 one 11 . i 'll tell you about it later . 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 tell 3 tell 4 you 3 tell 5 about 5 about 6 it 5 about 7 later 7 later 8 . it was [built] [long] [ago] [,] [across] [north] [britain] [,] to keep out the [painted] [people] [picts] [,] you call them . 1 it 2 was 1 it 22 . 2 was 11 to 11 to 12 keep 12 keep 13 out 13 out 14 the 19 you 20 call 20 call 21 them 21 them 22 . father [had] [fought] [in] [the] [great] [pict] [war] [that] [lasted] [more] [than] [twenty] [years] , and he knew what fighting meant . 1 father 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 he 17 he 18 knew 18 knew 19 what 19 what 21 meant 20 fighting 21 meant 21 meant 22 . [theodosius] [,] [one] [of] [our] [great] [generals] [,] [had] [chased] [the] [little] [beasts] [back] [far] [into] [the] [north] [before] [i] [was] [born] [.] down at [vectis] [,] [of] [course] [,] [we] [never] [troubled] [our] [heads] [about] [them] [.] 1 down 2 at but when [my] [father] [spoke] [as] he did , [i] [kissed] his hand , and [waited] [for] [orders] [.] 1 but 2 when 2 when 7 he 7 he 8 did 8 did 9 , 9 , 15 and 12 his 13 hand 13 hand 14 , 14 , 15 and we [british-born] [romans] know what is [due] to our [parents] [.] ['] 1 we 4 know 1 we 9 our 4 know 5 what 5 what 6 is 6 is 8 to ' [if] [i] kissed [my] [father] 's hand , [he] ['d] [laugh] [,] ' said [dan] . 1 ' 14 ' 4 kissed 8 hand 7 's 8 hand 8 hand 9 , 9 , 14 ' 14 ' 15 said 15 said 17 . ' [customs] [change] ; but if you do not obey [your] [father] [,] [the] [gods] [remember] [it] . 1 ' 4 ; 4 ; 5 but 5 but 6 if 6 if 7 you 7 you 8 do 8 do 9 not 9 not 10 obey 10 obey 18 . 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 5 sure 7 that 7 that 8 . 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 1 it 3 your 3 your 10 shield 4 stick 7 stomachs 5 in 6 their 6 their 7 stomachs 7 stomachs 8 and 7 stomachs 10 shield 9 your 10 shield 10 shield 15 push 11 in 12 their 12 their 13 faces 13 faces 15 push 14 to 15 push 15 push 21 formation 16 them 21 formation 17 into 21 formation 18 any 21 formation 19 sort 20 of 19 sort 21 formation 21 formation 22 . i noticed a quiet-looking man on the lawn , leaning on a stick . 1 i 4 quiet-looking 2 noticed 4 quiet-looking 3 a 4 quiet-looking 4 quiet-looking 5 man 4 quiet-looking 6 on 4 quiet-looking 8 lawn 4 quiet-looking 10 leaning 4 quiet-looking 11 on 7 the 8 lawn 9 , 10 leaning 11 on 12 a 12 a 13 stick 13 stick 14 . he watched us passing buckets from the pond , and at last he said to me : " who are you ? " 1 he 2 watched 1 he 14 said 2 watched 5 buckets 3 us 5 buckets 4 passing 5 buckets 5 buckets 6 from 5 buckets 8 pond 5 buckets 10 and 7 the 8 pond 9 , 10 and 11 at 12 last 12 last 13 he 13 he 14 said 14 said 15 to 14 said 17 : 15 to 16 me 17 : 18 " 17 : 23 " 19 who 20 are 20 are 21 you 21 you 22 ? 22 ? 23 " " ' [a] [probationer] [,] [waiting] for [a] [command] , " [i] answered . 1 " 13 answered 2 ' 13 answered 7 for 10 , 10 , 11 " 11 " 13 answered 13 answered 14 . 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 6 was 5 he 6 was " ' [born] [in] [britain] ? " he said . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 9 said 6 ? 7 " 7 " 9 said 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 4 , 12 " 5 if 6 you 5 if 7 were 7 were 8 born 8 born 9 in 11 , 12 " 12 " 14 said 14 said 15 , 14 said 25 . 15 , 16 for 16 for 19 his " ['] [and] what might you call yourself when you are at home ? " he said , laughing . 1 " 4 what 1 " 17 said 4 what 5 might 5 might 7 call 6 you 7 call 7 call 8 yourself 9 when 10 you 10 you 11 are 10 you 14 ? 12 at 13 home 13 home 14 ? 14 ? 15 " 15 " 17 said 16 he 17 said 17 said 19 laughing 18 , 19 laughing 19 laughing 20 . " ' [that] [depends] , " [i] answered ; " sometimes one thing and sometimes another . 1 " 8 answered 2 ' 8 answered 5 , 6 " 6 " 8 answered 8 answered 9 ; 9 ; 10 " 9 ; 11 sometimes 11 sometimes 12 one 12 one 13 thing 12 one 16 another 14 and 15 sometimes 15 sometimes 16 another 16 another 17 . but now [i] ['m] [busy] . " 1 but 2 now 2 now 6 . 6 . 7 " in [future] [call] [yourself] [centurion] [of] the [seventh] [cohort] of the [thirtieth] , the [ulpia] [victrix] [.] 1 in 11 the 1 in 14 the 7 the 10 of 10 of 11 the 13 , 14 the that will help me to remember you . 1 that 2 will 2 will 3 help 2 will 6 remember 2 will 7 you 3 help 4 me 5 to 6 remember 7 you 8 . [your] [father] [and] [a] [few] [other] [people] [call] [me] [maximus] [.] ["] ' [he] [tossed] [me] [the] [polished] [stick] he was [leaning] [on] , and went away . 1 ' 8 he 8 he 9 was 9 was 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 went 14 went 15 away 15 away 16 . 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 6 down 7 with 7 with 8 it ' [who] [was] he ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 he 1 ' 7 said 5 ? 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . ' [maximus] [himself] , [our] [great] [general] [!] 1 ' 4 , the [general] of [britain] who had been [theodosius] ['s] [right] [hand] in the [pict] [war] [!] 1 the 3 of 3 of 13 the 5 who 6 had 6 had 7 been 7 been 12 in 12 in 13 the not [only] [had] [he] [given] me [my] [centurion] ['s] [stick] [direct] , but [three] [steps] [in] a good [legion] [as] [well] [!] 1 not 6 me 6 me 12 , 12 , 13 but 13 but 17 a 17 a 18 good a new man [generally] [begins] [in] [the] [tenth] [cohort] [of] [his] [legion] , and [works] up [.] ['] 1 a 2 new 1 a 3 man 3 man 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 16 up ' [and] were you [pleased] ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 8 said 3 were 4 you 4 you 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . ['] [very] [.] ' [a] [child] you were ! ' said [puck] , [from] [above] [.] 1 ' 4 you 1 ' 6 ! 4 you 5 were 6 ! 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 , ' [i] [was] , ' said [parnesius] . 1 ' 5 ' 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 . ' [don't] [begrudge] it [me] [,] [faun] [.] 1 ' 4 it [afterwards] [the] [gods] [know] [i] [put] [aside] [the] [games] [!] ['] and [puck] [nodded] [,] [brown] [chin] [on] [brown] [hand] [,] his big eyes still . 1 and 11 his 11 his 13 eyes 12 big 13 eyes 13 eyes 14 still 13 eyes 15 . ' [regnum] ? 1 ' 3 ? anderida ? ' 1 anderida 2 ? 2 ? 3 ' the children [turned] [their] [faces] [to] [puck] . 1 the 2 children 2 children 8 . ' [pevensey] again ! ' said [dan] . 1 ' 6 said 3 again 4 ! 4 ! 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 . ' [where] [weland] [landed] ? ['] 1 ' 5 ? ' [weland] [and] a few others , ' said [puck] . 1 ' 4 a 1 ' 8 ' 4 a 5 few 5 few 6 others 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [pevensey] [isn't] [young] even [compared] to me ! ' 1 ' 10 ' 5 even 7 to 7 to 8 me 8 me 9 ! 9 ! 10 ' 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 11 to 11 to 12 go 12 go 14 with 12 go 20 . 14 with 18 my 20 . 21 ' he laughed merrily . 1 he 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 merrily 3 merrily 4 . ' [a] man [never] [forgets] [his] [first] [march] [.] 1 ' 3 man ' [how] ? 1 ' 3 ? how ? ' said [dan] [and] [una] . 1 how 2 ? 2 ? 3 ' 3 ' 4 said 4 said 8 . parnesius smiled , and stood up , flashing in his armour . 1 parnesius 2 smiled 2 smiled 8 flashing 3 , 4 and 4 and 5 stood 5 stood 6 up 5 stood 8 flashing 7 , 8 flashing 8 flashing 11 armour 9 in 11 armour 10 his 11 armour 11 armour 12 . ' [hai] ! ' said [puck] . 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [that] [sets] one [thinking] ! ' 1 ' 7 ' 4 one 6 ! 6 ! 7 ' " no ! " 1 " 2 no 2 no 3 ! 3 ! 4 " " ' [but] it 's hot , " said one of them , " and we haven't a doctor . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 4 it 4 it 5 's 5 's 6 hot 6 hot 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 19 doctor 10 one 11 of 11 of 12 them 12 them 13 , 13 , 14 " 14 " 17 haven't 15 and 16 we 16 we 17 haven't 17 haven't 18 a 17 haven't 19 doctor 19 doctor 20 . suppose we get sunstroke , or a fever ? " 1 suppose 4 sunstroke 2 we 4 sunstroke 3 get 4 sunstroke 4 sunstroke 5 , 4 sunstroke 6 or 4 sunstroke 8 fever 4 sunstroke 9 ? 7 a 8 fever 9 ? 10 " " ['] [then] [die] , " [i] said , " and a good riddance [to] [rome] ! 1 " 8 said 5 , 6 " 6 " 8 said 8 said 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 and 11 and 12 a 12 a 13 good 13 good 14 riddance 14 riddance 17 ! up shield up spears , and tighten your foot-wear ! " 1 up 9 foot-wear 2 shield 3 up 2 shield 4 spears 4 spears 9 foot-wear 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 tighten 7 tighten 9 foot-wear 8 your 9 foot-wear 9 foot-wear 10 ! 10 ! 11 " " ['] [don't] think [yourself] [emperor] of [britain] [already] , " a [fellow] [shouted] [.] 1 " 4 think 4 think 7 of 7 of 10 , 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 a and [,] by the [light] of [the] [sun] [,] [i] [meant] it too ! 1 and 3 by 3 by 4 the 4 the 6 of 6 of 12 it 12 it 13 too 13 too 14 ! [my] [raw] [gauls] [at] [clausentum] [had] [never] [treated] [me] [so] [.] he wore [the] [purple] [,] [as] [though] [he] [were] [already] [emperor] [;] his [leggings] [were] [of] [white] [buckskin] [laced] [with] [gold] [.] 1 he 2 wore 2 wore 13 his ['] [my] [men] [dropped] [like] [like] [partridges] [.] ' [he] said nothing for some time , only looked , with his eyes puckered . 1 ' 3 said 3 said 4 nothing 4 nothing 5 for 5 for 6 some 6 some 7 time 7 time 8 , 8 , 15 puckered 9 only 15 puckered 10 looked 15 puckered 11 , 15 puckered 12 with 14 eyes 13 his 14 eyes 14 eyes 15 puckered 15 puckered 16 . then [he] [crooked] [his] [forefinger] , [and] my [men] [walked] [crawled] , [i] [mean] [to] one [side] . 1 then 6 , 1 then 16 one 6 , 8 my 8 my 12 , 16 one 18 . " ['] [stand] in the sun , children , " he said , and [they] [formed] [up] on the [hard] road . 1 " 12 said 4 in 5 the 5 the 6 sun 6 sun 7 , 7 , 10 " 8 children 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 12 said 11 he 12 said 12 said 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 18 on 18 on 19 the 19 the 21 road 21 road 22 . " ['] [what] [would] you have done , " he said to me , " if [i] had not been here ? " 1 " 5 you 5 you 6 have 6 have 20 been 7 done 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 he 10 he 11 said 10 he 18 had 11 said 12 to 12 to 13 me 13 me 14 , 14 , 15 " 15 " 16 if 18 had 19 not 18 had 20 been 20 been 21 here 21 here 22 ? 22 ? 23 " " ' [i] [should] [have] [killed] that man , " [i] answered . 1 " 12 answered 2 ' 7 that 7 that 8 man 8 man 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 12 answered 12 answered 13 . " ' [kill] him now , " he said . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 9 said 4 him 5 now 5 now 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 9 said 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 . " he will not move a limb [.] ["] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 will 3 will 4 not 4 not 5 move 5 move 7 limb 6 a 7 limb " ' [no] , " [i] said . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 7 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 7 said 7 said 8 . " you 've taken my men out of my command . 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 've 3 've 4 taken 4 taken 10 command 5 my 6 men 5 my 10 command 7 out 8 of 8 of 9 my 9 my 10 command 10 command 11 . i should [only] be [your] [butcher] [if] [i] [killed] [him] [now] . " 1 i 2 should 2 should 4 be 4 be 12 . 12 . 13 " do you see what [i] [meant] ? ' 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 see 3 see 4 what 4 what 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' [parnesius] [turned] [to] [dan] [.] ' [yes] , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [it] [wouldn't] have been [fair] , [somehow] [.] ['] 1 ' 4 have 4 have 5 been 5 been 7 , ' [that] [was] what [i] [thought] , ' said [parnesius] . 1 ' 4 what 1 ' 9 said 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ['] [but] [maximus] [frowned] [.] " you 'll never be [an] [emperor] , " he said . 1 " 2 you 1 " 11 said 2 you 3 'll 3 'll 4 never 3 'll 5 be 8 , 9 " 9 " 11 said 10 he 11 said 11 said 12 . " not even a [general] will you be [.] ["] 1 " 2 not 1 " 7 you 2 not 3 even 3 even 4 a 6 will 7 you 7 you 8 be ' [i] [was] [silent] [,] but my [father] [seemed] [pleased] [.] 1 ' 6 but 1 ' 7 my " ' [i] came here to see the last of you , " he said . 1 " 15 said 2 ' 15 said 4 came 5 here 4 came 6 to 4 came 9 last 6 to 7 see 8 the 9 last 9 last 10 of 9 last 14 he 11 you 12 , 12 , 13 " 13 " 14 he 14 he 15 said 15 said 16 . " ' [you] have [seen] it , " said [maximus] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 4 have 4 have 6 it 6 it 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " [i] [shall] never [need] [your] [son] [any] [more] . 1 " 4 never 4 never 10 . 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 15 might 15 might 16 have 16 have 17 been 17 been 20 one 20 one 21 of 21 of 22 my now [eat] [and] [drink] [with] [us] , " he said . 1 now 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 10 said 9 he 10 said 10 said 11 . " [your] [men] [will] wait till you have [finished] . " 1 " 5 wait 5 wait 6 till 6 till 7 you 7 you 8 have 8 have 10 . 10 . 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 . 1 ' 10 the 10 the 12 sun 12 sun 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 23 set 23 set 25 meal 24 a 25 meal 25 meal 26 . himself he mixed the wine . 1 himself 3 mixed 2 he 3 mixed 3 mixed 5 wine 4 the 5 wine 5 wine 6 . " ['] [yes] , " said [the] [pater] , " you can [drive] [two] [mules] [gaul] and [britain] . " 1 " 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 9 , 6 said 19 . 9 , 10 " 9 , 17 and 10 " 11 you 11 you 12 can 19 . 20 " " ['] [no] [;] you can't drive three mules . 1 " 5 you 5 you 6 can't 6 can't 9 mules 7 drive 9 mules 8 three 9 mules 9 mules 10 . they will [tear] [you] [in] [pieces] [,] ["] [said] [my] [father] . 1 they 2 will 2 will 12 . ['] [i] [sat] [quite] [still] [.] one does not answer [a] [general] [who] [wears] [the] [purple] . 1 one 2 does 2 does 3 not 3 not 4 answer 4 answer 11 . " ['] [i] [am] not [angry] [with] you , " he went on [;] ["] [i] [owe] [too] [much] to [your] [father] ["] 1 " 5 not 1 " 8 you 8 you 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 he 11 he 12 went 12 went 13 on 12 went 20 to " ' [you] [owe] [me] nothing but [advice] [that] you [never] [took] , " said the [pater] . 1 " 15 said 2 ' 6 nothing 2 ' 15 said 7 but 10 you 10 you 13 , 13 , 14 " 14 " 15 said 15 said 16 the 15 said 18 . " ' [to] [be] [unjust] [to] [any] [of] [your] [family] [.] 1 " 2 ' " ' [very] [like] , " said [my] [father] . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 7 said 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 10 . " [but] we shall have the [picts] [and] [their] [friends] [breaking] [through] [before] [long] [.] 1 " 3 we 3 we 4 shall 4 shall 5 have 5 have 6 the you [cannot] [move] all [troops] [out] [of] [britain] [to] [make] [you] [emperor] , and [expect] [the] [north] [to] [sit] quiet . " 1 you 4 all 4 all 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 20 quiet 20 quiet 21 . 21 . 22 " " ['] [i] follow my [destiny] , " said [maximus] . 1 " 4 follow 1 " 9 said 5 my 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " ['] [follow] it , then , " said [my] [father] , [pulling] [up] [a] [fern] [root] ; " and die [as] [theodosius] [died] . " 1 " 4 it 4 it 5 , 5 , 6 then 6 then 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 12 , 12 , 19 " 12 , 26 " 18 ; 19 " 20 and 21 die 21 die 25 . 25 . 26 " " ' [ah] ! " said [maximus] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " [my] [old] [general] [was] [killed] [because] [he] [served] [the] [empire] [too] well . 1 " 13 well 13 well 14 . " ['] [then] [i] [had] better [follow] my [destiny] , " [i] said , " and take my men [to] [the] [wall] . " 1 " 6 better 1 " 13 said 8 my 10 , 10 , 11 " 11 " 13 said 13 said 14 , 14 , 15 " 14 , 24 " 15 " 16 and 17 take 18 my 18 my 19 men 19 men 23 . 23 . 24 " ' [he] [looked] [at] [me] [a] [long] [time] [,] and [bowed] his head [slanting] [like] [a] [spaniard] . 1 ' 10 and 10 and 12 his 12 his 13 head 13 head 18 . " follow it , boy , " he said . 1 " 2 follow 1 " 9 said 2 follow 3 it 4 , 7 " 5 boy 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 9 said 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 . that was all . 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 all 3 all 4 . 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 4 too 4 too 5 glad 5 glad 6 to 6 to 7 get 7 get 8 away 8 away 9 , 9 , 15 for 15 for 16 home 16 home 17 . 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 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 14 looked 10 he 11 turned 10 he 14 looked 11 turned 12 about 14 looked 15 at 15 at 20 him 20 him 26 . 26 . 27 ' 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 2 pointed 4 the 4 the 14 old 9 of 14 old 14 old 18 . ' [there] ? 1 ' 3 ? why , that 's only [the] [old] [forge] [where] [they] [made] [iron] once , ' said [dan] . 1 why 2 , 2 , 3 that 3 that 4 's 4 's 5 only 5 only 13 once 13 once 14 , 14 , 15 ' 15 ' 16 said 16 said 18 . ' [very] good stuff it was too , ' said [parnesius] calmly . 1 ' 10 said 3 good 4 stuff 4 stuff 7 too 5 it 6 was 6 was 7 too 7 too 8 , 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 calmly 12 calmly 13 . ' [we] [mended] [three] [shoulder-straps] here [and] [had] [a] [spear-head] [riveted] [.] 1 ' 6 here the [forge] [was] [rented] [from] [the] [government] [by] [a] [one-eyed] smith [from] [carthage] . 1 the 11 smith 11 smith 14 . i remember [we] [called] him [cyclops] . 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 5 him 5 him 7 . he sold me a beaver-skin rug for my sister 's room . ' 1 he 2 sold 2 sold 5 beaver-skin 3 me 5 beaver-skin 4 a 5 beaver-skin 5 beaver-skin 6 rug 5 beaver-skin 7 for 5 beaver-skin 8 my 5 beaver-skin 9 sister 5 beaver-skin 10 's 5 beaver-skin 11 room 11 room 12 . 12 . 13 ' ' [but] [it] [couldn't] have been here , ' [dan] [insisted] . 1 ' 5 have 5 have 6 been 6 been 7 here 7 here 8 , 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 12 . ' [but] it was [!] 1 ' 3 it 3 it 4 was from [the] [altar] [of] [victory] [at] [anderida] [to] [the] [first] [forge] [in] [the] [forest] here is [twelve] [miles] [seven] [hundred] [paces] [.] 1 from 15 here 15 here 16 is it is all [in] the [road] [book] . 1 it 2 is 1 it 8 . 2 is 3 all 3 all 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 5 his 6 first 6 first 7 march 7 march 8 . i [think] [i] could tell you [every] [station] [between] [this] [and] ! 1 i 4 could 4 could 5 tell 5 tell 6 you 6 you 12 ! he leaned forward , but his eye was caught by the setting sun . 1 he 2 leaned 2 leaned 3 forward 3 forward 4 , 3 forward 9 caught 3 forward 12 setting 4 , 5 but 6 his 7 eye 7 eye 9 caught 8 was 9 caught 9 caught 10 by 10 by 11 the 12 setting 13 sun 13 sun 14 . ' [wait] ! ' he said , [lifting] a hand , and the [sunlight] [jinked] [on] [his] [glass] [bracelet] . 1 ' 6 said 3 ! 4 ' 4 ' 6 said 5 he 6 said 6 said 7 , 6 said 20 . 7 , 12 and 9 a 10 hand 10 hand 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 the ' [wait] ! 1 ' 3 ! i pray [to] [mithras] [!] ['] 1 i 2 pray he rose and stretched his arms westward , with deep , splendid-sounding words . 1 he 4 stretched 2 rose 4 stretched 3 and 4 stretched 4 stretched 6 arms 5 his 6 arms 6 arms 12 splendid-sounding 7 westward 12 splendid-sounding 8 , 12 splendid-sounding 9 with 12 splendid-sounding 10 deep 12 splendid-sounding 11 , 12 splendid-sounding 12 splendid-sounding 13 words 12 splendid-sounding 14 . ' [cur] [mundus] [militat] [sub] [vana] [gloria] [cujus] [prosperitas] [est] [transitoria] ? 1 ' 12 ? [tam] [cito] [labitur] [ejus] [potentia] [quam] [vasa] [figuli] [quae] [sunt] [fragilia] [.] ['] they found themselves at the little locked gates of the wood . 1 they 3 themselves 2 found 3 themselves 3 themselves 8 gates 4 at 8 gates 5 the 6 little 5 the 8 gates 7 locked 8 gates 8 gates 9 of 8 gates 11 wood 10 the 11 wood 11 wood 12 . ' [quo] [caesar] [abiit] [celsus] [imperio] ? 1 ' 7 ? [vel] [dives] [splendidus] [totus] [in] [prandio] [?] [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 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 took 5 took 19 out 16 as 17 she 17 she 18 came 18 came 19 out 19 out 20 of 20 of 21 the 21 the 22 gate 22 gate 23 . 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 3 behind 4 her 4 her 5 , 5 , 6 at 6 at 8 same 7 the 8 same 8 same 9 time 9 time 16 , 16 , 18 and 18 and 21 over ' [well] , you are jolly late , ' said [una] . 1 ' 9 ' 3 , 4 you 3 , 9 ' 4 you 5 are 5 are 6 jolly 6 jolly 7 late 6 jolly 8 , 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [couldn't] you [get] [away] [before] ? ' 1 ' 3 you 3 you 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' ' [i] [did] , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 5 ' 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 . ' [i] [got] [away] [in] [lots] [of] [time] [,] but [but] [i] [didn't] [know] it was so late . 1 ' 10 but 10 but 15 it 15 it 16 was 16 was 17 so 17 so 18 late 18 late 19 . where've you been ? ' 1 where've 2 you 1 where've 3 been 1 where've 4 ? 4 ? 5 ' ' [in] [volaterrae] waiting for you . ' 1 ' 6 you 4 waiting 5 for 5 for 6 you 6 you 7 . 7 . 8 ' ' [sorry] , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [it] was all [that] [beastly] [latin] . ' 1 ' 9 ' 3 was 4 all 4 all 8 . 8 . 9 ' [a] [british-roman] [song] ( [a.d] [.] @number@ ) 1 ( 4 @number@ 4 @number@ 5 ) 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 1 my 4 father 2 father 3 's 4 father 8 , [soon] [to] [send] [forth] [again] [a] [brood] [,] [unshakeable] [,] [we] [pray] [,] [that] [clings] [to] [rome] ['s] [thrice-hammered] [hardihood] [in] [arduous] [things] [.] [on] [the] [great] [wall] and [i] ['ve] [lost] [britain] , [and] [i] ['ve] [lost] [gaul] [,] ['] 1 and 6 , ( the voice seemed very cheerful about it ) , 1 ( 9 ) 2 the 3 voice 3 voice 4 seemed 4 seemed 6 cheerful 5 very 6 cheerful 6 cheerful 7 about 6 cheerful 9 ) 7 about 8 it 9 ) 10 , ' [and] [i] ['ve] [lost] [rome] [,] [and] [,] [worst] [of] all [,] [i] ['ve] lost [lalage] ! ' 1 ' 19 ' 12 all 16 lost 16 lost 18 ! 18 ! 19 ' they were [standing] [by] the [gate] [to] [far] [wood] when they heard this song . 1 they 2 were 1 they 12 heard 2 were 5 the 10 when 11 they 10 when 12 heard 12 heard 13 this 13 this 14 song 14 song 15 . 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 2 a 3 word 3 word 9 gap 4 they 5 hurried 5 hurried 6 to 5 hurried 9 gap 7 their 9 gap 8 private 9 gap 9 gap 11 wriggled 9 gap 14 hedge 10 and 11 wriggled 11 wriggled 12 through 13 the 14 hedge 14 hedge 27 . ' [gently] ! ' said [puck] . 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [what] are you looking for ? ' 1 ' 3 are 3 are 4 you 4 you 7 ? 5 looking 6 for 6 for 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' ' [parnesius] , of course , ' [dan] answered . 1 ' 9 answered 3 , 5 course 4 of 5 course 5 course 6 , 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 9 answered 9 answered 10 . ' [we] ['ve] only [just] [remembered] [yesterday] [.] 1 ' 4 only it isn't fair . ' 1 it 2 isn't 1 it 4 . 2 isn't 3 fair 4 . 5 ' puck chuckled as he rose . 1 puck 2 chuckled 2 chuckled 3 as 2 chuckled 5 rose 2 chuckled 6 . 3 as 4 he [ohe] [,] [parnesius] [!] ['] [he] [called] [.] ' [here] [,] [faun] ! ' [came] the [answer] [from] [volaterrae] [.] 1 ' 5 ! 5 ! 6 ' 6 ' 8 the 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 5 shimmer 3 see 5 shimmer 4 the 5 shimmer 5 shimmer 6 of 5 shimmer 7 bronze 5 shimmer 11 beech-crotch 8 armour 11 beech-crotch 9 in 11 beech-crotch 10 the 11 beech-crotch 11 beech-crotch 12 , 11 beech-crotch 13 and 11 beech-crotch 14 the 11 beech-crotch 15 friendly 11 beech-crotch 16 flash 16 flash 17 of 16 flash 21 uplifted 17 of 18 the 19 great 20 shield 20 shield 21 uplifted 21 uplifted 22 . ' [i] [have] [driven] [out] [the] [britons] . ' 1 ' 9 ' 8 . 9 ' parnesius laughed like a boy . 1 parnesius 2 laughed 1 parnesius 3 like 1 parnesius 6 . 3 like 4 a 4 a 5 boy ['] [i] [occupy] [their] [high] [forts] [.] [but] [rome] [is] [merciful] [!] you may come [up.'and] [up] [they] [three] [all] [scrambled] [.] 1 you 2 may 2 may 3 come ' [what] was the [song] you were [singing] just now ? ' said [una] , as soon as she had settled herself . 1 ' 4 the 1 ' 13 said 3 was 4 the 6 you 7 were 6 you 11 ? 9 just 10 now 10 now 11 ? 11 ? 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 15 , 15 , 16 as 16 as 17 soon 17 soon 18 as 17 soon 21 settled 18 as 19 she 20 had 21 settled 21 settled 22 herself 22 herself 23 . ' [that] ? 1 ' 3 ? oh , [rimini] [.] 1 oh 2 , it 's one of the [tunes] [that] are always [being] [born] [somewhere] in the [empire] . 1 it 2 's 1 it 16 . 2 's 3 one 3 one 4 of 4 of 5 the 4 of 14 the 8 are 9 always 9 always 13 in 13 in 14 the ' [tell] [them] [about] the [marching] [,] [parnesius] [.] 1 ' 5 the few people nowadays walk from end [to] end [of] [this] [country] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] 1 few 2 people 2 people 3 nowadays 3 nowadays 4 walk 3 nowadays 6 end 3 nowadays 8 end 4 walk 5 from ['] [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 5 than 6 the you begin after the mists have risen , and you end , perhaps , an hour after sundown . ' 1 you 2 begin 2 begin 5 mists 2 begin 17 after 3 after 5 mists 4 the 5 mists 5 mists 6 have 5 mists 7 risen 5 mists 11 end 7 risen 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 you 12 , 13 perhaps 13 perhaps 14 , 13 perhaps 17 after 15 an 16 hour 16 hour 17 after 17 after 18 sundown 18 sundown 19 . 19 . 20 ' ' [and] what do you have to eat ? ' 1 ' 3 what 3 what 4 do 4 do 5 you 5 you 6 have 6 have 7 to 7 to 8 eat 8 eat 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' dan asked promptly . 1 dan 2 asked 1 dan 3 promptly 3 promptly 4 . ' [fat] [bacon] [,] [beans] [,] and [bread] , [and] [whatever] [wine] [happens] [to] [be] [in] [the] [rest-houses] [.] 1 ' 7 and 1 ' 9 , but soldiers are born grumblers . 1 but 5 grumblers 2 soldiers 5 grumblers 3 are 5 grumblers 4 born 5 grumblers 5 grumblers 6 . their very first day [out] [,] [my] [men] [complained] [of] [our] [water-ground] [british] [corn] [.] 1 their 3 first 2 very 3 first 3 first 4 day 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 18 . however , they had to fetch and eat it . ' 1 however 2 , 1 however 6 fetch 2 , 3 they 4 had 5 to 5 to 6 fetch 6 fetch 8 eat 7 and 8 eat 8 eat 9 it 8 eat 10 . 10 . 11 ' ' [fetch] it [?] 1 ' 3 it where from ? ' said [una] . 1 where 2 from 1 where 3 ? 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [from] [that] [newly] [invented] [water-mill] [below] [the] [forge] . ' 1 ' 11 ' 10 . 11 ' ' [that] ['s] [forge] [mill] [our] [mill] ! ' 1 ' 8 ! 8 ! 9 ' [una] [looked] [at] [puck] [.] ' [yes] ; [yours] [,] ['] [puck] [put] [in] [.] 1 ' 3 ; ' [how] [old] [did] you think it [was] ? ' 1 ' 5 you 5 you 6 think 6 think 7 it 7 it 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' ' [i] don't know . 1 ' 3 don't 3 don't 4 know 4 know 5 . didn't [sir] [richard] [dalyngridge] [talk] [about] it ? ' 1 didn't 7 it 7 it 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' ' [he] [did] , and it was [old] in his [day] [,] ' [puck] answered . 1 ' 15 answered 4 , 5 and 4 , 13 ' 5 and 6 it 6 it 7 was 7 was 9 in 9 in 10 his 13 ' 15 answered 15 answered 16 . ' [hundreds] [of] [years] [old] . ' 1 ' 7 ' 6 . 7 ' ' [it] [was] [new] [in] mine , ' said [parnesius] . 1 ' 8 ' 6 mine 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [my] [men] [looked] [at] the [flour] [in] [their] [helmets] [as] [though] [it] [had] [been] [a] [nest] [of] [adders] [.] 1 ' 6 the they did it to try my patience . 1 they 2 did 2 did 3 it 2 did 5 try 4 to 5 try 5 try 7 patience 6 my 7 patience 7 patience 8 . but [i] [addressed] [them] , and we [became] [friends] [.] 1 but 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 we to tell the truth , they [taught] [me] [the] [roman] [step] . 1 to 2 tell 1 to 3 the 3 the 4 truth 4 truth 5 , 4 truth 12 . 5 , 6 they you see , [i] 'd [only] [served] [with] [quick-marching] [auxiliaries] [.] 1 you 2 see 1 you 5 'd 2 see 3 , [a] [legion] ['s] [pace] [is] [altogether] [different] [.] it is a long , slow stride , that never varies from sunrise to sunset . 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 a 3 a 4 long 4 long 5 , 4 long 7 stride 6 slow 7 stride 7 stride 8 , 7 stride 11 varies 9 that 11 varies 10 never 11 varies 11 varies 12 from 11 varies 13 sunrise 13 sunrise 14 to 13 sunrise 15 sunset 15 sunset 16 . " [rome] ['s] [race] [rome] ['s] [pace] , " [as] [the] [proverb] says [.] 1 " 13 says 8 , 9 " 9 " 13 says twenty-four miles in eight hours , neither more nor less . 1 twenty-four 2 miles 1 twenty-four 3 in 1 twenty-four 5 hours 1 twenty-four 7 neither 4 eight 5 hours 6 , 7 neither 7 neither 9 nor 8 more 9 nor 9 nor 10 less 10 less 11 . 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 7 on 7 on 21 the 9 back 10 , 10 , 15 and 15 and 21 the ' [and] did you meet any adventures ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 10 said 3 did 4 you 4 you 5 meet 4 you 8 ? 5 meet 7 adventures 6 any 7 adventures 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 . ' [there] are no [adventures] [south] [the] [wall] , ' said [parnesius] . 1 ' 3 are 1 ' 11 said 4 no 9 , 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 . ' [what] did you do ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 8 said 3 did 4 you 4 you 5 do 5 do 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . ['] [went] [on] [.] why should [i] care [for] [such] [things] , my business being to reach my station ? 1 why 2 should 1 why 16 ? 2 should 4 care 8 , 9 my 9 my 10 business 10 business 11 being 10 business 13 reach 12 to 13 reach 13 reach 15 station 14 my 15 station 15 station 16 ? it took me twenty days . 1 it 2 took 2 took 4 twenty 3 me 4 twenty 4 twenty 5 days 5 days 6 . ' [of] [course] , the [farther] [north] you [go] [the] [emptier] are [the] [roads] [.] 1 ' 12 are 4 , 5 the 4 , 8 you 8 you 12 are 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 2 last 8 forests 3 you 4 fetch 4 fetch 8 forests 5 clear 8 forests 6 of 7 the 7 the 8 forests 8 forests 9 and 8 forests 10 climb 8 forests 11 bare 11 bare 12 hills 11 bare 16 howl 12 hills 13 , 14 where 15 wolves 15 wolves 16 howl 16 howl 22 cities 16 howl 26 . 17 in 19 ruins 18 the 19 ruins 19 ruins 20 of 19 ruins 22 cities 21 our 22 cities 22 cities 23 that 22 cities 25 been 24 have 25 been there ['s] [where] [you] [meet] [hunters] , and [trappers] [for] the [circuses] [,] [prodding] [along] [chained] [bears] [and] [muzzled] wolves [.] 1 there 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 the 11 the 20 wolves your pony shies at them , and your men laugh . 1 your 3 shies 2 pony 3 shies 3 shies 4 at 3 shies 5 them 3 shies 6 , 3 shies 8 your 3 shies 9 men 6 , 7 and 9 men 10 laugh 10 laugh 11 . red-hot in summer , freezing in winter , is that big , purple heather country of broken stone . 1 red-hot 5 freezing 2 in 3 summer 3 summer 5 freezing 4 , 5 freezing 5 freezing 6 in 5 freezing 7 winter 5 freezing 11 big 7 winter 8 , 7 winter 9 is 10 that 11 big 11 big 12 , 11 big 18 stone 13 purple 14 heather 14 heather 15 country 14 heather 17 broken 15 country 16 of 17 broken 18 stone 18 stone 19 . and that is the [wall] [!] ['] 1 and 2 that 2 that 3 is 3 is 4 the ' [ah] ! ' said the children , taking breath . 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 6 the 5 said 11 . 6 the 7 children 8 , 9 taking 9 taking 10 breath 10 breath 11 . ' [you] may well , ' said [parnesius] . 1 ' 4 well 3 may 4 well 4 well 5 , 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . ' [is] it [just] [a] [wall] [?] 1 ' 3 it like [the] [one] [round] [the] [kitchen-garden] ? ' said [dan] . 1 like 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [no] [,] no ! 1 ' 4 no 4 no 5 ! it is the [wall] . 1 it 2 is 1 it 5 . 2 is 3 the along the top are towers with guard-houses , small towers , between . 1 along 7 guard-houses 2 the 3 top 3 top 7 guard-houses 4 are 7 guard-houses 5 towers 7 guard-houses 6 with 7 guard-houses 7 guard-houses 8 , 7 guard-houses 9 small 7 guard-houses 10 towers 7 guard-houses 11 , 7 guard-houses 12 between 12 between 13 . even on the narrowest part of it three men with shields can walk abreast , from guard-house to guard-house . 1 even 4 narrowest 2 on 4 narrowest 3 the 4 narrowest 4 narrowest 5 part 4 narrowest 7 it 4 narrowest 8 three 4 narrowest 9 men 5 part 6 of 9 men 11 shields 10 with 11 shields 11 shields 17 guard-house 12 can 14 abreast 13 walk 14 abreast 14 abreast 15 , 14 abreast 17 guard-house 16 from 17 guard-house 17 guard-house 18 to 17 guard-house 19 guard-house 19 guard-house 20 . [the] [little] [people] [come] [there] [to] [steal] [iron] [for] [their] [arrow-heads] [.] ' [but] the [wall] [itself] is [not] [more] [wonderful] [than] [the] [town] [behind] it . 1 ' 3 the 1 ' 6 is 6 is 14 it 14 it 15 . 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 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 no 15 no 16 one 15 no 18 allowed 17 was 18 allowed 18 allowed 19 to 18 allowed 20 build 20 build 21 there think of it ! 1 think 2 of 1 think 3 it 3 it 4 ! one [roaring] [,] [rioting] [,] [cock-fighting] [,] [wolf-baiting] [,] [horse-racing] [town] [,] [from] [ituna] [on] [the] [west] to [segedunum] [on] the cold [eastern] [beach] [!] 1 one 18 to 18 to 21 the 21 the 22 cold yes , a snake basking beside a warm wall ! 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 basking 3 a 4 snake 4 snake 5 basking 5 basking 6 beside 5 basking 8 warm 5 basking 9 wall 7 a 8 warm 9 wall 10 ! ' [the] [province] [of] [valentia] ! 1 ' 6 ! we followed the road , therefore , [into] [hunno] [town] , and [stood] [astonished] [.] 1 we 2 followed 2 followed 3 the 3 the 4 road 4 road 5 , 5 , 12 and 6 therefore 7 , 7 , 12 and 11 , 12 and the [place] [was] [a] [fair] [a] [fair] [of] [peoples] [from] [every] corner of the [empire] [.] 1 the 12 corner 12 corner 13 of 13 of 14 the " ['] [my] [station] , " [i] said , and [showed] [him] [my] [shield] . ' 1 " 8 said 5 , 6 " 6 " 8 said 8 said 9 , 8 said 15 . 