[produced] [by] [jo] [churcher] [.] [html] [version] [by] [al] [haines] [.] [puck] [of] [pook's] [hill] [by] [rudyard] [kipling] [contents] [weland] ['s] [sword] [puck] ['s] [song] [a] [tree] [song] [young] [men] [at] [the] [manor] [sir] [richard] ['s] [song] [the] [knights] [of] [the] [joyous] [venture] [harp] [song] [of] [the] [dane] [women] [thorkild] ['s] [song] [old] [men] [at] [pevensey] [the] [runes] [on] [weland] ['s] [sword] [a] [centurion] [of] [the] [thirtieth] ['] [cities] [and] [thrones] [and] [powers] ['] [a] [british-roman] [song] [on] [the] [great] [wall] [a] [song] [to] [mithras] [the] [winged] [hats] [a] [pict] [song] [hal] [o] ['] [the] [draft] ['] [prophets] [have] [honour] [all] [over] [the] [earth] ['] [a] [smugglers] ['] [song] ['] [dymchurch] [flit] ['] [the] [bee] [boy] ['s] [song] [a] [three-part] [song] [the] [treasure] [and] [the] [law] [song] [of] [the] [fifth] [river] [the] [children] ['s] [song] [weland's] [sword] [puck] ['s] [song] see [you] [the] [dimpled] [track] that [runs] , [all] [hollow] [through] [the] [wheat] [?] 1 see 6 that 6 that 8 , [o] [that] [was] [where] [they] [hauled] [the] [guns] [that] [smote] [king] [philip] ['s] [fleet] [!] see [you] our little mill that clacks , [so] busy by the brook ? 1 see 5 mill 3 our 5 mill 4 little 5 mill 5 mill 6 that 5 mill 7 clacks 5 mill 10 busy 6 that 7 clacks 8 , 10 busy 10 busy 11 by 10 busy 14 ? 11 by 13 brook 12 the 13 brook she has ground her corn and paid [her] [tax] [ever] [since] [domesday] [book] [.] 1 she 2 has 2 has 6 and 3 ground 5 corn 3 ground 6 and 4 her 5 corn 6 and 7 paid see [you] our [stilly] woods of oak , [and] the dread ditch [beside] [?] 1 see 5 woods 3 our 5 woods 5 woods 6 of 6 of 8 , 7 oak 8 , 8 , 12 ditch 10 the 12 ditch 11 dread 12 ditch [o] [that] [was] [where] [the] [saxons] [broke] [,] [on] [the] [day] [that] [harold] [died] [!] see you [the] [windy] [levels] [spread] [about] [the] [gates] [of] [rye] [?] 1 see 2 you [o] [that] [was] [where] [the] [northmen] [fled] [,] [when] [alfred] ['s] [ships] [came] [by] [!] see [you] our pastures wide and lone [,] [where] [the] [red] [oxen] [browse] [?] 1 see 4 pastures 1 see 6 and 3 our 4 pastures 5 wide 6 and 6 and 7 lone [o] [there] [was] [a] [city] [thronged] [and] [known] [,] [ere] [london] [boasted] [a] [house] [!] and [see] you , [after] [rain] [,] [the] [trace] [of] [mound] and [ditch] [and] [wall] [?] 1 and 3 you 1 and 4 , 4 , 12 and [o] [that] [was] [a] [legion] ['s] [camping-place] [,] [when] [caesar] [sailed] [from] [gaul] [!] and [see] you [marks] [that] [show] [and] fade , [like] shadows [on] [the] [downs] [?] 1 and 3 you 1 and 9 , 8 fade 9 , 9 , 11 shadows [o] [they] [are] [the] [lines] [the] [flint] [men] [made] [,] [to] [guard] [their] [wondrous] [towns] [!] 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 23 and 2 is 18 of 2 is 23 and 18 of 20 , 23 and 25 will the children [were] [at] [the] [theatre] , [acting] [to] [three] [cows] [as] [much] [as] [they] [could] [remember] [of] [midsummer] [night] ['s] [dream] [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 7 , dan [was] [puck] [and] [nick] [bottom] , [as] [well] [as] [all] [three] [fairies] [.] 1 dan 7 , una [was] [titania] , [with] [a] [wreath] [of] [columbines] [and] [a] [foxglove] [wand] [.] 1 una 4 , [the] [theatre] [lay] [in] [a] [meadow] [called] [the] [long] [slip] [.] everything else was a sort of thick , sleepy stillness smelling of meadow-sweet and dry grass [.] 1 everything 2 else 1 everything 3 was 3 was 10 stillness 4 a 5 sort 5 sort 6 of 5 sort 10 stillness 6 of 10 stillness 7 thick 8 , 7 thick 10 stillness 9 sleepy 10 stillness 10 stillness 11 smelling 10 stillness 12 of 12 of 16 grass 13 meadow-sweet 14 and 14 and 15 dry 14 and 16 grass their play went beautifully [.] 1 their 2 play 2 play 3 went 3 went 4 beautifully this was when they heard a whistle among the alders on the bank , and they jumped [.] 1 this 2 was 2 was 3 when 3 when 4 they 3 when 5 heard 4 they 5 heard 5 heard 7 whistle 5 heard 8 among 5 heard 11 on 6 a 7 whistle 7 whistle 8 among 8 among 10 alders 9 the 10 alders 10 alders 11 on 11 on 15 and 12 the 13 bank 13 bank 15 and 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 they 15 and 17 jumped the bushes parted [.] 1 the 2 bushes 2 bushes 3 parted ['] [what] [hempen] [homespuns] [have] [we] [swaggering] [here] [,] [so] [near] [the] [cradle] [of] [the] [fairy] [queen] [?] ['] he stopped , hollowed one hand round his ear [,] [and] [,] [with] [a] [wicked] [twinkle] [in] [his] [eye] [,] [went] [on] [:] 1 he 3 , 2 stopped 3 , 3 , 4 hollowed 3 , 7 round 5 one 7 round 6 hand 7 round 7 round 8 his 7 round 9 ear 8 his 9 ear ['] [what] [,] [a] [play] [toward] [?] i 'll be [an] [auditor] [;] [an] [actor] , [too] , [perhaps] , [if] [i] see [cause] [.] ['] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 9 , 3 be 9 , 9 , 11 , 11 , 13 , 13 , 16 see the children looked and gasped [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 4 and 3 looked 4 and 4 and 5 gasped the [small] thing he was [no] [taller] [than] [dan] ['s] [shoulder] [stepped] [quietly] [into] [the] [ring] [.] 1 the 3 thing 3 thing 5 was 4 he 5 was ['] [i] ['m] [rather] [out] [of] [practice] [,] ['] [said] [he] [;] ['] [but] [that] ['s] [the] [way] [my] [part] [ought] [to] [be] [played] [.] ['] still the children stared at him from his dark-blue cap , like a big columbine flower , to his bare , hairy feet [.] 1 still 3 children 2 the 3 children 3 children 4 stared 4 stared 5 at 4 stared 7 from 4 stared 18 to 5 at 6 him 7 from 10 cap 8 his 10 cap 9 dark-blue 10 cap 10 cap 12 like 11 , 12 like 12 like 16 flower 12 like 17 , 13 a 14 big 13 a 16 flower 14 big 15 columbine 15 columbine 16 flower 18 to 23 feet 19 his 23 feet 20 bare 21 , 20 bare 23 feet 22 hairy 23 feet at last he laughed [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 he 3 he 4 laughed ['] [please] [don't] [look] [like] [that] [.] it isn't my fault [.] 