9 , 10 and 15 . 16 ' [parnesius] [held] [up] [his] [broad] [shield] [with] [its] [three] [x] ['s] [like] [letters] [on] [a] [beer-cask] [.] " ' [lucky] [omen] ! " said he . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 5 ! 5 ! 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 9 . " [your] [cohort] ['s] [the] [next] [tower] [to] [us] [,] but they 're all [at] the [cock-fight] [.] 1 " 11 but 11 but 12 they 12 they 13 're 13 're 14 all 14 all 16 the this is a happy place . 1 this 2 is 1 this 5 place 3 a 4 happy 3 a 5 place 5 place 6 . come and [wet] [the] [eagles] [.] ["] 1 come 2 and he meant to offer me a drink . 1 he 2 meant 2 meant 3 to 2 meant 4 offer 4 offer 5 me 4 offer 7 drink 6 a 7 drink 7 drink 8 . " ' [when] [i] ['ve] [handed] [over] my men , " [i] said . 1 " 13 said 2 ' 8 my 2 ' 13 said 8 my 9 men 10 , 11 " 11 " 13 said 13 said 14 . i felt angry and ashamed . 1 i 2 felt 2 felt 3 angry 2 felt 5 ashamed 3 angry 4 and 5 ashamed 6 . " ' [oh] , you 'll soon [outgrow] [that] [sort] of [nonsense] , " [he] answered . 1 " 16 answered 2 ' 5 you 2 ' 16 answered 4 , 5 you 5 you 6 'll 6 'll 7 soon 11 of 13 , 13 , 14 " 14 " 16 answered 16 answered 17 . " but don't let me interfere with your hopes . 1 " 2 but 1 " 3 don't 3 don't 6 interfere 4 let 5 me 4 let 6 interfere 6 interfere 7 with 6 interfere 9 hopes 8 your 9 hopes 9 hopes 10 . go on to the [statue] [of] [roma] [dea] [.] 1 go 2 on 2 on 4 the 3 to 4 the you can't miss it . 1 you 2 can't 2 can't 3 miss 2 can't 4 it 4 it 5 . the main road [into] [valentia] [!] ["] and [he] [laughed] [and] [rode] [off] [.] 1 the 2 main 2 main 3 road 3 road 8 and i could see the statue not a quarter of a mile away , and there [i] went . 1 i 2 could 2 could 3 see 3 see 5 statue 4 the 5 statue 5 statue 6 not 5 statue 8 quarter 7 a 8 quarter 8 quarter 9 of 8 quarter 11 mile 10 a 11 mile 11 mile 12 away 12 away 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 there 14 and 17 went 17 went 18 . it was like marching into a cave . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 marching 3 like 4 marching 4 marching 5 into 4 marching 7 cave 5 into 6 a 7 cave 8 . 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 3 spears 2 grounded 4 together 2 grounded 6 my 2 grounded 7 little 2 grounded 8 thirty 4 together 5 , 8 thirty 9 , 8 thirty 12 echoed 9 , 10 and 11 it 12 echoed 12 echoed 18 arch 13 in 14 the 14 the 15 barrel 15 barrel 16 of 15 barrel 18 arch 17 the 18 arch 18 arch 21 none 18 arch 23 . 19 , 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 3 a 3 a 11 number 4 door 8 painted 5 at 7 side 6 one 7 side 7 side 8 painted 8 painted 9 with 8 painted 11 number 10 our 11 number 11 number 12 . we [prowled] [in] [,] [and] [i] found a [cook] [asleep] [,] [and] [ordered] [him] [to] [give] [us] [food] [.] 1 we 7 found 7 found 8 a then [i] [climbed] [to] the [top] of the [wall] [,] [and] [looked] [out] [over] [the] [pict] country , and [i] thought [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] 1 then 5 the 5 the 7 of 7 of 8 the 8 the 17 country 17 country 18 , 18 , 19 and 19 and 21 thought ' [what] a shame ! ' said [una] . 1 ' 7 said 3 a 4 shame 4 shame 5 ! 5 ! 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . ' [but] [did] you [feel] [happy] [after] you ['d] [had] a good ['] [dan] [stopped] [her] [with] [a] [nudge] . 1 ' 4 you 1 ' 8 you 8 you 11 a 11 a 12 good 12 good 20 . ' [happy] ? ' said [parnesius] . 1 ' 5 said 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . no , [i] was not happy ; but [i] [made] [my] [new] [cohort] [unhappy] [too] [....v] 1 no 2 , 2 , 8 but 4 was 5 not 4 was 6 happy 6 happy 7 ; 7 ; 8 but and the men were as the officers . 1 and 2 the 2 the 7 officers 3 men 4 were 3 men 7 officers 4 were 5 as 6 the 7 officers 7 officers 8 . remember , [also] , that [the] [wall] was [manned] by [every] [breed] and [race] [in] the [empire] [.] 1 remember 2 , 2 , 13 and 4 , 5 that 4 , 13 and 5 that 8 was 8 was 10 by 13 and 16 the no [two] [towers] [spoke] [the] [same] [tongue] , [or] [worshipped] the [same] [gods] [.] 1 no 8 , 8 , 11 the in one thing only we were all equal . 1 in 2 one 2 one 3 thing 3 thing 4 only 4 only 5 we 5 we 6 were 6 were 7 all 7 all 8 equal 8 equal 9 . 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 1 no 14 , 1 no 22 , 2 matter 3 what 3 what 4 arms 3 what 5 we 5 we 6 had 6 had 11 to 14 , 18 we 18 we 19 were 19 were 20 all 22 , 24 the the [pict] [cannot] [run] [away] [from] [the] arrow [,] [or] [crawl] [under] [it] . 1 the 8 arrow 8 arrow 14 . he is a bowman himself . 1 he 2 is 2 is 4 bowman 3 a 4 bowman 4 bowman 5 himself 5 himself 6 . he knows [!] ['] 1 he 2 knows ' [i] suppose you were [fighting] [picts] all the time , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 12 ' 3 suppose 4 you 4 you 5 were 5 were 8 all 8 all 9 the 8 all 10 time 10 time 11 , 11 , 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 15 . ['] [picts] [seldom] [fight] [.] i never saw a [fighting] [pict] [for] [half] [a] [year] [.] 1 i 2 never 2 never 3 saw 3 saw 4 a the [tame] [picts] [told] [us] [they] [had] [all] [gone] [north] [.] ' 1 the 12 ' ' [what] is a [tame] [pict] ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 3 is 1 ' 9 said 3 is 4 a 7 ? 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . without a horse and a dog , and a friend , man would perish . 1 without 2 a 2 a 3 horse 2 a 10 friend 3 horse 4 and 5 a 6 dog 5 a 10 friend 6 dog 7 , 7 , 8 and 9 a 10 friend 10 friend 11 , 10 friend 14 perish 12 man 14 perish 13 would 14 perish 14 perish 15 . the [gods] [gave] [me] [all] three , [and] [there] [is] [no] [gift] [like] [friendship] [.] 1 the 6 three 6 three 7 , remember this ['] [parnesius] [turned] [to] [dan] ['] [when] [you] [become] [a] [young] [man] [.] 1 remember 2 this for your fate will turn on the first true friend you [make] . ' 1 for 2 your 1 for 11 you 2 your 3 fate 2 your 10 friend 3 fate 5 turn 4 will 5 turn 6 on 7 the 7 the 8 first 8 first 10 friend 9 true 10 friend 11 you 13 . 13 . 14 ' if you 're a beast , you 'll have beastly friends . 1 if 2 you 2 you 3 're 3 're 4 a 4 a 5 beast 5 beast 6 , 5 beast 10 beastly 7 you 8 'll 8 'll 9 have 9 have 10 beastly 10 beastly 11 friends 11 friends 12 . listen to the [pious] [parnesius] [on] [friendship] ! ' 1 listen 2 to 1 listen 8 ! 2 to 3 the 8 ! 9 ' ' [oh] , [youth] [eternal] and [all-believing] , ' cried [puck] [,] [as] he [rocked] [on] [the] [branch] [above] . 1 ' 10 cried 3 , 6 and 3 , 9 ' 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 cried 10 cried 14 he 10 cried 20 . ' [tell] [them] [about] [your] [pertinax] . ' 1 ' 8 ' 7 . 8 ' ' [he] [was] [that] [friend] the [gods] [sent] [me] [the] boy who spoke to me [when] [i] first [came] [.] 1 ' 6 the 6 the 11 boy 11 boy 12 who 12 who 13 spoke 13 spoke 14 to 14 to 15 me 15 me 18 first little [older] [than] [myself] , [commanding] [the] [augusta] [victoria] [cohort] [on] [the] [tower] [next] [to] [us] and the [numidians] [.] 1 little 5 , 5 , 17 and 17 and 18 the in virtue he was far my superior . ' 1 in 2 virtue 2 virtue 7 superior 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 far 5 far 7 superior 6 my 7 superior 7 superior 8 . 8 . 9 ' ' [then] why [was] [he] [on] [the] [wall] ? ' 1 ' 3 why 3 why 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' una asked , quickly . 1 una 2 asked 2 asked 3 , 2 asked 4 quickly 4 quickly 5 . ' [they] ['d] all [done] [something] [bad] [.] 1 ' 4 all you said so yourself . ' 1 you 2 said 1 you 4 yourself 3 so 4 yourself 4 yourself 5 . 5 . 6 ' when [pertinax] [grew] [up] [,] he [discovered] this , and [so] his [uncle] [shipped] [him] [off] [,] [by] [trickery] [and] [force] [,] [to] the [wall] [.] 1 when 6 he 1 when 24 the 6 he 12 his 8 this 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 his 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 4 know 4 know 5 each 5 each 6 other 6 other 16 . it was the [bull-killing] , ' [parnesius] [explained] [to] [puck] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 5 , 2 was 3 the 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 11 . ' [i] [see] [,] said [puck] , and turned to the children . 1 ' 5 said 5 said 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 turned 9 turned 10 to 10 to 11 the 11 the 12 children 12 children 13 . ' [that] ['s] [something] you wouldn't [quite] understand . 1 ' 5 you 5 you 6 wouldn't 6 wouldn't 8 understand 8 understand 9 . [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 . ' 1 ' 22 ' 3 in 4 the 4 the 7 first 7 first 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 we 11 we 12 were 12 were 20 together 20 together 21 . 21 . 22 ' parnesius lifted his hand towards his neck for an instant . 1 parnesius 2 lifted 1 parnesius 7 neck 2 lifted 4 hand 3 his 4 hand 4 hand 5 towards 6 his 7 neck 7 neck 10 instant 7 neck 11 . 8 for 10 instant 9 an 10 instant ' [he] [had] [been] [on] the [wall] two years , and knew [the] [picts] well . 1 ' 6 the 6 the 8 two 8 two 9 years 9 years 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 knew 12 knew 15 well 15 well 16 . he [taught] [me] [first] [how] to [take] [heather] [.] ['] 1 he 6 to ' [what] ['s] that ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 that 4 that 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . ' [going] [out] [hunting] [in] the [pict] [country] [with] [a] [tame] [pict] [.] 1 ' 6 the 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 2 are 5 so 2 are 8 you 3 quite 4 safe 5 so 6 long 6 long 7 as 8 you 9 are 8 you 21 can 10 his 11 guest 11 guest 12 , 11 guest 16 sprig 12 , 13 and 14 wear 16 sprig 15 a 16 sprig 16 sprig 17 of 16 sprig 18 heather 16 sprig 19 where 16 sprig 21 can 19 where 20 it 21 can 22 be 22 be 23 seen 23 seen 24 . if you went alone you would surely be killed , if you were not smothered first in the bogs . 1 if 2 you 1 if 5 you 2 you 4 alone 3 went 4 alone 5 you 6 would 6 would 7 surely 6 would 8 be 8 be 9 killed 9 killed 15 smothered 10 , 11 if 11 if 12 you 11 if 13 were 13 were 15 smothered 14 not 15 smothered 15 smothered 16 first 15 smothered 19 bogs 17 in 18 the 18 the 19 bogs 19 bogs 20 . only the [picts] [know] [their] way [about] [those] [black] [and] [hidden] [bogs] [.] 1 only 6 way 2 the 6 way old [allo] [,] [the] [one-eyed] [,] [withered] [little] [pict] [from] [whom] [we] [bought] [our] [ponies] [,] [was] [our] [special] friend . 1 old 20 friend 20 friend 21 . 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 4 went 4 went 11 town 4 went 16 together 5 only 7 escape 6 to 7 escape 7 escape 8 from 8 from 9 the 8 from 11 town 10 terrible 11 town 11 town 12 , 12 , 13 and 14 to 15 talk 15 talk 16 together 16 together 19 homes 17 about 19 homes 18 our 19 homes 19 homes 20 . 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 the [roman-born] [officers] [rather] [looked] [down] [on] [us] for doing this , but we preferred the heather to their amusements . 1 the 17 heather 9 for 17 heather 10 doing 11 this 10 doing 15 preferred 12 , 13 but 13 but 14 we 14 we 15 preferred 15 preferred 17 heather 16 the 17 heather 17 heather 20 amusements 18 to 19 their 19 their 20 amusements 20 amusements 21 . ' [which] ? 1 ' 3 ? the [stone] [one] [with] [the] [line] [from] [xenophon] [?] ' said [puck] [,] [in] quite a new voice . 1 the 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 18 voice 15 quite 16 a 16 a 17 new 16 a 18 voice 18 voice 19 . ' [no] ! 1 ' 3 ! what do [i] know [of] [xenophon] ? 1 what 2 do 2 do 4 know 2 do 7 ? that was [pertinax] [after] he had [shot] his first [mountain-hare] [with] [an] [arrow] [by] [chance] [!] 1 that 2 was 1 that 5 he 5 he 6 had 6 had 8 his 8 his 9 first mine [i] [made] [of] [round] [pebbles] , [in] [memory] [of] [my] [first] [bear] [.] 1 mine 7 , it took me one happy day to build [.] ['] 1 it 2 took 2 took 3 me 2 took 4 one 4 one 6 day 5 happy 6 day 6 day 8 build 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 5 quickly 6 . 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 15 his 7 , 8 and 7 , 14 and 8 and 9 we 9 we 10 were 10 were 11 fond 11 fond 12 of 14 and 15 his the marks endure till you die . ' 1 the 2 marks 2 marks 3 endure 3 endure 4 till 3 endure 6 die 4 till 5 you 6 die 7 . 7 . 8 ' ' [how] ['s] it done ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 it 1 ' 8 said 5 done 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . ' [anything] [like] [tattooing] ? ['] 1 ' 5 ? ' [they] [prick] the [skin] [till] [the] blood [runs] [,] [and] [rub] [in] [coloured] [juices] . 1 ' 4 the 4 the 8 blood 8 blood 16 . allo was painted blue , green , and red from his forehead to his ankles . 1 allo 3 painted 2 was 3 painted 3 painted 4 blue 3 painted 6 green 3 painted 9 red 4 blue 5 , 6 green 8 and 7 , 8 and 9 red 15 ankles 10 from 12 forehead 11 his 12 forehead 12 forehead 15 ankles 13 to 14 his 14 his 15 ankles 15 ankles 16 . he said it was part of his religion . 1 he 2 said 1 he 4 was 2 said 3 it 4 was 5 part 5 part 6 of 5 part 8 religion 7 his 8 religion 8 religion 9 . many things took place behind us in those days . 1 many 2 things 1 many 9 days 3 took 4 place 4 place 5 behind 5 behind 6 us 5 behind 8 those 7 in 8 those 8 those 9 days 9 days 10 . we did not get [the] [news] on the [wall] [till] [fifteen] [days] [later] [.] 1 we 4 get 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 get 4 get 7 on 7 on 8 the wonderful ! 1 wonderful 2 ! and [i] [tell] another [strange] thing ! ' 1 and 4 another 4 another 6 thing 6 thing 7 ! 7 ! 8 ' he joined his hands across his knees , and leaned his head on the curve of the shield behind him . 1 he 10 leaned 2 joined 4 hands 3 his 4 hands 4 hands 5 across 4 hands 7 knees 6 his 7 knees 7 knees 9 and 7 knees 10 leaned 8 , 9 and 10 leaned 12 head 10 leaned 13 on 10 leaned 15 curve 11 his 12 head 14 the 15 curve 15 curve 16 of 15 curve 18 shield 16 of 17 the 18 shield 19 behind 19 behind 20 him 20 him 21 . " ' [no] , don't [wait] , " said [allo] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 9 said 4 , 8 " 5 don't 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " take my advice and go home both of you . " 1 " 2 take 1 " 10 you 2 take 4 advice 2 take 7 home 2 take 8 both 3 my 4 advice 4 advice 5 and 6 go 7 home 8 both 9 of 10 you 11 . 11 . 12 " " ' [we] have no [homes] , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 9 said 4 have 5 no 5 no 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " you know that as well as we do . 1 " 2 you 1 " 6 well 2 you 3 know 3 know 4 that 5 as 6 well 6 well 7 as 7 as 8 we 8 we 9 do 9 do 10 . we 're finished men thumbs down against both of us . 1 we 2 're 2 're 5 thumbs 3 finished 5 thumbs 4 men 5 thumbs 5 thumbs 6 down 5 thumbs 7 against 5 thumbs 8 both 5 thumbs 10 us 9 of 10 us 10 us 11 . only men without hope would risk their necks on your ponies . " 1 only 2 men 2 men 8 necks 3 without 4 hope 3 without 6 risk 5 would 6 risk 6 risk 8 necks 7 their 8 necks 8 necks 9 on 8 necks 11 ponies 10 your 11 ponies 11 ponies 12 . 12 . 13 " the old man [laughed] one of [those] [short] [pict] [laughs] [like] a [fox] [barking] [on] [a] [frosty] night . 1 the 2 old 1 the 6 of 2 old 3 man 5 one 6 of 6 of 12 a 12 a 18 night 18 night 19 . " [i] ['m] [fond] of you [two] , " he said . 1 " 11 said 5 of 6 you 6 you 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 11 said 10 he 11 said 11 said 12 . " besides , [i] ['ve] [taught] you what little you know [about] [hunting] . 1 " 7 you 2 besides 3 , 3 , 7 you 7 you 11 know 8 what 9 little 8 what 10 you 10 you 11 know 11 know 14 . take my advice and go home . " 1 take 3 advice 1 take 6 home 2 my 3 advice 3 advice 4 and 5 go 6 home 6 home 7 . 7 . 8 " " ['] [we] can't , " [i] said . 1 " 4 can't 1 " 8 said 5 , 6 " 6 " 8 said 8 said 9 . " [i] ['m] [out] [of] [favour] [with] [my] [general] , for one thing ; and [for] [another] [,] [pertinax] [has] [an] [uncle] [.] ["] 1 " 10 , 10 , 15 and 11 for 12 one 12 one 13 thing 13 thing 14 ; 14 ; 15 and " ' [roma] [dea] ! " said [pertinax] , sitting up . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 5 ! 5 ! 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 12 . 9 , 10 sitting 10 sitting 11 up 11 up 12 . " what can you [guess] what [maximus] [thinks] , you [old] [horse-coper] ? " 1 " 2 what 1 " 6 what 2 what 3 can 3 can 4 you 6 what 13 ? 9 , 10 you 10 you 13 ? 13 ? 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 5 out 2 ran 15 straight 3 us 4 far 4 far 5 out 5 out 6 of 5 out 13 of 6 of 8 country 7 any 8 country 9 we 10 'd 10 'd 11 ever 11 ever 12 heard 12 heard 13 of 14 , 15 straight 15 straight 18 arrow 15 straight 22 towards 16 as 17 an 17 an 18 arrow 18 arrow 20 sunset 19 till 20 sunset 20 sunset 21 , 22 towards 23 the 22 towards 24 sunset 24 sunset 25 . 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 7 capes 2 came 7 capes 3 at 4 last 4 last 7 capes 5 to 7 capes 6 long 7 capes 7 capes 8 stretching 7 capes 9 into 7 capes 10 winding 10 winding 11 waters 10 winding 13 and 10 winding 16 grey 12 , 13 and 14 on 15 a 15 a 16 grey 16 grey 17 beach 17 beach 18 below 17 beach 22 ships 17 beach 25 . 18 below 19 us 20 we 21 saw 21 saw 22 ships 22 ships 23 drawn 23 drawn 24 up [forty-seven] [we] [counted] [not] [roman] [galleys] [but] [the] [raven-winged] [ships] [from] [the] [north] [where] [rome] [does] [not] [rule] [.] " ' [come] away ! come away ! " said [allo] . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 10 said 4 away 5 ! 5 ! 9 " 6 come 7 away 6 come 8 ! 8 ! 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 . " [my] [heather] won't [protect] you here . 1 " 4 won't 4 won't 6 you 6 you 7 here 7 here 8 . we shall all be killed ! " 1 we 2 shall 2 shall 3 all 2 shall 4 be 4 be 5 killed 5 killed 6 ! 6 ! 7 " his legs trembled like his voice . 1 his 2 legs 1 his 6 voice 2 legs 3 trembled 3 trembled 4 like 5 his 6 voice 6 voice 7 . 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 7 heather 2 we 3 went 3 went 4 back 3 went 5 across 5 across 6 the 5 across 7 heather 7 heather 8 under 8 under 9 the 9 the 10 moon 9 the 25 ruins 10 moon 11 , 12 till 15 nearly 12 till 16 morning 13 it 14 was 14 was 15 nearly 16 morning 17 , 16 morning 22 stumbled 17 , 18 and 19 our 22 stumbled 20 poor 22 stumbled 21 beasts 22 stumbled 22 stumbled 23 on 22 stumbled 25 ruins 24 some 25 ruins 25 ruins 26 . ' [when] we [woke] , [very] [stiff] and [cold] [,] [allo] was [mixing] the [meal] [and] [water] [.] 1 ' 3 we 1 ' 14 the 5 , 8 and 8 and 12 was 12 was 14 the one [does] [not] [light] [fires] in the [pict] [country] [except] [near] [a] village . 1 one 6 in 6 in 7 the 7 the 13 village 13 village 14 . the little men are always signalling to each other with smokes , and a strange smoke brings them out buzzing like bees . 1 the 2 little 2 little 3 men 3 men 6 signalling 4 are 6 signalling 5 always 6 signalling 6 signalling 7 to 6 signalling 8 each 6 signalling 11 smokes 8 each 9 other 10 with 11 smokes 11 smokes 12 , 11 smokes 15 strange 11 smokes 16 smoke 11 smokes 17 brings 11 smokes 23 . 12 , 13 and 14 a 15 strange 17 brings 20 buzzing 18 them 20 buzzing 19 out 20 buzzing 20 buzzing 21 like 20 buzzing 22 bees they can sting , too ! 1 they 2 can 2 can 3 sting 3 sting 5 too 3 sting 6 ! 4 , 5 too " ' [what] we saw last night [was] [a] [trading-station] , " said [allo] . 1 " 13 said 2 ' 4 we 2 ' 13 said 4 we 5 saw 6 last 7 night 7 night 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 15 . " nothing [but] [a] [trading-station] . " 1 " 2 nothing 2 nothing 6 . 6 . 7 " " ' [i] do not like [lies] on [an] [empty] [stomach] , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 14 said 2 ' 4 do 2 ' 14 said 4 do 5 not 5 not 6 like 8 on 12 , 12 , 13 " 13 " 14 said 14 said 16 . " [i] suppose ["] [(] he had eyes like an eagle 's ) ["] [i] [suppose] [that] [is] [a] [trading-station] [also] [?] ["] 1 " 3 suppose 3 suppose 6 he 6 he 7 had 7 had 10 an 8 eyes 9 like 9 like 10 an 10 an 11 eagle 11 eagle 12 's 11 eagle 13 ) they make it by raising and dropping a wet hide on a fire . 1 they 2 make 2 make 3 it 2 make 5 raising 4 by 5 raising 5 raising 7 dropping 6 and 7 dropping 7 dropping 8 a 7 dropping 9 wet 7 dropping 11 on 7 dropping 13 fire 9 wet 10 hide 12 a 13 fire 13 fire 14 . " ' [no] , " said [allo] [,] [pushing] the [platter] [back] [into] [the] [bag] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 10 the 6 said 16 . " that is for you and me . 1 " 2 that 1 " 5 you 3 is 4 for 4 for 5 you 5 you 7 me 6 and 7 me 7 me 8 . your fate is fixed . 1 your 2 fate 2 fate 3 is 2 fate 4 fixed 2 fate 5 . [come] [.] ["] ['] [we] [came] [.] " ['] [whatever] [happens] , " said [allo] , [while] [our] [ponies] [grunted] [along] , " [i] [want] you to [remember] me . " 1 " 7 said 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 9 , 9 , 16 " 15 , 16 " 16 " 19 you 19 you 22 me 20 to 22 me 22 me 23 . 23 . 24 " " ' [i] shall not [forget] , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 4 shall 2 ' 9 said 5 not 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " you have cheated me out of my breakfast . " 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 have 3 have 4 cheated 4 cheated 5 me 4 cheated 6 out 4 cheated 9 breakfast 6 out 7 of 8 my 9 breakfast 9 breakfast 10 . 10 . 11 " " what is a [handful] [of] [crushed] [oats] to [a] [roman] ? " he said . 1 " 2 what 1 " 15 said 2 what 3 is 3 is 4 a 9 to 12 ? 12 ? 13 " 13 " 15 said 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 10 laugh 6 that 7 was 7 was 8 not 7 was 9 a 9 a 10 laugh 10 laugh 11 . " 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 3 would 2 what 4 you 4 you 5 do 4 you 8 were 5 do 7 you 6 if 7 you 8 were 10 handful 9 a 10 handful 10 handful 11 of 10 handful 12 oats 12 oats 13 being 12 oats 14 crushed 12 oats 17 upper 14 crushed 15 between 16 the 17 upper 17 upper 19 lower 18 and 19 lower 19 lower 20 stones 20 stones 21 of 20 stones 23 mill 22 a 23 mill 23 mill 24 ? 24 ? 25 " " ' [i] ['m] [pertinax] , not [a] [riddle-guesser] , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 12 said 2 ' 12 said 6 , 7 not 6 , 11 " 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 14 . " ' ['you're] a fool , " said [allo] . 1 " 8 said 2 ' 8 said 4 a 5 fool 5 fool 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 . " [your] [gods] and [my] [gods] [are] [threatened] [by] [strange] [gods] , and [all] you can do [is] [to] [laugh] . " 1 " 4 and 1 " 15 you 12 , 13 and 13 and 15 you 15 you 16 can 16 can 17 do 17 do 21 . 21 . 22 " " ' [threatened] [men] [live] long , " [i] said . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 10 said 6 long 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 10 said 10 said 11 . " ' [i] [pray] the [gods] that may be true , " he said . 1 " 14 said 2 ' 5 the 2 ' 14 said 7 that 8 may 8 may 9 be 9 be 10 true 10 true 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 14 said 13 he 14 said 14 said 15 . " but [i] [ask] you [again] not to forget me . " 1 " 2 but 1 " 5 you 5 you 9 forget 7 not 9 forget 8 to 9 forget 9 forget 10 me 10 me 11 . 11 . 12 " ' [we] [climbed] the last [hot] [hill] [and] [looked] [out] [on] [the] [eastern] [sea] , [three] [or] [four] [miles] [off] [.] 1 ' 4 the 4 the 5 last 5 last 15 , " ' ['you're] [madder] [than] [allo] ! " he said . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 7 ! 7 ! 8 " 8 " 10 said 9 he 10 said 10 said 11 . " it must be the [sun] ! ["] 1 " 2 it 1 " 7 ! 2 it 3 must 3 must 4 be 4 be 5 the ' [maximus] never [stirred] [till] [we] [stood] [before] [him] [.] 1 ' 3 never then he looked me up and down , [and] said : " [hungry] [again] [?] 1 then 2 he 1 then 8 , 2 he 3 looked 3 looked 5 up 3 looked 7 down 4 me 5 up 5 up 6 and 8 , 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 6 destiny 3 to 4 be 5 my 6 destiny 6 destiny 8 feed 6 destiny 10 whenever 6 destiny 13 . 7 to 8 feed 9 you 10 whenever 10 whenever 12 meet 11 we 12 meet i have food here . 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 food 3 food 4 here 3 food 5 . allo shall cook it . " 1 allo 2 shall 1 allo 3 cook 1 allo 5 . 3 cook 4 it 5 . 6 " " ' [no] , " said [allo] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " a [prince] [in] [his] [own] [land] [does] [not] [wait] [on] [wandering] [emperors] [.] 1 " 2 a i feed my two children without asking [your] leave . ["] 1 i 2 feed 2 feed 3 my 2 feed 7 asking 4 two 5 children 5 children 7 asking 6 without 7 asking 7 asking 9 leave 9 leave 10 . he began to blow up the ashes . 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 2 began 4 blow 4 blow 5 up 4 blow 7 ashes 6 the 7 ashes 7 ashes 8 . " ' [i] was wrong , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 8 said 2 ' 8 said 4 was 5 wrong 5 wrong 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 . " we are all mad . 1 " 2 we 2 we 3 are 3 are 4 all 3 are 5 mad 5 mad 6 . speak up , [o] [madman] [called] [emperor] ! " 1 speak 2 up 2 up 3 , 3 , 9 " 8 ! 9 " ' [maximus] [smiled] [his] [terrible] [tight-lipped] [smile] [,] but [two] [years] [on] the [wall] do not make a man afraid of [mere] [looks] [.] 1 ' 9 but 9 but 13 the 13 the 21 of 15 do 16 not 16 not 17 make 16 not 20 afraid 17 make 18 a 18 a 19 man 20 afraid 21 of so [i] [was] [not] afraid [.] 1 so 5 afraid " ' [i] [meant] you , [parnesius] , [to] [live] and [die] a [centurion] of [the] [wall] , " said [maximus] . 1 " 20 said 2 ' 5 you 2 ' 20 said 5 you 6 , 8 , 11 and 8 , 19 " 11 and 13 a 15 of 18 , 18 , 19 " 19 " 20 said 20 said 22 . " [but] it seems [from] [these] , " he [fumbled] [in] [his] [breast] " you can [think] as well [as] [draw] . " 1 " 3 it 1 " 19 well 3 it 4 seems 7 , 8 " 7 , 14 " 7 , 18 as 8 " 9 he 14 " 15 you 15 you 16 can 18 as 19 well 19 well 22 . 22 . 23 " mother and my sister always liked my pictures . 1 mother 2 and 1 mother 4 sister 3 my 4 sister 4 sister 8 pictures 5 always 6 liked 6 liked 8 pictures 7 my 8 pictures 8 pictures 9 . ' [he] [handed] [me] [one] that [i] [had] [called] ["] [maximus] 's [soldiers] ["] . 1 ' 6 that 6 that 12 's 12 's 15 . it [showed] [a] [row] [of] [fat] [wine-skins] , and [our] [old] [doctor] [of] the [hunno] [hospital] [snuffing] [at] [them] [.] 1 it 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 14 the on [the] [wall] , [we] [always] [called] [a] [wine-skin] [a] " [maximus] ["] [.] 1 on 4 , 4 , 11 " oh , yes ; and [i] [had] [drawn] [them] in [imperial] [helmets] [.] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 yes 3 yes 4 ; 4 ; 5 and 5 and 10 in " ['] [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 11 , 11 , 27 " 16 were 18 up 18 up 19 to 19 to 25 this 25 this 26 . 26 . 27 " ' [he] [did] not [actually] [point] [his] [hunting-spear] [at] [maximus] , but [balanced] it [on] [his] [palm] so ! 1 ' 4 not 1 ' 19 ! 4 not 18 so 11 , 12 but 11 , 18 so 12 but 14 it " ['] [i] [was] [speaking] of time [past] , " said [maximus] , [never] [fluttering] [an] [eyelid] . 1 " 11 said 6 of 7 time 7 time 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 13 , 11 said 18 . " nowadays one is only too pleased to find boys who can think for themselves , and their friends . " 1 " 2 nowadays 2 nowadays 3 one 2 nowadays 4 is 2 nowadays 7 pleased 5 only 6 too 6 too 7 pleased 7 pleased 9 find 7 pleased 15 themselves 8 to 9 find 10 boys 11 who 11 who 12 can 11 who 15 themselves 12 can 13 think 14 for 15 themselves 15 themselves 16 , 15 themselves 18 their 16 , 17 and 18 their 19 friends 19 friends 20 . 20 . 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 " 12 you 1 " 14 no 5 me 8 , 8 , 11 so 11 so 12 you 14 no 18 . 18 . 19 " " ['] [none] [whatever] , " said [pertinax] , and [rubbed] the [spear-point] [on] [his] [sleeve] . 1 " 7 said 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 9 , 7 said 17 . 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 the " ['] [i] have [been] [forced] to [reduce] [the] [garrisons] [in] [britain] [,] [because] [i] [need] [troops] [in] [gaul] . 1 " 4 have 4 have 7 to 7 to 20 . now [i] [come] [to] [take] [troops] [from] [the] [wall] [itself] , " said he . 1 now 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 14 he 13 said 15 . " ' [i] [wish] you [joy] of us , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 11 said 2 ' 5 you 2 ' 11 said 7 of 8 us 8 us 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 13 . " we ['re] [the] [last] [sweepings] [of] [the] [empire] [the] [men] [without] hope . 1 " 2 we 2 we 13 hope 13 hope 14 . myself , [i] ['d] [sooner] [trust] [condemned] [criminals] . " 1 myself 2 , 2 , 10 " 9 . 10 " " ['] [you] think so ? " he said , quite seriously . 1 " 4 think 4 think 5 so 4 think 6 ? 6 ? 7 " 7 " 9 said 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 , 9 said 12 seriously 11 quite 12 seriously 12 seriously 13 . " but it will [only] be [till] [i] [win] [gaul] . 1 " 2 but 2 but 3 it 3 it 4 will 4 will 6 be 6 be 11 . one [must] [always] [risk] [one] 's life , [or] [one] ['s] soul , [or] [one] ['s] [peace] or some little thing . " 1 one 6 's 6 's 7 life 7 life 8 , 8 , 23 " 12 soul 13 , 13 , 23 " 18 or 19 some 19 some 20 little 20 little 21 thing 21 thing 22 . 22 . 23 " ' [allo] [passed] [round] the [fire] [with] [the] [sizzling] deer ['s] [meat] [.] 1 ' 5 the 5 the 10 deer he served us two first . 1 he 2 served 2 served 3 us 2 served 4 two 2 served 5 first 5 first 6 . " ' [ah] ! " said [maximus] , [waiting] [his] [turn] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 , 6 said 12 . " [i] [perceive] [you] are [in] your own country . 1 " 5 are 5 are 7 your 7 your 8 own 8 own 9 country 9 country 10 . well , you deserve it . 1 well 2 , 1 well 4 deserve 3 you 4 deserve 4 deserve 5 it 5 it 6 . they tell [me] you have [quite] [a] [following] [among] [the] [picts] [,] [parnesius] . " 1 they 2 tell 2 tell 4 you 4 you 5 have 5 have 14 . 14 . 15 " " ' [i] [have] [hunted] with them , " [i] said . 1 " 11 said 2 ' 11 said 6 with 7 them 7 them 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 11 said 11 said 12 . " [maybe] [i] have a few friends among the heather . " 1 " 4 have 4 have 5 a 5 a 6 few 6 few 7 friends 7 friends 10 heather 8 among 9 the 8 among 10 heather 10 heather 11 . 11 . 12 " ' [had] you ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 you 3 you 4 ? 4 ? 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 . ' [yes] ; but that was neither here nor there . 1 ' 3 ; 3 ; 4 but 4 but 7 neither 4 but 10 there 5 that 6 was 5 that 7 neither 7 neither 8 here 7 neither 9 nor 10 there 11 . the little [green] man [orated] [like] [a] [like] [cicero] . 1 the 2 little 2 little 4 man 4 man 10 . he made us out to be magnificent fellows . 1 he 2 made 2 made 3 us 3 us 4 out 3 us 8 fellows 5 to 6 be 6 be 7 magnificent 7 magnificent 8 fellows 8 fellows 9 . maximus never took his eyes off our faces . 1 maximus 2 never 1 maximus 3 took 1 maximus 7 our 3 took 4 his 3 took 6 off 4 his 5 eyes 7 our 8 faces 8 faces 9 . " ' [enough] , " he said . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 7 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 7 said 6 he 7 said 7 said 8 . " [i] have heard [allo] [on] [you] . 1 " 3 have 3 have 4 heard 4 heard 8 . i wish to hear you [on] [the] [picts] . " 1 i 2 wish 2 wish 3 to 3 to 4 hear 4 hear 5 you 5 you 9 . 9 . 10 " ' [i] [told] [him] [as] [much] [as] [i] [knew] , [and] [pertinax] [helped] [me] [out] [.] 1 ' 10 , 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 14 to 14 to 15 find 15 find 16 out 16 out 17 what 17 what 18 he 18 he 19 wants 19 wants 20 . 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 5 us 3 grievance 6 came 3 grievance 8 our 3 grievance 9 burning 6 came 7 from 9 burning 11 heather 10 their 11 heather 11 heather 12 . the [whole] [garrison] of the [wall] [moved] [out] [twice] [a] year [,] [and] [solemnly] [burned] [the] [heather] [for] [ten] [miles] [north] . 1 the 4 of 4 of 5 the 5 the 11 year 11 year 22 . [rutilianus] [,] [our] [general] [,] [called] [it] [clearing] [the] [country] [.] " ' [true] , quite true , " said [allo] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 9 said 4 , 8 " 5 quite 6 true 6 true 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " how can we make our holy heather-wine , if you burn our bee-pasture ? " 1 " 2 how 2 how 3 can 3 can 4 we 3 can 5 make 5 make 6 our 6 our 14 bee-pasture 7 holy 8 heather-wine 8 heather-wine 9 , 8 heather-wine 10 if 8 heather-wine 14 bee-pasture 10 if 11 you 12 burn 14 bee-pasture 13 our 14 bee-pasture 14 bee-pasture 15 ? 15 ? 16 " ' [we] [talked] [long] [,] [maximus] [asking] [keen] [questions] [that] [showed] he [knew] [much] [and] had thought more [about] [the] [picts] . 1 ' 12 he 12 he 16 had 16 had 17 thought 17 thought 18 more 18 more 22 . stand away , so that you do not [see] [allo] ['s] [face] [;] [and] speak [your] [own] [thoughts] . " 1 stand 2 away 2 away 3 , 3 , 4 so 4 so 5 that 5 that 6 you 6 you 7 do 7 do 8 not 8 not 15 speak 15 speak 19 . 19 . 20 " " ' [no] , " [i] said . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 7 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 7 said 7 said 8 . " you cannot [remake] [that] [province] . 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 cannot 3 cannot 7 . [the] [picts] [have] [been] [free] [too] [long] [.] ["] " ' [leave] [them] [their] [village] [councils] , and let them [furnish] [their] [own] [soldiers] , " he said . 1 " 19 said 2 ' 19 said 8 , 9 and 8 , 17 " 9 and 10 let 10 let 11 them 16 , 17 " 17 " 19 said 18 he 19 said 19 said 20 . " you , [i] [am] sure , would hold the reins very lightly . " 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 , 3 , 15 " 6 sure 7 , 7 , 15 " 8 would 9 hold 9 hold 11 reins 10 the 11 reins 11 reins 13 lightly 12 very 13 lightly 13 lightly 14 . 14 . 15 " " even then , no , " [i] said . 1 " 9 said 2 even 3 then 3 then 4 , 4 , 7 " 5 no 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 9 said 9 said 10 . " [at] [least] [not] now . 1 " 5 now 5 now 6 . they have [been] [too] [oppressed] [by] [us] [to] [trust] [anything] [with] a [roman] name for years [and] [years] . " 1 they 2 have 2 have 12 a 12 a 14 name 14 name 15 for 15 for 16 years 16 years 19 . 19 . 20 " ' [i] [heard] [old] [allo] [behind] [me] [mutter] [:] ["] good [child] ! " 1 ' 11 good 11 good 13 ! 