1 it 2 isn't 2 isn't 4 fault 3 my 4 fault what else could you expect [?] ['] [he] [said] [.] 1 what 2 else 1 what 3 could 1 what 5 expect 3 could 4 you 3 could 5 expect ['] [we] [didn't] [expect] [any] [one] [,] ['] [dan] [answered] [slowly] [.] ['] [this] [is] [our] [field] [.] ['] ['] [is] [it] [?] ['] [said] [their] [visitor] [,] [sitting] [down] [.] [pook] ['s] [hill] [puck] ['s] [hill] [puck] ['s] [hill] [pook] ['s] [hill] [!] it 's as plain as the nose on my face [.] ['] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 plain 3 as 4 plain 4 plain 5 as 4 plain 8 on 5 as 7 nose 6 the 7 nose 7 nose 8 on 8 on 10 face 9 my 10 face he pointed to [the] [bare] , [fern-covered] [slope] [of] [pook] ['s] [hill] [that] [runs] up from the far side of the mill-stream to a dark wood [.] 1 he 2 pointed 2 pointed 3 to 2 pointed 15 up 2 pointed 16 from 3 to 6 , 16 from 19 side 17 the 19 side 18 far 19 side 19 side 20 of 20 of 22 mill-stream 21 the 22 mill-stream 22 mill-stream 23 to 23 to 26 wood 24 a 25 dark 24 a 26 wood 25 dark 26 wood ['] [by] [oak] [,] [ash] [,] [and] [thorn] [!] ['] [he] [cried] [,] [still] [laughing] [.] ['] [we] [didn't] [know] [it] [was] [wrong] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [wrong] [!] ['] the little fellow shook with laughter [.] 1 the 3 fellow 2 little 3 fellow 3 fellow 4 shook 4 shook 5 with 5 with 6 laughter ['] [indeed] [,] [it] [isn't] [wrong] [.] you ['ve] [done] [something] [that] [kings] [and] [knights] [and] [scholars] [in] [old] [days] would have [given] [their] [crowns] [and] [spurs] [and] [books] to find out [.] 1 you 14 would 14 would 15 have 15 have 23 to 23 to 24 find 24 find 25 out if [merlin] [himself] [had] [helped] you [,] [you] couldn't have [managed] better [!] 1 if 6 you 6 you 9 couldn't 9 couldn't 10 have 10 have 12 better [you] ['ve] [broken] [the] [hills] [you] ['ve] [broken] [the] [hills] [!] it hasn't happened in a thousand years [.] ['] 1 it 2 hasn't 2 hasn't 3 happened 3 happened 4 in 4 in 7 years 5 a 6 thousand 6 thousand 7 years ['] [we] [we] [didn't] [mean] [to] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [of] [course] [you] [didn't] [!] that 's just why you did it [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 just 2 's 4 why 4 why 5 you 4 why 6 did 5 you 6 did 6 did 7 it [unluckily] [the] [hills] [are] [empty] [now] [,] [and] [all] [the] [people] [of] [the] [hills] [are] [gone] [.] i 'm the only one left [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 5 one 3 the 4 only 3 the 5 one 5 one 6 left if you don't , of course you ['ve] only [to] say so , and [i] ['ll] go [.] ['] 1 if 2 you 1 if 4 , 1 if 7 you 2 you 3 don't 5 of 6 course 6 course 7 you 7 you 14 and 9 only 11 say 11 say 12 so 11 say 14 and 12 so 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 17 go he looked at the children , and the children looked at him for [quite] half a minute [.] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 3 at 17 minute 4 the 5 children 5 children 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 children 7 and 10 looked 8 the 9 children 10 looked 11 at 10 looked 13 for 11 at 12 him 13 for 17 minute 15 half 16 a 16 a 17 minute his eyes did not twinkle any more [.] 1 his 2 eyes 2 eyes 3 did 3 did 4 not 3 did 5 twinkle 4 not 5 twinkle 5 twinkle 7 more 6 any 7 more they were [very] [kind] , and there was the beginning of a good smile on his lips [.] 1 they 5 , 2 were 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 there 6 and 8 was 8 was 15 on 9 the 10 beginning 10 beginning 11 of 11 of 14 smile 12 a 13 good 12 a 14 smile 13 good 14 smile 14 smile 15 on 15 on 17 lips 16 his 17 lips una put out her hand [.] 1 una 2 put 2 put 3 out 2 put 5 hand 4 her 5 hand ['] [don't] [go] [,] ['] [she] [said] [.] ['] [we] [like] [you] [.] ['] ['] [have] [a] [bath] [oliver] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [and] [he] [passed] [over] [the] [squashy] [envelope] [with] [the] [eggs] [.] ['] [by] [oak] [,] [ash] [and] [thorn] [,] ['] [cried] [puck] [,] [taking] [off] [his] [blue] [cap] [,] ['] [i] [like] [you] [too] [.] sprinkle [a] plenty [salt] [on] [the] [biscuit] , [dan] , and [i] ['ll] [eat] it with you [.] 1 sprinkle 3 plenty 1 sprinkle 16 with 8 , 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 15 it 15 it 16 with 16 with 17 you that 'll show you [the] [sort] [of] [person] [i] [am] [.] 1 that 2 'll 2 'll 3 show 3 show 4 you [but] [i] ['m] [puck] [!] ['] he brushed the crumbs carefully from his doublet and shook hands [.] 1 he 9 and 2 brushed 4 crumbs 2 brushed 5 carefully 2 brushed 6 from 2 brushed 9 and 3 the 4 crumbs 6 from 8 doublet 7 his 8 doublet 9 and 10 shook 10 shook 11 hands ['] [she] [means] [meeting] [a] [fairy] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [i] [never] [believed] [in] ['] [em] [not] [after] [i] [was] [six] [,] [anyhow] [.] ['] ['] [i] [did] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [at] [least] [,] [i] [sort] [of] [half] [believed] [till] [we] [learned] ["] [farewell] [,] [rewards] ["] [.] do you know ["] [farewell] , [rewards] and [fairies] ["] [?] ['] 1 do 2 you 2 you 6 , 3 know 6 , 6 , 8 and ['] [do] [you] [mean] [this] [?] ['] [said] [puck] [.] he threw his big head back and began at the second line [:] 1 he 7 and 2 threw 5 head 2 threw 6 back 2 threw 7 and 3 his 5 head 4 big 5 head 7 and 8 began 7 and 9 at 9 at 12 line 10 the 11 second 10 the 12 line [(] ['] [join] [in] [,] [una] [!] ['] [)] than [maids] [were] [wont] to [do] , [yet] [who] [of] [late] [for] [cleanliness] [finds] [sixpence] [in] [her] [shoe] [?] ['] 1 than 5 to 5 to 7 , the echoes flapped all along the flat meadow [.] 1 the 2 echoes 2 echoes 3 flapped 3 flapped 4 all 3 flapped 5 along 4 all 5 along 5 along 8 meadow 6 the 8 meadow 7 flat 8 meadow ['] [of] [course] [i] [know] [it] [,] ['] [he] [said] [.] ['] [and] [then] [there] ['s] [the] [verse] [about] [the] [rings] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [when] [i] [was] [little] [it] [always] [made] [me] [feel] [unhappy] [in] [my] [inside] [.] ['] " ['] [witness] [those] [rings] [and] [roundelays] " [,] [do] [you] [mean] [?] ['] [boomed] [puck] [,] [with] [a] [voice] [like] [a] [great] [church] [organ] [.] 1 " 8 " ['] [it] ['s] [some] [time] [since] [i] [heard] [that] [sung] [,] [but] [there] ['s] [no] [good] [beating] [about] [the] [bush] [:] [it] ['s] [true] [.] the [people] [of] [the] [hills] [have] [all] left [.] 1 the 8 left i saw them come [into] [old] [england] and [i] [saw] [them] go [.] 1 i 8 and 2 saw 3 them 2 saw 4 come 2 saw 8 and 8 and 12 go i [came] [into] [england] [with] [oak] [,] [ash] [and] [thorn] [,] [and] [when] [oak] [,] [ash] [and] [thorn] [are] [gone] [i] shall go [too] [.] ['] 1 i 22 shall 22 shall 23 go ['] [it] ['s] [all] [right] [,] ['] [he] [said] [;] [and] [added] [,] ['] [i] ['m] [planting] [a] [lot] [of] [acorns] [this] [autumn] [too] [.] ['] ['] [then] [aren't] [you] [most] [awfully] [old] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [not] [old] [fairly] [long-lived] [,] [as] [folk] [say] [hereabouts] [.] let me see [my] [friends] [used] [to] [set] [my] [dish] [of] [cream] [for] [me] [o] ['] [nights] [when] [stonehenge] [was] [new] [.] 1 let 2 me 1 let 3 see yes , [before] [the] [flint] [men] [made] [the] [dewpond] [under] [chanctonbury] [ring] [.] ['] 1 yes 2 , una clasped her hands [,] [cried] ['] [oh] [!] ['] and nodded her head [.] 1 una 11 and 2 clasped 4 hands 2 clasped 11 and 3 her 4 hands 11 and 12 nodded 12 nodded 14 head 13 her 14 head ['] [she] ['s] [thought] [a] [plan] [,] ['] [dan] [explained] [.] ['] [she] [always] [does] [like] [that] [when] [she] [thinks] [a] [plan] [.] ['] ['] [i] [was] [thinking] [suppose] [we] [saved] [some] [of] [our] [porridge] [and] [put] [it] [in] [the] [attic] [for] [you] [?] they 'd notice if we left it in the nursery [.] ['] 1 they 2 'd 2 'd 3 notice 3 notice 4 if 4 if 5 we 4 if 6 left 5 we 6 left 6 left 7 it 6 left 8 in 7 it 8 in 8 in 10 nursery 9 the 10 nursery ['] [bless] [your] [heart] [o] ['] [gold] [!] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [you] ['ll] [make] [a] [fine] [considering] [wench] [some] [market-day] [.] they felt they could not be afraid of him any more [than] [of] [their] [particular] [friend] [old] [hobden] [the] [hedger] [.] 1 they 2 felt 2 felt 3 they 2 felt 6 be 3 they 4 could 4 could 5 not 4 could 6 be 5 not 6 be 6 be 7 afraid 7 afraid 8 of 7 afraid 11 more 8 of 9 him 10 any 11 more ['] [have] [you] [a] [knife] [on] [you] [?] ['] [he] [said] [at] [last] [.] dan [handed] [over] [his] [big] [one-bladed] [outdoor] [knife] , and [puck] [began] [to] [carve] [out] [a] [piece] [of] [turf] [from] [the] [centre] [of] [the] [ring] [.] 1 dan 9 , 9 , 10 and ['] [what] ['s] [that] [for] [magic] [?] ['] [said] [una] [,] [as] [he] [pressed] [up] [the] [square] [of] [chocolate] [loam] [that] [cut] [like] [so] [much] [cheese] [.] ['] [one] [of] [my] [little] [magics] [,] ['] [he] [answered] [,] [and] [cut] [another] [.] you certainly deserve it [.] ['] 1 you 3 deserve 2 certainly 3 deserve 3 deserve 4 it ['] [what] ['s] [taking] [seisin] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [cautiously] [.] ['] [it] ['s] [an] [old] [custom] [the] [people] [had] [when] [they] [bought] [and] [sold] [land] [.] he held out the turves [.] 1 he 2 held 2 held 3 out 2 held 5 turves 4 the 5 turves ['] [but] [it] ['s] [our] [own] [meadow] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [drawing] [back] [.] ['] [are] [you] [going] [to] [magic] [it] [away] [?] ['] puck laughed [.] 1 puck 2 laughed ['] [i] [know] [it] ['s] [your] [meadow] [,] [but] [there] ['s] [a] [great] [deal] [more] [in] [it] [than] [you] [or] [your] [father] [ever] [guessed] [.] [try] [!] ['] he turned [his] [eyes] [on] [una] [.] 1 he 2 turned ['] [i] ['ll] [do] [it] [,] ['] [she] [said] [.] dan followed her example at once [.] 1 dan 2 followed 2 followed 4 example 2 followed 6 once 3 her 4 example 5 at 6 once ['] [now] [are] [you] [two] [lawfully] [seised] [and] [possessed] [of] [all] [old] [england] [,] ['] [began] [puck] [,] [in] [a] [sing-song] [voice] [.] [fast] [!] hold fast all [i] [give] [you] [.] ['] 1 hold 2 fast 1 hold 3 all the children shut their eyes [,] [but] [nothing] [happened] [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 shut 3 shut 5 eyes 4 their 5 eyes ['] [well] [?] ['] [said] [una] [,] [disappointedly] [opening] [them] [.] ['] [i] [thought] [there] [would] [be] [dragons] [.] ['] " ['] [though] [it] [shall] [have] [happened] [three] [thousand] [year] [,] " ['] [said] [puck] [,] [and] [counted] [on] [his] [fingers] [.] 1 " 12 " ['] [no] [;] [i] ['m] [afraid] [there] [were] [no] [dragons] [three] [thousand] [years] [ago] [.] ['] ['] [but] [there] [hasn't] [happened] [anything] [at] [all] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [wait] [awhile] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [you] [don't] [grow] [an] [oak] [in] [a] [year] [and] [old] [england] ['s] [older] [than] [twenty] [oaks] [.] let's sit down again and think [.] 1 let's 5 and 2 sit 3 down 2 sit 5 and 3 down 4 again 5 and 6 think i can do that for a century at a time [.] ['] 1 i 2 can 2 can 3 do 3 do 4 that 3 do 5 for 3 do 8 at 5 for 7 century 6 a 7 century 7 century 8 at 8 at 10 time 9 a 10 time ['] [ah] [,] [but] [you] ['re] [a] [fairy] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [have] [you] [ever] [heard] [me] [say] [that] [word] [yet] [?] ['] [said] [puck] [quickly] [.] ['] [no] [.] you talk about ["] [the] [people] [of] [the] [hills] ["] , [but] [you] [never] [say] " [fairies] " [,] ['] said [una] [.] 