13 ! 14 " " ' [then] what do you [recommend] , " said [maximus] , " [to] [keep] the [north] [quiet] [till] [i] [win] [gaul] ? " 1 " 4 what 2 ' 4 what 4 what 5 do 5 do 6 you 6 you 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 , 12 , 13 " 12 , 24 " 13 " 16 the 23 ? 24 " " ' [leave] the [picts] alone , " [i] said . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 4 the 2 ' 10 said 6 alone 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 10 said 10 said 11 . " stop the heather-burning at once , and they are improvident little animals send them a shipload or two of corn now and then . " 1 " 4 heather-burning 2 stop 4 heather-burning 3 the 4 heather-burning 4 heather-burning 5 at 4 heather-burning 6 once 6 once 11 improvident 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 improvident 9 they 11 improvident 10 are 11 improvident 11 improvident 12 little 11 improvident 13 animals 11 improvident 14 send 11 improvident 17 shipload 15 them 17 shipload 16 a 17 shipload 17 shipload 18 or 17 shipload 19 two 17 shipload 20 of 17 shipload 21 corn 17 shipload 22 now 22 now 24 then 22 now 25 . 23 and 24 then 25 . 26 " " ' [their] [own] [men] [must] [distribute] it not [some] [cheating] [greek] [accountant] , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 16 said 2 ' 8 it 2 ' 16 said 9 not 14 , 14 , 15 " 15 " 16 said 16 said 18 . " ' [yes] , and [allow] [them] [to] [come] [to] [our] [hospitals] when they are sick , " [i] said . 1 " 20 said 2 ' 15 are 2 ' 20 said 4 , 5 and 5 and 13 when 13 when 14 they 14 they 15 are 16 sick 17 , 17 , 18 " 18 " 20 said 20 said 21 . " ' [surely] they would die [first] , " said [maximus] . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 10 said 4 they 5 would 5 would 6 die 6 die 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 . " ' [not] if [parnesius] [brought] [them] in , " said [allo] . 1 " 11 said 2 ' 4 if 2 ' 11 said 8 in 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 13 . " [i] [could] [show] you [twenty] [wolf-bitten] [,] [bear-clawed] [picts] [within] [twenty] [miles] [of] here . 1 " 5 you 5 you 15 here 15 here 16 . but [parnesius] [must] [stay] [with] [them] [in] [hospital] , [else] they would go mad [with] [fear] . " 1 but 9 , 9 , 18 " 11 they 12 would 12 would 13 go 13 go 14 mad 14 mad 17 . 17 . 18 " " ' [i] see , " said [maximus] . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 7 said 4 see 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 9 . " like everything else in the world , it is one man 's work . 1 " 10 is 2 like 3 everything 3 everything 4 else 3 everything 10 is 4 else 5 in 5 in 7 world 6 the 7 world 8 , 9 it 9 it 10 is 10 is 11 one 11 one 12 man 12 man 13 's 13 's 14 work 14 work 15 . you , [i] [think] , [are] that one [man] . " 1 you 2 , 2 , 11 " 5 , 7 that 7 that 8 one 8 one 10 . 10 . 11 " " ' [pertinax] and [i] [are] one , " [i] said . 1 " 11 said 2 ' 4 and 2 ' 11 said 7 one 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 11 said 11 said 12 . " ' [as] you [please] , so long as you work . 1 " 10 you 2 ' 10 you 4 you 6 , 6 , 7 so 7 so 8 long 8 long 9 as 9 as 10 you 10 you 11 work 11 work 12 . now , [allo] , you know that [i] mean [your] [people] [no] [harm] [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 4 , 4 , 5 you 5 you 6 know 5 you 9 mean 6 know 7 that leave us to talk together , " said [maximus] . 1 leave 2 us 2 us 4 talk 3 to 4 talk 4 talk 5 together 5 together 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 . " ' [no] [need] ! " said [allo] . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 5 ! 5 ! 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 9 . " [i] [am] the [corn] [between] [the] [upper] [and] [lower] [millstones] [.] 1 " 4 the i must know what the lower millstone means to do . 1 i 2 must 1 i 3 know 3 know 4 what 4 what 8 means 4 what 10 do 5 the 6 lower 6 lower 7 millstone 7 millstone 8 means 9 to 10 do 10 do 11 . these boys have spoken the truth as far as they know it . 1 these 2 boys 2 boys 4 spoken 3 have 4 spoken 4 spoken 6 truth 5 the 6 truth 6 truth 13 . 7 as 8 far 8 far 9 as 9 as 10 they 10 they 11 know 11 know 12 it 12 it 13 . i [,] [a] [prince] , will tell you the rest . 1 i 6 will 5 , 6 will 6 will 7 tell 7 tell 8 you 7 tell 9 the 9 the 10 rest 10 rest 11 . i am [troubled] [about] [the] [men] of the [north] [.] ["] 1 i 2 am 2 am 7 of 7 of 8 the he squatted like a hare in the heather , and looked over his shoulder . 1 he 2 squatted 2 squatted 3 like 2 squatted 5 hare 2 squatted 8 heather 3 like 4 a 6 in 8 heather 7 the 8 heather 8 heather 14 shoulder 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 looked 11 looked 12 over 12 over 14 shoulder 13 his 14 shoulder 14 shoulder 15 . " ['] [i] also , " said [maximus] , " [or] [i] should not be here . " 1 " 7 said 4 also 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 9 , 9 , 10 " 9 , 18 " 13 should 14 not 13 should 15 be 15 be 16 here 16 here 17 . 17 . 18 " " ' [listen] , " said [allo] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " [long] [and] [long] [ago] [the] [winged] [hats] " he [meant] [the] [northmen] ["] came to [our] [beaches] and said , ' [rome] [falls] [!] 1 " 20 said 9 " 10 he 9 " 20 said 10 he 15 came 15 came 16 to 15 came 19 and 20 said 21 , 21 , 22 ' push her down ! ' 1 push 2 her 1 push 3 down 1 push 4 ! 4 ! 5 ' we fought [you] . 1 we 2 fought 2 fought 4 . you sent men . 1 you 2 sent 2 sent 3 men 3 men 4 . we were beaten . 1 we 2 were 2 were 3 beaten 3 beaten 4 . after that we [said] [to] [the] [winged] [hats] [,] ['] [you] are [liars] ! 1 after 2 that 2 that 3 we 3 we 12 are 12 are 14 ! make our men [alive] [that] [rome] [killed] [,] [and] [we] [will] believe you . ' 1 make 2 our 1 make 12 believe 2 our 3 men 12 believe 13 you 13 you 14 . 14 . 15 ' they went away ashamed . 1 they 2 went 2 went 3 away 3 away 4 ashamed 3 away 5 . now [they] [come] [back] [bold] , and they tell [the] [old] [tale] , [which] [we] [begin] to [believe] that [rome] [falls] ! " 1 now 6 , 1 now 13 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 they 8 they 9 tell 13 , 23 " 17 to 19 that 19 that 22 ! 22 ! 23 " " ['] [ah] , [i] [wish] [it] [too] ! 1 " 4 , 1 " 9 ! i wish to save [what] [is] [left] [of] [the] [corn] [from] [the] [millstones] . 1 i 2 wish 2 wish 3 to 3 to 4 save 4 save 14 . then [you] [hide] [behind] [the] [wall] , and [scorch] [us] [with] [greek] [fire] [.] 1 then 7 , 7 , 8 and how can [i] [keep] [my] [young] [men] [from] [listening] [to] [the] [winged] [hats] [in] [winter] [especially] , when we are [hungry] [?] 1 how 2 can 1 how 20 are 17 , 18 when 18 when 19 we 19 we 20 are my young men [will] [say] [,] ['] [rome] [can] [neither] [fight] [nor] [rule] [.] 1 my 3 men 2 young 3 men 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] [.] let us show them the secret roads across the bogs . ' 1 let 2 us 1 let 4 them 3 show 4 them 4 them 10 bogs 5 the 10 bogs 6 secret 10 bogs 7 roads 10 bogs 8 across 9 the 8 across 10 bogs 10 bogs 11 . 11 . 12 ' do [i] want that ? 1 do 3 want 1 do 5 ? 4 that 5 ? no ! " 1 no 2 ! 2 ! 3 " he spat like an adder . 1 he 2 spat 2 spat 5 adder 3 like 5 adder 4 an 5 adder 5 adder 6 . " [i] would [keep] [the] [secrets] [of] [my] [people] [though] [i] [were] [burned] [alive] [.] 1 " 3 would my two children here have spoken truth . 1 my 2 two 2 two 3 children 2 two 6 spoken 3 children 4 here 5 have 6 spoken 6 spoken 7 truth 7 truth 8 . leave [us] [picts] alone . 1 leave 4 alone 4 alone 5 . comfort us , and cherish us , and feed us from far off with the hand behind the back . 1 comfort 5 cherish 2 us 5 cherish 3 , 4 and 4 and 5 cherish 5 cherish 6 us 5 cherish 9 feed 5 cherish 10 us 5 cherish 11 from 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 feed 11 from 17 behind 12 far 13 off 12 far 17 behind 13 off 14 with 14 with 15 the 16 hand 17 behind 17 behind 18 the 17 behind 19 back 19 back 20 . parnesius understands us . 1 parnesius 2 understands 1 parnesius 4 . 2 understands 3 us see [,] [i] [give] you [three] [years] . 1 see 5 you 5 you 8 . i shall not grieve over that [,] [but] [well] [i] know [tribe] [never] [helps] [tribe] [except] [for] [one] [price] . 1 i 2 shall 1 i 11 know 2 shall 4 grieve 3 not 4 grieve 4 grieve 5 over 4 grieve 6 that 11 know 20 . we [picts] will go too . 1 we 3 will 3 will 4 go 4 go 5 too 5 too 6 . [the] [winged] [hats] [will] [grind] [us] [to] [this] [!] ["] he tossed a handful of dust in the air . 1 he 2 tossed 2 tossed 4 handful 3 a 4 handful 4 handful 5 of 4 handful 6 dust 4 handful 9 air 7 in 8 the 8 the 9 air 9 air 10 . " ['] [oh] , [roma] [dea] ! " said [maximus] , [half] [aloud] . 1 " 9 said 4 , 8 " 7 ! 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 , 9 said 14 . " it is [always] one man 's work [always] [and] [everywhere] ! ["] 1 " 2 it 1 " 12 ! 2 it 3 is 3 is 5 one 5 one 6 man 6 man 7 's 7 's 8 work " and one man 's life , " said [allo] . 1 " 9 said 2 and 3 one 3 one 4 man 4 man 5 's 5 's 6 life 6 life 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " you are [emperor] , but not a [god] [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 7 not 5 , 6 but 6 but 7 not 7 not 8 a you may die . " 1 you 2 may 2 may 3 die 3 die 4 . 4 . 5 " " ['] [i] [have] thought of that too , " said he . 1 " 5 thought 1 " 11 said 5 thought 6 of 7 that 8 too 8 too 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 12 he 11 said 13 . " very good . 1 " 3 good 2 very 3 good 3 good 4 . if this [wind] [holds] [,] [i] [shall] [be] [at] [the] [east] [end] [of] [the] [wall] [by] morning . 1 if 2 this 2 this 17 morning 17 morning 18 . " ' [one] [instant] , [caesar] , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 9 said 2 ' 9 said 5 , 8 " 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " all [men] [have] [their] [price] [.] 1 " 2 all i am not [bought] yet . " 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 not 3 not 5 yet 5 yet 6 . 6 . 7 " " ['do] you [also] [begin] to [bargain] so [early] ? " said [maximus] . 1 " 3 you 1 " 12 said 3 you 6 to 8 so 10 ? 10 ? 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 14 . " well [?] ["] 1 " 2 well " ['] [give] [me] [justice] [against] my uncle [icenus] , [the] [duumvir] [of] [divio] in [gaul] , " he said . 1 " 8 uncle 1 " 20 said 7 my 8 uncle 10 , 18 " 15 in 17 , 17 , 18 " 18 " 20 said 19 he 20 said 20 said 21 . " ' [only] [a] [life] [?] 1 " 2 ' i thought it would be money or an office . 1 i 2 thought 2 thought 3 it 3 it 4 would 3 it 10 . 4 would 5 be 6 money 7 or 6 money 9 office 8 an 9 office 9 office 10 . certainly you shall have him . 1 certainly 3 shall 2 you 3 shall 3 shall 4 have 4 have 5 him 5 him 6 . write his name on these tablets on the red side ; the other [is] [for] [the] [living] [!] ["] [and] [maximus] [held] [out] [his] [tablets] . 1 write 6 tablets 2 his 6 tablets 3 name 6 tablets 4 on 6 tablets 5 these 6 tablets 6 tablets 7 on 7 on 8 the 8 the 9 red 8 the 13 other 9 red 10 side 10 side 11 ; 12 the 13 other 13 other 26 . " ' [he] is [of] no use to me dead , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 6 no 1 " 13 said 2 ' 4 is 4 is 6 no 6 no 7 use 7 use 8 to 8 to 9 me 10 dead 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 15 . " my mother is a widow . 1 " 2 my 2 my 3 mother 3 mother 6 widow 4 is 5 a 5 a 6 widow 6 widow 7 . i am far off . 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 far 3 far 4 off 4 off 5 . i am not sure he pays her all her dowry . " 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 not 2 am 4 sure 4 sure 6 pays 5 he 6 pays 6 pays 10 dowry 7 her 10 dowry 8 all 10 dowry 9 her 10 dowry 10 dowry 11 . 11 . 12 " " ' [no] [matter] [.] 1 " 2 ' my arm is reasonably long . 1 my 2 arm 2 arm 4 reasonably 3 is 4 reasonably 4 reasonably 5 long 4 reasonably 6 . we will look through your uncle 's accounts in due time . 1 we 2 will 2 will 3 look 3 look 4 through 4 through 8 accounts 5 your 6 uncle 6 uncle 7 's 6 uncle 8 accounts 8 accounts 10 due 9 in 10 due 10 due 11 time 11 time 12 . now , farewell [till] [tomorrow] [,] [o] [captains] [of] [the] [wall] ! " 1 now 2 , 1 now 3 farewell 3 farewell 12 ! 12 ! 13 " ' [we] [saw] [him] [grow] [small] [across] the [heather] [as] [he] [walked] [to] [the] [galley] [.] 1 ' 8 the there were [picts] [,] [scores] [,] [each] [side] [of] [him] [,] [hidden] [behind] [stones] [.] 1 there 2 were he never looked left or right . 1 he 2 never 1 he 3 looked 1 he 4 left 4 left 6 right 5 or 6 right 6 right 7 . he sailed away southerly , full spread before the evening breeze , and when we had watched him out to sea , we were silent . 1 he 4 southerly 1 he 16 had 2 sailed 4 southerly 3 away 4 southerly 4 southerly 5 , 4 southerly 6 full 4 southerly 7 spread 4 southerly 8 before 4 southerly 10 evening 4 southerly 12 , 9 the 10 evening 10 evening 11 breeze 13 and 14 when 14 when 15 we 15 we 16 had 16 had 17 watched 17 watched 18 him 17 watched 19 out 19 out 21 sea 20 to 21 sea 21 sea 26 . 22 , 23 we 23 we 24 were 24 were 25 silent 25 silent 26 . [we] [understood] [that] [earth] [bred] [few] [men] [like] [to] [this] [man] [.] ' [presently] [allo] [brought] the [ponies] [and] [held] [them] [for] [us] [to] [mount] [a] thing he had never done before . 1 ' 5 the 5 the 15 thing 15 thing 16 he 16 he 17 had 17 had 18 never 18 never 20 before 19 done 20 before 20 before 21 . " ' [what] do you do , [o] my friend ? " 1 " 5 you 2 ' 4 do 4 do 5 you 5 you 11 ? 6 do 9 my 7 , 9 my 9 my 10 friend 10 friend 11 ? 11 ? 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 1 then 3 rode 3 rode 4 back 4 back 5 to 5 to 13 be 9 which 10 we 10 we 11 were 11 were 12 to 12 to 13 be 13 be 15 . 15 . 16 ' parnesius stopped . 1 parnesius 2 stopped 1 parnesius 3 . the children sat still , not even asking if that were all the tale . 1 the 2 children 2 children 4 still 2 children 8 asking 3 sat 4 still 4 still 5 , 6 not 7 even 7 even 8 asking 8 asking 9 if 8 asking 14 tale 9 if 11 were 10 that 11 were 11 were 12 all 13 the 14 tale 14 tale 15 . puck beckoned , and pointed the way out of the wood . 1 puck 2 beckoned 2 beckoned 5 pointed 3 , 4 and 4 and 5 pointed 5 pointed 8 out 6 the 7 way 7 way 8 out 8 out 9 of 9 of 10 the 10 the 11 wood 11 wood 12 . ' [sorry] , ' he whispered , ' but you must go now . ' 1 ' 6 whispered 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 6 whispered 5 he 6 whispered 6 whispered 7 , 7 , 8 ' 7 , 9 but 9 but 10 you 10 you 11 must 11 must 12 go 12 go 13 now 13 now 14 . 14 . 15 ' ' [we] [haven't] made him [angry] , [have] we ? ' said [una] [.] 1 ' 12 said 4 made 5 him 5 him 7 , 7 , 12 said 9 we 10 ? 10 ? 11 ' 11 ' 12 said ' [he] [looks] [so] far off [,] [and] [and] [thinky] . ' 1 ' 12 ' 5 far 6 off 6 off 11 . 11 . 12 ' ' [bless] your heart , [no] [.] 1 ' 3 your 3 your 4 heart 4 heart 5 , wait till tomorrow . 1 wait 2 till 2 till 3 tomorrow 3 tomorrow 4 . it won't be long . 1 it 2 won't 2 won't 3 be 2 won't 4 long 4 long 5 . remember , [you] ['ve] [been] [playing] [lays] [of] [ancient] [rome] . ' 1 remember 2 , 2 , 12 ' 11 . 12 ' 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 5 they 21 all 13 , 15 and 15 and 19 that 19 that 20 was 20 was 21 all 21 all 24 . [a] [song] [to] [mithras] [mithras] [,] [god] [of] [the] [morning] [,] [our] [trumpets] [waken] [the] [wall] [!] ' [rome] is [above] [the] [nations] [,] [but] [thou] [art] [over] all ! ' 1 ' 3 is 3 is 12 all 12 all 13 ! 13 ! 14 ' [mithras] [,] [god] [of] [the] [noontide] [,] [the] [heather] [swims] [in] [the] [heat] [,] [our] [helmets] [scorch] [our] [foreheads] [,] [our] [sandals] [burn] [our] [feet] [.] [mithras] [,] [god] [of] [the] [sunset] [,] [low] [on] [the] [western] [main] [,] [thou] [descending] [immortal] [,] [immortal] [to] [rise] [again] [!] [mithras] [,] [god] [of] [the] [midnight] [,] [here] [where] [the] [great] [bull] [dies] [,] [look] [on] [thy] [children] [in] [darkness] [.] oh , take our sacrifice ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 6 ! 3 take 5 sacrifice 4 our 5 sacrifice 5 sacrifice 6 ! many [roads] [thou] [hast] [fashioned] [:] [all] of them [lead] to the [light] [!] 1 many 8 of 8 of 9 them 9 them 11 to 11 to 12 the mithras , also a soldier , teach us to die aright ! 1 mithras 2 , 1 mithras 3 also 1 mithras 5 soldier 4 a 5 soldier 5 soldier 6 , 5 soldier 11 aright 7 teach 8 us 7 teach 11 aright 9 to 10 die 10 die 11 aright 11 aright 12 ! [the] [winged] [hats] the next day happened to be what they called [a] [wild] [afternoon] [.] 1 the 2 next 2 next 3 day 3 day 4 happened 4 happened 5 to 5 to 6 be 6 be 9 called 7 what 8 they 8 they 9 called ' [if] [i] [had] [eyes] [as] [i] could see [,] [no] [mortal] [man] [would] [trouble] me . ' 1 ' 18 ' 8 could 9 see 9 see 16 me 16 me 17 . 17 . 18 ' they knew about rabbits already . 1 they 2 knew 2 knew 4 rabbits 3 about 4 rabbits 4 rabbits 5 already 4 rabbits 6 . then [they] [climbed] [up] [long] [ditch] [into] the [lower] [end] of [far] [wood] [.] 1 then 8 the 8 the 11 of ' [how] [quietly] you [came] ! ' said [una] , [moving] [up] [to] [make] [room] [.] 1 ' 4 you 4 you 6 ! 6 ! 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 , ' [where] ['s] [puck] ? ['] 1 ' 5 ? ' [i] don't understand all of it , ' said [una] , ' but [i] [like] [hearing] [about] the little [picts] . ' 1 ' 9 ' 3 don't 4 understand 4 understand 7 it 4 understand 8 , 5 all 6 of 6 of 7 it 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 , 12 , 13 ' 12 , 14 but 12 , 23 ' 14 but 19 the 19 the 20 little 22 . 23 ' ' [he] who [makes] [himself] [emperor] [anywhere] [must] know [everything] , [everywhere] [,] ' said [parnesius] . 1 ' 3 who 1 ' 15 said 9 know 11 , 11 , 14 ' 14 ' 15 said 15 said 17 . ' [we] [had] this much [from] [maximus] ['s] [mouth] [after] [the] [games] [.] ['] 1 ' 4 this 4 this 5 much ' [games] ? 1 ' 3 ? what [games] ? ' said [dan] . 1 what 3 ? 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . parnesius stretched his arm out stiffly , thumb pointed to the ground . 1 parnesius 2 stretched 2 stretched 6 stiffly 3 his 4 arm 4 arm 6 stiffly 5 out 6 stiffly 6 stiffly 7 , 6 stiffly 8 thumb 6 stiffly 12 ground 8 thumb 9 pointed 9 pointed 10 to 11 the 12 ground 12 ground 13 . ' [gladiators] ! 1 ' 3 ! that sort of game , ' he said . 1 that 2 sort 2 sort 3 of 2 sort 4 game 4 game 5 , 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 8 said 7 he 8 said 8 said 9 . ' [there] [were] [two] [days] ['] [games] in his [honour] [when] [he] [landed] [all] [unexpected] [at] [segedunum] [on] the [east] end of the [wall] [.] 1 ' 19 the 8 in 9 his 8 in 19 the 19 the 21 end 21 end 22 of 22 of 23 the in the old days [the] [legions] [kept] silence [before] [their] [emperor] . 1 in 2 the 1 in 8 silence 2 the 3 old 3 old 4 days 8 silence 12 . so did not [we] ! 1 so 2 did 2 did 3 not 3 not 5 ! you [could] hear the [solid] [roar] [run] [west] [along] [the] [wall] [as] [his] [chair] [was] [carried] [rocking] [through] [the] [crowds] [.] 1 you 3 hear 3 hear 4 the that chair was like a little boat among waves , dipping and falling , but always rising again after one had shut the eyes . ' 1 that 3 was 2 chair 3 was 3 was 17 rising 4 like 5 a 5 a 6 little 6 little 7 boat 7 boat 11 dipping 8 among 11 dipping 9 waves 11 dipping 10 , 11 dipping 11 dipping 12 and 11 dipping 13 falling 11 dipping 16 always 11 dipping 17 rising 14 , 15 but 15 but 16 always 17 rising 18 again 17 rising 22 shut 18 again 19 after 20 one 21 had 21 had 22 shut 22 shut 23 the 22 shut 24 eyes 24 eyes 25 . 25 . 26 ' parnesius shivered . 1 parnesius 2 shivered 2 shivered 3 . ' [were] they angry with him ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 3 they 1 ' 9 said 4 angry 5 with 5 with 6 him 6 him 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [no] [more] [angry] [than] [wolves] [in] a [cage] [when] [their] [trainer] [walks] [among] [them] [.] 1 ' 8 a was it not so [,] [faun] ? ' 1 was 3 not 2 it 3 not 3 not 4 so 3 not 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' ' [so] it was . 1 ' 3 it 3 it 4 was 4 was 5 . so it [always] will be , ' said [puck] . 1 so 2 it 2 it 4 will 4 will 5 be 5 be 6 , 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 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 2 had 2 had 3 hardly 2 had 4 seen 4 seen 7 before 7 before 10 he 10 he 17 wished 17 wished 18 to 18 to 19 take 19 take 21 . he was a great [glutton] , and [kept] [five] [asian] [cooks] , and he came [of] [a] [family] [that] [believed] [in] [oracles] . 1 he 2 was 1 he 15 came 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 great 6 , 7 and 6 , 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 he 14 he 15 came 15 came 23 . 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 3 smell 9 entered 4 his 6 dinner 5 good 6 dinner 7 when 8 we 7 when 9 entered 9 entered 13 tables 10 , 11 but 11 but 13 tables 12 the 13 tables 13 tables 14 were 13 tables 15 empty 15 empty 16 . he lay snorting on a couch . 1 he 2 lay 2 lay 3 snorting 3 snorting 4 on 3 snorting 6 couch 5 a 6 couch 6 couch 7 . maximus sat apart among long rolls of accounts . 1 maximus 6 rolls 1 maximus 9 . 2 sat 3 apart 3 apart 6 rolls 4 among 6 rolls 5 long 6 rolls 6 rolls 7 of 6 rolls 8 accounts then the doors were shut . 1 then 2 the 2 the 3 doors 3 doors 4 were 3 doors 5 shut 3 doors 6 . " ' [i] shall [know] them again , [caesar] , " said [rutilianus] . 1 " 12 said 2 ' 4 shall 2 ' 12 said 6 them 7 again 7 again 8 , 8 , 11 " 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 14 . " very good , " said [maximus] . 1 " 2 very 1 " 6 said 3 good 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " now hear ! 1 " 2 now 2 now 3 hear 3 hear 4 ! you are not to [move] [man] [or] [shield] [on] the [wall] [except] [as] [these] boys shall tell you . 1 you 2 are 1 you 16 shall 2 are 3 not 3 not 4 to 4 to 10 the 10 the 15 boys 16 shall 17 tell 17 tell 18 you 18 you 19 . you will do nothing , except eat , without their permission . 1 you 2 will 2 will 3 do 3 do 4 nothing 4 nothing 6 except 5 , 6 except 6 except 7 eat 6 except 11 permission 7 eat 8 , 9 without 11 permission 10 their 11 permission 11 permission 12 . they are the head and arms . 1 they 2 are 2 are 3 the 3 the 4 head 4 head 5 and 4 head 6 arms 6 arms 7 . you are the belly ! " 1 you 2 are 2 are 4 belly 3 the 4 belly 4 belly 5 ! 5 ! 6 " " ' [as] [caesar] [pleases] [,] ["] [the] [old] [man] [grunted] [.] 1 " 2 ' " if [my] [pay] [and] [profits] [are] [not] [cut] [,] you may [make] [my] [ancestors] ['] [oracle] [my] [master] . 1 " 2 if 2 if 11 you 11 you 12 may 12 may 20 . rome has been ! 1 rome 2 has 1 rome 4 ! 2 has 3 been rome has been ! " 1 rome 2 has 1 rome 4 ! 2 has 3 been 4 ! 5 " then he turned on his side to sleep . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 turned 3 turned 5 his 3 turned 7 to 4 on 5 his 5 his 6 side 7 to 8 sleep 8 sleep 9 . " ' [he] [has] it , " said [maximus] . 1 " 8 said 2 ' 8 said 5 it 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 . " we will get to [what] [i] need [.] ["] 1 " 2 we 2 we 3 will 2 we 8 need 3 will 4 get 4 get 5 to ' [he] [unrolled] [full] [copies] [of] [the] [number] [of] [men] [and] [supplies] [on] [the] [wall] down to [the] [sick] that [very] [day] [in] [hunno] [hospital] . 1 ' 20 that 16 down 17 to 17 to 20 that 20 that 26 . 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 5 groaned 2 , 3 but 5 groaned 11 detachment 6 when 11 detachment 7 his 8 pen 8 pen 11 detachment 9 marked 11 detachment 10 off 11 detachment 11 detachment 12 after 11 detachment 13 detachment 13 detachment 14 of 13 detachment 15 our 13 detachment 16 best 13 detachment 17 of 13 detachment 18 our 13 detachment 19 least 19 least 20 worthless 20 worthless 21 men 20 worthless 22 ! it was like an eagle pecking a carcass . 1 it 2 was 2 was 6 pecking 3 like 4 an 4 an 5 eagle 5 eagle 6 pecking 6 pecking 8 carcass 7 a 8 carcass 8 carcass 9 . " ['] [and] now , how many [catapults] have you ? " 1 " 4 now 4 now 5 , 4 now 11 ? 5 , 6 how 6 how 7 many 9 have 10 you 10 you 11 ? 11 ? 12 " he [turned] [up] [a] [new] [list] [,] [but] [pertinax] laid his open hand there [.] 1 he 10 laid 10 laid 13 hand 11 his 13 hand 12 open 13 hand 13 hand 14 there " ' [no] , [caesar] , " said he . 1 " 8 said 2 ' 8 said 4 , 7 " 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 9 he 8 said 10 . " do not [tempt] [the] [gods] [too] [far] . 1 " 2 do 2 do 3 not 3 not 9 . take men , or engines , but not both ; else we refuse . " ' 1 take 5 engines 2 men 5 engines 3 , 4 or 4 or 5 engines 5 engines 7 but 5 engines 8 not 5 engines 9 both 5 engines 10 ; 5 engines 11 else 5 engines 16 ' 6 , 7 but 11 else 12 we 11 else 13 refuse 14 . 15 " 14 . 16 ' ' [engines] ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 5 said 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [the] [catapults] [of] the [wall] [huge] [things] [forty] [feet] [high] [to] [the] [head] [firing] [nets] [of] [raw] [stone] [or] [forged] [bolts] [.] 1 ' 5 the nothing can stand against them . 1 nothing 2 can 2 can 3 stand 3 stand 4 against 4 against 5 them 5 them 6 . he [left] [us] [our] [catapults] [at] [last] , but he took a [caesar] ['s] [half] [of] [our] [men] [without] [pity] [.] 1 he 8 , 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 he 10 he 11 took 11 took 12 a 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 4 shell 10 lists 5 when 6 he 7 rolled 8 up 7 rolled 10 lists 9 the 10 lists 10 lists 11 ! " ['] [hail] , [caesar] ! 1 " 4 , 1 " 6 ! we [,] [about] [to] [die] [,] [salute] [you] ! ["] [said] [pertinax] [,] [laughing] [.] 1 we 9 ! " [if] [any] [enemy] even [leans] [against] [the] [wall] now , [it] [will] [tumble] . " 1 " 10 now 5 even 10 now 10 now 11 , 11 , 16 " 15 . 16 " but now it is [a] [gamble] [a] [game] [played] [against] [the] [gods] , [and] [the] [stakes] [are] [britain] , [gaul] , and [perhaps] [rome] [.] 1 but 2 now 1 but 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 13 , 13 , 22 and 19 , 22 and 21 , 22 and you play on my side ? " 1 you 2 play 1 you 6 ? 2 play 3 on 3 on 4 my 3 on 5 side 6 ? 7 " " ['] [we] will [play] , [caesar] , " [i] said , for [i] [had] [never] [met] a man [like] [this] [man] . 1 " 11 said 4 will 6 , 6 , 9 " 8 , 9 " 9 " 11 said 11 said 12 , 12 , 13 for 13 for 18 a 18 a 19 man 19 man 23 . " good . 1 " 2 good 2 good 3 . tomorrow , " said he , " [i] [proclaim] you [captains] [of] [the] [wall] [before] [the] [troops] . " 1 tomorrow 2 , 2 , 3 " 3 " 4 said 4 said 5 he 4 said 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 10 you 10 you 18 . 18 . 19 " ' [so] we [went] [into] [the] [moonlight] [,] [where] [they] were [cleaning] the [ground] [after] the [games] [.] 1 ' 3 we 1 ' 16 the 3 we 11 were 11 were 13 the 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 14 her 14 her 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 her 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 6 night-fires 2 saw 6 night-fires 3 the 6 night-fires 4 twinkle 6 night-fires 5 of 6 night-fires 6 night-fires 7 all 6 night-fires 10 guard-towers 8 along 10 guard-towers 9 the 10 guard-towers 10 guard-towers 11 , 10 guard-towers 12 and 10 guard-towers 14 line 13 the 14 line 14 line 15 of 14 line 18 catapults 16 the 18 catapults 17 black 18 catapults 18 catapults 19 growing 18 catapults 20 smaller 18 catapults 22 smaller 20 smaller 21 and 22 smaller 25 distance 23 in 24 the 23 in 25 distance 25 distance 26 . here [pertinax] was [more] [than] [my] [right] [hand] [.] 1 here 3 was and he spoke to each as though that man were as high-minded as himself . 1 and 2 he 2 he 3 spoke 3 spoke 4 to 4 to 5 each 4 to 14 himself 6 as 12 high-minded 7 though 12 high-minded 8 that 12 high-minded 9 man 12 high-minded 10 were 12 high-minded 11 as 12 high-minded 12 high-minded 13 as 12 high-minded 14 himself 14 himself 15 . 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 13 , 1 now 14 that 14 that 25 . that was a mistake . 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 mistake 4 mistake 5 . so [i] made ready in haste , and none too soon . 1 so 11 soon 3 made 4 ready 3 made 6 haste 5 in 6 haste 6 haste 8 and 6 haste 9 none 7 , 8 and 9 none 10 too 10 too 11 soon 11 soon 12 . i [shifted] [our] [best] [men] [to] [the] [ends] [of] [the] [wall] , and set up [screened] [catapults] [by] [the] [beach] . 1 i 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 set 14 set 15 up 15 up 21 . ' [now] a [ship] [coming] [in] [to] [land] [men] [must] [furl] [her] [sail] [.] 1 ' 3 a then she turns over , and the sea makes everything clean again . 1 then 2 she 1 then 3 turns 3 turns 4 over 3 turns 10 everything 5 , 6 and 6 and 10 everything 7 the 8 sea 8 sea 9 makes 9 makes 10 everything 10 everything 11 clean 11 clean 12 again 12 again 13 . a few [men] [may] [come] [ashore] [,] [but] [very] [few] [....v] 1 a 2 few 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 4 hard 2 was 14 blowing 4 hard 5 work 6 , 7 except 7 except 12 beach 8 the 12 beach 9 waiting 12 beach 10 on 12 beach 11 the 12 beach 12 beach 13 in 12 beach 14 blowing 14 blowing 15 sand 15 sand 16 and 15 sand 17 snow 17 snow 18 . and that was how we [dealt] [with] [the] [winged] [hats] [that] [winter] [.] 1 and 2 that 1 and 4 how 2 that 3 was 4 how 5 we ' [early] [in] [the] [spring] [,] [when] [the] [east] [winds] [blow] [like] [skinning-knives] [,] [they] [gathered] [again] off [segedunum] with [many] [ships] [.] 1 ' 18 off 18 off 20 with allo told me they would never rest till they had taken a tower in open fight . 1 allo 2 told 1 allo 7 rest 2 told 3 me 4 they 5 would 5 would 6 never 6 never 7 rest 7 rest 8 till 8 till 9 they 9 they 10 had 10 had 11 taken 11 taken 12 a 11 taken 13 tower 13 tower 14 in 13 tower 15 open 15 open 16 fight 16 fight 17 . certainly they fought in the open . 1 certainly 3 fought 2 they 3 fought 3 fought 4 in 3 fought 6 open 4 in 5 the 6 open 7 . i waited , and a wave tumbled him at my feet . 1 i 2 waited 2 waited 4 and 2 waited 6 wave 3 , 4 and 5 a 6 wave 6 wave 7 tumbled 7 tumbled 8 him 7 tumbled 11 feet 9 at 11 feet 10 my 11 feet 11 feet 12 . ' [as] [i] [stooped] [,] [i] [saw] [he] [wore] [such] a [medal] [as] [i] [wear] . ' 1 ' 11 a 1 ' 17 ' 16 . 17 ' parnesius raised his hand to his neck . 1 parnesius 2 raised 1 parnesius 7 neck 2 raised 3 his 2 raised 4 hand 4 hand 5 to 6 his 7 neck 7 neck 8 . ' [therefore] [,] [when] he could [speak] [,] [i] [addressed] [him] [a] [certain] [question] [which] [can] only be [answered] in a [certain] [manner] [.] 1 ' 5 he 5 he 6 could 6 could 17 only 6 could 18 be 18 be 21 a 20 in 21 a he answered with the [necessary] [word] [the] [word] [that] [belongs] [to] [the] [degree] [of] [gryphons] [in] [the] [science] [of] [mithras] [my] [god] [.] 1 he 2 answered 2 answered 3 with 2 answered 4 the i put my shield over him till he could stand up . 1 i 2 put 2 put 4 shield 3 my 4 shield 4 shield 5 over 4 shield 6 him 4 shield 7 till 4 shield 10 stand 8 he 9 could 9 could 10 stand 10 stand 11 up 11 up 12 . you see [i] [am] [not] [short] , but he was a [head] [taller] [than] [i] [.] he said : " what now ? " 1 you 2 see 2 see 7 , 7 , 18 said 8 but 9 he 8 but 17 he 9 he 10 was 10 was 11 a 17 he 18 said 18 said 19 : 19 : 20 " 20 " 21 what 21 what 23 ? 22 now 23 ? 23 ? 24 " i said : " at your pleasure , my brother , to stay or go . " 1 i 2 said 2 said 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 17 " 5 at 6 your 6 your 7 pleasure 7 pleasure 8 , 7 pleasure 14 or 7 pleasure 16 . 9 my 10 brother 10 brother 11 , 10 brother 14 or 12 to 13 stay 13 stay 14 or 14 or 15 go 16 . 17 " ' [he] [looked] [out] [across] the [surf] [.] 1 ' 6 the there remained one ship unhurt , beyond range of our catapults . 1 there 2 remained 2 remained 5 unhurt 3 one 5 unhurt 4 ship 5 unhurt 5 unhurt 6 , 5 unhurt 8 range 7 beyond 8 range 8 range 9 of 8 range 11 catapults 8 range 12 . 10 our 11 catapults i checked the catapults and he waved her in . 1 i 2 checked 2 checked 4 catapults 2 checked 9 in 3 the 4 catapults 4 catapults 7 waved 5 and 7 waved 6 he 7 waved 7 waved 8 her 9 in 10 . she came as a hound comes to a master . 1 she 2 came 2 came 4 a 2 came 7 to 3 as 4 a 5 hound 6 comes 6 comes 7 to 7 to 8 a 8 a 9 master 9 master 10 . when she was yet a hundred paces from the beach , he flung back his hair , and swam out . 1 when 2 she 2 she 3 was 2 she 13 flung 4 yet 7 paces 5 a 6 hundred 6 hundred 7 paces 7 paces 8 from 7 paces 10 beach 7 paces 13 flung 9 the 10 beach 11 , 12 he 12 he 13 flung 13 flung 14 back 13 flung 15 his 13 flung 19 swam 15 his 16 hair 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 swam 19 swam 20 out 20 out 21 . they hauled him in , and went away . 1 they 2 hauled 1 they 7 went 2 hauled 3 him 4 in 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 went 7 went 8 away 8 away 9 . 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 1 i 19 think 2 knew 3 that 11 of 12 all 12 all 14 , 14 , 15 so 15 so 17 did 17 did 18 not 18 not 19 think 19 think 20 much ' [at] [first] [i] thought it was [a] [bribe] [from] [some] [tradesman] in the [town] [meant] [for] old [rutilianus] . 1 ' 5 thought 5 thought 6 it 6 it 7 was 7 was 13 in 13 in 14 the 14 the 18 old 18 old 20 . " [nay] , " said [allo] . 1 " 5 said 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 7 . " this is a [gift] [from] [amal] [,] [that] [winged] [hat] [whom] you [saved] [on] [the] [beach] . 1 " 3 is 1 " 13 you 2 this 3 is 3 is 4 a 13 you 18 . he says you are [a] [man] . " 1 he 2 says 2 says 3 you 3 you 4 are 4 are 7 . 7 . 8 " " ['] [he] is a [man] [,] [too] [.] 1 " 4 is 4 is 5 a tell him [i] [can] [wear] [his] [gift] , " [i] answered . 1 tell 2 him 2 him 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 11 answered 11 answered 12 . they [think] [you] [and] [pertinax] could [lead] [them] [to] [victories] . " 1 they 6 could 6 could 11 . 11 . 12 " allo looked at me like a one-eyed raven . 1 allo 2 looked 1 allo 7 one-eyed 1 allo 9 . 2 looked 3 at 4 me 7 one-eyed 5 like 7 one-eyed 6 a 7 one-eyed 7 one-eyed 8 raven " ['] [allo] , " [i] said , " you are the corn between the two millstones . 1 " 7 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 7 said 7 said 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 you 10 you 11 are 11 are 17 millstones 12 the 17 millstones 13 corn 17 millstones 14 between 17 millstones 15 the 17 millstones 16 two 17 millstones 17 millstones 18 . be content if they grind evenly , and don't thrust your hand between them . " 1 be 2 content 2 content 6 evenly 3 if 4 they 4 they 6 evenly 5 grind 6 evenly 6 evenly 7 , 6 evenly 9 don't 6 evenly 10 thrust 6 evenly 12 hand 7 , 8 and 11 your 12 hand 12 hand 13 between 13 between 14 them 14 them 15 . 15 . 16 " " ' [i] ? " said [allo] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 ? 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . time is what [we] [need] you [and] [i] [and] [maximus] . 1 time 2 is 2 is 3 what 3 what 6 you 6 you 11 . let me [carry] [a] [pleasant] [message] [back] to [the] [winged] [hats] [something] [for] [them] [to] make a council over [.] 1 let 2 me 2 me 8 to 8 to 16 make 16 make 17 a 16 make 18 council 18 council 19 over we barbarians are all alike . 1 we 2 barbarians 2 barbarians 3 are 2 barbarians 5 alike 4 all 5 alike 5 alike 6 . [we] [sit] [up] [half] [the] [night] [to] [discuss] [anything] [a] [roman] [says] [.] eh ? " 1 eh 2 ? 2 ? 3 " " ['] [we] [have] no [men] . 1 " 5 no 5 no 7 . we must fight [with] [words] [,] ["] [said] [pertinax] . 1 we 2 must 2 must 3 fight 3 fight 10 . " leave it to [allo] [and] me . " 1 " 2 leave 2 leave 7 me 3 it 4 to 4 to 7 me 7 me 8 . 8 . 9 " ' [indeed] [,] [they] [permitted] [the] [corn-ships] [which] [i] [sent] [to] [the] [picts] to [pass] [north] that [season] [without] [harm] . 1 ' 17 that 14 to 17 that 17 that 21 . 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 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 they 12 they 13 were 13 were 14 in 14 in 15 some 15 some 16 sort 16 sort 23 of 21 was 22 glad 22 glad 23 of 23 of 24 it 24 it 25 . he could not spare them . 1 he 2 could 2 could 3 not 2 could 4 spare 4 spare 5 them 5 them 6 . he needed [them] to [win] [more] [victories] [in] [gaul] [.] 1 he 2 needed 2 needed 4 to he answered : " you will learn that [i] have [at] [last] [settled] [accounts] [with] the [pup] [gratian] [.] 1 he 2 answered 2 answered 3 : 3 : 4 " 4 " 5 you 5 you 6 will 5 you 10 have 6 will 7 learn 7 learn 8 that 10 have 16 the just now [i] [can] [spare] [none] . " ['] 1 just 2 now 2 now 7 . 7 . 8 " ' [what] [did] he [mean] [by] his [general] ['s] son ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 he 4 he 7 his 7 his 10 son 10 son 11 ? 11 ? 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 15 . it was his fate , and it was his fall . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 fate 3 his 4 fate 4 fate 5 , 4 fate 8 was 4 fate 10 fall 4 fate 11 . 5 , 6 and 7 it 8 was 9 his 10 fall but [theodosius] the [emperor] is a good man [.] 1 but 3 the 3 the 8 man 5 is 6 a 6 a 7 good 6 a 8 man [as] [i] [know] [.] ['] parnesius was silent for a moment and then continued . 1 parnesius 3 silent 1 parnesius 10 . 2 was 3 silent 3 silent 4 for 3 silent 6 moment 3 silent 9 continued 5 a 6 moment 7 and 8 then 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 " 4 " 5 you 5 you 6 must 6 must 7 live 7 live 10 longer 8 a 9 little 9 little 10 longer 10 longer 26 . he may [welcome] me [as] [a] [brother-emperor] , [or] he may be [preparing] [an] [army] . 1 he 2 may 2 may 12 be 4 me 8 , 8 , 10 he 10 he 11 may 11 may 12 be 12 be 16 . in [either] case [i] [cannot] [spare] [men] [just] [now] [.] ["] 1 in 3 case ' [but] he was [always] saying [that] , ' cried [una] . 1 ' 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 6 saying 6 saying 8 , 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 cried 10 cried 12 . ' [it] [was] true . 1 ' 4 true 4 true 5 . yes , the [wall] [looked] [strong] [.] 1 yes 2 , 2 , 3 the for myself , [i] knew how weak we were . 1 for 2 myself 2 myself 3 , 2 myself 7 weak 2 myself 10 . 5 knew 6 how 6 how 7 weak 7 weak 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 7 , 7 , 8 but 8 but 16 the 16 the 18 of 18 of 19 the they increased their strength every day , but [i] could not increase my men . 1 they 2 increased 2 increased 3 their 2 increased 4 strength 2 increased 15 . 4 strength 5 every 4 strength 12 increase 5 every 6 day 6 day 7 , 7 , 8 but 10 could 11 not 11 not 12 increase 12 increase 13 my 12 increase 14 men ' [thus] [,] my friends , [we] [lived] [on] the [wall] [,] [waiting] [waiting] [waiting] [for] [the] [men] [that] [maximus] [never] [sent] [.] 1 ' 4 my 4 my 5 friends 5 friends 6 , 6 , 10 the ' [presently] he wrote that he was [preparing] an [army] [against] [theodosius] [.] 1 ' 3 he 3 he 4 wrote 4 wrote 5 that 5 that 6 he 6 he 7 was 7 was 9 an i [hope] [within] [a] [year] [to] [finish] [with] [theodosius] , son [of] [theodosius] , [once] and for all [.] 1 i 10 , 10 , 16 and 11 son 14 , 14 , 16 and 16 and 18 all 17 for 18 all then you [shall] have [britain] to [rule] , and [pertinax] [,] [if] he [chooses] , [gaul] [.] 1 then 13 he 1 then 15 , 2 you 4 have 2 you 8 , 4 have 6 to 8 , 9 and 9 and 13 he [today] [i] [wish] [strongly] [you] [were] [with] [me] [to] [beat] [my] [auxiliaries] [into] [shape] [.] do [not] , [i] pray [you] [,] believe any [rumour] of my [sickness] [.] 1 do 3 , 1 do 8 believe 3 , 5 pray 8 believe 9 any 9 any 11 of 11 of 12 my i have a little [evil] [in] [my] [old] [body] [which] [i] [shall] [cure] [by] [riding] [swiftly] [into] [rome] . " 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 a 3 a 4 little 4 little 19 . 19 . 20 " ' [said] [pertinax] : " it is [finished] [with] [maximus] . 1 ' 7 is 4 : 5 " 5 " 6 it 6 it 7 is 7 is 11 . he writes as a man without hope . 1 he 2 writes 2 writes 3 as 2 writes 5 man 2 writes 7 hope 4 a 5 man 6 without 7 hope 7 hope 8 . i , a man without hope , can see this . 1 i 6 hope 1 i 8 can 2 , 5 without 3 a 4 man 4 man 5 without 5 without 6 hope 6 hope 7 , 8 can 9 see 9 see 10 this 10 this 11 . what does he add at the bottom of the roll ? 1 what 2 does 2 does 3 he 2 does 4 add 4 add 7 bottom 4 add 10 roll 5 at 7 bottom 6 the 7 bottom 7 bottom 8 of 8 of 9 the 10 roll 11 ? " ' [that] is [proof] , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 8 said 2 ' 4 is 2 ' 8 said 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 . " [nicaea] is not far [by] [sea] from [rome] [.] 1 " 3 is 3 is 4 not 4 not 5 far 5 far 8 from a woman there [could] [take] ship [and] [fly] [to] [rome] [in] [time] [of] [war] [.] 1 a 2 woman 1 a 6 ship 2 woman 3 there yes , [maximus] [foresees] [his] [death] , and is [fulfilling] [his] [promises] [one] [by] [one] [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 is but [i] [am] [glad] [my] [uncle] [met] him . " ['] 1 but 8 him 8 him 9 . 9 . 10 " " ' [you] [think] [blackly] [today] [?] ["] 1 " 2 ' i asked . 1 i 2 asked 2 asked 3 . " ' [i] [think] [truth] [.] 1 " 2 ' the [gods] [weary] of the [play] [we] [have] [played] [against] [them] [.] 1 the 4 of 4 of 5 the [theodosius] [will] [destroy] [maximus] [.] it is finished ! " 1 it 2 is 1 it 4 ! 2 is 3 finished 4 ! 5 " " ['] [will] you [write] [him] that ? " 1 " 4 you 4 you 8 ? 7 that 8 ? 8 ? 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] [!] " ['] [and] now , " he said , [sealing] it , " we be [two] [dead] [men] , my brother . 1 " 4 now 4 now 5 , 4 now 19 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 8 said 6 " 14 we 7 he 8 said 8 said 9 , 9 , 13 " 11 it 12 , 12 , 13 " 14 we 15 be 19 , 20 my 20 my 21 brother 21 brother 22 . let us go to [the] [temple] . " 1 let 2 us 1 let 3 go 3 go 4 to 4 to 7 . 7 . 8 " ' [we] [prayed] [awhile] [to] [mithras] [,] [where] we had [many] [times] [prayed] [before] . 1 ' 9 we 9 we 10 had 10 had 15 . after that , we lived day by day among evil rumours till winter came again . 1 after 2 that 2 that 11 rumours 3 , 4 we 4 we 5 lived 5 lived 11 rumours 6 day 11 rumours 7 by 11 rumours 8 day 11 rumours 9 among 11 rumours 10 evil 11 rumours 11 rumours 12 till 11 rumours 13 winter 11 rumours 14 came 11 rumours 15 again 15 again 16 . turning [him] over [,] [we] [saw] [by] [his] [belt-buckle] [that] [he] [was] [a] [goth] [of] [an] [eastern] [legion] [.] 1 turning 3 over suddenly he opened his eyes and cried loudly , " he is dead ! 1 suddenly 3 opened 2 he 3 opened 3 opened 5 eyes 3 opened 8 loudly 4 his 5 eyes 5 eyes 6 and 7 cried 8 loudly 8 loudly 13 dead 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 he 11 he 12 is 12 is 13 dead 13 dead 14 ! 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 6 , 6 , 7 but 6 , 15 " 7 but 8 the 12 the 13 ship 13 ship 14 . 14 . 15 " so saying , he died between our hands . 1 so 2 saying 2 saying 3 , 2 saying 4 he 4 he 5 died 5 died 6 between 6 between 7 our 7 our 8 hands 8 hands 9 . ' [we] asked not who was dead . 1 ' 3 asked 3 asked 5 who 4 not 5 who 5 who 6 was 6 was 7 dead 7 dead 8 . we knew ! 1 we 2 knew 2 knew 3 ! we [raced] [before] [the] [driving] [snow] [to] [hunno] [,] [thinking] [perhaps] [allo] might be there . 1 we 13 might 13 might 14 be 14 be 15 there 15 there 16 . we found him already at our stables , and he saw by our faces what we had heard . 1 we 2 found 1 we 17 had 2 found 3 him 2 found 7 stables 4 already 7 stables 5 at 7 stables 6 our 7 stables 7 stables 8 , 7 stables 9 and 7 stables 11 saw 7 stables 12 by 7 stables 13 our 10 he 11 saw 13 our 14 faces 15 what 16 we 16 we 17 had 17 had 18 heard 18 heard 19 . " ['] [it] was in a tent by the sea , " he stammered . 1 " 14 stammered 4 was 6 a 5 in 6 a 6 a 7 tent 7 tent 8 by 7 tent 10 sea 9 the 10 sea 10 sea 14 stammered 11 , 12 " 12 " 14 stammered 13 he 14 stammered 14 stammered 15 . " he was [beheaded] by [theodosius] [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 was 3 was 5 by he sent a letter to you , written while he waited to be slain . 1 he 2 sent 2 sent 4 letter 3 a 4 letter 4 letter 5 to 4 letter 8 written 5 to 6 you 6 you 7 , 8 written 14 slain 9 while 11 waited 10 he 11 waited 11 waited 14 slain 12 to 13 be 13 be 14 slain 14 slain 15 . the [winged] [hats] [met] the ship and took it . 1 the 6 ship 5 the 6 ship 6 ship 10 . 7 and 8 took 8 took 9 it 9 it 10 . the news is running through the heather like fire . 1 the 2 news 2 news 7 heather 3 is 4 running 4 running 5 through 4 running 7 heather 6 the 7 heather 7 heather 8 like 7 heather 9 fire 9 fire 10 . blame me not ! 1 blame 2 me 2 me 4 ! 3 not 4 ! i cannot hold back my young men any more . " 1 i 2 cannot 2 cannot 3 hold 2 cannot 8 any 3 hold 4 back 3 hold 5 my 5 my 7 men 6 young 7 men 8 any 9 more 9 more 10 . 10 . 11 " " ['] [i] [would] we could [say] [as] [much] [for] [our] men , " said [pertinax] , [laughing] . 1 " 5 we 1 " 15 said 5 we 6 could 12 men 13 , 13 , 14 " 14 " 15 said 15 said 17 , 15 said 19 . " [but] [,] [gods] [be] [praised] [,] [they] [cannot] run away . " 1 " 10 run 10 run 11 away 11 away 12 . 12 . 13 " " ' [what] do you do ? " said [allo] . 1 " 5 you 2 ' 4 do 4 do 5 you 5 you 7 ? 6 do 7 ? 7 ? 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " ['] [it] [grieves] me , " said [pertinax] , " [but] we are [stationed] here to [stop] that [thing] . " 1 " 8 said 5 me 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 , 10 , 11 " 10 , 22 " 11 " 13 we 13 we 14 are 14 are 16 here 17 to 19 that 19 that 21 . 21 . 22 " " ' [if] [i] [carry] [back] [such] [an] [answer] they will kill me , " said [allo] . 1 " 16 said 2 ' 16 said 10 they 11 will 11 will 12 kill 12 kill 13 me 13 me 14 , 14 , 15 " 15 " 16 said 16 said 18 . " [i] [always] [promised] [the] [winged] [hats] that you would [rise] [when] [maximus] [fell] . 1 " 9 you 8 that 9 you 9 you 10 would 10 would 15 . i [i] did not think he could [fall] . " 1 i 3 did 1 i 7 could 3 did 4 not 4 not 5 think 5 think 6 he 7 could 9 . 9 . 10 " " ' [alas] ! my [poor] [barbarian] , " said [pertinax] , [still] [laughing] . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 4 ! 4 ! 9 " 5 my 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 , 10 said 15 . " well , you have sold us too many good ponies to be thrown back to your friends . 1 " 2 well 2 well 3 , 3 , 4 you 4 you 5 have 5 have 6 sold 6 sold 7 us 6 sold 11 ponies 8 too 9 many 9 many 11 ponies 10 good 11 ponies 11 ponies 14 thrown 12 to 13 be 13 be 14 thrown 14 thrown 15 back 14 thrown 18 friends 15 back 16 to 17 your 18 friends 18 friends 19 . 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 5 a 5 a 6 prisoner 6 prisoner 8 although 6 prisoner 12 ambassador 7 , 8 although 9 you 10 are 10 are 12 ambassador 11 an 12 ambassador 12 ambassador 13 . 13 . 14 " " ' [yes] , that will be best , " said [allo] , [holding] [out] [a] [halter] . 1 " 11 said 2 ' 6 will 4 , 5 that 5 that 6 will 6 will 7 be 7 be 8 best 8 best 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 13 , 11 said 18 . we bound him lightly , for he was an old man . 1 we 2 bound 2 bound 4 lightly 2 bound 6 for 3 him 4 lightly 4 lightly 5 , 6 for 9 an 7 he 8 was 8 was 9 an 9 an 10 old 10 old 11 man 11 man 12 . " ['] [presently] [the] [winged] [hats] [may] come to look for you , and [that] will give us more [time] [.] 1 " 8 come 1 " 12 you 8 come 9 to 9 to 10 look 10 look 11 for 12 you 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 16 will 16 will 17 give 17 give 18 us 18 us 19 more see [how] [the] [habit] [of] [playing] [for] [time] [sticks] [to] [a] [man] ! " said [pertinax] , as he [tied] the [rope] [.] 1 see 13 ! 13 ! 14 " 14 " 15 said 15 said 17 , 15 said 21 the 17 , 18 as 18 as 19 he " ' [no] , " [i] said . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 7 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 7 said 7 said 8 . " time may help . 1 " 3 may 2 time 3 may 3 may 4 help 4 help 5 . 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 9 was 9 was 17 the 17 the 18 ship 18 ship 22 . 19 that 21 it 21 it 22 . if he can send ships , he can send men [.] ["] 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 can 3 can 4 send 4 send 5 ships 5 ships 9 send 5 ships 10 men 6 , 7 he 7 he 8 can 8 can 9 send " ' [how] will [that] [profit] us ? " said [pertinax] . 1 " 10 said 2 ' 4 will 2 ' 10 said 7 us 8 ? 8 ? 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 . " we [serve] [maximus] [,] [not] [theodosius] [.] 1 " 2 we " ' [it] [concerns] [us] [to] [defend] the [wall] , no matter what [emperor] [dies] , or [makes] [die] , " [i] said . 1 " 23 said 2 ' 8 the 2 ' 23 said 8 the 12 matter 10 , 11 no 11 no 12 matter 12 matter 13 what 16 , 21 " 17 or 20 , 20 , 21 " 21 " 23 said 23 said 24 . " ' [that] is [worthy] [of] your brother [the] [philosopher] , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 13 said 2 ' 4 is 4 is 7 your 7 your 8 brother 8 brother 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 15 . " [myself] [i] [am] [without] [hope] , [so] [i] do not say solemn and stupid things ! 1 " 17 ! 7 , 10 do 10 do 11 not 11 not 12 say 12 say 13 solemn 13 solemn 14 and 13 solemn 15 stupid 13 solemn 16 things 16 things 17 ! [rouse] [the] [wall] [!] ["] therefore , [we] [must] [stand] [fast] [....y] 1 therefore 2 , my friends , it is above all things strange to see how men bear ill news ! 1 my 2 friends 2 friends 3 , 3 , 4 it 4 it 5 is 5 is 15 ill 6 above 7 all 6 above 9 strange 7 all 8 things 9 strange 12 how 10 to 11 see 11 see 12 how 12 how 15 ill 13 men 14 bear 14 bear 15 ill 15 ill 16 news 16 news 17 ! often [the] [strongest] [till] [then] [become] [the] [weakest] , [while] [the] [weakest] , as it were , [reach] [up] and [steal] [strength] [from] [the] [gods] [.] 1 often 9 , 9 , 20 and 13 , 14 as 13 , 20 and 14 as 15 it 14 as 16 were 17 , 20 and so it was with us . 1 so 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 with 4 with 5 us 5 us 6 . even [our] [libyan] [cohort] the [third] [stood] [up] [in] [their] [padded] [cuirasses] [and] [did] [not] [whimper] [.] 1 even 5 the ' [in] [three] [days] [came] [seven] [chiefs] and [elders] [of] [the] [winged] [hats] [.] 1 ' 8 and we made them welcome , for they were ambassadors . 1 we 2 made 2 made 3 them 3 them 4 welcome 4 welcome 5 , 4 welcome 9 ambassadors 6 for 9 ambassadors 7 they 8 were 8 were 9 ambassadors 9 ambassadors 10 . [we] [showed] [them] [allo] [,] [alive] [but] [bound] [.] they [thought] [we] had killed him , and [i] [saw] [it] [would] not [have] [vexed] [them] [if] [we] had . 1 they 4 had 1 they 19 had 4 had 13 not 5 killed 6 him 6 him 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 13 not 19 had 20 . allo saw it too , and it vexed him . 1 allo 2 saw 2 saw 3 it 2 saw 9 him 3 it 4 too 4 too 5 , 5 , 6 and 7 it 8 vexed 8 vexed 9 him 9 him 10 . then [in] [our] [quarters] [at] [hunno] we came to [council] . 1 then 7 we 1 then 8 came 8 came 9 to 9 to 11 . ' [they] said that [rome] was [falling] , and [that] we [must] [join] [them] [.] 1 ' 11 we 3 said 4 that 3 said 8 , 4 that 6 was 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 we they [offered] [me] all [south] [britain] [to] [govern] after they had [taken] [a] [tribute] [out] [of] [it] . 1 they 4 all 1 they 11 had 9 after 10 they 10 they 11 had 11 had 18 . ' [i] answered [,] ["] [patience] . 1 ' 3 answered 3 answered 7 . this [wall] is not [weighed] [off] like [plunder] . 1 this 3 is 3 is 4 not 4 not 7 like 7 like 9 . give me [proof] that [my] [general] is dead . ["] 1 give 2 me 2 me 4 that 2 me 9 . 7 is 8 dead 8 dead 9 . " ['] [we] are not [merchants] [to] [bargain] , " cried [amal] . 1 " 4 are 1 " 11 cried 5 not 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 cried 11 cried 13 . " [moreover] [,] [i] [owe] [this] [man] my life . 1 " 8 my 8 my 9 life 9 life 10 . he shall have [his] [proof] . " 1 he 2 shall 2 shall 3 have 3 have 6 . 6 . 7 " he threw across to me [a] [letter] [(] [well] [i] [knew] [the] [seal] [)] [from] [maximus] . 1 he 2 threw 2 threw 3 across 2 threw 5 me 4 to 5 me 5 me 17 . " ' [we] [took] [this] out of the ship [we] [sank] , " he cried . 1 " 15 cried 2 ' 15 cried 6 out 7 of 7 of 8 the 8 the 9 ship 9 ship 12 , 12 , 13 " 13 " 15 cried 14 he 15 cried 15 cried 16 . " [i] [cannot] [read] [,] [but] [i] [know] [one] [sign] [,] [at] [least] [,] [which] [makes] me [believe] . " 1 " 17 me 17 me 19 . 19 . 20 " he [showed] [me] [a] [dark] [stain] [on] [the] [outer] [roll] [that] [my] [heavy] [heart] [perceived] was the [valiant] [blood] of [maximus] [.] 1 he 16 was 16 was 17 the 17 the 20 of " ' [read] ! " said [amal] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " [read] [,] [and] [then] let us hear whose servants you are ! " 1 " 6 let 6 let 7 us 6 let 8 hear 8 hear 10 servants 9 whose 10 servants 10 servants 13 ! 11 you 12 are 12 are 13 ! 13 ! 14 " ' [said] [pertinax] [,] [very] [softly] [,] [after] he had [looked] [through] [it] [:] ["] [i] [will] read it all . 1 ' 9 he 9 he 10 had 10 had 18 read 18 read 19 it 19 it 20 all 20 all 21 . listen , barbarians ! " 1 listen 3 barbarians 2 , 3 barbarians 3 barbarians 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 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 2 drew 1 parnesius 5 neck 2 drew 3 from 4 his 5 neck 5 neck 9 spotted 6 a 7 folded 7 folded 8 and 7 folded 9 spotted 9 spotted 10 piece 9 spotted 12 parchment 10 piece 11 of 12 parchment 14 and 12 parchment 15 began 12 parchment 18 hushed 13 , 14 and 16 in 18 hushed 17 a 18 hushed 18 hushed 19 voice 19 voice 20 : " ['] [enough] , " said [young] [amal] ; ["] [there] [is] [your] [proof] [!] 1 " 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 9 ; you must join us now ! " 1 you 2 must 2 must 3 join 3 join 4 us 4 us 5 now 4 us 6 ! 6 ! 7 " ' [pertinax] [looked] [long] [and] [silently] [at] [him] [,] [till] that [fair] man [blushed] [like] [a] [girl] . 1 ' 11 that 11 that 13 man 13 man 18 . then [read] [pertinax] : 1 then 4 : the three [mules] [which] [i] [strove] [to] [drive] [have] [torn] [me] [in] [pieces] [as] [your] [father] [prophesied] [.] 1 the 2 three the [naked] [swords] [wait] at the [tent] door to give me [the] [death] [i] [gave] [to] [gratian] . 1 the 8 door 5 at 8 door 6 the 8 door 8 door 18 . 9 to 10 give 10 give 11 me 11 me 18 . " ' [by] [the] [light] [of] [the] [sun] [,] ["] [amal] [broke] [in] [.] 1 " 2 ' " this was in [some] [sort] a [man] [!] 1 " 2 this 2 this 3 was 3 was 7 a 4 in 7 a we may have been mistaken in his servants ! " 1 we 2 may 2 may 5 mistaken 3 have 4 been 4 been 5 mistaken 5 mistaken 6 in 5 mistaken 8 servants 7 his 8 servants 8 servants 9 ! 9 ! 10 " ' [and] [pertinax] [read] [on] [:] " you gave me [the] [time] [for] [which] [i] asked . 1 ' 16 asked 7 " 8 you 7 " 16 asked 8 you 10 me 9 gave 10 me 16 asked 17 . if [i] have [failed] to use it [,] [do] [not] [lament] . 1 if 7 it 3 have 5 to 5 to 6 use 6 use 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 2 have 2 have 22 . remember , [i] [have] [been] [;] [but] [rome] [is] [;] and [rome] will be . 1 remember 2 , 2 , 11 and 11 and 13 will 13 will 14 be 14 be 15 . tell [pertinax] [his] [mother] [is] [in] [safety] [at] [nicaea] [,] [and] her [monies] [are] in [charge] of the [prefect] [at] [antipolis] [.] 1 tell 12 her 12 her 15 in 15 in 18 the 17 of 18 the make [my] [remembrances] [to] [your] [father] [and] [to] [your] [mother] [,] [whose] [friendship] was [great] [gain] to me . 1 make 18 me 14 was 17 to 17 to 18 me 18 me 19 . give [also] [to] my little [picts] and [to] [the] [winged] [hats] [such] [messages] [as] [their] [thick] [heads] [can] [understand] [.] 1 give 4 my 4 my 5 little 5 little 7 and i would have sent [you] [three] [legions] [this] [very] [day] if [all] had gone aright . 1 i 3 have 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 sent 3 have 14 gone 11 if 13 had 13 had 14 gone 14 gone 15 aright 15 aright 16 . do not forget me . 1 do 2 not 2 not 3 forget 3 forget 4 me 4 me 5 . we have worked together . 1 we 2 have 2 have 3 worked 3 worked 4 together 4 together 5 . farewell ! 1 farewell 2 ! farewell ! 1 farewell 2 ! farewell ! " 1 farewell 2 ! 2 ! 3 " ' [now] [,] [that] [was] [my] [emperor] 's last letter . ' 1 ' 12 ' 8 's 10 letter 9 last 10 letter 10 letter 11 . 11 . 12 ' ( [the] [children] [heard] [the] [parchment] [crackle] [as] [parnesius] [returned] [it] [to] [its] [place] . ) 1 ( 16 ) 15 . 16 ) " ' [i] was [mistaken] , " said [amal] . 1 " 8 said 2 ' 8 said 4 was 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 . " [the] [servants] [of] [such] a man [will] [sell] [nothing] [except] [over] [the] [sword] . 1 " 6 a 6 a 7 man 7 man 15 . i am glad of it . " 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 glad 3 glad 4 of 4 of 5 it 5 it 6 . 6 . 7 " 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 7 me 8 . " ['] [but] [maximus] [has] [given] you your [dismissal] , " said [an] [elder] . 1 " 7 you 1 " 12 said 7 you 8 your 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 15 . " you are certainly free to serve or to rule whom you please . 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 5 free 4 certainly 5 free 5 free 7 serve 6 to 7 serve 7 serve 8 or 7 serve 10 rule 9 to 10 rule 10 rule 11 whom 11 whom 13 please 12 you 13 please 13 please 14 . join do not follow join us ! " 1 join 6 us 2 do 3 not 3 not 4 follow 4 follow 5 join 5 join 6 us 6 us 7 ! 7 ! 8 " " ' [we] thank you , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 8 said 2 ' 4 thank 4 thank 5 you 4 thank 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 . " but [maximus] [tells] [us] to [give] you [such] [messages] [as] [pardon] me , but [i] [use] his [words] [your] [thick] [heads] can understand . " 1 " 2 but 2 but 8 you 6 to 8 you 8 you 13 me 13 me 14 , 14 , 15 but 14 , 26 " 15 but 18 his 23 can 24 understand 24 understand 25 . 25 . 26 " he pointed through the door to the foot of a catapult wound up . 1 he 2 pointed 2 pointed 3 through 3 through 4 the 4 the 5 door 5 door 11 catapult 5 door 14 . 6 to 7 the 7 the 8 foot 8 foot 9 of 8 foot 11 catapult 10 a 11 catapult 11 catapult 12 wound 12 wound 13 up " ' [we] understand , " said [an] [elder] . 1 " 7 said 2 ' 7 said 4 understand 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 10 . " [the] [wall] must be [won] [at] a [price] [?] ["] 1 " 4 must 4 must 5 be 5 be 8 a ' [they] [drank] , and [wiped] [their] [yellow] [beards] [in] [silence] [till] [they] [rose] to go . 1 ' 16 go 4 , 5 and 5 and 15 to 15 to 16 go 16 go 17 . " ' [think] [rather] what [theodosius] [may] [send] , " [i] answered ; and though they laughed [,] [i] saw that [my] [chance] [shot] [troubled] [them] . 1 " 12 answered 2 ' 5 what 2 ' 12 answered 9 , 10 " 10 " 12 answered 12 answered 13 ; 13 ; 14 and 13 ; 16 they 15 though 16 they 16 they 17 laughed 16 they 20 saw 20 saw 21 that 21 that 27 . ' [only] [old] [allo] [lingered] [behind] a little . 1 ' 7 a 7 a 8 little 8 little 9 . " ['] [you] see , " he said , [winking] and [blinking] [,] " [i] [am] no more than their dog . 1 " 4 see 4 see 5 , 5 , 6 " 5 , 14 " 6 " 8 said 7 he 8 said 8 said 9 , 9 , 11 and 14 " 17 no 17 no 18 more 18 more 19 than 19 than 20 their 19 than 21 dog 21 dog 22 . when [i] [have] [shown] [their] [men] the [secret] [short] [ways] [across] [our] [bogs] , they will [kick] [me] [like] [one] . " 1 when 7 the 1 when 15 they 14 , 15 they 15 they 16 will 16 will 21 . 21 . 22 " " ['] [you] think so ? 1 " 4 think 4 think 5 so 4 think 6 ? woe is me ! " said the old man . 1 woe 2 is 1 woe 3 me 3 me 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 7 the 7 the 8 old 8 old 9 man 9 man 10 . " [i] [only] [wanted] [peace] [for] [my] [people] , ["] and [he] went [out] [stumbling] through the [snow] [behind] [the] [tall] [winged] [hats] [.] 1 " 9 , 9 , 11 and 11 and 13 went 13 went 16 through 16 through 17 the i had this from a [pict] prisoner . 1 i 2 had 2 had 3 this 2 had 5 a 4 from 5 a 5 a 7 prisoner 7 prisoner 8 . they were [as] [much] [our] [spies] [as] [our] [enemies] , for [the] [winged] [hats] [oppressed] them , and took their [winter] [stores] [.] 1 they 2 were 1 they 20 their 2 were 10 , 10 , 18 and 11 for 16 them 16 them 17 , 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 took ah , foolish [little] [people] ! 1 ah 2 , 1 ah 6 ! 3 foolish 6 ! ' [then] the [winged] [hats] [began] [to] [roll] [us] [up] [from] [each] [end] [of] [the] [wall] [.] 1 ' 3 the we had [trouble] [,] [too] [,] [with] the [forage] [for] [the] [ponies] [along] [the] [wall] [.] 1 we 2 had 2 had 8 the i [kept] [ten] , and so did [pertinax] [.] 1 i 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 so 6 so 7 did we lived and slept in the saddle , riding east or west , and we ate our worn-out ponies . 1 we 2 lived 2 lived 10 east 3 and 4 slept 4 slept 5 in 4 slept 7 saddle 6 the 7 saddle 7 saddle 8 , 7 saddle 9 riding 9 riding 10 east 10 east 11 or 10 east 12 west 12 west 18 worn-out 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 we 15 we 18 worn-out 16 ate 18 worn-out 17 our 18 worn-out 18 worn-out 19 ponies 19 ponies 20 . the people of the town also made us some trouble [till] [i] [gathered] [them] [all] [in] [one] [quarter] [behind] [hunno] [.] 1 the 2 people 2 people 3 of 3 of 4 the 4 the 5 town 5 town 6 also 6 also 7 made 7 made 8 us 8 us 9 some 9 some 10 trouble we broke down the [wall] on either side of it to make as it were a citadel . 1 we 2 broke 2 broke 3 down 3 down 4 the 3 down 6 on 6 on 8 side 6 on 17 citadel 7 either 8 side 8 side 9 of 10 it 17 citadel 11 to 12 make 12 make 17 citadel 13 as 17 citadel 14 it 17 citadel 15 were 17 citadel 16 a 17 citadel 17 citadel 18 . our men fought better in close order . 1 our 2 men 2 men 3 fought 3 fought 4 better 3 fought 5 in 3 fought 6 close 6 close 7 order 7 order 8 . i think we fought in our sleep . 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 we 3 we 4 fought 4 fought 5 in 4 fought 7 sleep 5 in 6 our 7 sleep 8 . ' [the] [winged] [hats] [fought] [like] [wolves] all [in] [a] [pack] [.] 1 ' 8 all where they had suffered most , there they charged in most hotly . 1 where 2 they 2 they 9 charged 3 had 4 suffered 4 suffered 5 most 4 suffered 9 charged 6 , 7 there 7 there 9 charged 8 they 9 charged 9 charged 10 in 9 charged 12 hotly 11 most 12 hotly 12 hotly 13 . 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 7 , 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 it 9 it 17 . we wished for some record . 1 we 2 wished 2 wished 5 record 3 for 4 some 4 some 5 record 5 record 6 . ' [and] the [fighting] [?] 1 ' 3 the the [fight] [was] [always] [hottest] [to] [left] [and] [right] of the [great] [statue] [of] [roma] [dea] [,] [near] [to] [rutilianus] 's house . 1 the 10 of 10 of 11 the 11 the 22 house 21 's 22 house 22 house 23 . i [remember] [he] [said] [his] [sword] was an [oracle] [!] 1 i 7 was 7 was 8 an " let us [consult] [the] [oracle] , " he would say , and put the handle against his ear , and shake his head wisely . 1 " 2 let 2 let 3 us 2 let 16 handle 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 he 9 he 10 would 10 would 11 say 11 say 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 put 14 put 16 handle 15 the 16 handle 16 handle 17 against 16 handle 19 ear 16 handle 22 shake 18 his 19 ear 20 , 21 and 21 and 22 shake 22 shake 25 wisely 23 his 24 head 24 head 25 wisely 25 wisely 26 . oh , there [were] [jests] [in] [plenty] [on] [the] [wall] [to] [take] [the] [place] [of] [food] ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 17 ! 2 , 3 there ' [we] [endured] for [two] [months] [and] [seventeen] [days] [always] being [pressed] [from] [three] [sides] [into] [a] [smaller] [space] [.] 1 ' 4 for 4 for 11 being several times [allo] [sent] [in] [word] that [help] [was] [at] [hand] [.] 1 several 2 times 2 times 7 that we did not believe it , but it cheered our men . 1 we 2 did 1 we 10 our 2 did 3 not 3 not 4 believe 4 believe 5 it 5 it 6 , 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 it 9 cheered 10 our 10 our 11 men 11 men 12 . ' [the] [end] [came] [not] [with] [shootings] [of] [joy] [,] but [,] [like] the rest , as in a dream . 1 ' 11 but 11 but 14 the 14 the 15 rest 15 rest 16 , 16 , 17 as 17 as 19 a 18 in 19 a 19 a 20 dream 20 dream 21 . 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 9 for 10 one 9 for 13 the 10 one 11 night 11 night 12 and 13 the 14 next 14 next 15 day 15 day 16 ; 15 day 20 long 15 day 22 spent 17 which 18 is 18 is 19 too 19 too 20 long 20 long 21 for 22 spent 23 men 23 men 24 . we slept at first lightly , expecting to be roused , and then like logs , each where he lay . 1 we 2 slept 2 slept 5 lightly 3 at 4 first 4 first 5 lightly 5 lightly 15 logs 5 lightly 21 . 6 , 7 expecting 7 expecting 8 to 7 expecting 10 roused 8 to 9 be 10 roused 15 logs 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 then 13 then 15 logs 14 like 15 logs 15 logs 16 , 15 logs 17 each 15 logs 20 lay 18 where 19 he 18 where 20 lay may you never need such sleep ! 1 may 3 never 1 may 6 sleep 2 you 3 never 3 never 5 such 4 need 5 such 6 sleep 7 ! [when] [i] [waked] [our] [towers] [were] [full] [of] [strange] [,] [armed] [men] [,] [who] [watched] [us] [snoring] [.] i [roused] [pertinax] , and we [leaped] [up] together . 1 i 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 we 6 we 9 together 9 together 10 . " ' [what] ? " said a young man in clean armour . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 ? 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 young 7 a 8 young 8 young 9 man 8 young 12 armour 10 in 12 armour 11 clean 12 armour 12 armour 13 . " do you fight [against] [theodosius] ? 1 " 2 do 2 do 3 you 2 do 7 ? 4 fight 7 ? look ! " 1 look 2 ! 2 ! 3 " ' [north] we [looked] [over] the [red] [snow] [.] 1 ' 3 we 1 ' 6 the [no] [winged] [hats] [were] [there] [.] [south] [we] [looked] [over] [the] [white] [snow] [,] [and] [behold] [there] [were] [the] [eagles] [of] [two] [strong] [legions] [encamped] [.] [east] [and] [west] [we] [saw] [flame] [and] [fighting] [,] [but] [by] [hunno] [all] [was] [still] [.] " ' [trouble] no more , " said the young man . 1 " 8 said 2 ' 8 said 4 no 5 more 4 no 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 9 the 9 the 10 young 10 young 11 man 11 man 12 . " [rome] ['s] [arm] is [long] . 1 " 5 is 5 is 7 . where are the [captains] of the [wall] ? " 1 where 2 are 1 where 3 the 1 where 8 ? 3 the 5 of 5 of 6 the 8 ? 9 " ' [we] said [we] were those men . 1 ' 3 said 3 said 8 . 5 were 6 those 6 those 7 men 7 men 8 . " ' [but] you are old and grey-haired , " he cried . 1 " 12 cried 2 ' 12 cried 4 you 5 are 5 are 8 grey-haired 6 old 8 grey-haired 7 and 8 grey-haired 8 grey-haired 9 , 8 grey-haired 12 cried 10 " 12 cried 11 he 12 cried 12 cried 13 . " [maximus] said that they were [boys] . " 1 " 3 said 3 said 4 that 3 said 8 . 4 that 5 they 5 they 6 were 8 . 9 " " ' [yes] , that was true some years ago , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 13 said 2 ' 13 said 4 , 5 that 5 that 6 was 6 was 7 true 7 true 8 some 8 some 9 years 9 years 10 ago 10 ago 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 15 . " what is our fate to be , you fine and well-fed child ? " 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 is 2 what 14 ? 3 is 4 our 4 our 5 fate 6 to 7 be 7 be 12 well-fed 8 , 9 you 9 you 12 well-fed 10 fine 12 well-fed 11 and 12 well-fed 12 well-fed 13 child 12 well-fed 14 ? 14 ? 15 " " ['] [i] [am] [called] [ambrosius] [,] [a] [secretary] of [the] [emperor] , " he answered . 1 " 16 answered 10 of 13 , 13 , 14 " 14 " 16 answered 15 he 16 answered 16 answered 17 . " [show] [me] [a] [certain] [letter] [which] [maximus] [wrote] [from] [a] [tent] [at] [aquileia] , and perhaps [i] will [believe] . " 1 " 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 perhaps 17 perhaps 19 will 19 will 21 . 21 . 22 " if you [choose] [to] [serve] [theodosius] , he will give you a [legion] [.] 1 if 2 you 2 you 7 , 7 , 8 he 8 he 9 will 9 will 10 give 10 give 11 you 10 give 12 a if [it] [suits] you to go to your [homes] , we will give you [a] [triumph] . " 1 if 4 you 1 if 11 we 4 you 6 go 5 to 6 go 6 go 7 to 7 to 8 your 10 , 11 we 11 we 12 will 12 will 13 give 13 give 14 you 14 you 17 . 17 . 18 " " ' [oh] [,] [i] see you are a boy , " said [ambrosius] . 1 " 13 said 2 ' 8 are 2 ' 13 said 6 see 7 you 7 you 8 are 9 a 10 boy 10 boy 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 15 . " and you ? " turning to me . 1 " 3 you 2 and 3 you 3 you 4 ? 4 ? 5 " 4 ? 6 turning 6 turning 7 to 7 to 8 me 8 me 9 . " ' [we] [bear] no [ill-will] [against] [theodosius] , [but] [in] [war-] " [i] began [.] 