1 you 2 talk 2 talk 3 about 3 about 11 , 11 , 16 " 11 , 21 said 16 " 18 " ['] [i] [was] [wondering] [at] [that] [.] don't you like it [?] ['] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 like 3 like 4 it ['] [i] [shouldn't] [like] [it] [at] [all] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [that] ['s] [how] [the] [djinns] [and] [afrits] [talk] [in] [the] [arabian] [nights] [.] ['] ['] [and] [that] ['s] [how] [i] [feel] [about] [saying] [that] [word] [that] [i] [don't] [say] [.] i know ['] [em] [!] ['] 1 i 2 know ['] [we] [don't] [mean] [that] [sort] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [we] [hate] ['] [em] [too] [.] ['] ['] [exactly] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] butterfly wings [,] [indeed] [!] 1 butterfly 2 wings [butterfly-wings] [!] and [the] [horses] [of] [the] [hills] [picked] [their] [way] [from] [one] [wave] to another [by] [the] [lightning] [flashes] [!] 1 and 13 to 13 to 14 another that was how it was in the old days [!] ['] 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 how 3 how 4 it 3 how 5 was 4 it 5 was 5 was 6 in 6 in 9 days 7 the 9 days 8 old 9 days ['] [splendid] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [but] [una] [shuddered] [.] ['] [i] ['m] [glad] [they] ['re] [gone] [,] [then] [;] [but] [what] [made] [the] [people] [of] [the] [hills] [go] [away] [?] ['] una asked [.] 1 una 2 asked ['] [different] [things] [.] i 'll tell you one of [them] some day the thing that made the biggest flit of [any] , ['] said [puck] [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 tell 3 tell 5 one 3 tell 11 thing 4 you 5 one 5 one 6 of 6 of 9 day 8 some 9 day 10 the 11 thing 11 thing 12 that 11 thing 13 made 11 thing 17 of 12 that 13 made 13 made 15 biggest 13 made 16 flit 14 the 15 biggest 17 of 19 , 19 , 21 said ['] [but] [they] [didn't] [all] [flit] [at] [once] [.] they dropped off , one by one , through the centuries [.] 1 they 2 dropped 2 dropped 3 off 2 dropped 7 one 2 dropped 9 through 4 , 7 one 5 one 6 by 6 by 7 one 7 one 8 , 9 through 11 centuries 10 the 11 centuries most of them were foreigners who couldn't stand our climate [.] 1 most 2 of 1 most 3 them 2 of 3 them 3 them 4 were 4 were 5 foreigners 5 foreigners 6 who 5 foreigners 7 couldn't 6 who 7 couldn't 7 couldn't 8 stand 8 stand 10 climate 9 our 10 climate they flitted early [.] ['] 1 they 2 flitted 2 flitted 3 early ['] [how] [early] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [a] [couple] [of] [thousand] [years] [or] [more] [.] the fact is [they] [began] [as] [gods] [.] 1 the 2 fact 2 fact 3 is they were always landing in those days , or being driven back to their ships , and they [always] brought [their] [gods] with them [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 always 2 were 4 landing 2 were 5 in 2 were 13 to 4 landing 5 in 5 in 9 or 6 those 7 days 7 days 9 or 8 , 9 or 9 or 10 being 9 or 11 driven 9 or 13 to 11 driven 12 back 13 to 17 and 14 their 15 ships 15 ships 17 and 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 they 17 and 20 brought 20 brought 23 with 23 with 24 them [england] [is] [a] [bad] [country] [for] [gods] [.] now , [i] [began] as [i] [mean] [to] go [on] [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 9 go 2 , 5 as i [belong] [here] [,] [you] see , and [i] [have] [been] [mixed] [up] with [people] all my days [.] 1 i 8 and 6 see 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 14 with 14 with 16 all 16 all 17 my 16 all 18 days 17 my 18 days ['] [people] [burned] [in] [wicker] [baskets] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [like] [miss] [blake] [tells] [us] [about] [?] ['] ['] [all] [sorts] [of] [sacrifices] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] i never liked it [.] 1 i 3 liked 2 never 3 liked 3 liked 4 it they were a stiff-necked [,] extravagant set of [idols] , [the] [old] [things] [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 7 set 3 a 7 set 4 stiff-necked 7 set 6 extravagant 7 set 7 set 8 of 8 of 10 , but what was the result [?] 1 but 2 what 1 but 3 was 3 was 5 result 4 the 5 result men don't like being sacrificed at the best of times [;] [they] [don't] [even] [like] [sacrificing] [their] [farm-horses] [.] 1 men 2 don't 2 don't 3 like 3 like 4 being 3 like 6 at 4 being 5 sacrificed 4 being 6 at 6 at 8 best 7 the 8 best 8 best 9 of 9 of 10 times some of them took to hanging about trees , and hiding in graves and groaning [o] ['] nights [.] 1 some 2 of 1 some 3 them 2 of 3 them 3 them 4 took 4 took 5 to 4 took 7 about 4 took 12 in 5 to 6 hanging 7 about 10 and 8 trees 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 hiding 12 in 14 and 13 graves 14 and 14 and 18 nights 15 groaning 18 nights i remember [one] [goddess] [called] [belisama] [.] 1 i 2 remember [she] [became] [a] [common] [wet] [water-spirit] [somewhere] [in] [lancashire] [.] and there were hundreds of other friends of mine [.] 1 and 2 there 1 and 3 were 2 there 3 were 3 were 7 friends 4 hundreds 5 of 4 hundreds 7 friends 5 of 7 friends 6 other 7 friends 7 friends 8 of 8 of 9 mine first they were [gods] [.] 1 first 2 they 2 they 3 were there was [only] one [old] [thing] , [i] [remember] , who honestly worked for his living after he came down in the world [.] 