1 " 5 no 2 ' 5 no 5 no 9 , 9 , 13 " 13 " 15 began " ' [in] [war] it is as it is in [love] , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 14 said 2 ' 6 is 2 ' 9 is 2 ' 14 said 5 it 6 is 7 as 8 it 8 it 9 is 9 is 10 in 12 , 13 " 13 " 14 said 14 said 16 . " whether she be good or bad , one gives one 's best once , to one only . 1 " 2 whether 2 whether 3 she 2 whether 4 be 2 whether 6 or 4 be 5 good 6 or 7 bad 7 bad 8 , 7 bad 9 one 7 bad 10 gives 7 bad 18 only 7 bad 19 . 10 gives 11 one 10 gives 13 best 10 gives 17 one 12 's 13 best 13 best 15 , 13 best 16 to 14 once 15 , that given , there remains no second worth giving or taking [.] ["] 1 that 5 remains 2 given 5 remains 3 , 4 there 4 there 5 remains 5 remains 6 no 5 remains 7 second 5 remains 8 worth 5 remains 9 giving 5 remains 11 taking 9 giving 10 or " ' [that] is true , " said [ambrosius] . 1 " 8 said 2 ' 4 is 4 is 5 true 5 true 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 . " [i] [was] [with] [maximus] [before] he died . 1 " 7 he 7 he 8 died 8 died 9 . he [warned] [theodosius] [that] [you] [would] [never] [serve] [him] , [and] [frankly] [i] [say] [i] am sorry [for] [my] [emperor] . " 1 he 10 , 10 , 22 " 16 am 17 sorry 17 sorry 21 . 21 . 22 " " ' [he] [has] [rome] to [console] him , " said [pertinax] . 1 " 11 said 2 ' 11 said 6 to 8 him 8 him 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 13 . " [i] [ask] [you] [of] [your] [kindness] [to] let us go to [our] [homes] and get [this] [smell] out of [our] [nostrils] . " 1 " 9 let 9 let 10 us 9 let 11 go 11 go 12 to 12 to 16 get 15 and 16 get 16 get 19 out 19 out 20 of 20 of 23 . 23 . 24 " ' [none] the [less] [they] [gave] [us] [a] [triumph] ! ' 1 ' 3 the 1 ' 10 ! 10 ! 11 ' ' [it] [was] well [earned] , ' said [puck] , [throwing] some [leaves] [into] [the] [still] [water] of the [marlpit] [.] 1 ' 4 well 4 well 6 , 4 well 10 , 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 10 , 12 some 12 some 18 of 18 of 19 the the black , oily circles spread dizzily as the children watched them . 1 the 2 black 2 black 4 oily 3 , 4 oily 4 oily 5 circles 5 circles 7 dizzily 6 spread 7 dizzily 7 dizzily 8 as 7 dizzily 10 children 7 dizzily 11 watched 9 the 10 children 11 watched 12 them 12 them 13 . ' [i] [want] to know , oh , [ever] so many things , ' said [dan] [.] 1 ' 15 said 4 to 5 know 5 know 6 , 6 , 15 said 7 oh 8 , 8 , 10 so 10 so 11 many 11 many 12 things 12 things 13 , 13 , 14 ' 14 ' 15 said ' [what] [happened] [to] [old] [allo] ? 1 ' 7 ? did [the] [winged] [hats] ever come back ? 1 did 5 ever 1 did 8 ? 5 ever 6 come 6 come 7 back and what did [amal] do ? ' 1 and 2 what 2 what 3 did 2 what 5 do 5 do 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' ' [and] what happened to the [fat] old [general] [with] [the] [five] [cooks] ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 what 3 what 4 happened 4 happened 5 to 4 happened 14 ? 5 to 6 the 6 the 8 old 14 ? 15 ' 15 ' 16 said 16 said 18 . ' [and] what did [your] [mother] [say] [when] you came home ? . . . ' 1 ' 3 what 3 what 4 did 4 did 9 you 9 you 12 ? 10 came 11 home 11 home 12 ? 12 ? 16 ' 13 . 14 . 13 . 16 ' 14 . 15 . ' [hst] ! ' he whispered [.] 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' 4 ' 6 whispered 5 he 6 whispered ' [oh] , [mus] ' [reynolds] [,] [mus] ' [reynolds] ! ' said [hobden] [,] under his breath . 1 ' 5 ' 3 , 5 ' 5 ' 13 said 9 ' 11 ! 11 ! 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 19 . 16 under 18 breath 17 his 18 breath 18 breath 19 . ' [if] [i] [knowed] all [was] [inside] [your] [head] [,] [i] ['d] [know] [something] [wuth] [knowin] ['] [.] 1 ' 5 all [mus] ['] [dan] [an] ['] [miss] [una] [,] [come] [along] [o] ['] [me] [while] [i] [lock] [up] [my] [liddle] [henhouse] [.] ['] [a] [pict] [song] we are [the] [little] [folk] [we] ! 1 we 2 are 2 are 7 ! too little to love or to hate . 1 too 2 little 1 too 3 to 1 too 8 . 3 to 4 love 4 love 5 or 4 love 7 hate 6 to 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 5 you 3 alone 4 and 5 you 6 'll 6 'll 7 see 7 see 15 ! we are the worm in the wood ! 1 we 2 are 2 are 4 worm 3 the 4 worm 4 worm 7 wood 4 worm 8 ! 5 in 6 the 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 4 rot 7 root 6 the 7 root 7 root 8 ! we are the germ in the blood ! 1 we 2 are 2 are 4 germ 3 the 4 germ 4 germ 5 in 4 germ 7 blood 4 germ 8 ! 5 in 6 the we are the thorn in the foot ! 1 we 2 are 2 are 4 thorn 3 the 4 thorn 4 thorn 7 foot 4 thorn 8 ! 5 in 6 the 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] [!] no indeed ! 1 no 2 indeed 2 indeed 3 ! we are not strong [,] [but] we know [peoples] that are . 1 we 2 are 1 we 11 are 2 are 3 not 3 not 4 strong 7 we 8 know 7 we 11 are 8 know 10 that 11 are 12 . yes , and we 'll [guide] [them] [along] , [to] [smash] and [destroy] you [in] [war] ! 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 9 , 2 , 3 and 3 and 4 we 4 we 5 'll 9 , 12 and 12 and 14 you 14 you 17 ! we shall be slaves just the same ? 1 we 2 shall 2 shall 3 be 2 shall 4 slaves 4 slaves 7 same 5 just 7 same 6 the 7 same 7 same 8 ? 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 2 rainy 3 afternoon he was dressed in a plum-coloured doublet and tight plum-coloured hose , and he drew busily in a red-edged book . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 dressed 3 dressed 4 in 3 dressed 6 plum-coloured 5 a 6 plum-coloured 6 plum-coloured 7 doublet 6 plum-coloured 11 hose 6 plum-coloured 16 busily 7 doublet 8 and 9 tight 10 plum-coloured 10 plum-coloured 11 hose 11 hose 13 and 12 , 13 and 14 he 15 drew 15 drew 16 busily 16 busily 19 red-edged 17 in 19 red-edged 18 a 19 red-edged 19 red-edged 20 book 19 red-edged 21 . ' [sit] [ye] ! 1 ' 4 ! sit ye ! ' 1 sit 2 ye 2 ye 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' puck cried from a rafter overhead . 1 puck 5 rafter 2 cried 5 rafter 3 from 5 rafter 4 a 5 rafter 5 rafter 6 overhead 5 rafter 7 . ' [see] what it is to be beautiful ! 1 ' 3 what 3 what 5 is 4 it 5 is 5 is 6 to 6 to 7 be 7 be 8 beautiful 8 beautiful 9 ! sir [harry] [dawe] [pardon] , [hal] [says] [i] [am] the [very] [image] [of] [a] head [for] [a] [gargoyle] . ' 1 sir 5 , 5 , 20 ' 10 the 15 head 15 head 19 . 19 . 20 ' 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 3 laughed 3 laughed 4 and 3 laughed 5 raised 5 raised 6 his 6 his 9 cap 6 his 18 bristled 7 dark 8 velvet 8 velvet 9 cap 10 to 11 the 11 the 12 children 12 children 18 bristled 13 , 14 and 13 , 16 grizzled 15 his 16 grizzled 16 grizzled 18 bristled 17 hair 18 bristled 18 bristled 19 out 18 bristled 20 in 18 bristled 23 fringe 21 a 22 stormy 22 stormy 23 fringe 23 fringe 24 . he was old forty at least but his eyes were young , with funny little wrinkles all round them . 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 forty 3 old 4 forty 4 forty 6 least 4 forty 18 round 5 at 6 least 7 but 8 his 8 his 9 eyes 9 eyes 10 were 10 were 16 wrinkles 11 young 16 wrinkles 12 , 13 with 13 with 16 wrinkles 14 funny 15 little 14 funny 16 wrinkles 16 wrinkles 17 all 16 wrinkles 18 round 18 round 19 them 19 them 20 . a satchel of embroidered leather hung from his broad belt , which looked interesting . 1 a 2 satchel 2 satchel 3 of 2 satchel 4 embroidered 2 satchel 5 leather 5 leather 6 hung 5 leather 7 from 5 leather 10 belt 8 his 10 belt 9 broad 10 belt 10 belt 11 , 10 belt 12 which 10 belt 14 interesting 12 which 13 looked 14 interesting 15 . ' [may] we [see] ? ' said [una] , [coming] [forward] [.] 1 ' 3 we 1 ' 7 said 5 ? 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 , ' [surely] [sure-ly] ! ' he said , [moving] [up] [on] [the] [window-seat] [,] and returned to [his] work with a [silver-pointed] [pencil] . 1 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 ' 5 ' 7 said 6 he 7 said 7 said 8 , 8 , 15 and 15 and 16 returned 16 returned 17 to 17 to 19 work 19 work 20 with 19 work 24 . 20 with 21 a ' [oh] , what a beauty ! ' cried [dan] . 1 ' 9 cried 3 , 4 what 4 what 5 a 5 a 6 beauty 6 beauty 7 ! 7 ! 8 ' 8 ' 9 cried 9 cried 11 . " ware fingers ! 1 " 2 ware 2 ware 3 fingers 2 ware 4 ! that blade is perilous sharp . 1 that 4 perilous 2 blade 4 perilous 3 is 4 perilous 4 perilous 5 sharp 4 perilous 6 . i [made] it myself [of] [the] [best] [low] [country] [cross-bow] [steel] . 1 i 4 myself 3 it 4 myself 4 myself 12 . and so , too , this fish . 1 and 2 so 2 so 3 , 3 , 4 too 4 too 5 , 4 too 8 . 6 this 7 fish 7 fish 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 9 he 1 when 12 the 8 so 9 he yes , and that 's my inkhorn . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 7 inkhorn 3 and 7 inkhorn 4 that 7 inkhorn 5 's 7 inkhorn 6 my 7 inkhorn 7 inkhorn 8 . i made [the] [four] [silver] [saints] [round] [it] . 1 i 2 made 2 made 9 . [press] [barnabas] ['s] [head] [.] the children gasped , for it fairly leaped from the page . 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 gasped 3 gasped 4 , 3 gasped 8 leaped 3 gasped 12 . 5 for 6 it 6 it 7 fairly 7 fairly 8 leaped 8 leaped 9 from 8 leaped 11 page 9 from 10 the ' [didn't] you hate that ? ' said [dan] [after] [a] [great] [many] [other] [questions] . 1 ' 8 said 3 you 4 hate 3 you 6 ? 5 that 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 16 . ' [i] [never] thought [on't] . 1 ' 4 thought 4 thought 6 . i knew them . 1 i 2 knew 2 knew 3 them 3 them 4 . i worked for them : that was enough . 1 i 2 worked 2 worked 3 for 2 worked 8 enough 3 for 4 them 4 them 5 : 6 that 7 was 7 was 8 enough 8 enough 9 . no wonder ['] [he] [stopped] [and] [laughed] . 1 no 2 wonder 2 wonder 8 . ' [you] [became] a great man , [hal] [,] ' said [puck] . 1 ' 10 ' 4 a 5 great 4 a 6 man 6 man 7 , 7 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 . ' [they] said so , [robin] [.] 1 ' 3 said 3 said 5 , 4 so 5 , even [bramante] [said] so [.] ['] 1 even 4 so ' [why] ? 1 ' 3 ? what did you do ? ' 1 what 2 did 2 did 3 you 3 you 4 do 4 do 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' dan asked . 1 dan 2 asked 1 dan 3 . the artist looked at him queerly . 1 the 2 artist 2 artist 6 queerly 3 looked 4 at 3 looked 6 queerly 5 him 6 queerly 6 queerly 7 . ' [things] [in] [stone] and [such] , [up] [and] [down] [england] [.] 1 ' 5 and 1 ' 7 , you would not have heard of ' em . 1 you 4 have 2 would 3 not 2 would 4 have 4 have 5 heard 5 heard 6 of 5 heard 8 em 7 ' 8 em 8 em 9 . to come [nearer] home , [i] [rebuilded] [this] [little] [st] [barnabas] ' [church] [of] [ours] . 1 to 2 come 2 come 4 home 4 home 5 , 5 , 12 ' 12 ' 16 . it [cost] [me] [more] [trouble] and [sorrow] [than] [aught] [i] ['ve] [touched] [in] [my] [life] [.] 1 it 6 and but ' twas a sound lesson . ' 1 but 3 twas 2 ' 3 twas 3 twas 5 sound 3 twas 6 lesson 4 a 5 sound 6 lesson 7 . 7 . 8 ' ' [um] , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [we] ['ve] [had] [lessons] this morning . ' 1 ' 9 ' 6 this 7 morning 7 morning 8 . 8 . 9 ' ' [i] ['ll] not [afflict] [ye] , lad , ' said [hal] , [while] [puck] [roared] [.] 1 ' 4 not 1 ' 11 said 7 , 8 lad 8 lad 9 , 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 , ' [pirate] ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 5 said 3 ? 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . he wriggled like a hooked fish . 1 he 2 wriggled 2 wriggled 3 like 2 wriggled 5 hooked 3 like 4 a 5 hooked 6 fish 6 fish 7 . ' [even] [that] [andrew] [barton] you were [singing] [of] on the [stair] just now . ' 1 ' 6 you 1 ' 16 ' 6 you 7 were 7 were 10 on 10 on 11 the 13 just 14 now 14 now 15 . 15 . 16 ' he dipped again in the inkwell , and held his breath over a sweeping line , as though he had forgotten everything else . 1 he 2 dipped 2 dipped 6 inkwell 3 again 6 inkwell 4 in 6 inkwell 5 the 6 inkwell 6 inkwell 7 , 6 inkwell 8 and 6 inkwell 9 held 6 inkwell 11 breath 10 his 11 breath 11 breath 14 sweeping 12 over 14 sweeping 13 a 14 sweeping 14 sweeping 15 line 14 sweeping 18 though 16 , 18 though 17 as 18 though 18 though 19 he 19 he 20 had 20 had 21 forgotten 21 forgotten 22 everything 22 everything 23 else 23 else 24 . ' [pirates] [don't] [build] [churches] [,] do they ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 11 said 7 do 8 they 7 do 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 . ' [or] do [they] ? ' 1 ' 3 do 3 do 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' ' [they] [help] [mightily] , ['] [hal] [laughed] [.] 1 ' 5 , ' [but] you were at [your] [lessons] [this] [morn] [,] [jack] [scholar] . ' 1 ' 3 you 1 ' 14 ' 3 you 4 were 4 were 5 at 13 . 14 ' ' [oh] , [pirates] [aren't] [lessons] [.] 1 ' 3 , it was only [bruce] [and] [his] [silly] [old] [spider] , ' said [una] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 10 , 2 was 3 only 10 , 11 ' 11 ' 12 said 12 said 14 . ' [why] [did] [sir] [andrew] [barton] [help] you ? ' 1 ' 8 you 8 you 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' ' [i] question if he [ever] knew it , ' said [hal] , [twinkling] [.] 1 ' 10 ' 3 question 4 if 4 if 5 he 5 he 7 knew 7 knew 8 it 8 it 9 , 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 , ' [robin] [,] [how] a ['] [mischief] ['s] name [am] [i] [to] [tell] [these] [innocents] what comes of [sinful] [pride] ? ' 1 ' 5 a 5 a 9 name 9 name 21 ? 16 what 17 comes 16 what 21 ? 17 comes 18 of 21 ? 22 ' ' [oh] , we know [all] [about] [that] , ' said [una] [pertly] . 1 ' 10 ' 3 , 4 we 4 we 5 know 5 know 9 , 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 14 . ' [if] you [get] [too] [beany] [that] ['s] [cheeky] you [get] [sat] [upon] , of course . ' 1 ' 3 you 1 ' 10 you 10 you 14 , 14 , 18 ' 15 of 16 course 16 course 17 . 17 . 18 ' [hal] [considered] [a] [moment] [,] [pen] [in] [air] [,] [and] [puck] [said] [some] [long] [words] [.] ' [aha] ! that was [my] [case] too , ' he cried . 1 ' 12 cried 3 ! 12 cried 4 that 5 was 4 that 11 he 5 was 8 too 8 too 9 , 9 , 10 ' 11 he 12 cried 12 cried 13 . ' [beany] you [say] [but] [certainly] [i] did not conduct myself well . 1 ' 3 you 3 you 8 did 8 did 9 not 9 not 10 conduct 10 conduct 11 myself 10 conduct 12 well 12 well 13 . but [father] [roger] [sitting] [in] [merton] [college] [library] [,] he did not forget me . 1 but 10 he 10 he 11 did 11 did 12 not 12 not 13 forget 13 forget 14 me 14 me 15 . " [out] ! 1 " 3 ! son of my [art] [!] ["] [said] [he] [.] 1 son 2 of 2 of 3 my " [fight] [the] [devil] at home [ere] [you] [call] [yourself] a man [and] [a] [craftsman] . ["] 1 " 5 at 5 at 6 home 6 home 16 . 11 a 12 man 12 man 16 . and [i] [quaked] , [and] [i] [went] [....v] 1 and 4 , how ['s] [yon] [,] [robin] ? ' 1 how 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' he [flourished] [the] finished [sketch] [before] [puck] [.] 1 he 4 finished ' [me] ! 1 ' 3 ! me [past] [peradventure] , ' said [puck] , [smirking] [like] [a] [man] [at] [a] [mirror] [.] 1 me 4 , 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 , ' [ah] [,] see ! 1 ' 5 ! 4 see 5 ! the rain has took off ! 1 the 2 rain 2 rain 3 has 2 rain 4 took 2 rain 6 ! 4 took 5 off i hate housen in daylight . ' 1 i 2 hate 2 hate 3 housen 3 housen 4 in 3 housen 5 daylight 5 daylight 6 . 6 . 7 ' ' [whoop] ! 1 ' 3 ! [holiday] [!] ['] [cried] [hal] [,] [leaping] [up] [.] ' [who] ['s] for [my] [little] [lindens] [?] 1 ' 4 for we can [talk] [there] . ' 1 we 2 can 2 can 5 . 5 . 6 ' they tumbled downstairs , and turned past the dripping willows by the sunny mill-dam . 1 they 2 tumbled 2 tumbled 3 downstairs 3 downstairs 5 and 3 downstairs 9 dripping 4 , 5 and 6 turned 9 dripping 7 past 9 dripping 8 the 9 dripping 9 dripping 14 mill-dam 10 willows 14 mill-dam 11 by 14 mill-dam 12 the 14 mill-dam 13 sunny 14 mill-dam 14 mill-dam 15 . ' [body] [o] ' me , ' said [hal] , [staring] [at] the [hop-garden] [,] [where] [the] [hops] [were] [just] [ready] [to] [blossom] [.] 1 ' 8 said 4 ' 7 ' 5 me 6 , 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 , 8 said 13 the ' [what] are [these] [?] 1 ' 3 are vines ? 1 vines 2 ? no , not vines , and they twine the wrong way to beans . ' 1 no 2 , 1 no 13 beans 3 not 4 vines 4 vines 8 twine 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 twine 7 they 8 twine 8 twine 9 the 8 twine 10 wrong 8 twine 11 way 8 twine 13 beans 12 to 13 beans 13 beans 14 . 14 . 15 ' he began to draw in his ready book . 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 3 to 4 draw 4 draw 5 in 4 draw 7 ready 5 in 6 his 7 ready 8 book 8 book 9 . ['] [hops] [.] new [since] [your] day [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] 1 new 4 day ' [they] ['re] [an] [herb] [of] [mars] , [and] [their] [flowers] [dried] [flavour] [ale] [.] 1 ' 8 , we say 1 we 2 say ' [turkeys] [,] [heresy] [,] [hops] , and [beer] [came] [into] [england] [all] in one [year] . ' 1 ' 18 ' 7 , 8 and 8 and 14 in 14 in 15 one 15 one 17 . 17 . 18 ' ['] [heresy] [i] [know] [.] i 've seen [hops] [god] [be] [praised] [for] [their] [beauty] [!] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 seen what is your [turkis] ? ' 1 what 2 is 1 what 5 ? 2 is 3 your 5 ? 6 ' the children laughed . 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 laughed 3 laughed 4 . they knew [the] [lindens] [turkeys] [,] [and] [as] [soon] [as] [they] [reached] [lindens] [orchard] [on] [the] [hill] [the] [full] [flock] [charged] [at] [them] [.] 1 they 2 knew out [came] [hal] ['s] [book] at once . 1 out 6 at 6 at 7 once 7 once 8 . ' [hoity-toity] ! ' he cried . 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' 4 ' 6 cried 5 he 6 cried 6 cried 7 . ' [here] ['s] [pride] [in] [purple] [feathers] ! 1 ' 8 ! [here's] [wrathy] [contempt] [and] [the] [pomps] [of] [the] [flesh] [!] how d'you call them ? ' 1 how 2 d'you 2 d'you 3 call 2 d'you 4 them 2 d'you 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' ' [turkeys] ! 1 ' 3 ! [turkeys] [!] ['] [the] [children] [shouted] [,] [as] [the] [old] [gobbler] [raved] [and] [flamed] [against] [hal] ['s] [plum-coloured] [hose] [.] ' [save] [your] [magnificence] ! ' he said . 1 ' 5 ! 5 ! 6 ' 6 ' 8 said 7 he 8 said 8 said 9 . ' [i] ['ve] [drafted] [two] good [new] things [today] . ' 1 ' 11 ' 6 good 8 things 8 things 10 . 10 . 11 ' and he doffed his cap to the bubbling bird . 1 and 3 doffed 2 he 3 doffed 3 doffed 4 his 3 doffed 5 cap 3 doffed 6 to 3 doffed 8 bubbling 6 to 7 the 8 bubbling 9 bird 9 bird 10 . then [they] [walked] through the [grass] [to] the [knoll] [where] [little] [lindens] [stands] [.] 1 then 4 through 4 through 5 the 4 through 8 the the old farmhouse , weather-tiled to the ground , took almost the colour of a blood-ruby in the afternoon light . 1 the 2 old 2 old 5 weather-tiled 3 farmhouse 5 weather-tiled 4 , 5 weather-tiled 5 weather-tiled 6 to 5 weather-tiled 8 ground 5 weather-tiled 10 took 5 weather-tiled 11 almost 7 the 8 ground 8 ground 9 , 11 almost 16 blood-ruby 12 the 13 colour 13 colour 16 blood-ruby 14 of 16 blood-ruby 15 a 16 blood-ruby 16 blood-ruby 17 in 16 blood-ruby 18 the 16 blood-ruby 19 afternoon 16 blood-ruby 20 light 20 light 21 . the old spaniel in his barrel barked once or twice to show he was in charge of the empty house . 1 the 2 old 2 old 3 spaniel 3 spaniel 4 in 3 spaniel 5 his 3 spaniel 6 barrel 3 spaniel 7 barked 3 spaniel 15 in 7 barked 10 twice 7 barked 12 show 8 once 10 twice 9 or 10 twice 11 to 12 show 13 he 14 was 14 was 15 in 15 in 16 charge 16 charge 17 of 16 charge 19 empty 17 of 18 the 19 empty 20 house 20 house 21 . puck clicked back the garden-gate . 1 puck 2 clicked 2 clicked 5 garden-gate 3 back 5 garden-gate 4 the 5 garden-gate 5 garden-gate 6 . ' [d'you] [marvel] that [i] [love] it ? ' said [hal] , [in] [a] [whisper] [.] 1 ' 4 that 1 ' 10 said 7 it 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 , ' [what] [can] [town] [folk] [know] [of] the [nature] [of] [housen] [or] land [?] ['] 1 ' 8 the 8 the 13 land the old man was cutting a faggot in his garden by the hives . 1 the 2 old 2 old 3 man 3 man 7 faggot 4 was 7 faggot 5 cutting 7 faggot 6 a 7 faggot 7 faggot 8 in 7 faggot 9 his 7 faggot 10 garden 7 faggot 13 hives 11 by 13 hives 12 the 13 hives 13 hives 14 . 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 3 quite 3 quite 8 chopper 4 a 5 second 5 second 8 chopper 6 after 8 chopper 7 his 8 chopper 8 chopper 9 fell 8 chopper 10 that 8 chopper 12 chump 11 the 12 chump 12 chump 13 of 12 chump 15 blow 12 chump 16 reached 12 chump 17 their 12 chump 18 lazy 13 of 14 the 18 lazy 19 ears 19 ears 20 . ' [eh] [yeh] ! ' said [hal] . 1 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 . ' [i] [mind] [when] [where] that [old] [gaffer] [stands] was [nether] [forge] [master] [john] [collins] ['s] [foundry] . 1 ' 6 that 6 that 10 was 10 was 18 . many a night has his big trip-hammer shook me in my bed here . 1 many 7 trip-hammer 2 a 7 trip-hammer 3 night 7 trip-hammer 4 has 7 trip-hammer 5 his 7 trip-hammer 6 big 7 trip-hammer 7 trip-hammer 8 shook 7 trip-hammer 9 me 7 trip-hammer 10 in 7 trip-hammer 11 my 7 trip-hammer 12 bed 7 trip-hammer 13 here 13 here 14 . boom-bitty ! 1 boom-bitty 2 ! boom-bitty ! 1 boom-bitty 2 ! if the [wind] [was] [east] [,] [i] [could] [hear] [master] [tom] [collins] ['s] [forge] [at] [stockens] [answering] [his] [brother] [,] [boom-oop] [!] 1 if 2 the [yes] [.] the valley [was] [as] [full] [o] ['] [forges] and [fineries] [as] [a] [may] [shaw] [o] ['] [cuckoos] [.] 1 the 2 valley 2 valley 9 and all gone to grass now ! ' 1 all 2 gone 2 gone 3 to 2 gone 5 now 4 grass 5 now 5 now 6 ! 6 ! 7 ' ' [what] [did] they [make] ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 they 1 ' 8 said 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . ' [guns] [for] the [king] ['s] [ships] [and] [for] others . 1 ' 4 the 4 the 10 others 10 others 11 . serpentines and cannon mostly . 1 serpentines 2 and 1 serpentines 3 cannon 3 cannon 4 mostly 3 cannon 5 . 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 2 the look ! 1 look 2 ! here 's one of the first [and] [finest] [craftsmen] of the [sea] ! ' 1 here 2 's 1 here 13 ! 2 's 3 one 3 one 4 of 4 of 5 the 5 the 6 first 6 first 10 of 10 of 11 the 13 ! 14 ' he fluttered back a page of his book , and showed them a young man 's head . 1 he 2 fluttered 2 fluttered 3 back 2 fluttered 5 page 2 fluttered 7 his 4 a 5 page 6 of 7 his 7 his 8 book 7 his 17 head 8 book 11 showed 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 showed 11 showed 12 them 13 a 15 man 14 young 15 man 15 man 16 's 16 's 17 head 17 head 18 . [underneath] [was] [written] [:] ['] [sebastianus] [.] ['] i [drafted] [him] [thus] [sitting] [by] [our] [fire] [telling] [mother] [of] [the] [new] [lands] he 'd find the far side the world . 1 i 16 'd 15 he 16 'd 16 'd 17 find 16 'd 19 far 17 find 18 the 19 far 20 side 20 side 21 the 21 the 22 world 22 world 23 . and he found them , too ! 1 and 3 found 2 he 3 found 3 found 4 them 4 them 5 , 5 , 6 too 6 too 7 ! there 's a nose to cleave through unknown seas ! 1 there 2 's 2 's 3 a 2 's 4 nose 4 nose 6 cleave 5 to 6 cleave 6 cleave 7 through 6 cleave 8 unknown 6 cleave 9 seas 9 seas 10 ! [cabot] [was] [his] [name] [a] [bristol] [lad] [half] [a] [foreigner] [.] i set a heap by him . 1 i 2 set 2 set 4 heap 2 set 6 him 3 a 4 heap 4 heap 5 by 6 him 7 . he helped me to my church-building . ' 1 he 6 church-building 2 helped 6 church-building 3 me 6 church-building 4 to 6 church-building 5 my 6 church-building 6 church-building 8 ' 7 . 8 ' ' [i] [thought] that was [sir] [andrew] [barton] , ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 that 1 ' 11 said 4 that 5 was 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 . ' [ay] [,] but [foundations] before [roofs] , ' [hal] answered . 1 ' 4 but 1 ' 11 answered 6 before 8 , 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 11 answered 11 answered 12 . ' [sebastian] [first] [put] [me] [in] the way of it . 1 ' 7 the 7 the 8 way 8 way 9 of 9 of 10 it 10 it 11 . they cared not , and it served me right , one split straw for my craft or my greatness . 1 they 2 cared 2 cared 3 not 2 cared 7 served 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 served 6 it 7 served 7 served 8 me 7 served 9 right 7 served 12 split 9 right 10 , 11 one 12 split 12 split 13 straw 13 straw 14 for 13 straw 19 greatness 15 my 19 greatness 16 craft 19 greatness 17 or 19 greatness 18 my 19 greatness 19 greatness 20 . what a murrain call had [i] [,] [they] [said] [,] [to] [mell] [with] [old] [st] [barnabas] ['] [?] 1 what 3 murrain 2 a 3 murrain 3 murrain 4 call 3 murrain 5 had only [sir] [john] [pelham] [up] [yonder] at [brightling] [bade] [me] [heart-up] [and] [go] [on] [.] 1 only 7 at yet how could [i] [?] 1 yet 2 how 2 how 3 could did [i] ask [master] [collins] [for] [his] [timber-tug] [to] [haul] [beams] [?] 1 did 3 ask [the] [oxen] [had] [gone] [to] [lewes] [after] [lime] [.] 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 9 cramps 4 me 5 a 6 set 9 cramps 7 of 9 cramps 8 iron 9 cramps 9 cramps 10 or 9 cramps 11 ties 9 cramps 14 roof 9 cramps 15 ? 11 ties 12 for 13 the 14 roof they never came to hand , or else they were spaulty or cracked . 1 they 3 came 1 they 11 spaulty 2 never 3 came 3 came 4 to 5 hand 11 spaulty 6 , 7 or 7 or 11 spaulty 8 else 11 spaulty 9 they 11 spaulty 10 were 11 spaulty 11 spaulty 12 or 11 spaulty 13 cracked 11 spaulty 14 . so with [everything] [.] 1 so 2 with nothing said , but naught done except [i] stood by them , and then done amiss . 1 nothing 4 but 1 nothing 6 done 2 said 3 , 3 , 4 but 5 naught 6 done 6 done 7 except 6 done 16 amiss 7 except 10 by 9 stood 10 by 11 them 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 then 14 then 16 amiss 15 done 16 amiss 16 amiss 17 . i thought the countryside was fair bewitched . ' 1 i 2 thought 2 thought 4 countryside 3 the 4 countryside 4 countryside 5 was 4 countryside 6 fair 4 countryside 7 bewitched 4 countryside 8 . 8 . 9 ' ' [it] [was] [,] [sure-ly] , ' said [puck] , [knees] [under] [chin] [.] 1 ' 7 ' 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 , ' [did] you [never] [suspect] [ary] [one] ? ' 1 ' 3 you 3 you 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' ' [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] . 1 ' 24 me 6 for 15 the 6 for 24 me 15 the 16 same 16 same 20 as 20 as 21 he 21 he 22 'd 24 me 28 . 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 6 his 6 his 7 head 7 head 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 he 11 he 12 could 12 could 23 not 21 that 22 were 22 were 23 not saints ! 1 saints 2 ! how [sebastian] [stormed] ! 1 how 4 ! i know , for we sat on this bench sharing our sorrows inter-common . 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 , 3 , 4 for 4 for 10 sharing 5 we 6 sat 6 sat 9 bench 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 13 inter-common 14 . ' [ah] ! 1 ' 3 ! the [pirate] [!] ' said [dan] . 1 the 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ['] [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 9 , 9 , 15 and 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 went 16 went 17 into 17 into 18 the and they all wagged their sinful heads , and agreed . 1 and 2 they 2 they 4 wagged 3 all 4 wagged 4 wagged 5 their 4 wagged 6 sinful 6 sinful 7 heads 6 sinful 10 agreed 6 sinful 11 . 7 heads 9 and 8 , 9 and less afraid of the [devil] than [of] [me] [as] [i] [saw] [later] [.] 1 less 2 afraid 1 less 6 than 2 afraid 3 of 3 of 4 the ' [when] [i] [brought] [my] [sweet] [news] [to] [lindens] [,] [sebastian] was [limewashing] the [kitchen-beams] [for] [mother] [.] 1 ' 14 the 12 was 14 the he loved her like a son . 1 he 2 loved 2 loved 3 her 3 her 6 son 4 like 5 a 5 a 6 son 6 son 7 . " ['] [cheer] up , lad , " he [says] [.] 1 " 5 , 4 up 5 , 5 , 8 " 6 lad 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 he " [god] 's [where] [he] [was] [.] 1 " 3 's only [you] [and] [i] [chance] to be [pure] [pute] [asses] . 1 only 6 to 6 to 7 be 7 be 11 . 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 11 to [meantime] [andrew] [barton] [hawks] [off] [the] [port] [of] [rye] [.] and why ? 1 and 2 why 2 why 3 ? [clear] [as] [the] [irish] [coast] [at] [noonday] [!] ["] " ['] [it] is [sure] [,] [large] [profit] . 1 " 4 is 4 is 9 . men 'll dare any gallows for that . 1 men 5 gallows 2 'll 5 gallows 3 dare 5 gallows 4 any 5 gallows 5 gallows 6 for 5 gallows 8 . 6 for 7 that i have been a trader myself , " says he . 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 been 3 been 5 trader 4 a 5 trader 5 trader 6 myself 5 trader 9 says 5 trader 11 . 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 says 9 says 10 he " we must be [upsides] [with] ['] [em] for the [honour] of [bristol] [.] ["] 1 " 2 we 2 we 3 must 3 must 4 be 4 be 9 for 9 for 10 the 10 the 12 of ' [then] he [hatched] [a] [plot] [,] [sitting] [on] [the] [limewash] [bucket] [.] 1 ' 3 he 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 19 our 3 out 11 and 3 out 15 of 11 and 12 made 12 made 13 a 15 of 19 our a thick mist , and a moon striking through . 1 a 2 thick 2 thick 3 mist 3 mist 5 and 3 mist 8 striking 4 , 5 and 6 a 8 striking 7 moon 8 striking 8 striking 9 through 8 striking 10 . ' [i] [had] [no] [sooner] [locked] the [tower-door] [behind] [us] [than] [over] [goes] [sebastian] [full] [length] [in] [the] dark . 1 ' 7 the 7 the 19 dark 19 dark 20 . " ' [pest] ! " [he] says [.] 1 " 7 says 2 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 7 says " [step] [high] and [feel] [low] [,] [hal] [.] 1 " 4 and i 've stumbled over guns before . " 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 stumbled 3 stumbled 4 over 3 stumbled 5 guns 5 guns 6 before 5 guns 7 . 7 . 8 " no conceal at all ! 1 no 2 conceal 1 no 5 ! 2 conceal 3 at 3 at 4 all " ['] [there] ['s] [two] [demi-cannon] my [end] , " says [sebastian] [,] [slapping] [metal] [.] 1 " 11 says 7 my 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 says " they 'll be [for] [andrew] [barton] ['s] [lower] [deck] [.] 1 " 3 'll 2 they 3 'll 3 'll 4 be [honest] [honest] [john] [collins] [!] so this is his ware-house , his arsenal , his armoury ! 1 so 5 ware-house 2 this 5 ware-house 3 is 5 ware-house 4 his 5 ware-house 5 ware-house 6 , 5 ware-house 8 arsenal 7 his 8 arsenal 8 arsenal 9 , 8 arsenal 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 15 ? 3 you 9 have 3 you 15 ? 9 have 11 the you ['ve] [hindered] [john] ['s] [lawful] [trade] [for] [months] , ["] and he laughed where he lay [.] 1 you 10 , 10 , 12 and 12 and 14 laughed 12 and 17 lay 13 he 14 laughed 15 where 16 he 15 where 17 lay " ' [aha] [!] 1 " 2 ' [your] [devil] [has] [left] [his] [doublet] [!] does it [become] [me] [,] [hal] ? " 1 does 2 it 1 does 7 ? 7 ? 8 " he draws it on and capers in the shafts of window-moonlight won'erful devilish-like . 1 he 2 draws 2 draws 3 it 2 draws 6 capers 4 on 6 capers 5 and 6 capers 6 capers 7 in 6 capers 9 shafts 8 the 9 shafts 9 shafts 11 window-moonlight 10 of 11 window-moonlight 11 window-moonlight 12 won'erful 11 window-moonlight 13 devilish-like 13 devilish-like 14 . " ['] [if] you 'd keep out the [devil] [,] shut the door , " he whispered . 1 " 4 you 1 " 17 whispered 4 you 5 'd 5 'd 6 keep 6 keep 7 out 6 keep 11 shut 7 out 8 the 12 the 13 door 13 door 14 , 14 , 15 " 15 " 17 whispered 16 he 17 whispered 17 whispered 18 . " [and] that 's another [false] [proverb] [,] [hal] [,] [for] [i] [can] [hear] [your] [tower-door] [opening] . " 1 " 3 that 3 that 4 's 4 's 5 another 5 another 18 . 18 . 19 " " ['] [i] [locked] it . 1 " 5 it 5 it 6 . who a-plague has another key , then ? " 1 who 2 a-plague 2 a-plague 3 has 2 a-plague 4 another 2 a-plague 5 key 2 a-plague 7 then 2 a-plague 8 ? 6 , 7 then 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 " 6 , 6 , 17 and 12 , 14 he 14 he 15 says 15 says 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 20 the " still ! 1 " 3 ! 2 still 3 ! still , [hal] [!] 1 still 2 , hear ' em grunt ! 1 hear 4 grunt 2 ' 3 em 3 em 4 grunt 4 grunt 5 ! that 's more [o] ['] [my] [serpentines] [,] [i] ['ll] [be] [bound] [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 more one two three four they bear in ! 1 one 2 two 2 two 3 three 3 three 4 four 4 four 6 bear 5 they 6 bear 6 bear 7 in 6 bear 8 ! faith , [andrew] [equips] [himself] [like] [an] [admiral] [!] 1 faith 2 , twenty-four serpentines in all ! " 1 twenty-four 2 serpentines 2 serpentines 3 in 2 serpentines 4 all 2 serpentines 5 ! 5 ! 6 " ' [as] if [it] had been an echo [,] [we] [heard] [john] [collins] ['s] [voice] [come] [up] [all] [hollow] [:] ["] [twenty-four] [serpentines] [and] [two] [demi-cannon] . 1 ' 3 if 3 if 5 had 5 had 6 been 6 been 7 an 7 an 8 echo 8 echo 27 . that ['s] [the] [full] [tally] for [sir] [andrew] [barton] . " 1 that 6 for 6 for 10 . 10 . 11 " " ' [courtesy] [costs] [naught] [,] ["] [whispers] [sebastian] [.] 1 " 2 ' " [shall] [i] [drop] my [dagger] [on] [his] head [?] ["] 1 " 5 my 5 my 9 head " ['] [they] go [over] to [rye] [o] ['] [thursday] [in] the [wool-wains] [,] [hid] [under] [the] [wool-packs] [.] 1 " 4 go 4 go 6 to 6 to 12 the [dirk] [brenzett] [meets] [them] [at] [udimore] [,] [as] [before] [,] ["] [says] [john] [.] " ' [lord] [!] 1 " 2 ' what a [worn] , [handsmooth] [trade] it is ! " says [sebastian] [.] 1 what 2 a 1 what 8 is 4 , 7 it 7 it 8 is 8 is 9 ! 9 ! 10 " 10 " 11 says " [i] lay we are the sole two babes in the village that have not our lawful share in the venture . " 1 " 17 lawful 3 lay 9 babes 4 we 5 are 5 are 7 sole 6 the 7 sole 7 sole 9 babes 8 two 9 babes 9 babes 10 in 9 babes 12 village 11 the 12 village 12 village 17 lawful 13 that 14 have 14 have 15 not 15 not 17 lawful 16 our 17 lawful 17 lawful 18 share 17 lawful 21 venture 18 share 19 in 19 in 20 the 21 venture 22 . 22 . 23 " ' [there] [was] a [full] [score] [folk] [below] [,] [talking] [like] [all] [robertsbridge] [market] [.] 1 ' 4 a we counted them by voice . 1 we 2 counted 2 counted 3 them 2 counted 4 by 2 counted 5 voice 5 voice 6 . ' [master] [john] [collins] [pipes] [:] " [the] [guns] [for] [the] [french] [carrack] [must] [lie] [here] [next] [month] [.] 1 ' 7 " will , [when] [does] [your] [young] [fool] ["] [(] me , [so] [please] you ! [)] " come [back] from [lunnon] ? " 1 will 2 , 2 , 23 " 10 me 11 , 11 , 17 " 11 , 23 " 14 you 15 ! 15 ! 17 " 18 come 20 from 18 come 22 ? 