1 there 7 , 2 was 4 one 2 was 7 , 7 , 10 , 10 , 11 who 10 , 13 worked 11 who 13 worked 12 honestly 13 worked 13 worked 14 for 13 worked 17 after 14 for 16 living 15 his 16 living 17 after 18 he 17 after 19 came 18 he 19 came 19 came 20 down 19 came 21 in 21 in 22 the 22 the 23 world he was called [weland] , and he was [a] [smith] [to] [some] [gods] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 5 , 3 called 5 , 5 , 8 was 6 and 7 he 7 he 8 was i 've forgotten their names [,] [but] [he] [used] [to] [make] [them] [swords] [and] [spears] [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 forgotten 3 forgotten 5 names 4 their 5 names i think [he] [claimed] [kin] [with] [thor] of [the] [scandinavians] [.] ['] 1 i 2 think 2 think 8 of ['] [heroes] [of] [asgard] [thor] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] she had been reading the book [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 reading 4 reading 6 book 5 the 6 book ['] [perhaps] [,] ['] [answered] [puck] [.] ['] [none] [the] [less] [,] [when] [bad] [times] [came] [,] [he] [didn't] [beg] [or] [steal] [.] he [worked] [;] [and] [i] was lucky enough to be able to do [him] a good turn [.] ['] 1 he 6 was 6 was 7 lucky 7 lucky 8 enough 7 lucky 9 to 7 lucky 10 be 9 to 10 be 10 be 11 able 11 able 12 to 11 able 13 do 12 to 13 do 13 do 17 turn 15 a 17 turn 16 good 17 turn ['] [tell] [us] [about] [it] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [i] [think] [i] [like] [hearing] [of] [old] [things] [.] ['] they rearranged themselves comfortably , each chewing a grass stem [.] 1 they 2 rearranged 2 rearranged 3 themselves 2 rearranged 4 comfortably 2 rearranged 7 chewing 5 , 7 chewing 6 each 7 chewing 7 chewing 10 stem 8 a 9 grass 8 a 10 stem 9 grass 10 stem puck propped himself on one strong arm and went on : 1 puck 8 and 1 puck 11 : 2 propped 3 himself 2 propped 4 on 2 propped 8 and 4 on 7 arm 5 one 7 arm 6 strong 7 arm 8 and 9 went 9 went 10 on ['] [let] ['s] [think] [!] [i] [met] [weland] [first] [on] [a] [november] [afternoon] [in] [a] [sleet] [storm] [,] [on] [pevensey] [level] [.] ['] ['] [pevensey] [?] over [the] [hill] [,] you [mean] [?] ['] 1 over 5 you dan pointed south [.] 1 dan 2 pointed 2 pointed 3 south ['] [yes] [;] [but] [it] [was] [all] [marsh] [in] [those] [days] [,] [right] [up] [to] [horsebridge] [and] [hydeneye] [.] bitter cold it was [!] 1 bitter 2 cold 1 bitter 4 was 3 it 4 was there were icicles hanging from her deck and the oars were glazed over [with] [ice] , and there was [ice] on [weland] ['s] [lips] [.] 1 there 2 were 2 were 3 icicles 2 were 13 over 3 icicles 8 and 3 icicles 11 were 3 icicles 12 glazed 4 hanging 5 from 4 hanging 8 and 5 from 7 deck 6 her 7 deck 8 and 10 oars 8 and 11 were 9 the 10 oars 13 over 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 there 17 and 19 was 19 was 21 on i didn't care [!] 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 care [i] ['d] [seen] [too] [many] [gods] [charging] [into] [old] [england] [to] [be] [upset] [about] [it] [.] ['] [what] [did] [weland] [say] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [was] [he] [angry] [?] ['] ['] [he] [called] [me] [names] [and] [rolled] [his] [eyes] [,] [and] [i] [went] [away] [to] [wake] [up] [the] [people] [inland] [.] but the pirates conquered the country [,] [and] [for] [centuries] [weland] [was] [a] [most] [important] [god] [.] 1 but 3 pirates 1 but 4 conquered 2 the 3 pirates 3 pirates 4 conquered 4 conquered 6 country 5 the 6 country he had [temples] [everywhere] [from] [lincolnshire] to [the] [isle] [of] [wight] , as he said [and] [his] [sacrifices] [were] [simply] [scandalous] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 7 to 7 to 12 , 12 , 13 as 13 as 14 he 13 as 15 said in the old days the congregation were unhappy until the priests had chosen their sacrifices [;] [and] [so] [would] [you] [have] [been] [.] 1 in 4 days 1 in 7 were 2 the 4 days 3 old 4 days 5 the 6 congregation 6 congregation 7 were 7 were 8 unhappy 8 unhappy 9 until 9 until 11 priests 9 until 13 chosen 10 the 11 priests 11 priests 12 had 12 had 13 chosen 13 chosen 15 sacrifices 14 their 15 sacrifices then everybody shouted [:] ["] [a] [sacrifice] [to] [weland] [!] 1 then 2 everybody 2 everybody 3 shouted [a] [sacrifice] [to] [weland] [!] ["] ['] ['] [and] [the] [man] [wasn't] [really] [dead] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [not] [a] [bit] [.] all as much pretence [as] [a] dolls ['] tea-party [.] 1 all 2 as 1 all 7 dolls 2 as 4 pretence 3 much 4 pretence 7 dolls 9 tea-party that counted the same as if a man and a horse had been killed [.] 1 that 2 counted 2 counted 4 same 2 counted 6 if 3 the 4 same 5 as 6 if 6 if 9 and 6 if 14 killed 7 a 8 man 8 man 9 and 9 and 11 horse 9 and 12 had 10 a 11 horse 12 had 13 been 13 been 14 killed i saw [poor] [weland] 's face [through] [the] [smoke] , and [i] [couldn't] help [laughing] [.] 1 i 11 and 2 saw 11 and 5 's 6 face 5 's 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 14 help he looked [so] disgusted and so hungry , and all he had to satisfy himself was a horrid smell of burning hair [.] 1 he 8 , 2 looked 5 and 2 looked 8 , 4 disgusted 5 and 5 and 6 so 5 and 7 hungry 6 so 7 hungry 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 all 9 and 16 was 10 all 11 he 10 all 14 satisfy 10 all 16 was 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 to 12 had 14 satisfy 13 to 14 satisfy 15 himself 16 was 16 was 19 smell 17 a 18 horrid 17 a 19 smell 18 horrid 19 smell 19 smell 20 of 20 of 21 burning 21 burning 22 hair just [a] dolls ['] tea-party [!] 1 just 3 dolls 3 dolls 5 tea-party none [of] [the] [people] [of] [the] [hills] could tell me anything about him [,] [and] [i] [supposed] [that] [he] [had] [left] [england] [.] ['] 1 none 8 could 8 could 9 tell 9 tell 10 me 9 tell 11 anything 11 anything 12 about 12 about 13 him puck turned , lay on his other elbow , and thought for a long time [.] 1 puck 2 turned 2 turned 4 lay 3 , 4 lay 4 lay 5 on 4 lay 12 for 5 on 10 and 6 his 7 other 7 other 8 elbow 8 elbow 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 thought 10 and 12 for 12 for 15 time 13 a 15 time 14 long 15 time ['] [let] ['s] [see] [,] ['] [he] [said] [at] [last] [.] ['] [if] [you] [mean] [old] [hobden] [the] [hedger] [,] [he] ['s] [only] [seventy-two] [.] he told me so [himself] , ['] said [dan] [.] 1 he 2 told 2 told 3 me 2 told 4 so 4 so 6 , 6 , 8 said ['] [he] ['s] [a] [intimate] [friend] [of] [ours] [.] ['] ['] [you] ['re] [quite] [right] [,] ['] [puck] [replied] [.] ['] [i] [meant] [old] [hobden] ['s] [ninth] [great-grandfather] [.] he was a free man and burned charcoal hereabouts [.] 1 he 6 and 2 was 5 man 2 was 6 and 3 a 4 free 3 a 5 man 4 free 5 man 6 and 7 burned 7 burned 8 charcoal 7 burned 9 hereabouts i 've known the family [,] [father] [and] [son] [,] [so] [long] [that] [i] [get] [confused] [sometimes] [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 known 3 known 5 family 4 the 5 family [hob] [of] [the] [dene] [was] [my] [hobden] ['s] [name] [,] [and] [he] [lived] [at] [the] [forge] [cottage] [.] he jerked his head westward , where the valley narrows between wooded hills and steep hop-fields [.] 1 he 2 jerked 2 jerked 4 head 2 jerked 5 westward 2 jerked 7 where 3 his 4 head 6 , 7 where 7 where 9 valley 7 where 10 narrows 8 the 9 valley 9 valley 10 narrows 10 narrows 11 between 11 between 14 and 12 wooded 13 hills 13 hills 14 and 14 and 16 hop-fields 15 steep 16 hop-fields ['] [why] [,] [that] ['s] [willingford] [bridge] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [we] [go] [there] [for] [walks] [often] [.] there 's a kingfisher there [.] ['] 1 there 2 's 2 's 4 kingfisher 2 's 5 there 3 a 4 kingfisher 4 kingfisher 5 there ['] [it] [was] [weland] ['s] [ford] [then] [,] [dearie] [.] there was no trace of [weland] , but [presently] [i] [saw] [a] [fat] [old] [farmer] [riding] [down] [from] [the] [beacon] [under] [the] [greenwood] [tree] [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 trace 3 no 4 trace 4 trace 5 of 5 of 7 , 7 , 8 but then he sat down and went to sleep [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 5 and 3 sat 4 down 3 sat 5 and 5 and 6 went 6 went 7 to 7 to 8 sleep it was [weland] [himself] [.] 1 it 2 was i [was] [so] [astonished] [that] [i] [jumped] [out] [and] said : " what [on] [human] [earth] are you doing here [,] [weland] ? " ['] 1 i 10 said 10 said 11 : 11 : 12 " 11 : 13 what 11 : 23 ? 13 what 17 are 17 are 18 you 17 are 19 doing 19 doing 20 here 23 ? 24 " ['] [poor] [weland] [!] ['] [sighed] [una] [.] ['] [he] [pushed] [the] [long] [hair] [back] [from] [his] [forehead] [(] [he] [didn't] [recognize] [me] [at] [first] [)] [.] then he said : " you ought to know [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 said 3 said 4 : 4 : 5 " 4 : 6 you 4 : 7 ought 6 you 7 ought 7 ought 8 to 8 to 9 know you foretold it [,] [old] [thing] [.] 1 you 2 foretold 2 foretold 3 it i 'm shoeing horses [for] hire [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 shoeing 3 shoeing 4 horses 3 shoeing 6 hire 4 horses 6 hire i 'm not even [weland] [now] [,] ["] [he] [said] [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 not 3 not 4 even " [they] [call] [me] [wayland-smith] [.] " ['] 1 " 7 " ['] [poor] [chap] [!] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [what] [did] [you] [say] [?] ['] ['] [what] [could] [i] [say] [?] " ['] [isn't] [there] [any] [way] [for] [you] [to] [get] [back] [to] [valhalla] [,] [or] [wherever] [you] [come] [from] [?] " 1 " 21 " i said [.] 1 i 2 said " ['] [i] ['m] [afraid] [not] , " he said , rasping away at the hoof [.] 1 " 10 said 7 , 8 " 7 , 9 he 9 he 10 said 10 said 12 rasping 11 , 12 rasping 12 rasping 13 away 12 rasping 14 at 14 at 16 hoof 15 the 16 hoof he had a wonderful touch with horses [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 5 touch 2 had 6 with 3 a 4 wonderful 3 a 5 touch 4 wonderful 5 touch 5 touch 6 with 6 with 7 horses the old beast was whinnying on his shoulder [.] 1 the 3 beast 2 old 3 beast 3 beast 4 was 4 was 5 whinnying 4 was 6 on 5 whinnying 6 on 6 on 8 shoulder 7 his 8 shoulder ["] [you] [may] [remember] [that] [i] [was] [not] [a] [gentle] [god] [in] [my] [day] [and] [my] [time] [and] [my] [power] [.] i shall never be released till some human being truly wishes me well [.] ["] 1 i 2 shall 2 shall 4 be 3 never 4 be 4 be 5 released 5 released 6 till 6 till 9 being 6 till 11 wishes 7 some 9 being 8 human 9 being 9 being 11 wishes 10 truly 11 wishes 11 wishes 12 me 11 wishes 13 well " ['] [surely] [,] " [said] [i] [,] ["] [the] [farmer] [can't] [do] [less] [than] [that] [.] 1 " 5 " you 're shoeing the horse all round for him [.] ["] 1 you 2 're 2 're 3 shoeing 3 shoeing 5 horse 4 the 5 horse 5 horse 6 all 5 horse 7 round 6 all 7 round 7 round 8 for 8 for 9 him " ['] [yes] [,] ["] said he [,] " [and] [my] [nails] [will] [hold] [a] [shoe] [from] [one] [full] [moon] [to] [the] [next] [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 7 he 7 he 9 " but [farmers] [and] [weald] [clay] , " said he , " are [both] uncommon cold and sour [.] ["] 1 but 6 , 1 but 12 are 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 said 8 said 9 he 8 said 10 , 10 , 11 " 12 are 16 and 14 uncommon 15 cold 14 uncommon 16 and 16 and 17 sour ['] [would] [you] [believe] [it] [,] [that] [when] [that] [farmer] [woke] [and] [found] [his] [horse] [shod] [he] [rode] [away] [without] [one] [word] [of] [thanks] [?] ['] [were] [you] [invisible] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] puck nodded , gravely [.] 1 puck 2 nodded 2 nodded 4 gravely 3 , 4 gravely the [farmer] [thought] [he] [was] [bewitched] well , he was , of course and began to pray and shout [.] 1 the 7 well 7 well 8 , 8 , 14 and 9 he 14 and 10 was 14 and 11 , 13 course 11 , 14 and 12 of 13 course 14 and 15 began 15 began 16 to 15 began 18 and 16 to 18 and 17 pray 18 and 18 and 19 shout i didn't care [!] 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 care ['] [what] ['s] [a] [novice] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] hugh was his name [,] [and] [he] [had] [got] [up] [to] [go] [fishing] [hereabouts] [.] 1 hugh 2 was 2 was 4 name 3 his 4 name his people owned all this [valley] [.] 1 his 2 people 2 people 3 owned 3 owned 5 this 4 all 5 this hugh heard the farmer shouting , and asked him what in the world he meant [.] 