22 ? 23 " " ' [no] [odds] [,] ["] [i] [heard] [ticehurst] [will] [answer] [.] 1 " 2 ' " [lay] ['] [em] just [where] you ['ve] [a] mind , [mus] ' [collins] . 1 " 5 just 1 " 7 you 7 you 10 mind 10 mind 11 , 11 , 13 ' 13 ' 15 . we 're all too afraid [o] ['] [the] [devil] [to] [mell] [with] [the] [tower] [now] [.] ["] 1 we 2 're 2 're 3 all 2 're 4 too 2 're 5 afraid and the long knave laughed . 1 and 5 laughed 2 the 4 knave 3 long 4 knave 4 knave 5 laughed 5 laughed 6 . " ' [ah] ! ' [tis] [easy] [enow] [for] you [to] [raise] [the] [devil] , [will] [,] " says [another] [ralph] [hobden] [of] [the] [forge] [.] 1 " 19 says 2 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 ' 5 ' 10 you 10 you 15 , 15 , 18 " 18 " 19 says " ['aaa-men] [!] " [roars] [sebastian] , and [ere] [i] [could] [hold] [him] [,] he [leaps] [down] [the] [stairs] [won'erful] [devilish-like] [howling] no [bounds] . 1 " 15 he 1 " 23 no 4 " 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 15 he 23 no 25 . he had scarce time to lay out for the nearest than they ran . 1 he 2 had 1 he 13 ran 2 had 3 scarce 3 scarce 4 time 3 scarce 6 lay 4 time 5 to 6 lay 7 out 8 for 10 nearest 9 the 10 nearest 10 nearest 11 than 10 nearest 13 ran 12 they 13 ran 13 ran 14 . saints , how they ran ! 1 saints 3 how 1 saints 6 ! 2 , 3 how 3 how 4 they 4 they 5 ran we heard [them] [pound] [on] [the] [door] [of] [the] [bell] [tavern] [,] [and] [then] [we] [ran] [too] [.] 1 we 2 heard " ['] [what] ['s] next ? " says [sebastian] [,] [looping] [up] [his] [cow-tail] [as] he [leaped] [the] [briars] . 1 " 8 says 5 next 6 ? 6 ? 7 " 7 " 8 says 8 says 16 he 8 says 20 . " [i] ['ve] [broke] [honest] [john] 's [face] [.] ["] 1 " 7 's " ' [ride] [to] [sir] [john] [pelham] ['s] , " [i] said . 1 " 12 said 2 ' 12 said 9 , 10 " 10 " 12 said 12 said 13 . " he is the only one [that] [ever] [stood] [by] [me] . " 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 is 3 is 5 only 4 the 5 only 5 only 6 one 6 one 12 . 12 . 13 " " ['wel-a-well] [!] ["] he says . 1 " 6 says 5 he 6 says 6 says 7 . " [i] ['ll] [see] [justice] done [before] [daylight] . 1 " 6 done 6 done 9 . what 's your complaint ? 1 what 2 's 2 's 4 complaint 3 your 4 complaint 4 complaint 5 ? [master] [collins] [is] [my] [old] [friend] [.] ["] " ['] [he] 's none of mine , " [i] cried . 1 " 11 cried 4 's 5 none 5 none 6 of 6 of 7 mine 7 mine 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 11 cried 11 cried 12 . " ['] [ah] , but ye see now they needed it for another [use] [,] " says he [smoothly] . 1 " 17 says 4 , 5 but 4 , 16 " 5 but 6 ye 5 but 8 now 5 but 9 they 6 ye 7 see 9 they 10 needed 10 needed 11 it 10 needed 12 for 12 for 13 another 16 " 17 says 17 says 18 he 17 says 20 . " [also] [they] did my [serpentines] [,] ["] [sebastian] [cries] [.] 1 " 4 did 1 " 5 my " [i] [should] [be] [half] [across] [the] [western] [ocean] [by] [now] if [my] [guns] had been [ready] . 1 " 12 if 12 if 15 had 15 had 16 been 16 been 18 . but they 're [sold] [to] a [scotch] [pirate] [by] [your] [old] [friend] ["] 1 but 2 they 2 they 3 're 3 're 6 a " ['] [where] ['s] your [proof] ? " says [sir] [john] [,] [stroking] [his] [beard] [.] 1 " 9 says 5 your 7 ? 7 ? 8 " 8 " 9 says " ' [words] [!] 1 " 2 ' words only , " says [sir] [john] [.] 1 words 2 only 1 words 3 , 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 says " [master] [collins] is [somewhat] [of] [a] [liar] [at] [best] . " 1 " 4 is 4 is 11 . 11 . 12 " " ['] [yours] [,] [manifestly] , " says [sir] [john] [.] 1 " 8 says 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 says " [you] come with the [king] ['s] [order] [for] ' em , and [master] [collins] [casts] [them] [in] [his] [foundry] [.] 1 " 3 come 3 come 4 with 3 come 13 and 4 with 5 the 10 ' 11 em 11 em 12 , 12 , 13 and what a coil to make of a mere act of neighbourly kindness , lad [!] ["] 1 what 3 coil 2 a 3 coil 3 coil 5 make 3 coil 6 of 3 coil 8 mere 4 to 5 make 7 a 8 mere 8 mere 11 neighbourly 9 act 11 neighbourly 10 of 11 neighbourly 11 neighbourly 12 kindness 11 neighbourly 13 , 11 neighbourly 14 lad " ['] [i] [fear] [i] have [requited] him [very] [scurvily] , " says [sebastian] [,] [looking] [at] [his] [knuckles] [.] 1 " 13 says 6 have 8 him 8 him 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 says " but what of the demi-cannon ? 1 " 3 what 2 but 3 what 3 what 6 demi-cannon 4 of 5 the 5 the 6 demi-cannon 6 demi-cannon 7 ? i could do with ' em well , but they are not in the [king] ['s] [order] [.] ["] 1 i 2 could 2 could 3 do 2 could 12 not 3 do 4 with 5 ' 6 em 5 ' 7 well 7 well 8 , 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 they 10 they 11 are 11 are 12 not 12 not 13 in 13 in 14 the " ['] [kindness] [loving-kindness] , " says [sir] [john] [.] 1 " 7 says 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 says " [questionless] [,] [in] [his] [zeal] [for] [the] [king] and his [love] [for] you , [john] [adds] [those] [two] [cannon] as a [gift] [.] 1 " 10 and 1 " 14 you 10 and 11 his 14 you 15 , 15 , 21 as 21 as 22 a ' [tis] [plain] [as] [this] [coming] [daylight] [,] [ye] [stockfish] ! " 1 ' 11 ! 11 ! 12 " " ['so] it is , " says [sebastian] [.] 1 " 3 it 1 " 7 says 3 it 4 is 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 says " oh , [sir] [john] , [sir] [john] , why did you never use the sea ? 1 " 2 oh 1 " 10 why 2 oh 3 , 2 oh 6 , 2 oh 9 , 10 why 11 did 10 why 17 ? 11 did 12 you 12 you 13 never 13 never 14 use 15 the 16 sea 16 sea 17 ? you are lost ashore . " 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 lost 3 lost 4 ashore 4 ashore 5 . 5 . 6 " and he looked on him with great love . 1 and 3 looked 2 he 3 looked 3 looked 4 on 3 looked 5 him 5 him 6 with 5 him 9 . 6 with 7 great 7 great 8 love " ['] [i] do [my] [best] [in] [my] [station] . " 1 " 4 do 4 do 10 . 10 . 11 " [ye] [surprise] [him] [,] [i] [say] [,] [cruelly] [.] ["] " ' [truth] [,] [sir] [john] [.] 1 " 2 ' if you had [seen] him [run] ! " says [sebastian] [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 had 3 had 5 him 5 him 7 ! 7 ! 8 " 8 " 9 says are ye content , lads ? " 1 are 2 ye 2 ye 3 content 2 ye 6 ? 3 content 5 lads 4 , 5 lads 6 ? 7 " " ['] [i] ['d] [commit] [any] [treason] [for] [two] [demi-cannon] , ' said [sebastian] , and [rubs] his [hands] [.] 1 " 11 , 11 , 16 and 12 ' 13 said 13 said 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 18 his " [ye] [have] [just] [compounded] [with] [rank] [treason-felony] for the same [bribe] , " says [sir] [john] [.] 1 " 15 says 9 for 10 the 10 the 11 same 11 same 13 , 13 , 14 " 14 " 15 says " [wherefore] [to] [horse] , and get [the] [guns] [.] ["] ['] 1 " 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 get ' [but] [master] [collins] [meant] the [guns] [for] [sir] [andrew] [barton] all [along] , [didn't] [he] [?] ' said [dan] . 1 ' 6 the 1 ' 19 said 12 all 14 , 14 , 18 ' 18 ' 19 said 19 said 21 . ' [questionless] [,] [that] he did , ' said [hal] . 1 ' 5 he 1 ' 9 said 5 he 6 did 6 did 7 , 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [but] he [lost] [them] [.] 1 ' 3 he ' [and] what did [we] [i] [mean] , what did our village do ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 3 what 3 what 4 did 3 what 13 do 8 , 9 what 9 what 10 did 9 what 13 do 11 our 12 village 12 village 13 do 13 do 14 ? 14 ? 15 ' 15 ' 16 said 16 said 18 . ' [oh] ! 1 ' 3 ! [bore] [it] [nobly] [nobly] [,] ['] [cried] [hal] [.] ' [though] they [had] [tricked] [me] [,] [i] [was] [proud] [of] [them] [.] 1 ' 3 they 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 2 came 2 came 6 housen 3 out 6 housen 4 of 6 housen 5 their 6 housen 6 housen 7 , 6 housen 8 looked 8 looked 9 at 9 at 19 post 10 that 16 had 11 little 12 army 12 army 14 though 13 as 14 though 14 though 15 it 14 though 16 had 16 had 17 been 17 been 18 a 18 a 19 post 19 post 24 shut-mouthed 20 , 21 and 21 and 22 went 22 went 24 shut-mouthed 23 their 24 shut-mouthed 24 shut-mouthed 25 way 24 shut-mouthed 26 . never a sign ! 1 never 2 a 1 never 4 ! 2 a 3 sign never a word ! 1 never 3 word 2 a 3 word 3 word 4 ! they 'd [ha] ['] [perished] [sooner] [than] let [brightling] [overcrow] us . 1 they 2 'd 2 'd 8 let 8 let 11 us 11 us 12 . 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 " ["] [ware] , [sirrah] [devil] ! ["] [cries] [sir] [john] [,] [reining] [back] [.] 1 " 4 , 1 " 7 ! " ' [oh] ! " says [will] [.] 1 " 6 says 2 ' 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 says " [market-day] , is it ? 1 " 4 is 3 , 4 is 4 is 5 it 5 it 6 ? and all the [bullocks] [from] [brightling] [here] [?] ["] 1 and 2 all 2 all 3 the ' [i] [spared] him [his] [belting] for that [the] [brazen] [knave] ! 1 ' 12 ! 4 him 7 for 7 for 8 that 8 that 12 ! ' [but] [john] [collins] [was] [our] [masterpiece] ! 1 ' 8 ! 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 11 had 11 had 13 him 13 him 25 . " ['] [i] [reckon] you 'll find her [middlin] ['] [heavy] , ["] he says . 1 " 5 you 1 " 15 says 5 you 6 'll 6 'll 7 find 7 find 8 her 12 , 14 he 14 he 15 says 15 says 16 . " if you ['ve] [a] mind [to] [pay] , [i] ['ll] [loan] [ye] my [timber-tug] [.] 1 " 2 if 2 if 3 you 3 you 6 mind 6 mind 9 , 9 , 14 my she won't lie easy on ary wool-wain . " 1 she 7 wool-wain 2 won't 7 wool-wain 3 lie 7 wool-wain 4 easy 7 wool-wain 5 on 6 ary 6 ary 7 wool-wain 7 wool-wain 8 . 8 . 9 " ' [that] [was] the [one] time [i] [ever] [saw] [sebastian] [taken] [flat] [aback] . 1 ' 4 the 4 the 6 time 6 time 14 . he opened and shut his mouth , fishy-like . 1 he 2 opened 2 opened 8 fishy-like 3 and 4 shut 4 shut 8 fishy-like 5 his 6 mouth 6 mouth 8 fishy-like 7 , 8 fishy-like 8 fishy-like 9 . " ['] [no] [offence] , " says [master] [john] [.] 1 " 7 says 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 says " you 've got her reasonable good cheap . 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 've 3 've 4 got 4 got 8 cheap 5 her 6 reasonable 6 reasonable 7 good 6 reasonable 8 cheap 8 cheap 9 . i thought [ye] [might] [not] [grudge] [me] [a] [groat] [if] [i] [helped] [move] her . " 1 i 2 thought 2 thought 14 her 14 her 15 . 15 . 16 " ah , he was a masterpiece ! 1 ah 2 , 1 ah 6 masterpiece 3 he 4 was 4 was 6 masterpiece 5 a 6 masterpiece 6 masterpiece 7 ! ' [neither] then [nor] [later] ? ' said [puck] . 1 ' 3 then 1 ' 8 said 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . ['] [once] [.] ' [twas] [after] [he] [gave] [st] [barnabas] ['] the [new] [chime] [of] bells [.] 1 ' 9 the 9 the 13 bells " ask and have " was their song . ) 1 " 2 ask 2 ask 8 song 3 and 4 have 3 and 7 their 5 " 6 was 6 was 7 their 7 their 8 song 8 song 10 ) 9 . 10 ) we had rung ' em in [,] [and] [he] [was] [in] [the] [tower] [with] [black] [nick] [fowle] [,] [that] [gave] [us] [our] [rood-screen] [.] 1 we 3 rung 2 had 3 rung 3 rung 5 em 4 ' 5 em 5 em 6 in the old man pinches the bell-rope one hand and scratches his neck with t'other . 1 the 6 bell-rope 2 old 4 pinches 3 man 4 pinches 4 pinches 6 bell-rope 5 the 6 bell-rope 6 bell-rope 7 one 6 bell-rope 8 hand 6 bell-rope 10 scratches 9 and 10 scratches 10 scratches 14 t'other 11 his 12 neck 12 neck 14 t'other 13 with 14 t'other 14 t'other 15 . " sooner she was pulling yon clapper than my neck , he says . 1 " 13 says 2 sooner 7 clapper 3 she 4 was 4 was 5 pulling 5 pulling 7 clapper 6 yon 7 clapper 7 clapper 8 than 7 clapper 10 neck 7 clapper 13 says 9 my 10 neck 10 neck 11 , 12 he 13 says 13 says 14 . that was all ! 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 all 3 all 4 ! that [was] [sussex] [seely] [sussex] for [everlasting] . ' 1 that 6 for 6 for 8 . 8 . 9 ' ' [and] what happened after ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 what 3 what 4 happened 3 what 6 ? 4 happened 5 after 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . ' [i] went back [into] [england] , ' said [hal] [,] slowly . 1 ' 9 said 3 went 4 back 4 back 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 12 slowly 12 slowly 13 . ' [i] ['d] [had] my lesson against pride . 1 ' 5 my 5 my 8 pride 6 lesson 7 against 6 lesson 8 pride 8 pride 9 . but [they] tell me [i] [left] [st] [barnabas] ' [a] [jewel] [just] about [a] [jewel] [!] 1 but 3 tell 3 tell 4 me 3 tell 13 about 4 me 9 ' wel-a-well ! 1 wel-a-well 2 ! ' [twas] [done] for [and] [among] my own people , and [father] [roger] was [right] [i] [never] knew [such] [trouble] [or] [such] [triumph] [since] [.] 1 ' 7 my 4 for 7 my 7 my 8 own 8 own 9 people 9 people 10 , 9 people 18 knew 10 , 11 and 11 and 14 was that 's the nature o ' things . 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 the 2 's 4 nature 4 nature 5 o 5 o 6 ' 6 ' 7 things 7 things 8 . a dear dear land . ' 1 a 2 dear 2 dear 3 dear 3 dear 4 land 4 land 5 . 5 . 6 ' he dropped his chin on his chest . 1 he 2 dropped 2 dropped 4 chin 3 his 4 chin 4 chin 5 on 4 chin 7 chest 6 his 7 chest 7 chest 8 . ' [there] ['s] [your] [father] [at] the [forge] [.] 1 ' 7 the what 's [he] [talking] [to] [old] [hobden] [about] ? ' said [puck] , [opening] [his] [hand] with three [leaves] [in] [it] [.] 1 what 2 's 1 what 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 , 13 , 17 with 17 with 18 three dan looked towards the cottage . 1 dan 2 looked 2 looked 3 towards 3 towards 4 the 3 towards 5 cottage 5 cottage 6 . ' [oh] , [i] [know] [.] 1 ' 3 , it 's that old oak lying across the brook . 1 it 2 's 2 's 6 lying 3 that 4 old 4 old 5 oak 5 oak 6 lying 6 lying 7 across 7 across 8 the 7 across 9 brook 9 brook 10 . pater always wants it grubbed . ' 1 pater 2 always 1 pater 5 grubbed 3 wants 5 grubbed 4 it 5 grubbed 5 grubbed 7 ' 6 . 7 ' in the [still] [valley] [they] [could] [hear] old [hobden] ['s] [deep] [tones] . 1 in 2 the 2 the 8 old 8 old 13 . ' [have] it as you 've a [mind] [to] , ['] he was saying . 1 ' 3 it 3 it 13 was 4 as 5 you 4 as 12 he 5 you 6 've 6 've 7 a 10 , 12 he 12 he 13 was 13 was 14 saying 14 saying 15 . ' [but] the [vivers] [of] [her] [roots] [they] [hold] [the] [bank] [together] [.] 1 ' 3 the 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 2 you 3 grub 2 you 10 'll 3 grub 4 her 3 grub 5 out 3 grub 8 bank 5 out 6 , 7 the 8 bank 9 she 10 'll 10 'll 24 swarve 11 all 13 tearin 12 come 13 tearin 13 tearin 14 ' 13 tearin 15 down 13 tearin 16 , 13 tearin 17 an 13 tearin 18 ' 13 tearin 19 next 19 next 20 floods 20 floods 24 swarve 21 the 22 brook 22 brook 24 swarve 23 'll 24 swarve 24 swarve 25 up 24 swarve 26 . but [have] [it] [as] you 've a [mind] [.] 1 but 5 you 5 you 6 've 6 've 7 a [the] [mistuss] [she] [sets] [a] [heap] [by] [the] [ferns] [on] [her] [trunk] [.] ' [oh] ! 1 ' 3 ! i 'll think it [over] , ' said the [pater] . 1 i 2 'll 1 i 3 think 3 think 4 it 4 it 6 , 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 9 the 8 said 11 . una laughed a little bubbling chuckle . 1 una 5 bubbling 2 laughed 5 bubbling 3 a 4 little 4 little 5 bubbling 5 bubbling 6 chuckle 6 chuckle 7 . ' [what] [devil] ['s] [in] that [belfry] ? ' said [hal] , with a [lazy] laugh . 1 ' 6 that 6 that 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 12 , 12 , 13 with 13 with 14 a 14 a 16 laugh 16 laugh 17 . ' [that] should be a [hobden] [by] [his] voice . ' 1 ' 11 ' 3 should 4 be 4 be 5 a 5 a 9 voice 9 voice 10 . 10 . 11 ' ' [why] [,] the [oak] is [the] [regular] [bridge] [for] all the [rabbits] [between] [the] [three] [acre] [and] [our] meadow . 1 ' 4 the 1 ' 6 is 6 is 11 all 11 all 12 the 12 the 20 meadow 20 meadow 21 . the best place for [wires] [on] the [farm] [,] [hobden] [says] [.] 1 the 2 best 2 best 3 place 3 place 4 for 4 for 7 the he 's got two there now , ' [una] answered . 1 he 3 got 2 's 3 got 3 got 4 two 3 got 5 there 5 there 6 now 6 now 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 10 answered 10 answered 11 . ' [he] [won't] [ever] let it be [grubbed] ! ' 1 ' 5 let 1 ' 9 ! 5 let 7 be 6 it 7 be 9 ! 10 ' ' [ah] , [sussex] [!] 1 ' 3 , a [smugglers] ' [song] 1 a 3 ' [watch] [the] [wall] [,] [my] [darling] [,] [while] [the] [gentlemen] [go] [by] [!] 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 19 you 2 you 8 , 8 , 12 and 9 dressed 10 in 9 dressed 11 blue 11 blue 12 and 19 you 20 say 20 say 21 , 21 , 22 and 22 and 24 what 24 what 25 is 25 is 27 . [knocks] [and] [footsteps] [round] [the] [house] [whistles] [after] [dark] [you] ['ve] [no] [call] [for] [running] [out] [till] [the] [house-dogs] [bark] [.] [trusty] ['s] [here] [,] [and] [pincher] ['s] [here] [,] [and] [see] [how] [dumb] [they] [lie] [they] [don't] [fret] [to] [follow] [when] [the] [gentlemen] [go] [by] [!] [five-and-twenty] [ponies] [,] [trotting] [through] [the] [dark] [brandy] [for] [the] [parson] [,] ['] [baccy] [for] [the] [clerk] [.] them [that] [asks] [no] [questions] [isn't] [told] [a] [lie] [watch] [the] [wall] , [my] [darling] [,] [while] [the] [gentlemen] [go] [by] [!] 1 them 13 , ' [dymchurch] [flit] ' 1 ' 4 ' [the] [bee] [boy] ['s] [song] bees ! 1 bees 2 ! bees ! 1 bees 2 ! hark to your bees ! 1 hark 2 to 1 hark 4 bees 1 hark 5 ! 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 16 story 16 story 24 . fly away [die] away [dwindle] [down] and [leave] [you] ! 1 fly 2 away 1 fly 4 away 1 fly 10 ! 4 away 7 and but if you [don't] [deceive] [your] [bees] , [your] [bees] will [not] [deceive] you . 1 but 2 if 2 if 3 you 3 you 11 will 8 , 11 will 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] [.] 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 2 you 19 are 4 where 19 are 7 , 14 don't 14 don't 15 you 15 you 19 are 19 are 27 . [pine] [away] [dwine] [away] [anything] [to] [leave] [you] [!] but if you [never] [grieve] [your] [bees] [,] [your] [bees] 'll never [grieve] you ! 1 but 2 if 2 if 3 you 2 if 14 you 3 you 11 'll 11 'll 12 never 14 you 15 ! just at [dusk] [,] [a] [soft] [september] [rain] began to [fall] [on] the [hop-pickers] [.] 1 just 2 at 2 at 13 the 9 began 10 to 10 to 13 the the mothers wheeled the bouncing perambulators out of the gardens ; bins were put away , and tally-books made up . 1 the 12 bins 2 mothers 3 wheeled 3 wheeled 6 perambulators 4 the 5 bouncing 5 bouncing 6 perambulators 6 perambulators 7 out 6 perambulators 12 bins 7 out 8 of 8 of 9 the 9 the 10 gardens 10 gardens 12 bins 11 ; 12 bins 12 bins 13 were 12 bins 14 put 12 bins 18 tally-books 15 away 18 tally-books 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 tally-books 18 tally-books 19 made 18 tally-books 20 up 18 tally-books 21 . the young couples strolled home , two to each umbrella , and the single men walked behind them laughing . 1 the 2 young 2 young 3 couples 2 young 15 men 3 couples 4 strolled 4 strolled 5 home 4 strolled 7 two 4 strolled 10 umbrella 5 home 6 , 8 to 9 each 9 each 10 umbrella 10 umbrella 11 , 10 umbrella 14 single 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 the 15 men 16 walked 16 walked 17 behind 17 behind 18 them 17 behind 19 laughing 19 laughing 20 . 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 5 shutter 3 closed 5 shutter 4 the 5 shutter 5 shutter 6 , 5 shutter 8 oast-house 5 shutter 16 , 7 the 8 oast-house 8 oast-house 9 seemed 8 oast-house 10 dark 8 oast-house 11 before 8 oast-house 13 day 8 oast-house 14 's 12 the 13 day 14 's 15 end 16 , 17 and 17 and 19 lit 18 he 19 lit 19 lit 24 lanthorn 20 the 21 candle 21 candle 22 in 21 candle 24 lanthorn 23 the 24 lanthorn 24 lanthorn 25 . the children liked all these things because they knew them so well . 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 liked 3 liked 12 well 4 all 5 these 5 these 6 things 6 things 7 because 7 because 8 they 8 they 9 knew 9 knew 10 them 9 knew 12 well 11 so 12 well 12 well 13 . they only [guessed] [it] [when] [bess] ['s] [stump-tail] [wagged] [against] [them] [.] 1 they 2 only a big voice began singing outside in the drizzle : 1 a 2 big 2 big 3 voice 3 voice 9 drizzle 4 began 9 drizzle 5 singing 9 drizzle 6 outside 9 drizzle 7 in 8 the 7 in 9 drizzle 9 drizzle 10 : ' [there] [can't] [be] [two] people [made] [to] [holler] like that ! ' cried [old] [hobden] [,] [wheeling] [round] . 1 ' 14 cried 6 people 10 like 10 like 11 that 11 that 12 ! 12 ! 13 ' 13 ' 14 cried 14 cried 20 . a man showed at the doorway . 1 a 2 man 2 man 3 showed 3 showed 6 doorway 4 at 6 doorway 5 the 6 doorway 6 doorway 7 . ' [well] [,] well ! 1 ' 4 well 4 well 5 ! they [do] say [hoppin] ['] ['] [ll] [draw] [the] [very] [deadest] , [and] [now] [i] [belieft] ' em . 1 they 3 say 3 say 12 , 12 , 17 ' 17 ' 18 em 18 em 19 . you , [tom] ? 1 you 2 , 1 you 4 ? [tom] [shoesmith] [?] ['] hobden lowered his lanthorn . 1 hobden 4 lanthorn 2 lowered 3 his 2 lowered 4 lanthorn 4 lanthorn 5 . ' [you] ['re] a [hem] [of] [a] [time] [makin] ['] [your] [mind] to it [,] [ralph] ! ' 1 ' 4 a 1 ' 18 ' 13 to 14 it 14 it 17 ! 17 ! 18 ' the [stranger] [strode] [in] [three] [full] [inches] [taller] [than] [hobden] [,] [a] [grey-whiskered] [,] [brown-faced] [giant] [with] [clear] blue eyes . 1 the 19 blue 19 blue 20 eyes 20 eyes 21 . they shook hands , and the children could hear the hard palms rasp together . 1 they 14 together 2 shook 3 hands 3 hands 14 together 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 the 6 the 7 children 7 children 13 rasp 8 could 13 rasp 9 hear 13 rasp 10 the 13 rasp 11 hard 13 rasp 12 palms 13 rasp 13 rasp 14 together 14 together 15 . ' [you] [ain't] [lost] none [o] ' [your] [grip] , ' said [hobden] . 1 ' 5 none 1 ' 12 said 7 ' 11 ' 10 , 11 ' 11 ' 12 said 12 said 14 . ' [was] [it] [thirty] [or] [forty] [year] [back] you [broke] [my] [head] [at] [peasmarsh] [fair] ? ' 1 ' 9 you 9 you 16 ? 16 ? 17 ' ' [only] [thirty] [,] [an] ['] no [odds] ['] [tween] [us] [regardin] ['] [heads] , [neither] [.] 1 ' 7 no 7 no 15 , you had [it] [back] [at] [me] [with] a [hop-pole] [.] 1 you 2 had 2 had 8 a how did we get home that night ? 1 how 2 did 2 did 4 get 3 we 4 get 4 get 5 home 5 home 7 night 6 that 7 night 7 night 8 ? swimmin ' ? ' 1 swimmin 2 ' 1 swimmin 3 ? 1 swimmin 4 ' ' [same] [way] [the] [pheasant] come into [gubbs] 's [pocket] [by] a little [luck] [an] ['] [a] [deal] [o] ['] [conjurin] ['] . ' 1 ' 6 come 1 ' 24 ' 6 come 7 into 9 's 12 a 12 a 13 little 13 little 23 . 23 . 24 ' old [hobden] [laughed] [in] [his] [deep] chest . 1 old 7 chest 7 chest 8 . see you 've not forgot your way about the woods . 1 see 2 you 2 you 3 've 3 've 4 not 3 've 5 forgot 5 forgot 6 your 5 forgot 8 about 6 your 7 way 8 about 10 woods 9 the 10 woods 10 woods 11 . d'ye do any o ' this still ? ' 1 d'ye 2 do 1 d'ye 3 any 1 d'ye 4 o 4 o 5 ' 4 o 9 ' 6 this 8 ? 7 still 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' the stranger pretended to look along a gun . 1 the 2 stranger 2 stranger 3 pretended 3 pretended 4 to 3 pretended 6 along 3 pretended 8 gun 4 to 5 look 7 a 8 gun 8 gun 9 . 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 3 with 4 a 4 a 17 rabbit-wire 5 quick 6 movement 6 movement 7 of 6 movement 9 hand 6 movement 11 though 7 of 8 the 10 as 11 though 11 though 12 he 11 though 17 rabbit-wire 13 were 14 pegging 14 pegging 17 rabbit-wire 15 down 17 rabbit-wire 16 a 17 rabbit-wire 17 rabbit-wire 18 . ['] [no] [.] that 's all that 's [left] [me] [now] . 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 all 3 all 4 that 4 that 5 's 5 's 9 . [age] [she] [must] [as] [age] [she] [can] [.] an ' what 's your news since all these years ? ' 1 an 2 ' 2 ' 3 what 3 what 4 's 3 what 6 news 3 what 11 ? 5 your 6 news 6 news 7 since 7 since 9 these 8 all 9 these 9 these 10 years 11 ? 12 ' ' [oh] , [i] ['ve] [bin] [to] [plymouth] [,] [i] ['ve] [bin] [to] [dover] [i] ['ve] [bin] [ramblin] ['] [,] [boys] [,] [the] [wide] [world] [over] [,] ['] 1 ' 3 , the man answered cheerily . 1 the 2 man 2 man 4 cheerily 3 answered 4 cheerily 4 cheerily 5 . ' [i] [reckon] [i] [know] as much [of] [old] [england] as [most] . ' 1 ' 14 ' 6 as 7 much 7 much 11 as 7 much 13 . 13 . 14 ' he turned towards the children and winked boldly . 1 he 2 turned 2 turned 3 towards 3 towards 4 the 3 towards 8 boldly 5 children 7 winked 6 and 7 winked 7 winked 8 boldly 8 boldly 9 . ' [i] lay they told you a sight o ' lies [,] [then] [.] 1 ' 9 o 3 lay 9 o 4 they 5 told 5 told 6 you 6 you 7 a 7 a 8 sight 8 sight 9 o 9 o 10 ' 9 o 11 lies i 've been [into] [england] [fur] [as] [wiltsheer] [once] . 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 been 3 been 10 . i was [cheated] [proper] [over] a pair of [hedgin'-gloves] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 6 a 6 a 7 pair 7 pair 8 of ' [there] ['s] [fancy-talkin] ' [everywhere] [.] 1 ' 5 ' you 've cleaved to your own [parts] [pretty] middlin ' close [,] [ralph] [.] ['] 1 you 2 've 2 've 3 cleaved 3 cleaved 4 to 3 cleaved 5 your 3 cleaved 6 own 3 cleaved 9 middlin 9 middlin 10 ' 9 middlin 11 close ' [can't] [shift] [an] [old] [tree] ' [thout] [it] [dyin] ['] [,] ['] [hobden] [chuckled] [.] 1 ' 7 ' ' [an] ' [i] [be] no more [anxious] [to] [die] than you [look] to be [to] [help] me [with] [my] [hops] [tonight] . ' 1 ' 24 ' 3 ' 6 no 3 ' 12 you 6 no 7 more 7 more 11 than 12 you 18 me 14 to 15 be 14 to 18 me 18 me 23 . 23 . 24 ' the great man leaned against the brickwork of the roundel , and swung his arms abroad . 1 the 10 roundel 2 great 7 brickwork 3 man 7 brickwork 4 leaned 7 brickwork 5 against 7 brickwork 6 the 7 brickwork 7 brickwork 8 of 7 brickwork 10 roundel 9 the 10 roundel 10 roundel 11 , 10 roundel 12 and 10 roundel 13 swung 10 roundel 15 arms 10 roundel 16 abroad 14 his 15 arms 16 abroad 17 . ' [hire] me ! ' was all he said , and they [stumped] [upstairs] [laughing] . 1 ' 9 said 3 me 4 ! 4 ! 5 ' 5 ' 9 said 6 was 7 all 7 all 8 he 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 , 9 said 16 . 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 they ' [who] is it ? ' 1 ' 3 is 3 is 4 it 4 it 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' una whispered [to] [the] [bee] [boy] . 1 una 2 whispered 1 una 7 . ' [dunno] [,] no [more'n] [you] if you [dunno] , ' said he , and smiled . 1 ' 4 no 1 ' 12 said 7 if 8 you 8 you 10 , 10 , 11 ' 11 ' 12 said 12 said 13 he 13 he 16 smiled 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 smiled 16 smiled 17 . the voices on the drying-floor talked and chuckled together , and the heavy footsteps moved back and forth . 1 the 5 drying-floor 2 voices 5 drying-floor 3 on 5 drying-floor 4 the 5 drying-floor 5 drying-floor 6 talked 5 drying-floor 7 and 5 drying-floor 8 chuckled 5 drying-floor 9 together 5 drying-floor 11 and 5 drying-floor 17 and 10 , 11 and 12 the 13 heavy 13 heavy 14 footsteps 14 footsteps 15 moved 14 footsteps 17 and 15 moved 16 back 17 and 18 forth 18 forth 19 . 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 4 dropped 3 hop-pocket 7 press-hole 5 through 7 press-hole 6 the 7 press-hole 7 press-hole 8 overhead 7 press-hole 10 and 7 press-hole 11 stiffened 7 press-hole 13 fattened 9 , 10 and 12 and 13 fattened 13 fattened 14 as 13 fattened 16 shovelled 13 fattened 19 . 15 they 16 shovelled 16 shovelled 17 it 16 shovelled 18 full ' [clank] ! ' [went] the [press] [,] [and] [rammed] [the] [loose] [stuff] [into] [tight] [cake] [.] 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' 4 ' 6 the ' [gentle] ! ' [they] [heard] [hobden] [cry] [.] 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' ' [you] ['ll] [bust] [her] [crop] if you [lay] [on] [so] . 1 ' 7 if 7 if 8 you 8 you 12 . you be [as] [careless] [as] [gleason] ['s] [bull] [,] [tom] [.] 1 you 2 be come an ' sit by the fires . 1 come 4 sit 2 an 3 ' 3 ' 4 sit 4 sit 7 fires 5 by 7 fires 6 the 7 fires 7 fires 8 . she 'll do now . ' 1 she 2 'll 2 'll 3 do 3 do 4 now 4 now 5 . 5 . 6 ' 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 9 man 9 man 14 , 14 , 15 and 14 , 21 and 15 and 16 again 21 and 24 at ' [i] [know] what sort o ' [man] you [be] , ' [old] [hobden] [grunted] [,] [groping] [for] [the] [potatoes] [round] [the] [fire] [.] 1 ' 4 what 4 what 5 sort 5 sort 6 o 6 o 12 ' 7 ' 9 you 9 you 11 , 11 , 12 ' ' [do] [ye] ? ['] 1 ' 4 ? tom went on behind his back . 1 tom 2 went 2 went 3 on 2 went 6 back 3 on 5 his 4 behind 5 his 6 back 7 . ' [middlin] ' well . ' 1 ' 6 ' 3 ' 4 well 4 well 5 . 5 . 6 ' [old] [hobden] [let] [himself] [down] [on] [the] [coals] [by] [the] [fire-door] [.] ' [i] [was] [courtin] ' my [woman] [on] [the] [marsh] [that] [year] [.] 1 ' 5 ' 5 ' 6 my [carter] [to] [mus] ['] [plum] [i] [was] [,] [gettin] ['] [ten] [shillin] ['s] [week] [.] [mine] [was] [a] [marsh] [woman] [.] ['] ' [won'erful] [odd-gates] place [romney] [marsh] , ' said [tom] [shoesmith] . 1 ' 8 ' 4 place 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 12 . ' [i] ['ve] [heard] [say] the world ['s] [divided] [like] [into] [europe] , [ashy] [,] [afriky] [,] [ameriky] [,] [australy] , [an] ' [romney] [marsh] . ' 1 ' 27 ' 6 the 7 world 7 world 13 , 7 world 26 . 13 , 23 ' 21 , 23 ' 26 . 27 ' ' [the] [marsh] [folk] think so , ' said [hobden] . 1 ' 8 ' 5 think 6 so 6 so 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 . ' [i] had a hem o ' trouble to get my woman [to] [leave] [it] . ' 1 ' 17 ' 3 had 4 a 4 a 5 hem 4 a 12 woman 5 hem 6 o 5 hem 8 trouble 5 hem 10 get 6 o 7 ' 9 to 10 get 10 get 11 my 12 woman 16 . 16 . 17 ' ' [where] did [she] [come] [out] [of] [?] 1 ' 3 did i ['ve] forgot [,] [ralph] . ['] 1 i 3 forgot 3 forgot 6 . ' [dymchurch] [under] [the] [wall] , ' [hobden] answered [,] [a] [potato] [in] [his] [hand] . 1 ' 9 answered 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 9 answered 9 answered 16 . ' [then] she ['d] [be] [a] [pett] [or] [a] [whitgift] [,] would [she] [?] ['] 1 ' 3 she 3 she 12 would ' [whitgift] . ' 1 ' 4 ' 3 . 4 ' 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 2 broke 1 hobden 5 potato 3 open 5 potato 4 the 5 potato 5 potato 7 ate 6 and 7 ate 7 ate 8 it 7 ate 12 neatness 9 with 10 the 9 with 12 neatness 11 curious 12 neatness 12 neatness 13 of 12 neatness 14 men 12 neatness 16 make 12 neatness 17 most 14 men 15 who 17 most 18 of 17 most 23 blowy 19 their 23 blowy 20 meals 23 blowy 21 in 23 blowy 22 the 23 blowy 23 blowy 24 open 23 blowy 25 . and she was a won'erful hand with bees . ' 1 and 2 she 2 she 3 was 3 was 5 won'erful 4 a 5 won'erful 5 won'erful 6 hand 5 won'erful 8 bees 7 with 8 bees 8 bees 10 ' 9 . 10 ' he cut away a little piece of potato and threw it out to the door . 1 he 2 cut 2 cut 3 away 2 cut 8 potato 4 a 5 little 4 a 6 piece 6 piece 7 of 6 piece 8 potato 8 potato 9 and 8 potato 10 threw 8 potato 15 door 10 threw 11 it 10 threw 12 out 13 to 14 the 14 the 15 door 15 door 16 . ' [ah] ! 1 ' 3 ! i 've heard say [the] [whitgifts] [could] see [further] [through] [a] [millstone] [than] [most] , ' said [shoesmith] . 1 i 2 've 1 i 8 see 2 've 3 heard 3 heard 4 say 8 see 15 , 15 , 16 ' 16 ' 17 said 17 said 19 . ' [did] [she] [,] now ? ' 1 ' 5 now 5 now 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' ' [she] [was] [honest-innocent] [of] [any] [nigromancin] ' , ' said [hobden] . 1 ' 11 said 8 ' 10 ' 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 . ' [only] [she] ['d] [read] [signs] and [sinnifications] [out] [o] ['] [birds] [flyin] ['] , [stars] [fallin] ['] [,] [bees] [hivin] ['] [,] [and] [such] [.] 1 ' 7 and 1 ' 15 , an , she 'd lie awake listenin ' for calls , she said . ' 1 an 7 listenin 2 , 3 she 3 she 7 listenin 4 'd 7 listenin 5 lie 7 listenin 6 awake 7 listenin 7 listenin 8 ' 7 listenin 9 for 7 listenin 10 calls 7 listenin 12 she 7 listenin 13 said 7 listenin 15 ' 11 , 12 she 14 . 15 ' ' [that] [don't] [prove] [naught] , ' said [tom] . 1 ' 7 ' 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . ' [all] [marsh] [folk] has [been] [smugglers] [since] [time] [everlastin] ['] [.] 1 ' 5 has ' [twould] [be] [in] [her] [blood] to listen [out] [o] ['] [nights] . ' 1 ' 14 ' 7 to 8 listen 8 listen 13 . 13 . 14 ' ' [nature-ally] , ' [old] [hobden] replied , [smiling] . 1 ' 7 replied 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 7 replied 7 replied 8 , 7 replied 10 . ' [i] [mind] when there was [smugglin] ['] [a] [sight] [nearer] [us] [than] [what] the [marsh] [be] [.] 1 ' 15 the 4 when 5 there 5 there 6 was 6 was 15 the but that wasn't my woman 's trouble . 1 but 2 that 2 that 3 wasn't 2 that 6 's 3 wasn't 4 my 5 woman 6 's 6 's 7 trouble 7 trouble 8 . ' [twas] a [passel] [o] ['] [no-sense] [talk] ['] [he] [dropped] his voice ['] [about] [pharisees] . ' 1 ' 3 a 1 ' 18 ' 12 his 13 voice 13 voice 17 . 17 . 18 ' ['] [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 3 heard 3 heard 13 the 13 the 15 children 15 children 18 . ' [pharisees] , ' cried [una] . 1 ' 5 cried 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 cried 5 cried 7 . ' [fairies] ? 1 ' 3 ? oh , [i] see ! ' 1 oh 2 , 2 , 6 ' 4 see 5 ! 5 ! 6 ' ' [people] [o] ['] the [hills] , ' said the [bee] [boy] [,] [throwing] half of [his] [potato] [towards] the door . 1 ' 5 the 1 ' 9 said 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 10 the 10 the 21 door 15 half 16 of 16 of 20 the 20 the 21 door 21 door 22 . ' [there] you be ! ' said [hobden] , pointing [at] [him] . 1 ' 3 you 1 ' 5 ! 3 you 4 be 5 ! 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 10 pointing 9 , 10 pointing 10 pointing 13 . my boy he has her eyes and her out-gate sense . 1 my 2 boy 2 boy 4 has 3 he 4 has 4 has 9 out-gate 5 her 9 out-gate 6 eyes 9 out-gate 7 and 9 out-gate 8 her 9 out-gate 9 out-gate 10 sense 9 out-gate 11 . that 's what she called ' em ! ' 1 that 2 's 1 that 4 she 3 what 4 she 4 she 5 called 5 called 6 ' 6 ' 7 em 7 em 8 ! 8 ! 9 ' ' [and] what did you think of it all ? ' 1 ' 3 what 3 what 4 did 4 did 5 you 5 you 6 think 5 you 10 ? 6 think 7 of 6 think 8 it 8 it 9 all 10 ? 11 ' ' [um] [um] , ['] [hobden] [rumbled] [.] 1 ' 4 , ' [but] [settin] ' that [aside] ? ' said [tom] , [coaxingly] [.] 1 ' 9 said 4 ' 5 that 5 that 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' 8 ' 9 said 9 said 11 , ' [i] [saw] [ye] [throw] [the] [good] [piece] [out-at-doors] just now . 1 ' 11 now 10 just 11 now 11 now 12 . do ye believe or do ye ? ' 1 do 2 ye 2 ye 3 believe 2 ye 6 ye 3 believe 4 or 5 do 6 ye 6 ye 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' ' [there] was [a] [great] [black] [eye] [to] that [tater] , ' said [hobden] indignantly . 