1 hugh 7 and 2 heard 4 farmer 2 heard 7 and 3 the 4 farmer 4 farmer 5 shouting 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 asked 8 asked 9 him 8 asked 10 what 8 asked 11 in 11 in 13 world 12 the 13 world 13 world 14 he 13 world 15 meant 14 he 15 meant [(] [the] [people] [of] [the] [hills] [are] [like] [otters] [they] [don't] [show] [except] [when] [they] [choose] [.] [)] but the novice wasn't a fool [.] 1 but 3 novice 1 but 4 wasn't 2 the 3 novice 3 novice 4 wasn't 4 wasn't 6 fool 5 a 6 fool he looked down at the horse 's feet , and saw [the] [new] [shoes] [fastened] [as] [only] [weland] [knew] [how] [to] [fasten] ['] [em] [.] 1 he 10 and 2 looked 3 down 2 looked 10 and 3 down 4 at 4 at 8 feet 5 the 6 horse 6 horse 7 's 7 's 8 feet 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 saw [(] [weland] [had] [a] [way] [of] [turning] [down] [the] [nails] [that] [folks] [called] [the] [smith] ['s] [clinch] [.] [)] " ['] ['h'm] [!] " [said] [the] [novice] [.] 1 " 5 " " [where] [did] [you] [get] [your] [horse] [shod] [?] " 1 " 10 " ['] [the] [farmer] [wouldn't] [tell] [him] [at] [first] [,] [because] [the] [priests] [never] [liked] [their] [people] [to] [have] [any] [dealings] [with] [the] [old] [things] [.] at last he [confessed] [that] [the] [smith] had done it [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 he 3 he 8 had 8 had 9 done 9 done 10 it " [what] [did] [you] [pay] [him] [?] " [said] [the] [novice] [.] 1 " 8 " " [penny] [,] ["] said the farmer , very sulkily [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 7 farmer 5 said 10 sulkily 6 the 7 farmer 8 , 10 sulkily 9 very 10 sulkily " [that] ['s] [less] [than] [a] [christian] [would] [have] [charged] [,] " [said] [the] [novice] [.] 1 " 12 " " [i] [hope] [you] [threw] [a] ['] [thank] [you] ['] [into] [the] [bargain] [.] " 1 " 15 " " [no] [,] " [said] [the] [farmer] [;] ["] [wayland-smith] ['s] [a] [heathen] [.] ["] 1 " 4 " " [then] [by] [your] [reasoning] [i] [ought] to say ['] [thank] [you] ['] [to] [satan] [if] [he] [helped] [me] [?] ["] 1 " 9 say 8 to 9 say " [don't] [roll] [about] [up] [there] [splitting] [reasons] [with] [me] [,] " [said] [the] [novice] [.] 1 " 12 " " [come] [back] [to] [the] [ford] [and] [thank] [the] [smith] [,] [or] [you] ['ll] [be] [sorry] [.] " 1 " 18 " ['] [back] [the] [farmer] [had] [to] [go] [.] when we [reached] [the] [ford] [again] [it] [was] [five] [o'clock] and [misty] [still] [under] [the] [oaks] [the] [farmer] [simply] [wouldn't] [say] ["] [thank] you [.] ["] 1 when 11 and 2 we 11 and 11 and 24 you he said he ['d] [tell] [the] [abbot] [that] [the] [novice] wanted [him] [to] [worship] [heathen] [gods] [.] 1 he 2 said 2 said 3 he 2 said 11 wanted [then] [hugh] [the] [novice] [lost] [his] [temper] [.] ['] [did] [weland] [see] [all] [this] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [oh] [yes] [,] [and] [he] [shouted] [his] [old] [war-cry] [when] [the] [farmer] [thudded] [on] [to] [the] [ground] [.] he was delighted [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 delighted then the novice turned to the oak tree and said , " [ho] [,] [smith] [of] [the] [gods] [!] 1 then 3 novice 2 the 3 novice 3 novice 9 and 4 turned 5 to 4 turned 9 and 5 to 8 tree 6 the 8 tree 7 oak 8 tree 9 and 10 said 10 said 11 , 11 , 12 " then he picked up his fishing-rod it looked more like a tall spear than ever and tramped off down your valley [.] ['] 1 then 2 he 2 he 16 and 3 picked 4 up 3 picked 5 his 3 picked 14 than 3 picked 15 ever 3 picked 16 and 6 fishing-rod 8 looked 7 it 8 looked 8 looked 9 more 8 looked 10 like 10 like 13 spear 11 a 12 tall 11 a 13 spear 12 tall 13 spear 13 spear 14 than 16 and 17 tramped 17 tramped 18 off 17 tramped 19 down 19 down 21 valley 20 your 21 valley ['] [and] [what] [did] [poor] [weland] [do] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [he] [laughed] [and] [he] [cried] [with] [joy] [,] [because] [he] [had] [been] [released] [at] [last] [,] [and] [could] [go] [away] [.] but he was [an] [honest] [old] [thing] [.] 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 was 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 4 for 6 living 5 his 6 living " [i] [shall] [give] [that] [novice] [a] [gift] [,] " [said] [weland] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [a] [gift] [that] [shall] [do] [him] [good] [the] [wide] [world] [over] [and] [old] [england] [after] [him] [.] blow [up] [my] [fire] , [old] [thing] , [while] [i] [get] [the] [iron] [for] my [last] [task] [.] ["] 1 blow 5 , 5 , 8 , 8 , 15 my then he made a sword a dark-grey , wavy-lined sword [and] [i] [blew] [the] [fire] [while] [he] [hammered] [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 made 3 made 5 sword 3 made 10 sword 4 a 5 sword 6 a 7 dark-grey 6 a 10 sword 7 dark-grey 8 , 7 dark-grey 10 sword 9 wavy-lined 10 sword by [oak] , [ash] and [thorn] [,] [i] [tell] you , [weland] [was] [a] [smith] of [the] [gods] [!] 1 by 3 , 3 , 5 and 5 and 10 you 5 and 11 , 11 , 16 of " [old] [thing] , " he said to me , wiping his forehead , " this is [the] [best] [blade] that [weland] [ever] [made] [.] 1 " 7 said 4 , 5 " 4 , 6 he 6 he 7 said 7 said 8 to 7 said 11 wiping 7 said 14 , 7 said 16 this 7 said 17 is 8 to 9 me 10 , 11 wiping 11 wiping 13 forehead 11 wiping 14 , 12 his 13 forehead 14 , 15 " 17 is 21 that even the user will never know how good it is [.] 1 even 3 user 2 the 3 user 3 user 4 will 4 will 6 know 5 never 6 know 6 know 7 how 7 how 8 good 8 good 10 is 9 it 10 is come to the monastery [.] ["] 1 come 2 to 2 to 4 monastery 3 the 4 monastery the novice [came] first of [all] , [waving] [his] [new] [sword] and [shouting] [saxon] battle-cries [.] 1 the 4 first 2 novice 4 first 4 first 5 of 4 first 15 battle-cries 5 of 7 , 7 , 12 and take your sword [,] and keep your sword , and go with your sword , and be as gentle as you are strong and courteous [.] 