1 ' 9 that 1 ' 13 said 3 was 9 that 11 , 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 15 indignantly 15 indignantly 16 . ' [my] [liddle] [eye] [didn't] see [un] [,] [then] [.] 1 ' 6 see it [looked] as if you [meant] [it] for [for] [any] [one] that might [need] [it] . 1 it 3 as 3 as 4 if 4 if 5 you 5 you 8 for 8 for 12 that 12 that 13 might 13 might 16 . but settin ' that aside , d'ye believe or do ye ? ' 1 but 2 settin 2 settin 3 ' 2 settin 4 that 2 settin 5 aside 2 settin 7 d'ye 2 settin 13 ' 6 , 7 d'ye 7 d'ye 8 believe 7 d'ye 9 or 7 d'ye 10 do 7 d'ye 11 ye 12 ? 13 ' ' [i] [ain't] [sayin] ' [nothin] ['] [,] [because] [i] ['ve] [heard] [naught] [,] [an] ['] [i] ['ve] [see] [naught] [.] 1 ' 5 ' now [turn] [again] , [tom] . 1 now 4 , 1 now 6 . what 's your say ? ' 1 what 2 's 1 what 4 say 2 's 3 your 4 say 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' ' [i] ['m] [like] you . 1 ' 5 you 5 you 6 . i say nothin ' . 1 i 2 say 2 say 3 nothin 3 nothin 4 ' 3 nothin 5 . but [i] ['ll] [tell] you [a] [tale] , [an] ' you can fit it as [how] you please . ' 1 but 5 you 5 you 8 , 8 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 you 11 you 12 can 12 can 13 fit 13 fit 14 it 14 it 15 as 15 as 17 you 17 you 18 please 18 please 19 . 19 . 20 ' ' [passel] [o] ['] [no-sense] [stuff] [,] ['] [growled] [hobden] [,] [but] he [filled] his [pipe] . 1 ' 13 he 13 he 15 his 15 his 17 . ' [the] [marsh] [men] they [call] [it] [dymchurch] [flit] [,] ['tom] [went] [on] [slowly] [.] 1 ' 5 they ' [hap] you have heard it ? ' 1 ' 3 you 3 you 4 have 4 have 5 heard 5 heard 6 it 6 it 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' ' [my] [woman] she ['ve] [told] [it] [me] [scores] [o] ['] [times] [.] 1 ' 4 she [dunno] [as] [i] [didn't] [end] [by] [belieftin] ['] [it] [sometimes] [.] hobden crossed over as he spoke , and sucked with his pipe at the yellow lanthorn flame . 1 hobden 2 crossed 1 hobden 16 lanthorn 2 crossed 3 over 4 as 6 spoke 5 he 6 spoke 6 spoke 9 sucked 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 sucked 9 sucked 10 with 9 sucked 12 pipe 11 his 12 pipe 12 pipe 16 lanthorn 13 at 16 lanthorn 14 the 16 lanthorn 15 yellow 16 lanthorn 16 lanthorn 17 flame 16 lanthorn 18 . tom rested one great elbow on one great knee , where he sat among the coal . 1 tom 2 rested 2 rested 5 elbow 3 one 5 elbow 4 great 5 elbow 5 elbow 9 knee 5 elbow 14 among 6 on 9 knee 7 one 9 knee 8 great 9 knee 9 knee 10 , 11 where 12 he 12 he 13 sat 13 sat 14 among 14 among 15 the 14 among 16 coal 16 coal 17 . ' [have] you [ever] [bin] [in] [the] [marsh] ? ' he said [to] [dan] . 1 ' 3 you 3 you 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' 10 ' 12 said 11 he 12 said 12 said 15 . ' [only] [as] [far] [as] [rye] [,] once , ' [dan] answered . 1 ' 12 answered 8 once 9 , 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 12 answered 12 answered 13 . ' [ah] [,] [that] ['s] but the edge . 1 ' 6 but 6 but 7 the 7 the 8 edge 8 edge 9 . ' [the] [marsh] is [just] [about] [riddled] [with] [diks] [an] ['] [sluices] [,] [an] ['] [tide-gates] [an] ['] [water-lets] . 1 ' 4 is 4 is 20 . you 've seen [how] [flat] [she] [is] [the] [marsh] ? 1 you 2 've 1 you 10 ? 2 've 3 seen you 'd think nothin ' easier than to walk eend-on acrost her ? 1 you 2 'd 2 'd 4 nothin 3 think 4 nothin 4 nothin 5 ' 4 nothin 10 eend-on 6 easier 10 eend-on 7 than 10 eend-on 8 to 10 eend-on 9 walk 10 eend-on 10 eend-on 11 acrost 11 acrost 12 her 11 acrost 13 ? 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 5 diks 3 but 5 diks 4 the 5 diks 5 diks 6 an 5 diks 9 water-lets 7 ' 9 water-lets 8 the 9 water-lets 9 water-lets 10 , 9 water-lets 12 twists 11 they 12 twists 12 twists 17 ravelly 13 the 14 roads 14 roads 17 ravelly 15 about 17 ravelly 16 as 17 ravelly 17 ravelly 19 witch-yarn 18 as 19 witch-yarn 19 witch-yarn 20 on 19 witch-yarn 22 spindles 21 the 22 spindles 22 spindles 23 . [so] [ye] [get] [all] [turned] [round] [in] [broad] [daylight] [.] ['] ' [that] ['s] [because] they ['ve] [dreened] [the] [waters] [into] [the] [diks] , ' said [hobden] . 1 ' 5 they 1 ' 15 said 13 , 14 ' 14 ' 15 said 15 said 17 . ' [who] [was] he ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 4 he 1 ' 7 said 5 ? 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . ' [why] , [the] [marsh] [fever] [an] ['] [ague] [.] 1 ' 3 , he 've clapped me on the shoulder once or twice [till] [i] shook proper . 1 he 3 clapped 2 've 3 clapped 3 clapped 4 me 3 clapped 7 shoulder 5 on 6 the 5 on 7 shoulder 7 shoulder 8 once 7 shoulder 13 shook 7 shoulder 15 . 8 once 10 twice 9 or 10 twice 13 shook 14 proper a won'erful place for bees an ' ducks ' tis too . ' 1 a 2 won'erful 2 won'erful 3 place 2 won'erful 4 for 2 won'erful 5 bees 2 won'erful 8 ducks 2 won'erful 11 too 5 bees 6 an 5 bees 7 ' 8 ducks 10 tis 9 ' 10 tis 11 too 12 . 12 . 13 ' ' [an] ' [old] [,] ['] [tom] [went] [on] [.] 1 ' 3 ' ' [flesh] [an] ['] [blood] have been there [since] [time] [everlastin] ['] [beyond] . 1 ' 6 have 6 have 7 been 7 been 8 there 8 there 14 . i [lay] [the] [marsh] [men] ought to know . 1 i 6 ought 6 ought 7 to 6 ought 8 know 8 know 9 . they say [there] [was] [always] [a] [middlin] ['] [few] [pharisees] [to] [be] [seen] [on] [the] [marsh] . 1 they 2 say 2 say 17 . impident as rabbits , they was . 1 impident 2 as 1 impident 3 rabbits 1 impident 5 they 1 impident 6 was 3 rabbits 4 , 6 was 7 . yes , [an] ' [times] they ['d] [lock] the church [doors] [against] [parson] [an] ['] [clerk] [of] [sundays] . ' 1 yes 2 , 2 , 4 ' 2 , 20 ' 4 ' 6 they 9 the 10 church 10 church 19 . 19 . 20 ' ' [that] ' [ud] [be] [smugglers] [layin] ['] [in] [the] [lace] [or] [the] [brandy] [till] [they] [could] [run] [it] [out] [o] ['] [the] [marsh] [.] 1 ' 3 ' i 've told [my] [woman] so [,] ['] [said] [hobden] . 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 told 3 told 6 so 6 so 11 . ' [i] ['ll] [lay] she [didn't] [belieft] it , then [not] [if] she was a [whitgift] [.] 1 ' 5 she 5 she 14 was 8 it 9 , 9 , 10 then 10 then 13 she 13 she 14 was 14 was 15 a 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 4 place 4 place 7 , 7 , 27 ' 12 all 14 , 14 , 27 ' 21 come 22 in 22 in 26 . 26 . 27 ' ' [would] that [be] [a] [act] [of] [parliament] [like] ? ' 1 ' 3 that 3 that 10 ? 10 ? 11 ' hobden asked . 1 hobden 2 asked 1 hobden 3 . ['] [sure-ly] [.] can't do [nothing] [in] [old] [england] without [act] [,] [warrant] [an] ['] [summons] . 1 can't 2 do 2 do 7 without 7 without 14 . he got his [act] [allowed] [him] [,] [an'] [,] [they] [say] [,] [queen] [bess] 's [father] [he] [used] [the] [parish] [churches] [something] [shameful] [.] 1 he 2 got 1 he 15 's 2 got 3 his just [about] [tore] the [gizzards] [out] of [i] [dunnamany] [.] 1 just 4 the 4 the 7 of ' [same] [as] [bees] , ' said the [bee] [boy] . 1 ' 6 ' 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 8 the 7 said 11 . ' [bees] [won't] [stay] [by] a house [where] [there] ['s] [hating] . ' 1 ' 13 ' 6 a 7 house 7 house 12 . 12 . 13 ' ' [true] , ' said [tom] . 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [this] [reformatories] [tarrified] the [pharisees] [same] [as] [the] [reaper] [goin] ['] [round] [a] last [stand] [o] ['] [wheat] [tarrifies] [rabbits] . 1 ' 5 the 5 the 15 last 15 last 22 . ' [did] they all see it that way ? ' said [hobden] . 1 ' 3 they 1 ' 11 said 3 they 4 all 5 see 6 it 6 it 9 ? 7 that 8 way 8 way 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 . ' [all] but [one] [that] [was] [called] [robin] if you 've heard of him . 1 ' 3 but 3 but 9 if 9 if 10 you 10 you 11 've 11 've 12 heard 12 heard 13 of 12 heard 14 him 14 him 15 . what are you [laughin] ['] [at] ? ['tom] [turned] [to] [dan] [.] 1 what 2 are 2 are 3 you 3 you 7 ? ' [the] [pharisees] ['s] [trouble] [didn't] [tech] [robin] , [because] [he] ['d] [cleaved] [middlin] ['] [close] [to] [people] [,] [like] [.] 1 ' 9 , but [flesh] [an] ['] [blood] [must] [always] think of [their] [own] [concerns] , [an] ['] [robin] [couldn't] [get] [through] [at] ['] [em] [,] [ye] [see] [.] 1 but 8 think 8 think 9 of 9 of 13 , they thought it was [tide-echoes] [off] the [marsh] . ' 1 they 2 thought 2 thought 3 it 3 it 4 was 3 it 9 . 4 was 7 the 9 . 10 ' ' [what] [did] you what did the [fai] [pharisees] [want] ? ' 1 ' 4 you 1 ' 5 what 5 what 6 did 5 what 11 ? 6 did 7 the 11 ? 12 ' una asked . 1 una 2 asked 1 una 3 . ' [a] [boat] , [to] [be] [sure] [.] 1 ' 4 , [their] [liddle] [wings] [could] [no] [more] [cross] [channel] [than] [so] [many] [tired] [butterflies] [.] 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 16 , 2 boat 26 . they couldn't abide it no shape . 1 they 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 abide 3 abide 4 it 3 abide 5 no 3 abide 6 shape 6 shape 7 . i don't know as you 've [ever] heard say [pharisees] [are] [like] [chickens] [?] ['] 1 i 2 don't 1 i 6 've 2 don't 3 know 4 as 5 you 5 you 6 've 6 've 8 heard 8 heard 9 say ' [my] [woman] [used] [to] [say] that too , ' said [hobden] , [folding] [his] [brown] [arms] [.] 1 ' 10 ' 7 that 8 too 8 too 9 , 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 , ' [they] be [.] 1 ' 3 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 3 mean 2 don't 13 know 3 mean 4 it 4 it 5 , 5 , 7 ' 10 ' 12 don't 12 don't 13 know 13 know 14 it 13 know 20 truth 14 it 15 , 15 , 16 but 16 but 17 that 17 that 18 's 19 the 20 truth 20 truth 25 . it lay on the [marsh] [like] [thunder] [.] 1 it 2 lay 2 lay 3 on 3 on 4 the oh , [i] lay they sweated ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 6 sweated 4 lay 6 sweated 5 they 6 sweated 6 sweated 7 ! but they was [flesh] [an] ['] [blood] [,] [an] ['] [marsh] [men] [before] all . 1 but 2 they 2 they 14 all 3 was 14 all 14 all 15 . [they] [reckoned] [the] [signs] [sinnified] [trouble] [for] [the] [marsh] [.] so they looked for the meanin ' in the sea or in the clouds far an ' high up . 1 so 6 meanin 2 they 6 meanin 3 looked 6 meanin 4 for 6 meanin 5 the 6 meanin 6 meanin 7 ' 6 meanin 8 in 6 meanin 10 sea 6 meanin 11 or 6 meanin 12 in 6 meanin 17 ' 9 the 10 sea 12 in 13 the 12 in 16 an 13 the 14 clouds 14 clouds 15 far 17 ' 18 high 18 high 19 up 19 up 20 . they never thought to look near an ' knee-high , where they could see naught . 1 they 2 never 2 never 3 thought 3 thought 9 knee-high 4 to 5 look 5 look 9 knee-high 6 near 9 knee-high 7 an 9 knee-high 8 ' 9 knee-high 9 knee-high 10 , 9 knee-high 11 where 9 knee-high 12 they 9 knee-high 13 could 9 knee-high 14 see 9 knee-high 15 naught 15 naught 16 . 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 3 two 4 sons 4 sons 24 . they [was] [men] [grown] [,] [but] not [wage-earnin] ['] [,] [an] ['] [she] [worked] [for] ['] [em] [,] [keepin] ['] [bees] [and] [answerin] ['] [questions] [.] ['] 1 they 7 not ' [what] [sort] [of] [questions] ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 8 said 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 8 said 8 said 10 . she felt [the] [trouble] [on] [the] [marsh] [same] as [eels] [feel] [thunder] [.] 1 she 2 felt 2 felt 9 as she was a [wise] woman . ' 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 5 woman 5 woman 6 . 6 . 7 ' ' [my] woman [was] [won'erful] [weather-tender] , too , ' said [hobden] . 1 ' 10 ' 3 woman 7 , 7 , 8 too 8 too 9 , 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 . ['] [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 2 she 3 never 2 she 4 laid 4 laid 5 out 5 out 9 . 9 . 10 ' ' [this] [woman] [was] a [seeker] [,] [like] [,] [an] ' [seekers] [they] [sometimes] [find] [.] 1 ' 5 a 1 ' 11 ' oh , what is it ? " 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 what 3 what 4 is 3 what 6 ? 4 is 5 it 6 ? 7 " ' [three] [times] she called [,] [an] ['] [three] [times] the [tide-wave] [did] her [down] . 1 ' 4 she 4 she 5 called 5 called 11 the 5 called 14 her 14 her 16 . 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 4 liddle 3 a 4 liddle 4 liddle 5 hand 4 liddle 10 gown-hem 6 lay 10 gown-hem 7 hold 10 gown-hem 8 on 10 gown-hem 9 her 10 gown-hem 10 gown-hem 11 , 10 gown-hem 12 an 10 gown-hem 13 ' 10 gown-hem 15 stooped 10 gown-hem 25 ' 14 she 15 stooped 15 stooped 16 to 15 stooped 18 pull 16 to 17 the 18 pull 22 liddle 19 o 20 ' 19 o 22 liddle 21 that 22 liddle 22 liddle 23 hand 24 . 25 ' 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 17 on 18 . " ['] [will] the sea [drown] [the] [marsh] ? " [she] says [.] 1 " 12 says 4 the 5 sea 5 sea 9 ? 9 ? 10 " 10 " 12 says she was a [marsh] woman [first] [an] ['] [foremost] . 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 5 woman 5 woman 10 . " ['] [no] , " says [the] [liddle] [voice] [.] 1 " 6 says 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 says " [sleep] [sound] [for] all [o] ['] [that] [.] ["] 1 " 5 all " ['] [is] [the] [plague] [comin] ['] to [the] [marsh] ? " [she] says [.] 1 " 14 says 8 to 11 ? 11 ? 12 " 12 " 14 says them was all the ills she knowed . 1 them 5 ills 2 was 5 ills 3 all 5 ills 4 the 5 ills 5 ills 6 she 5 ills 7 knowed 7 knowed 8 . " ' [no] [.] 1 " 2 ' sleep [sound] for [all] [o] ['] [that] [,] ["] [says] [robin] [.] 1 sleep 3 for " ['] [lend] us [your] [sons] , " says [all] [the] [pharisees] [.] 1 " 9 says 4 us 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 says " [give] ['] [em] [leave] [an] ['] [good-will] [to] [sail] it [for] [us] , [mother] [o] [mother] ! " 1 " 11 it 11 it 14 , 14 , 19 " 18 ! 19 " " ['] [one] ['s] [dumb] , [an] ' [t'other's] [blind] , ["] she says . 1 " 14 says 6 , 8 ' 8 ' 14 says 11 , 13 she 13 she 14 says 14 says 15 . " but [all] the [dearer] me [for] [that] ; and [you] ['ll] [lose] [them] in the [big] sea . " 1 " 2 but 2 but 4 the 4 the 18 sea 6 me 9 ; 9 ; 10 and 10 and 15 in 15 in 16 the 16 the 18 sea 18 sea 19 . 19 . 20 " the voices just about pierced through her ; an ' there was children 's voices too . 1 the 2 voices 2 voices 5 pierced 2 voices 15 voices 3 just 5 pierced 4 about 5 pierced 5 pierced 6 through 5 pierced 7 her 5 pierced 8 ; 5 pierced 9 an 5 pierced 11 there 10 ' 11 there 11 there 12 was 13 children 14 's 13 children 15 voices 15 voices 16 too 16 too 17 . she stood out all she could , but she couldn't rightly stand against that . 1 she 2 stood 1 she 6 could 2 stood 3 out 3 out 4 all 5 she 6 could 6 could 12 stand 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 she 9 she 10 couldn't 10 couldn't 12 stand 11 rightly 12 stand 12 stand 13 against 12 stand 14 that 12 stand 15 . so she says : " if you [can] [draw] [my] [sons] [for] [your] [job] , [i'd] [not] [hinder] ' em . 1 so 2 she 2 she 3 says 3 says 4 : 4 : 5 " 5 " 6 if 6 if 7 you 7 you 15 , 15 , 19 ' 19 ' 20 em 20 em 21 . you can't ask [no] [more] [of] [a] [mother] [.] ["] 1 you 2 can't 2 can't 3 ask [tom] [shoesmith] [threw] [back] [his] [head] [and] [half] [shut] [his] [eyes] [.] ' [eh] , me ! ' he said . 1 ' 8 said 3 , 8 said 4 me 5 ! 5 ! 6 ' 6 ' 8 said 7 he 8 said 8 said 9 . ' [she] was [a] [fine] [,] [valiant] [woman] [,] the [widow] [whitgift] [.] 1 ' 10 the 3 was 10 the the [pharisees] [all] [about] [they] [hushed] [their] children [from] [cryin] ['] [an] ['] [they] [waited] [dumb-still] . 1 the 8 children 8 children 17 . she was all their dependence . 1 she 5 dependence 2 was 5 dependence 3 all 5 dependence 4 their 5 dependence 5 dependence 6 . ' [thout] [her] [leave] [an] ['] [good-will] [they] [could] [not] [pass] ; for she was the [mother] [.] 1 ' 16 the 12 ; 13 for 12 ; 14 she 14 she 15 was 15 was 16 the so she shook like a aps-tree makin ' up her mind . 1 so 6 aps-tree 2 she 6 aps-tree 3 shook 6 aps-tree 4 like 6 aps-tree 5 a 6 aps-tree 6 aps-tree 7 makin 7 makin 8 ' 7 makin 9 up 7 makin 10 her 7 makin 11 mind 11 mind 12 . ' [last] [she] [drives] [the] [word] [past] [her] [teeth] [,] [an] ['] ["] go ! " she says . 1 ' 14 go 14 go 15 ! 15 ! 16 " 16 " 18 says 17 she 18 says 18 says 19 . " go [with] [my] [leave] [an] ' [goodwill] [.] ["] 1 " 2 go 2 go 7 ' ' [i] never [heard] she was all alone , ' said [hobden] . 1 ' 3 never 1 ' 10 ' 5 she 6 was 6 was 8 alone 7 all 8 alone 8 alone 9 , 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 said 11 said 13 . ' [i] [remember] now . 1 ' 4 now 4 now 5 . the one [called] [robin] [,] [he] [stayed] [with] [her] [,] [they] [tell] . 1 the 2 one 2 one 13 . she was all too grieevious to listen to his promises . ' 1 she 5 grieevious 2 was 5 grieevious 3 all 5 grieevious 4 too 5 grieevious 5 grieevious 6 to 5 grieevious 7 listen 5 grieevious 8 to 5 grieevious 10 promises 9 his 10 promises 10 promises 12 ' 11 . 12 ' ' [ah] ! 1 ' 3 ! she should ha ' made her bargain beforehand . 1 she 2 should 2 should 3 ha 3 ha 8 beforehand 4 ' 8 beforehand 5 made 6 her 5 made 7 bargain 7 bargain 8 beforehand 8 beforehand 9 . i allus told my woman so ! ' [hobden] cried . 1 i 2 allus 2 allus 3 told 2 allus 4 my 2 allus 5 woman 2 allus 6 so 2 allus 7 ! 7 ! 8 ' 7 ! 10 cried 10 cried 11 . ['] [no] [.] tom laughed softly . 1 tom 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 softly 3 softly 4 . ' [she] [done] that [.] 1 ' 4 that yes , she done that ! 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 6 ! 2 , 3 she 3 she 4 done 4 done 5 that [folks] [come] [out] [fresh] [an] ['] [shinin] ['] [all] [over] [the] [marsh] [like] [snails] [after] [wet] [.] an ' that [while] [the] [widow] [whitgift] [sat] [grievin] ['] [on] [the] [wall] [.] 1 an 2 ' 2 ' 3 that she might have belieft us she might have trusted her sons would be sent back ! 1 she 2 might 2 might 4 belieft 2 might 13 be 3 have 4 belieft 4 belieft 5 us 4 belieft 6 she 4 belieft 7 might 4 belieft 9 trusted 7 might 8 have 9 trusted 10 her 9 trusted 11 sons 12 would 13 be 13 be 14 sent 14 sent 15 back 15 back 16 ! she fussed , no bounds , when their boat come in after three days . ' 1 she 2 fussed 2 fussed 3 , 2 fussed 5 bounds 4 no 5 bounds 5 bounds 7 when 5 bounds 8 their 5 bounds 9 boat 5 bounds 15 . 6 , 7 when 9 boat 13 three 10 come 11 in 10 come 12 after 12 after 13 three 13 three 14 days 15 . 16 ' ' [and] , of course , [the] [sons] [were] [both] [quite] [cured] [?] ' said [una] . 1 ' 14 ' 3 , 5 course 4 of 5 course 5 course 6 , 6 , 14 ' 14 ' 15 said 15 said 17 . ['] [no-o] [.] that would have been out o ' nature . 1 that 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 been 4 been 5 out 5 out 6 o 6 o 7 ' 6 o 8 nature 8 nature 9 . she [got] ['] [em] [back] [as] [she] sent ' em . 1 she 8 sent 8 sent 10 em 9 ' 10 em 10 em 11 . 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 2 blind 2 blind 3 man 3 man 17 nature-ally 4 he 5 hadn't 5 hadn't 9 anythin 6 seen 9 anythin 7 naught 9 anythin 8 of 9 anythin 9 anythin 10 ' 9 anythin 11 , 9 anythin 12 an 9 anythin 13 ' 9 anythin 15 dumb 13 ' 14 the 15 dumb 17 nature-ally 16 man 17 nature-ally 17 nature-ally 18 he 17 nature-ally 19 couldn't 17 nature-ally 20 say 17 nature-ally 21 aught 17 nature-ally 23 what 17 nature-ally 24 he 21 aught 22 of 24 he 25 'd 25 'd 26 seen 26 seen 27 . i [reckon] [that] was [why] [the] [pharisees] [pitched] on ['] [em] for the [ferryin] ['] [job] [.] ['] 1 i 4 was 4 was 9 on 9 on 13 the 12 for 13 the ' [but] what did you what did [robin] [promise] the [widow] ? ' said [dan] . 1 ' 3 what 1 ' 6 what 3 what 4 did 4 did 5 you 6 what 7 did 6 what 12 ? 7 did 10 the 12 ? 13 ' 13 ' 14 said 14 said 16 . ' [what] [did] [he] [promise] [,] now ? ' 1 ' 7 now 7 now 8 ? 8 ? 9 ' tom pretended to think . 1 tom 2 pretended 1 tom 5 . 2 pretended 3 to 3 to 4 think ' [wasn't] [your] [woman] a [whitgift] [,] [ralph] [?] 1 ' 5 a didn't she ever say ? ' 1 didn't 4 say 2 she 3 ever 3 ever 4 say 4 say 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' ' [she] [told] [me] [a] passel o ' no-sense stuff when he was born . ' 1 ' 9 no-sense 6 passel 7 o 6 passel 9 no-sense 8 ' 9 no-sense 9 no-sense 10 stuff 9 no-sense 11 when 9 no-sense 14 born 9 no-sense 16 ' 11 when 12 he 13 was 14 born 15 . 16 ' hobden pointed at his son . 1 hobden 2 pointed 1 hobden 5 son 1 hobden 6 . 2 pointed 3 at 4 his 5 son ' [there] was [always] to be one of ['] [em] that could see [further] [into] [a] [millstone] [than] [most] . ' 1 ' 21 ' 3 was 5 to 5 to 6 be 5 to 13 see 6 be 7 one 7 one 8 of 8 of 11 that 12 could 13 see 13 see 20 . 20 . 21 ' ' [me] ! 1 ' 3 ! that ['s] [me] ! ' said the [bee] [boy] so suddenly that they all [laughed] . 1 that 4 ! 4 ! 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 7 the 6 said 16 . 10 so 11 suddenly 10 so 12 that 12 that 13 they 13 they 14 all 14 all 16 . ' [i] 've got it [now] ! ' cried [tom] [,] [slapping] [his] [knee] . 1 ' 9 cried 3 've 4 got 4 got 5 it 5 it 7 ! 7 ! 8 ' 8 ' 9 cried 9 cried 15 . ' [they] [was] the [exact] [words] [she] [told] [me] [when] [we] [first] [found] [he] [wasn't] [like] others . 1 ' 4 the 4 the 17 others 17 others 18 . but [it] [beats] [me] [how] you [known] ['] [em] , ' said [hobden] . 1 but 6 you 6 you 10 , 10 , 11 ' 11 ' 12 said 12 said 14 . ' [aha] ! 1 ' 3 ! there 's more under my hat besides hair [?] ['] 1 there 2 's 2 's 3 more 2 's 8 hair 4 under 5 my 5 my 6 hat 5 my 8 hair 6 hat 7 besides tom laughed and stretched himself . 1 tom 2 laughed 2 laughed 4 stretched 3 and 4 stretched 4 stretched 5 himself 5 himself 6 . an ' where might you live ? ' he said , gravely , [to] [dan] [.] 1 an 2 ' 2 ' 10 said 3 where 4 might 3 where 6 live 5 you 6 live 6 live 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' 8 ' 10 said 9 he 10 said 10 said 12 gravely 11 , 12 gravely 12 gravely 13 , ' [an] ['] do you think [your] [pa] ' [ud] give me [a] [drink] for [takin] ['] you [there] , [missy] ? ' 1 ' 4 do 4 do 5 you 4 do 18 you 5 you 6 think 9 ' 11 give 11 give 12 me 12 me 15 for 15 for 18 you 18 you 20 , 20 , 23 ' 22 ? 23 ' they giggled so at this that they had to run out . 1 they 2 giggled 2 giggled 3 so 2 giggled 4 at 2 giggled 11 out 2 giggled 12 . 4 at 5 this 6 that 7 they 7 they 8 had 8 had 10 run 9 to 10 run 10 run 11 out ' [oh] , [puck] [!] 1 ' 3 , puck ! 1 puck 2 ! i guessed you right from when you talked about the salt . 1 i 2 guessed 2 guessed 4 right 2 guessed 5 from 2 guessed 8 talked 3 you 4 right 6 when 7 you 6 when 8 talked 8 talked 9 about 8 talked 11 salt 10 the 11 salt 11 salt 12 . how could you ever do it ? ' 1 how 2 could 2 could 4 ever 2 could 5 do 3 you 4 ever 5 do 6 it 5 do 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' una cried , swinging along delighted . 1 una 4 swinging 1 una 7 . 2 cried 4 swinging 3 , 4 swinging 4 swinging 5 along 4 swinging 6 delighted ' [do] what ? ' he said , and climbed the stile by the pollard oak . 1 ' 3 what 3 what 4 ? 4 ? 5 ' 5 ' 6 he 6 he 7 said 6 he 10 climbed 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 climbed 10 climbed 12 stile 11 the 12 stile 12 stile 13 by 12 stile 15 pollard 14 the 15 pollard 15 pollard 16 oak 15 pollard 17 . tom was almost running . 1 tom 2 was 1 tom 5 . 2 was 3 almost 3 almost 4 running ['] [yes] [.] ' [here] you be . ' 1 ' 3 you 1 ' 6 ' 3 you 4 be 5 . 6 ' he strode into the old [kitchen] [yard] [,] and [slid] [them] [down] [as] [ellen] [came] [to] [ask] [questions] [.] 1 he 2 strode 2 strode 3 into 3 into 4 the 4 the 5 old 5 old 9 and ' [i] ['m] [helping] [in] [mus] ' [spray] ['s] [oast-house] , ' he said to her . 1 ' 14 said 7 ' 12 ' 11 , 12 ' 12 ' 14 said 13 he 14 said 14 said 15 to 15 to 16 her 16 her 17 . ' [no] [,] [i] ['m] no [foreigner] . 1 ' 6 no 6 no 8 . i [knowed] [this] [country] ['] [fore] [your] [mother] was born [;] [an] ['] [yes] , [it] ['s] [dry] [work] [oastin] ' [,] [miss] . 1 i 9 was 9 was 10 born 10 born 15 , 15 , 21 ' 21 ' 24 . thank you . ' 1 thank 2 you 2 you 3 . 3 . 4 ' ellen [went] [to] [get] [a] [jug] , and the children [went] [in] [magicked] [once] [more] [by] [oak] , [ash] , and [thorn] [!] 1 ellen 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 the 9 the 10 children 10 children 18 , 18 , 21 and 20 , 21 and [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 4 my oh , [hop-bine] [yaller] [an] ' [wood-smoke] [blue] , [i] [reckon] you 'll [keep] [her] [middling] [true] ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 18 ! 2 , 6 ' 6 ' 12 you 9 , 12 you 12 you 13 'll i 've [given] my [soul] [to] [the] [southdown] [grass] [,] [an] ['] [sheep-bells] [tinkled] [where] you [pass] . 1 i 2 've 1 i 16 you 2 've 4 my 16 you 18 . oh , [firle] [an] ' [ditchling] [an] ' [sails] [at] [sea] , [i] [reckon] you [keep] [my] [soul] for me ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 12 , 1 oh 21 ! 2 , 5 ' 5 ' 8 ' 12 , 15 you 19 for 20 me 20 me 21 ! [the] [treasure] [and] [the] [law] [song] [of] [the] [fifth] [river] when [first] [by] [eden] [tree] [the] [four] [great] [rivers] [ran] [,] [to] [each] was [appointed] a [man] [her] [prince] [and] [ruler] [to] [be] [.] 1 when 14 was 14 was 16 a but after this was ordained , ( the ancient legends tell ) , [there] [came] [dark] [israel] [,] [for] [whom] [no] [river] [remained] [.] 1 but 5 ordained 2 after 5 ordained 3 this 5 ordained 4 was 5 ordained 5 ordained 6 , 5 ordained 7 ( 5 ordained 10 legends 8 the 9 ancient 9 ancient 10 legends 10 legends 11 tell 10 legends 12 ) 12 ) 13 , so it was [said] [and] done . 1 so 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 6 done 6 done 7 . he is [lord] [of] [the] [last] [the] [fifth] [,] [most] wonderful [,] [flood] . 1 he 2 is 2 is 11 wonderful 11 wonderful 14 . he [hears] [her] [thunder] [past] [and] [her] [song] is in his [blood] . 1 he 9 is 1 he 11 his 9 is 10 in 11 his 13 . he [can] [foresay] [:] ['] [she] [will] [fall] , ['] [for] he knows [which] [fountain] [dries] [behind] [which] [desert-belt] [a] [thousand] [leagues] [to] [the] [south] . 1 he 13 knows 9 , 12 he 12 he 13 knows 13 knows 26 . he can [foresay] [:] ['] [she] [will] [rise] . ' 1 he 2 can 2 can 9 . 9 . 10 ' 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] [.] in every [land] [a] [guest] [,] [of] [many] [lands] [a] [lord] [,] [in] [no] [land] [king] [is] [he] [.] 1 in 2 every but the [fifth] [great] [river] [keeps] [the] secret of [her] [deeps] [for] [israel] [alone] , [as] it was [ordered] to be . 1 but 2 the 1 but 17 it 2 the 8 secret 8 secret 9 of 15 , 17 it 17 it 18 was 18 was 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 4 the 4 the 5 third 5 third 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 the 11 the 17 of [dan] [and] [una] [found] [a] [couple] [of] [them] [towling] [round] [the] [kitchen-garden] [after] [the] [laundry] [cat] [.] 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 22 beat 22 beat 26 . then the cruel guns began again , and they grabbed the beagles lest they should stray and get hurt . 1 then 2 the 2 the 12 beagles 3 cruel 4 guns 4 guns 5 began 4 guns 10 grabbed 5 began 6 again 6 again 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 grabbed 9 they 10 grabbed 10 grabbed 12 beagles 11 the 12 beagles 12 beagles 13 lest 12 beagles 14 they 12 beagles 15 should 12 beagles 16 stray 12 beagles 18 get 17 and 18 get 18 get 19 hurt 19 hurt 20 . ' [i] [wouldn't] [be] [a] [pheasant] [in] [november] for a lot [,] ['] [dan] [panted] [,] [as] [he] [caught] [folly] [by] [the] [neck] . 1 ' 9 for 9 for 10 a 10 a 11 lot 11 lot 24 . ' [why] [did] you [laugh] that [horrid] way ? ' 1 ' 4 you 1 ' 10 ' 4 you 9 ? 6 that 8 way 8 way 9 ? ' [i] [didn't] , ' said [una] , sitting on [flora] [,] [the] [fat] [lady-dog] . 1 ' 5 ' 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 16 . 8 , 9 sitting 9 sitting 10 on 10 on 16 . ' [oh] [,] look ! 1 ' 4 look 4 look 5 ! the silly birds are going back to their own woods instead of ours , where they would be safe . ' 1 the 3 birds 1 the 10 woods 2 silly 3 birds 3 birds 4 are 4 are 5 going 5 going 7 to 6 back 7 to 8 their 9 own 9 own 10 woods 10 woods 11 instead 10 woods 13 ours 10 woods 15 where 11 instead 12 of 13 ours 14 , 15 where 16 they 16 they 17 would 17 would 18 be 18 be 19 safe 19 safe 20 . 20 . 21 ' ' [safe] [till] [it] [pleased] you to [kill] them . ' 1 ' 6 you 1 ' 11 ' 7 to 9 them 9 them 10 . 10 . 11 ' 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 3 man 3 man 4 , 4 , 5 so 5 so 7 he 7 he 8 was 8 was 10 a 10 a 11 giant 11 giant 22 . the children jumped , and the dogs dropped like setters . 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 jumped 3 jumped 5 and 3 jumped 7 dogs 4 , 5 and 6 the 7 dogs 7 dogs 10 setters 8 dropped 10 setters 9 like 10 setters 10 setters 11 . then he looked at them steadily , and they stared back without doubt or fear . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 looked 3 looked 4 at 3 looked 6 steadily 5 them 6 steadily 6 steadily 10 stared 6 steadily 16 . 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 stared 9 they 10 stared 10 stared 11 back 10 stared 13 doubt 12 without 13 doubt 13 doubt 14 or 13 doubt 15 fear ' [you] are not [afraid] ? ' he said , running his hands through his splendid grey beard . 1 ' 3 are 1 ' 9 said 4 not 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' 7 ' 9 said 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 , 10 , 11 running 11 running 12 his 12 his 13 hands 12 his 18 beard 14 through 15 his 15 his 18 beard 16 splendid 18 beard 17 grey 18 beard 18 beard 19 . you see , [mr] [meyer] [will] [fire] [at] [rabbits] [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 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 1 but 16 he 2 he 14 told 9 , 12 and 12 and 14 told 16 he 17 'd 17 'd 18 have 18 have 26 . ' [he] [doesn't] understand , ' [una] cried [,] [watching] the [pale] [,] [troubled] [face] . 1 ' 8 cried 4 understand 5 , 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 8 cried 8 cried 11 the 8 cried 16 . ' [oh] , [i] [wish] ['] 1 ' 3 , 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 1 she 4 said 4 said 11 the 11 the 17 man 13 and 14 spoke 14 spoke 15 to 15 to 16 the 16 the 17 man 17 man 22 . 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 3 a 4 long 4 long 5 cloak 5 cloak 11 frosting 6 too 11 frosting 7 the 8 afternoon 8 afternoon 11 frosting 9 was 11 frosting 10 just 11 frosting 11 frosting 12 down 11 frosting 13 and 11 frosting 14 it 11 frosting 15 changed 11 frosting 17 appearance 16 his 17 appearance 17 appearance 18 altogether 18 altogether 19 . ' [nay] [,] nay ! ' he said at last . 1 ' 4 nay 1 ' 8 said 5 ! 6 ' 6 ' 8 said 7 he 8 said 8 said 11 . 9 at 10 last 10 last 11 . ' [you] [did] [not] [understand] the boy . 1 ' 6 the 6 the 7 boy 7 boy 8 . a freeman was a little hurt , by pure mischance , at the hunting . ' 1 a 2 freeman 2 freeman 3 was 2 freeman 4 a 2 freeman 5 little 2 freeman 6 hurt 6 hurt 7 , 6 hurt 10 mischance 8 by 10 mischance 9 pure 10 mischance 10 mischance 11 , 10 mischance 12 at 10 mischance 14 hunting 12 at 13 the 14 hunting 15 . 15 . 16 ' ' [i] know that [mischance] ! 1 ' 6 ! 3 know 4 that 4 that 6 ! what did his lord do ? 1 what 2 did 1 what 5 do 3 his 4 lord 4 lord 5 do 5 do 6 ? laugh [and] [ride] [over] [him] ? ['] [the] [old] [man] [sneered] [.] 1 laugh 6 ? ' [it] was one of your own [people] [did] [the] [hurt] [,] [kadmiel] . ' 1 ' 15 ' 3 was 4 one 4 one 5 of 5 of 6 your 6 your 7 own 7 own 14 . 14 . 15 ' puck 's eyes twinkled maliciously . 1 puck 5 maliciously 2 's 4 twinkled 3 eyes 4 twinkled 4 twinkled 5 maliciously 5 maliciously 6 . ' [so] he [gave] [the] [freeman] [a] [piece] [of] [gold] , and no more [was] said . ' 1 ' 3 he 1 ' 16 said 11 , 12 and 11 , 16 said 12 and 13 no 13 no 14 more 16 said 17 . 17 . 18 ' ' [a] [jew] [drew] [blood] [from] [a] [christian] and no more [was] said [?] ['] 1 ' 10 no 1 ' 13 said 9 and 10 no 10 no 11 more kadmiel cried . 1 kadmiel 2 cried 1 kadmiel 3 . ' [never] ! 1 ' 3 ! when did they torture him ? ' 1 when 2 did 1 when 3 they 3 they 4 torture 4 torture 5 him 4 torture 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' ' [no] [man] [may] [be] [bound] [,] [or] [fined] [,] [or] [slain] [till] he has been [judged] [by] [his] [peers] [,] ['] [puck] [insisted] . 1 ' 14 he 14 he 15 has 15 has 16 been 16 been 25 . ' [there] [is] [but] [one] [law] [in] [old] [england] for [jew] [or] [christian] [the] [law] that was [signed] [at] [runnymede] . ' 1 ' 22 ' 10 for 16 that 10 for 21 . 16 that 17 was 21 . 22 ' ' [why] [,] that 's [magna] [charta] ! ' 1 ' 4 that 1 ' 8 ! 4 that 5 's 8 ! 9 ' dan whispered . 1 dan 2 whispered 1 dan 3 . 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 5 the 5 the 8 dates 6 few 7 history 7 history 8 dates 8 dates 9 that 8 dates 12 remember 10 he 11 could 11 could 12 remember 12 remember 13 . kadmiel turned on him with a sweep and a whirr of his spicy-scented gown . 1 kadmiel 2 turned 1 kadmiel 7 sweep 2 turned 3 on 4 him 5 with 5 with 6 a 5 with 7 sweep 7 sweep 8 and 7 sweep 13 spicy-scented 9 a 10 whirr 10 whirr 11 of 10 whirr 13 spicy-scented 12 his 13 spicy-scented 13 spicy-scented 14 gown 13 spicy-scented 15 . ' [dost] [thou] [know] of that [,] [babe] ? ' he cried , and lifted his hands in wonder . 1 ' 12 cried 5 of 6 that 6 that 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' 10 ' 12 cried 11 he 12 cried 12 cried 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 lifted 15 lifted 16 his 16 his 17 hands 17 hands 18 in 17 hands 20 . 18 in 19 wonder ' [yes] , ' said [dan] [firmly] . 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 8 . ' [magna] [charta] was [signed] [by] [john] [,] [that] [henry] the [third] [put] [his] [heel] [upon] [.] 1 ' 11 the 4 was 11 the again [puck] [translated] [to] [kadmiel] [in] [the] [strange] , [solemn-sounding] [language] [,] and at last [kadmiel] [laughed] . 1 again 9 , 9 , 13 and 13 and 14 at 14 at 15 last 15 last 18 . ' [out] of [the] mouths of babes do we learn , ' said he . 1 ' 7 babes 1 ' 13 said 3 of 7 babes 5 mouths 7 babes 6 of 7 babes 7 babes 8 do 7 babes 9 we 7 babes 10 learn 11 , 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 14 he 13 said 15 . for he was a [king] [.] ['] 1 for 2 he 2 he 3 was 3 was 4 a dan looked sideways at his sister . 1 dan 3 sideways 1 dan 7 . 2 looked 3 sideways 3 sideways 4 at 3 sideways 6 sister 5 his 6 sister it was her turn . 1 it 2 was 1 it 4 turn 3 her 4 turn 4 turn 5 . ' [because] he [jolly] well had to , ' said [una] [softly] . 1 ' 3 he 1 ' 5 well 1 ' 10 said 5 well 8 , 6 had 7 to 7 to 8 , 9 ' 10 said 10 said 13 . ' [the] [barons] made him . ' 1 ' 7 ' 4 made 5 him 5 him 6 . 6 . 7 ' ' [nay] , ' [kadmiel] answered [,] [shaking] [his] [head] . 1 ' 6 answered 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 6 answered 6 answered 11 . ' [you] [christians] [always] [forget] that [gold] [does] [more] [than] [the] [sword] [.] 1 ' 6 that 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 7 spoke 2 curved 4 shoulders 2 curved 7 spoke 3 his 4 shoulders 5 as 7 spoke 6 he 7 spoke 7 spoke 8 . that was [my] [work] [,] ['] he cried , [triumphantly] [,] [to] [puck] [.] 1 that 2 was 1 that 7 he 7 he 8 cried 8 cried 9 , ' [spirit] [of] [earth] [,] [bear] [witness] that [that] was [my] [work] ! ' 1 ' 8 that 1 ' 13 ! 8 that 10 was 13 ! 14 ' 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 7 towering 3 up 4 to 5 his 6 full 6 full 7 towering 7 towering 8 height 7 towering 13 rang 8 height 9 , 9 , 10 and 11 his 12 words 12 words 13 rang 13 rang 14 like 13 rang 16 trumpet 14 like 15 a 16 trumpet 17 . ' [many] [people] [can] [bear] [witness] [to] [that] , ' [puck] answered . 1 ' 12 answered 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 12 answered 12 answered 13 . ' [tell] [these] [babes] [how] it was done . 1 ' 6 it 6 it 7 was 7 was 8 done 8 done 9 . remember , [master] , they do not know [doubt] [or] [fear] . ' 1 remember 2 , 2 , 13 ' 4 , 5 they 5 they 6 do 6 do 7 not 7 not 8 know 8 know 12 . 12 . 13 ' ' [so] [i] [saw] [in] [their] [faces] when [we] [met] , ' said [kadmiel] . 1 ' 8 when 1 ' 13 said 11 , 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 15 . ' [yet] [surely] [,] surely they are [taught] [to] [spit] [upon] [jews] [?] ['] 1 ' 7 are 5 surely 6 they 6 they 7 are ' [are] they ? ' said [dan] , [much] [interested] [.] 1 ' 3 they 1 ' 6 said 4 ? 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 , ' [where] [at] ? ['] 1 ' 4 ? puck fell back a pace , laughing . 1 puck 2 fell 1 puck 5 pace 2 fell 3 back 4 a 5 pace 5 pace 6 , 5 pace 7 laughing 7 laughing 8 . ' [kadmiel] [is] [thinking] [of] [king] [john] ['s] [reign] [,] ['] he explained . 1 ' 13 explained 12 he 13 explained 13 explained 14 . ' [his] [people] [were] [badly] [treated] [then] . ' 1 ' 9 ' 8 . 9 ' it [stuck] [in] [their] [lesson-memory] [that] [king] [john] [used] to [pull] out [jews] ['] [teeth] to [make] [them] [lend] him [money] [.] 1 it 10 to 10 to 20 him 12 out 16 to 16 to 20 him kadmiel understood the look and smiled bitterly . 1 kadmiel 2 understood 1 kadmiel 4 look 1 kadmiel 6 smiled 1 kadmiel 7 bitterly 2 understood 3 the 5 and 6 smiled 7 bitterly 8 . ['] [no] [.] your [king] [never] [drew] [my] teeth [:] [i] [think] , [perhaps] [,] [i] [drew] [his] [.] 1 your 6 teeth 6 teeth 10 , listen ! 1 listen 2 ! 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 11 in 14 a 14 a 15 little 15 little 17 town 17 town 21 . yes , the [moors] [are] [cruel] , but at least [their] [learned] [men] [dare] [to] [think] . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 7 , 2 , 3 the 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 at 9 at 10 least 10 least 17 . 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 1 it 12 be 2 was 4 of 9 that 11 should 11 should 12 be 12 be 26 . we [jews] are always looking for the [prince] [and] [the] [lawgiver] [to] [come] [.] 1 we 3 are 3 are 4 always 4 always 5 looking 5 looking 6 for 6 for 7 the why not ? 1 why 2 not 1 why 3 ? 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 2 people 2 people 3 in 3 in 19 the 7 we 8 were 8 were 9 very 9 very 10 few 10 few 18 of 18 of 19 the [we] [jews] [dream] [so] [many] [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 8 wood 4 and 5 forth 6 through 7 the 6 through 8 wood 8 wood 11 talked 8 wood 12 . 9 as 10 he 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 5 shot-guns 2 rattle 5 shot-guns 3 of 5 shot-guns 4 the 5 shot-guns 5 shot-guns 6 never 5 shot-guns 7 ceased 5 shot-guns 11 dogs 7 ceased 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 the 10 the 11 dogs 11 dogs 12 whimpered 12 whimpered 14 little 12 whimpered 17 flat 13 a 14 little 15 and 16 lay 16 lay 17 flat 17 flat 18 on 17 flat 20 leaves 18 on 19 the 20 leaves 21 . ' [i] [was] a [prince] [.] 1 ' 4 a yes ! 1 yes 2 ! [he] [!] such a little [prince] [it] [was] ! 1 such 2 a 2 a 3 little 3 little 7 ! one [eye] [he] [kept] [on] the [stone-throwing] [moorish] boys , and the other [it] [roved] [about] [the] [streets] [looking] [for] [his] [kingdom] . 1 one 13 other 6 the 9 boys 9 boys 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 the 12 the 13 other 13 other 23 . yes , and he learned to cry softly when he was hunted up and down those streets . 1 yes 2 , 2 , 3 and 3 and 12 hunted 4 he 5 learned 5 learned 6 to 6 to 7 cry 7 cry 8 softly 8 softly 12 hunted 9 when 10 he 10 he 11 was 10 he 12 hunted 12 hunted 13 up 12 hunted 17 streets 13 up 14 and 15 down 17 streets 16 those 17 streets 17 streets 18 . he learned to do all things without noise . 1 he 2 learned 2 learned 3 to 3 to 4 do 4 do 6 things 4 do 7 without 5 all 6 things 7 without 8 noise 8 noise 9 . 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 8 out 8 out 9 of 9 of 11 the 10 all 11 the 11 the 12 world 12 world 13 , 12 world 22 . 13 , 14 for 14 for 15 my 15 my 18 father 18 father 19 was 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 3 the 3 the 4 world 4 world 6 heathen 5 the 6 heathen 6 heathen 7 fought 7 fought 8 each 8 each 9 other 9 other 10 . why not ? 1 why 2 not 1 why 3 ? how should [the] [foolish] [kings] know that [while] they [fight] [and] [steal] [and] [kill] [?] ['] 1 how 2 should 2 should 6 know 6 know 7 that 7 that 9 they 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 2 children 4 faces 4 faces 5 showed 5 showed 6 that 6 that 7 they 7 they 8 knew 7 they 19 trotted 8 knew 9 nothing 9 nothing 10 at 10 at 11 all 12 as 19 trotted 13 , 14 with 14 with 15 open 15 open 16 eyes 15 open 19 trotted 17 , 18 they 18 they 19 trotted 19 trotted 24 long-striding 20 and 21 turned 21 turned 24 long-striding 22 beside 24 long-striding 23 the 24 long-striding 24 long-striding 25 old 24 long-striding 26 man 24 long-striding 27 . ' [no] [matter] , ' he said . 1 ' 5 ' 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 7 said 6 he 7 said 7 said 8 . [such] [power] [had] [we] [jews] [among] [the] [gentiles] [.] ah , my little [prince] ! 1 ah 2 , 1 ah 6 ! 2 , 3 my 3 my 4 little do you wonder that he learned quickly ? 1 do 2 you 1 do 3 wonder 1 do 8 ? 3 wonder 4 that 4 that 5 he 5 he 6 learned 6 learned 7 quickly why not ? ' 1 why 2 not 1 why 3 ? 3 ? 4 ' he muttered to himself and went on : 1 he 2 muttered 2 muttered 4 himself 3 to 4 himself 4 himself 7 on 4 himself 8 : 5 and 6 went 6 went 7 on ' [my] [trade] was that [of] [a] [physician] [.] 1 ' 5 that 4 was 5 that when [i] [had] [learned] [it] [in] [spain] [i] went to [the] [east] [to] find [my] [kingdom] . 1 when 9 went 9 went 10 to 10 to 14 find 14 find 17 . why not ? 1 why 2 not 1 why 3 ? a [jew] [is] [as] [free] [as] [a] [sparrow] [or] [a] dog . 1 a 11 dog 11 dog 12 . he goes where he is hunted . 1 he 2 goes 1 he 6 hunted 3 where 4 he 4 he 5 is 4 he 6 hunted 6 hunted 7 . in the [east] [i] [found] [libraries] [where] [men] [dared] [to] [think] [schools] [of] [medicine] [where] [they] [dared] [to] [learn] [.] 1 in 2 the i was diligent in my business . 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 diligent 3 diligent 4 in 3 diligent 6 business 5 my 6 business 6 business 7 . [therefore] [i] [stood] [before] [kings] [.] 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 4 a 4 a 5 brother 5 brother 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 19 the 19 the 23 dead 23 dead 24 . there was no profit in it . 1 there 2 was 1 there 3 no 3 no 4 profit 4 profit 5 in 4 profit 6 it 6 it 7 . i did not find [my] [kingdom] [.] 1 i 2 did 2 did 3 not 3 not 4 find 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 , 3 in 3 in 4 the 3 in 15 the 4 the 6 year 15 the 26 house 22 to 23 my 23 my 24 father 24 father 25 's 25 's 26 house 26 house 27 . god had wonderfully preserved my people . 1 god 4 preserved 2 had 3 wonderfully 3 wonderfully 4 preserved 4 preserved 5 my 4 preserved 6 people 4 preserved 7 . none had been slain , none even wounded , and only a few scourged . 1 none 8 wounded 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 slain 4 slain 6 none 4 slain 8 wounded 5 , 6 none 7 even 8 wounded 8 wounded 9 , 8 wounded 14 scourged 9 , 10 and 11 only 14 scourged 12 a 13 few 13 few 14 scourged 14 scourged 15 . i became once more a son in my father 's house . 1 i 2 became 2 became 4 more 2 became 5 a 3 once 4 more 5 a 6 son 6 son 10 's 7 in 8 my 8 my 9 father 9 father 10 's 10 's 11 house 11 house 12 . but [i] was not rich not very rich . 1 but 4 not 3 was 4 not 4 not 5 rich 5 rich 8 rich 6 not 8 rich 7 very 8 rich 8 rich 9 . therefore , when those that had power and knowledge and wealth talked together , [i] sat in the shadow . 1 therefore 2 , 1 therefore 12 talked 3 when 6 had 4 those 5 that 5 that 6 had 6 had 7 power 7 power 8 and 7 power 9 knowledge 9 knowledge 11 wealth 10 and 11 wealth 11 wealth 12 talked 12 talked 13 together 13 together 14 , 13 together 17 in 13 together 20 . 16 sat 17 in 17 in 18 the 18 the 19 shadow why not ? 1 why 2 not 1 why 3 ? he cannot do much harm . 1 he 2 cannot 2 cannot 5 harm 3 do 5 harm 4 much 5 harm 5 harm 6 . [if] [thou] [doubtest] [,] [come] [with] [me] [to] [bury] [in] [england] [and] [live] [as] [i] [live] [.] ["] ' [i] [saw] my mother 's face [across] [the] [candle] [flame] , and [i] said , " [i] [will] come with thee to [bury] . 1 ' 4 my 4 my 5 mother 5 mother 6 's 6 's 7 face 7 face 25 . 12 , 13 and 12 , 15 said 15 said 16 , 15 said 25 . 16 , 17 " 17 " 20 come 20 come 21 with 20 come 23 to 21 with 22 thee [maybe] [my] [kingdom] [shall] [be] [there] [.] ["] ' [so] [i] [sailed] [with] [elias] [to] [the] [darkness] [and] [the] [cruelty] [of] [bury] [in] [england] , [where] there are no [learned] [men] [.] 1 ' 20 are 17 , 19 there 19 there 20 are 20 are 21 no how can a man be wise if he hate ? 1 how 2 can 1 how 10 ? 2 can 5 be 3 a 4 man 4 man 5 be 5 be 6 wise 6 wise 7 if 6 wise 9 hate 7 if 8 he at [bury] [i] [kept] his [accounts] [for] [elias] [,] [and] [i] [saw] [men] [kill] [jews] [there] [by] [the] [tower] [.] 1 at 5 his [no] [none] [laid] [hands] [on] [elias] [.] he [lent] [money] [to] [the] [king] [,] [and] [the] [king] 's [favour] was about him . 1 he 11 's 1 he 13 was 13 was 14 about 14 about 15 him 15 him 16 . a [king] will not [take] [the] [life] so long [as] [there] [is] [any] [gold] [.] 1 a 9 long 3 will 4 not 4 not 8 so 8 so 9 long this [king] yes , [john] [oppressed] [his] [people] [bitterly] because [they] [would] [not] [give] [him] [money] [.] 1 this 10 because 3 yes 4 , 4 , 10 because yet his land was a good land . 1 yet 3 land 2 his 3 land 3 land 7 land 4 was 5 a 5 a 6 good 6 good 7 land 7 land 8 . if he had only given it [rest] he might have [cropped] [it] as [a] [christian] [crops] [his] [beard] [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 6 it 1 if 8 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 only 3 had 5 given 8 he 9 might 9 might 10 have 9 might 13 as therefore [his] [people] [turned] [against] [us] [jews] , who are [all] [people] ['s] [dogs] [.] 1 therefore 8 , 8 , 9 who 9 who 10 are why not ? 1 why 2 not 1 why 3 ? [lastly] [the] [barons] [and] [the] [people] [rose] [together] [against] [the] [king] [because] [of] [his] [cruelties] [.] they joined then , as cats and pigs will join to slay a snake . 1 they 2 joined 2 joined 3 then 2 joined 8 pigs 4 , 5 as 5 as 6 cats 6 cats 7 and 6 cats 8 pigs 8 pigs 10 join 9 will 10 join 10 join 12 slay 11 to 12 slay 12 slay 14 snake 13 a 14 snake 14 snake 15 . i [kept] [the] [accounts] , and [i] [watched] all [these] [things] , for [i] [remembered] the [prophecy] [.] 1 i 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 9 all 9 all 16 the 12 , 13 for 13 for 16 the if he swore [to] [keep] [those] [laws] , they would [allow] [him] [a] [little] [money] . 1 if 2 he 1 if 9 they 2 he 3 swore 8 , 9 they 9 they 10 would 10 would 16 . that was the [king] 's [god] [money] [to] [waste] . 1 that 2 was 1 that 5 's 2 was 3 the 5 's 10 . [they] [showed] [us] [the] [roll] [of] [the] [new] [laws] [.] why not ? 1 why 2 not 1 why 3 ? we had lent them money . 1 we 2 had 2 had 3 lent 3 lent 4 them 3 lent 5 money 5 money 6 . we [knew] all [their] [counsels] [we] [jews] [shivering] [behind] [our] [doors] [in] [bury] . ' 1 we 3 all 3 all 14 . 14 . 15 ' he threw out his hands suddenly . 1 he 2 threw 2 threw 3 out 2 threw 4 his 4 his 5 hands 5 hands 6 suddenly 5 hands 7 . ' [we] [did] not [seek] to be [paid] [all] [in] [money] . 1 ' 4 not 4 not 7 be 6 to 7 be 7 be 12 . we [sought] [power] [power] [power] ! 1 we 6 ! that is our [god] [in] [our] [captivity] [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 our power to use ! 1 power 2 to 1 power 3 use 1 power 4 ! ' [i] said [to] [elias] : " [these] [new] [laws] are good . 1 ' 3 said 3 said 6 : 6 : 7 " 7 " 11 are 11 are 12 good 12 good 13 . [lend] [no] [more] [money] [to] [the] [king] [:] [so] [long] [as] [he] [has] [money] [he] [will] [lie] [and] [slay] [the] [people] [.] ["] " ' [nay] , " said [elias] . 1 " 6 said 2 ' 6 said 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 . " [i] [know] this [people] [.] 1 " 4 this they are madly cruel . 1 they 2 are 2 are 3 madly 3 madly 4 cruel 4 cruel 5 . better one [king] than a [thousand] [butchers] [.] 1 better 2 one 1 better 4 than 4 than 5 a 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 4 a 2 have 23 to 4 a 5 little 5 little 6 money 6 money 10 , 10 , 17 but 15 us 16 , 16 , 17 but 23 to 26 . he hath promised me a place near him [at] [court] , where [my] [wife] [and] [i] [shall] [be] [safe] [.] ["] 1 he 2 hath 2 hath 3 promised 2 hath 6 place 3 promised 4 me 5 a 6 place 6 place 7 near 6 place 12 where 7 near 8 him 11 , 12 where if we lend he will fight again . " 1 if 2 we 2 we 3 lend 3 lend 6 fight 4 he 5 will 5 will 6 fight 6 fight 7 again 7 again 8 . 8 . 9 " " ' [who] [made] [thee] [a] [lawgiver] [in] [england] ? " said [elias] . 1 " 12 said 2 ' 12 said 10 ? 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 14 . " [i] [know] this [people] [.] 1 " 4 this let the dogs tear one another ! 1 let 3 dogs 2 the 3 dogs 3 dogs 4 tear 4 tear 6 another 4 tear 7 ! 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 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 he 13 he 14 can 14 can 21 . 21 . 22 " ' [oh] ! ' said [dan] . 1 ' 3 ! 3 ! 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 7 . ' [pevensey] again [!] ['] [and] [looked] [at] [una] , [who] [nodded] and [skipped] . 1 ' 3 again 3 again 10 , 3 again 15 . 10 , 13 and they called [him] [joseph] [,] [and] [threw] [torches] [at] [his] [wet] [head] [.] 1 they 2 called why not ? ' 1 why 2 not 1 why 3 ? 3 ? 4 ' ' [why] [,] of course ! ' cried [dan] . 1 ' 8 cried 4 of 5 course 5 course 6 ! 6 ! 7 ' 7 ' 8 cried 8 cried 10 . ' [didn't] you know it was ['] [puck] [held] up [his] [hand] to [stop] him , and [kadmiel] [,] [who] [never] [noticed] [,] went on . 1 ' 3 you 3 you 4 know 4 know 5 it 5 it 6 was 5 it 26 . 10 up 13 to 13 to 15 him 15 him 16 , 15 him 26 . 16 , 17 and 17 and 24 went 24 went 25 on some wicked treasure of the old days put away , and the secret cut off by the sword . 1 some 7 days 1 some 13 secret 2 wicked 3 treasure 2 wicked 6 old 4 of 5 the 5 the 6 old 6 old 7 days 8 put 9 away 9 away 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 the 12 the 13 secret 13 secret 14 cut 14 cut 15 off 14 cut 16 by 16 by 17 the 17 the 18 sword 18 sword 19 . i have heard the like before . ' 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 heard 3 heard 4 the 3 heard 6 before 5 like 6 before 6 before 7 . 7 . 8 ' ' [so] have [we] [,] ['] [una] [whispered] [.] 1 ' 3 have ' [but] it wasn't [wicked] a bit . ' 1 ' 9 ' 3 it 4 wasn't 3 it 8 . 4 wasn't 7 bit 6 a 7 bit 8 . 9 ' 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 2 great 3 store 3 store 4 of 3 store 7 remained 4 of 5 it 6 still 7 remained 7 remained 12 brooding 8 , 9 and 9 and 12 brooding 10 by 12 brooding 11 long 12 brooding 12 brooding 15 come 12 brooding 17 look 12 brooding 18 on 12 brooding 19 it 12 brooding 21 his 13 he 14 had 14 had 15 come 16 to 17 look 20 as 21 his 21 his 22 own 22 own 23 . yet [when] [we] [thought] how we should [lift] [and] [convey] [it] [,] [we] [saw] [no] [way] [.] 1 yet 5 how 5 how 6 we 6 we 7 should this was [before] the [word] of [the] [lord] [had] [come] [to] me . 1 this 2 was 2 was 4 the 4 the 6 of 6 of 12 me 12 me 13 . 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 15 of hopeless ! 1 hopeless 2 ! [so] [elias] [wept] [.] adah , his wife , wept too . 1 adah 2 , 1 adah 4 wife 1 adah 6 wept 3 his 4 wife 4 wife 5 , 6 wept 7 too 7 too 8 . why not ? 1 why 2 not 1 why 3 ? she was born in [england] [an] [odious] [woman] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 born 3 born 4 in [wherefore] [the] [king] [in] [his] [camp] [stopped] [his] [ears] [against] [the] [barons] [and] [the] [people] [.] wherefore men died daily . 1 wherefore 2 men 1 wherefore 4 daily 3 died 4 daily 4 daily 5 . why not ? 1 why 2 not 1 why 3 ? this [elias] [refused] [to] [do] , [for] [he] [looked] [on] [the] [gold] as his own . 1 this 6 , 6 , 13 as 13 as 14 his 14 his 15 own 15 own 16 . [elias] [and] [adah] [went] [to] [their] [chamber] [.] ['] kadmiel laughed scornfully in his beard . 1 kadmiel 2 laughed 1 kadmiel 3 scornfully 1 kadmiel 6 beard 4 in 5 his 5 his 6 beard 6 beard 7 . the shots across the valley stopped as the shooting party changed their ground for the last beat . 1 the 13 ground 2 shots 3 across 2 shots 5 valley 2 shots 6 stopped 3 across 4 the 6 stopped 7 as 6 stopped 9 shooting 8 the 9 shooting 9 shooting 10 party 9 shooting 11 changed 9 shooting 12 their 9 shooting 13 ground 13 ground 17 beat 13 ground 18 . 14 for 15 the 15 the 16 last 16 last 17 beat ' [what] [terms] ? ' said [puck] [quickly] . 1 ' 6 said 4 ? 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 9 . ' [the] [fortieth] of the [great] [charter] [says] [:] ["] [to] [none] [will] [we] [sell] [,] [refuse] [,] [or] [delay] right [or] [justice] . ["] ' 1 ' 26 ' 4 of 5 the 5 the 21 right 21 right 24 . 24 . 26 ' ' [true] [,] but the [barons] [had] [written] first : [to] [no] [free] [man] [.] 1 ' 4 but 4 but 5 the 5 the 9 first 9 first 10 : it cost me two hundred broad pieces of gold to change those narrow words . 1 it 2 cost 2 cost 3 me 2 cost 5 hundred 4 two 5 hundred 5 hundred 7 pieces 6 broad 7 pieces 7 pieces 8 of 7 pieces 9 gold 7 pieces 13 narrow 10 to 11 change 11 change 13 narrow 12 those 13 narrow 13 narrow 14 words 14 words 15 . langton , the priest , understood . 1 langton 2 , 1 langton 4 priest 1 langton 5 , 1 langton 6 understood 1 langton 7 . 3 the 4 priest then he went out [stealthily] , as [men] [do] [who] [deal] [with] [israel] [by] [night] [.] 1 then 2 he 1 then 6 , 2 he 3 went 3 went 4 out 6 , 7 as i think he spent my gift upon his altar . 1 i 2 think 2 think 9 altar 3 he 4 spent 4 spent 9 altar 5 my 6 gift 6 gift 9 altar 7 upon 8 his 7 upon 9 altar 9 altar 10 . why not ? 1 why 2 not 1 why 3 ? 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 2 was 2 was 3 such 3 such 4 a 3 such 6 as 4 a 5 man 6 as 13 we 13 we 15 had 15 had 16 been 16 been 17 a but yet , in many things , a child . 1 but 2 yet 2 yet 3 , 2 yet 10 . 4 in 5 many 4 in 8 a 5 many 6 things 6 things 7 , 8 a 9 child 9 child 10 . [therefore] [i] [saw] [that] [the] [gold] [must] [be] [put] [away] [from] [the] [reach] [of] [any] [man] [.] [kadmiel] [halted] [,] [all] [black] [against] [the] [pale] [green] [sky] [beyond] [the] [wood] [a] [huge] [robed] [figure] [,] [like] [the] [moses] [in] [the] [picture-bible] [.] ['] [i] [rose] [.] i answered [:] ["] [there] [is] [no] [need] . 1 i 2 answered 2 answered 9 . [the] [lord] [is] [with] [me] [.] ["] ' [in] [that] [hour] [the] [lord] [gave] [me] [full] [understanding] [of] [all] [that] [i] [must] [do] ; and [his] [hand] [covered] [me] in my [ways] [.] 1 ' 17 ; 17 ; 18 and 18 and 23 in 23 in 24 my first [i] [went] [to] [london] [,] [to] [a] [physician] of our [people] [,] [who] [sold] [me] [certain] [drugs] [that] [i] [needed] [.] 1 first 10 of 10 of 11 our you shall see why . 1 you 3 see 2 shall 3 see 3 see 4 why 4 why 5 . [thence] [i] [went] [swiftly] [to] [pevensey] [.] men fought all around me , for there were neither rulers nor judges in the abominable land . 1 men 2 fought 2 fought 4 around 3 all 4 around 4 around 5 me 5 me 6 , 5 me 11 rulers 7 for 11 rulers 8 there 11 rulers 9 were 11 rulers 10 neither 11 rulers 11 rulers 12 nor 11 rulers 13 judges 11 rulers 16 abominable 13 judges 14 in 14 in 15 the 16 abominable 17 land 17 land 18 . that also [god] [showed] [me] . ' 1 that 2 also 2 also 6 . 6 . 7 ' 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 4 calm 3 as 4 calm 4 calm 6 though 4 calm 9 speaking 5 as 6 though 6 though 7 he 8 were 9 speaking 9 speaking 10 of 9 speaking 12 stranger 9 speaking 20 bare 11 some 12 stranger 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 his 15 his 16 voice 16 voice 17 filled 17 filled 20 bare 18 the 19 little 19 little 20 bare 20 bare 21 wood 20 bare 23 rolling 22 with 23 rolling 23 rolling 24 music 24 music 25 . nay , [i] [did] [no] [harm] [.] 1 nay 2 , the more we physicians know , the less do we do . 1 the 4 physicians 2 more 4 physicians 3 we 4 physicians 4 physicians 5 know 4 physicians 6 , 4 physicians 8 less 4 physicians 9 do 4 physicians 10 we 7 the 8 less 10 we 11 do 11 do 12 . only the [fool] [says] [:] ["] [i] [dare] [.] ["] 1 only 2 the i [caused] [a] [blotched] [and] [itching] [rash] [to] [break] [out] [upon] [their] [skins] [,] [but] [i] knew it would [fade] [in] [fifteen] [days] . 1 i 17 knew 17 knew 18 it 18 it 19 would 18 it 24 . i did not stretch out my hand against their life . 1 i 2 did 2 did 3 not 3 not 4 stretch 4 stretch 5 out 4 stretch 7 hand 6 my 7 hand 7 hand 8 against 8 against 9 their 9 their 10 life 10 life 11 . 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 6 it 7 was 6 it 22 . 7 was 8 the 10 , 11 and 10 , 16 taking 11 and 13 ran 13 ran 14 out 16 taking 17 with 17 with 18 them 18 them 22 . ' [a] [christian] [physician] [,] [seeing] that [i] was a [jew] and a stranger [,] [vowed] [that] [i] [had] [brought] [the] [sickness] [from] [london] . 1 ' 7 that 7 that 9 was 9 was 10 a 10 a 14 stranger 12 and 13 a 13 a 14 stranger 14 stranger 25 . this is the one time [i] [have] [ever] [heard] [a] [christian] [leech] [speak] [truth] of [any] [disease] [.] 1 this 2 is 1 this 5 time 2 is 3 the 2 is 4 one 5 time 15 of thereupon the people beat me , but a merciful woman said : " do not kill him now . 1 thereupon 2 the 1 thereupon 3 people 1 thereupon 4 beat 4 beat 5 me 4 beat 9 merciful 4 beat 17 him 6 , 7 but 7 but 9 merciful 8 a 9 merciful 9 merciful 10 woman 9 merciful 12 : 11 said 12 : 12 : 13 " 13 " 14 do 15 not 16 kill 16 kill 17 him 17 him 18 now 17 him 19 . why not ? 1 why 2 not 1 why 3 ? they drove [me] [across] [the] [drawbridge] [of] [the] [castle] [,] [and] [fled] [back] [to] [their] [booths] [.] 1 they 2 drove [thus] [i] [came] [to] [be] [alone] [with] [the] [treasure] [.] ['] ' [but] did you know this was all going to happen just right ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 did 3 did 4 you 3 did 11 happen 4 you 5 know 5 know 6 this 6 this 7 was 7 was 8 all 9 going 10 to 9 going 11 happen 11 happen 12 just 11 happen 14 ? 12 just 13 right 14 ? 15 ' 15 ' 16 said 16 said 18 . ' [my] [prophecy] was that [i] [should] [be] [a] [lawgiver] [to] [a] [people] [of] [a] [strange] [land] [and] [a] [hard] [speech] [.] 1 ' 5 that 4 was 5 that i knew [i] should [not] die . 1 i 2 knew 1 i 4 should 4 should 6 die 6 die 7 . i washed my cuts . 1 i 2 washed 2 washed 4 cuts 3 my 4 cuts 4 cuts 5 . 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 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 18 there 18 there 19 in 19 in 20 that [he] [!] i [spoiled] [the] [egyptians] ! 1 i 5 ! [he] [!] if they had only known ! 1 if 2 they 2 they 3 had 3 had 5 known 4 only 5 known 5 known 6 ! i [drew] [up] [many] [good] [loads] [of] [gold] [,] [which] [i] [loaded] [by] [night] [into] [my] [boat] . 1 i 18 . there had been gold dust too , but that had been washed out by the tides . ' 1 there 11 been 2 had 11 been 3 been 6 too 4 gold 5 dust 5 dust 6 too 6 too 7 , 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 that 9 that 10 had 10 had 11 been 11 been 12 washed 12 washed 16 tides 13 out 16 tides 14 by 16 tides 15 the 16 tides 16 tides 17 . 17 . 18 ' puck shook his head and pursed his lips . 1 puck 6 pursed 2 shook 4 head 2 shook 6 pursed 3 his 4 head 5 and 6 pursed 6 pursed 7 his 6 pursed 8 lips 8 lips 9 . ' [often] [;] for the gold [was] new [to] me , ' [kadmiel] replied . 1 ' 14 replied 4 for 5 the 4 for 10 me 5 the 6 gold 5 the 8 new 10 me 11 , 11 , 12 ' 12 ' 14 replied 14 replied 15 . ' [i] [know] the [golds] [.] 1 ' 4 the 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 5 in 6 the 6 the 7 dark 7 dark 12 heavier 8 ; 9 but 8 ; 12 heavier 10 this 12 heavier 11 was 12 heavier 12 heavier 14 redder 13 and 14 redder 14 redder 15 than 14 redder 17 we 14 redder 18 deal 14 redder 19 in 15 than 16 any 19 in 20 . perhaps it was the very [gold] [of] [parvaim] [.] 1 perhaps 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 the 3 was 5 very eh , why not ? 1 eh 2 , 1 eh 3 why 1 eh 5 ? 3 why 4 not ' [oh] [,] [marvel] ! ' said [puck] [,] [beneath] his breath [,] [rustling] [in] [the] [dead] [leaves] . 1 ' 5 ! 5 ! 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 19 . 11 his 12 breath 12 breath 19 . i went out by the [little] gate [where] [the] [castle] ['s] [refuse] [is] [thrown] . 1 i 2 went 2 went 3 out 2 went 4 by 4 by 5 the 5 the 7 gate 7 gate 15 . ' [weren't] you [afraid] ? ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 you 3 you 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . ' [why] ? 1 ' 3 ? there [were] [no] [christians] in the boat . 1 there 5 in 5 in 6 the 6 the 7 boat 7 boat 8 . at sunrise [i] [made] [my] [prayer] [,] [and] [cast] the gold [all] [all] [that] [gold] [into] [the] [deep] [sea] ! 1 at 2 sunrise 1 at 10 the 10 the 11 gold 11 gold 20 ! a [king] ['s] [ransom] [no] [,] [the] [ransom] of [a] [people] [!] 1 a 9 of ' [but] you [hadn't] , ' said [una] . 1 ' 3 you 3 you 5 , 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 said 7 said 9 . ' [oh] [,] yes ! 1 ' 4 yes 4 yes 5 ! i see ! 1 i 2 see 2 see 3 ! you [meant] [that] [king] [john] [might] have [spent] it on that ? ' 1 you 7 have 1 you 12 ? 7 have 9 it 9 it 10 on 11 that 12 ? 12 ? 13 ' ' [even] so , ' said [kadmiel] . 1 ' 5 ' 3 so 4 , 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 . the firing broke out again close behind them . 1 the 2 firing 2 firing 3 broke 2 firing 5 again 2 firing 6 close 3 broke 4 out 6 close 7 behind 7 behind 8 them 8 them 9 . the pheasants poured over the top of a belt of tall firs . 1 the 2 pheasants 2 pheasants 3 poured 2 pheasants 4 over 2 pheasants 6 top 5 the 6 top 6 top 7 of 6 top 11 tall 8 a 11 tall 9 belt 10 of 9 belt 11 tall 11 tall 12 firs 12 firs 13 . ' [but] what did [elias] [of] [bury] do ? ' 1 ' 3 what 3 what 4 did 3 what 8 do 8 do 9 ? 9 ? 10 ' puck demanded . 1 puck 2 demanded 2 demanded 3 . ' [he] had [promised] [money] to [the] [king] . ' 1 ' 10 ' 3 had 6 to 6 to 9 . 9 . 10 ' kadmiel smiled grimly . 1 kadmiel 3 grimly 2 smiled 3 grimly 3 grimly 4 . ' [i] [sent] [him] [word] [from] [london] that [the] [lord] was on my side . 1 ' 8 that 8 that 11 was 11 was 12 on 12 on 13 my 12 on 14 side 14 side 15 . he [and] [adah] [hurried] to [lewes] and asked me [for] [an] [accounting] [.] 1 he 5 to 5 to 9 me 7 and 8 asked 8 asked 9 me he still looked on the gold as his own . 1 he 3 looked 2 still 3 looked 3 looked 4 on 4 on 5 the 4 on 8 his 5 the 6 gold 6 gold 7 as 8 his 9 own 9 own 10 . i [told] [them] [where] [i] [had] [laid] [it] , and [i] gave them [full] [leave] to [pick] [it] [up] [....y] 1 i 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 gave 12 gave 13 them 13 them 16 to eh , well ! 1 eh 2 , 1 eh 3 well 1 eh 4 ! the curses of a fool and the dust of a journey [are] [two] things [no] [wise] [man] [can] [escape] [....y] 1 the 8 dust 2 curses 3 of 2 curses 5 fool 2 curses 6 and 2 curses 8 dust 4 a 5 fool 7 the 8 dust 8 dust 9 of 8 dust 11 journey 8 dust 14 things 10 a 11 journey [but] [i] [pitied] [elias] [!] they took [ship] [from] [lewes] to [spain] [.] 1 they 2 took 2 took 6 to that was wise ! ' 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 wise 3 wise 4 ! 4 ! 5 ' ' [and] you ? 1 ' 3 you 3 you 4 ? did you see the [signing] of the [law] [at] [runnymede] ? ' said [puck] , as [kadmiel] [laughed] [noiselessly] [.] 1 did 2 you 2 you 3 see 2 you 11 ? 3 see 4 the 4 the 6 of 6 of 7 the 11 ? 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 15 , 15 , 16 as ['] [nay] [.] who [am] [i] to [meddle] [with] things [too] [high] for me ? 1 who 4 to 1 who 12 ? 7 things 10 for 10 for 11 me 11 me 12 ? i [returned] [to] [bury] , and [lent] [money] on the [autumn] [crops] [.] 1 i 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 9 on 9 on 10 the why not ? ' 1 why 2 not 1 why 3 ? 3 ? 4 ' there was a crackle overhead . 1 there 2 was 1 there 4 crackle 3 a 4 crackle 4 crackle 5 overhead 5 overhead 6 . 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 4 had 5 sheered 5 sheered 6 aside 5 sheered 7 after 5 sheered 10 spattered 8 being 10 spattered 9 hit 10 spattered 10 spattered 11 down 10 spattered 12 almost 10 spattered 13 on 10 spattered 14 top 10 spattered 16 them 14 top 15 of 16 them 17 , 16 them 21 dry 18 driving 19 up 18 driving 21 dry 19 up 20 the 21 dry 22 leaves 22 leaves 25 shell 23 like 24 a 24 a 25 shell 25 shell 26 . ' [well] , ' said [puck] [calmly] , ' what did you think of it ? 1 ' 4 ' 3 , 4 ' 4 ' 5 said 5 said 8 , 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 what 10 what 11 did 11 did 12 you 12 you 13 think 13 think 14 of 13 think 15 it 15 it 16 ? [weland] [gave] [the] [sword] [!] [the] [sword] [gave] [the] [treasure] [,] [and] [the] [treasure] [gave] [the] [law] [.] it 's as natural as an oak growing [.] ['] 1 it 2 's 1 it 4 natural 3 as 4 natural 4 natural 5 as 4 natural 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 3 know 3 know 4 it 4 it 11 ? 11 ? 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 15 . ' [and] why did [sir] [richard] and [brother] [hugh] [leave] it [lying] [about] ? 1 ' 3 why 3 why 4 did 3 why 14 ? 4 did 11 it 7 and 11 it [and] [and] ['] ' [never] mind , ' said [una] politely . 1 ' 6 said 3 mind 4 , 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 6 said 6 said 8 politely 8 politely 9 . ' [he] ['ll] let us [come] [and] go and [look] [and] [know] [another] [time] [.] 1 ' 4 let 4 let 5 us 4 let 8 go 8 go 9 and won't you [,] [puck] ? ' 1 won't 2 you 2 you 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' ' [another] time [maybe] , ' [puck] answered . 1 ' 8 answered 3 time 5 , 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 8 answered 8 answered 9 . ' [brr] ! 1 ' 3 ! it 's cold and late . 1 it 2 's 1 it 5 late 3 cold 4 and 3 cold 5 late 5 late 6 . 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 6 sheltered 4 into 5 the 4 into 6 sheltered 6 sheltered 7 valley 7 valley 8 . there [was] [oak] [and] [ash] [and] [thorn] [enough] in [that] [year-end] [shower] [to] [magic] [away] a thousand [memories] . 1 there 9 in 9 in 16 a 16 a 17 thousand 17 thousand 19 . 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 13 , 13 , 17 and 17 and 21 the 21 the 23 fox 23 fox 24 . [old] [hobden] [was] [just] [finishing] [some] [hedge-work] [.] they saw his white smock glimmer in the twilight where he faggoted the rubbish . 1 they 2 saw 2 saw 5 smock 3 his 5 smock 4 white 5 smock 5 smock 6 glimmer 5 smock 15 . 6 glimmer 7 in 6 glimmer 12 faggoted 8 the 9 twilight 9 twilight 12 faggoted 10 where 12 faggoted 11 he 12 faggoted 12 faggoted 13 the 12 faggoted 14 rubbish ' [winter] [,] he 's come , [i] [reckon] [,] [mus] ' [dan] [,] ['] he called . 1 ' 4 he 1 ' 6 come 4 he 5 's 6 come 7 , 7 , 12 ' 12 ' 16 he 16 he 17 called 17 called 18 . ' [hard] [times] now [till] [heffle] [cuckoo] [fair] . 1 ' 4 now 4 now 9 . 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 4 crash 3 a 4 crash 4 crash 6 and 4 crash 8 stamp 5 , 6 and 7 a 8 stamp 8 stamp 9 and 8 stamp 11 splash 8 stamp 17 heavy 10 a 11 splash 11 splash 13 water 11 splash 14 as 12 of 13 water 14 as 15 though 16 a 17 heavy 17 heavy 21 crossing 18 old 19 cow 19 cow 21 crossing 20 were 21 crossing 21 crossing 22 almost 21 crossing 25 noses 23 under 25 noses 24 their 25 noses 25 noses 26 . hobden ran forward angrily to the ford . 1 hobden 2 ran 1 hobden 3 forward 1 hobden 4 angrily 1 hobden 7 ford 1 hobden 8 . 5 to 6 the 6 the 7 ford ' [gleason] ['s] [bull] [again] [,] [playin] ['] [robin] [all] [over] the [farm] ! 1 ' 12 the 1 ' 14 ! oh , [look] , [mus] ['] [dan] [his] [great] [footmark] as big as [a] [trencher] [.] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 4 , 4 , 11 as 11 as 13 as 12 big 13 as no bounds to his impidence ! 1 no 2 bounds 2 bounds 5 impidence 3 to 5 impidence 4 his 5 impidence 5 impidence 6 ! he might [count] [himself] [to] be a man [or] [or] [somebody] ['] 1 he 2 might 2 might 6 be 6 be 7 a 7 a 8 man a voice the other side of the brook boomed : 1 a 2 voice 2 voice 9 boomed 3 the 4 other 4 other 5 side 5 side 6 of 5 side 9 boomed 6 of 7 the 7 the 8 brook 8 brook 9 boomed 9 boomed 10 : ' [i] [wonder] who [his] [cloak] [would] [turn] [when] [puck] [had] [led] [him] [round] [,] [or] [where] [those] [walking] [fires] [would] [burn] ['] 1 ' 4 who then the children [went] [in] [singing] ['] [farewell] , [rewards] and [fairies] ['] at the [tops] of [their] [voices] [.] 1 then 2 the 2 the 3 children 3 children 9 , 9 , 11 and 11 and 14 at 14 at 15 the 15 the 17 of 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 5 they 6 had 6 had 7 not 7 not 11 to 11 to 13 . [the] [children] ['s] [song] [end] [of] [the] [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] [of] [puck] [of] [pook] ['s] [hill] [,] [by] [rudyard] [kipling]