1 take 3 sword 1 take 5 and 2 your 3 sword 5 and 10 and 6 keep 8 sword 6 keep 10 and 7 your 8 sword 9 , 10 and 10 and 16 and 11 go 12 with 11 go 16 and 12 with 14 sword 13 your 14 sword 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 be 17 be 19 gentle 18 as 19 gentle 19 gentle 20 as 20 as 21 you 20 as 22 are 20 as 24 and 21 you 22 are 23 strong 24 and 24 and 25 courteous then they went to bed again , [all] except the novice , and he sat up in the garth playing with his sword [.] 1 then 2 they 2 they 3 went 3 went 5 bed 3 went 6 again 3 went 9 except 4 to 5 bed 7 , 9 except 9 except 11 novice 9 except 12 , 10 the 11 novice 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 he 14 he 15 sat 15 sat 16 up 16 up 17 in 16 up 21 with 17 in 19 garth 18 the 19 garth 19 garth 20 playing 19 garth 21 with 21 with 23 sword 22 his 23 sword then [weland] said [to] [me] [by] [the] [stables] : " [farewell] , [old] [thing] [;] [you] [had] [the] [right] [of] it [.] 1 then 12 , 1 then 21 it 3 said 9 : 3 said 12 , 9 : 10 " you saw me come to [england] , and you see me go [.] 1 you 8 and 2 saw 3 me 2 saw 8 and 4 come 5 to 5 to 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 12 go 9 you 10 see 10 see 11 me 10 see 12 go [farewell] [!] ["] that was how it happened [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 how 3 how 4 it 3 how 5 happened 4 it 5 happened i saw it [.] ['] 1 i 2 saw 2 saw 3 it both children drew a long breath [.] 1 both 2 children 2 children 3 drew 3 drew 6 breath 4 a 6 breath 5 long 6 breath ['] [but] [what] [happened] [to] [hugh] [the] [novice] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [and] [the] [sword] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] puck looked down the meadow that lay [all] quiet and cool in the shadow [of] [pook] ['s] [hill] [.] 1 puck 2 looked 2 looked 3 down 2 looked 10 and 3 down 5 meadow 4 the 5 meadow 5 meadow 6 that 5 meadow 7 lay 6 that 7 lay 9 quiet 10 and 10 and 11 cool 11 cool 12 in 12 in 14 shadow 13 the 14 shadow a corncrake jarred in a hay-field near by , and the small trouts of the brook began to jump [.] 1 a 2 corncrake 2 corncrake 3 jarred 2 corncrake 10 and 3 jarred 4 in 3 jarred 7 near 4 in 6 hay-field 5 a 6 hay-field 8 by 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 13 trouts 10 and 14 of 10 and 17 began 11 the 13 trouts 12 small 13 trouts 14 of 16 brook 15 the 16 brook 17 began 18 to 18 to 19 jump ['] [do] [you] [really] [want] [to] [know] [?] ['] puck said [.] 1 puck 2 said ['] [we] [do] [,] ['] [cried] [the] [children] [.] ['] [awfully] [!] ['] ['] [very] [good] [.] i 'll walk with you as far as the gate [.] ['] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 walk 3 walk 4 with 3 walk 7 far 3 walk 8 as 4 with 5 you 6 as 7 far 8 as 10 gate 9 the 10 gate ['] [will] [you] [be] [here] [when] [we] [come] [again] [?] ['] [they] [asked] [.] ['] [surely] [,] [sure-ly] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [i] ['ve] [been] [here] [some] [time] [already] [.] one minute [first] , [please] [.] ['] 1 one 2 minute 2 minute 4 , he gave [them] [each] [three] [leaves] [one] [of] [oak] [,] [one] [of] [ash] [and] [one] [of] [thorn] [.] 1 he 2 gave ['] [bite] [these] [,] ['] [said] [he] [.] [bite] [!] ['] they bit hard , and found themselves walking side by side to the lower gate [.] 1 they 5 and 2 bit 3 hard 2 bit 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 found 6 found 7 themselves 6 found 8 walking 8 walking 11 side 8 walking 12 to 9 side 10 by 10 by 11 side 12 to 15 gate 13 the 15 gate 14 lower 15 gate their father was leaning over it [.] 1 their 2 father 2 father 3 was 3 was 4 leaning 3 was 5 over 4 leaning 5 over 5 over 6 it ['] [and] [how] [did] [your] [play] [go] [?] ['] [he] [asked] [.] ['] [oh] [,] [splendidly] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [only] [afterwards] [,] [i] [think] [,] [we] [went] [to] [sleep] [.] it was [very] hot and quiet [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 and 4 hot 5 and 5 and 6 quiet don't you remember [,] [una] [?] ['] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 remember una shook her head and said nothing [.] 1 una 5 and 2 shook 4 head 2 shook 5 and 3 her 4 head 5 and 6 said 6 said 7 nothing ['] [i] [see] [,] ['] [said] [her] [father] [.] but why are you chewing leaves at your time of life , daughter [?] 1 but 3 are 2 why 3 are 3 are 4 you 3 are 5 chewing 5 chewing 6 leaves 5 chewing 7 at 6 leaves 7 at 7 at 9 time 8 your 9 time 9 time 10 of 10 of 12 , 11 life 12 , 12 , 13 daughter [for] [fun] [?] ['] ['] [no] [.] it was for [something] , but [i] [can't] [exactly] [remember] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 for 3 for 5 , 5 , 6 but and neither of them could [till] 1 and 2 neither 1 and 5 could 2 neither 3 of 2 neither 5 could 3 of 4 them [a] [tree] [song] sing [oak] [and] [ash] [and] [thorn] , [good] [sirs] [(] [all] [of] [a] [midsummer] [morn] [)] [!] 1 sing 7 , surely we sing [no] [little] [thing] [,] [in] [oak] [and] [ash] [and] [thorn] [!] 1 surely 2 we 2 we 3 sing sing [oak] [and] [ash] [and] [thorn] , [good] [sirs] [(] [all] [of] [a] [midsummer] [morn] [)] [!] 1 sing 7 , [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 2 trees 5 made 3 closing 4 overhead 5 made 7 tunnels 5 made 14 blobs 5 made 15 and 6 long 7 tunnels 7 tunnels 8 through 8 through 9 which 8 through 11 sunshine 8 through 12 worked 10 the 11 sunshine 11 sunshine 12 worked 12 worked 13 in 15 and 16 patches ['] [we] ['ve] [got] [half] [a] [dozen] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [after] [a] [warm] [,] [wet] [hour] [.] ['] [i] [vote] [we] [go] [up] [to] [stone] [bay] [and] [try] [long] [pool] [.] ['] when they were in the open they nearly fell down with astonishment [.] 1 when 2 they 1 when 3 were 1 when 7 they 2 they 3 were 3 were 4 in 4 in 6 open 5 the 6 open 7 they 9 fell 8 nearly 9 fell 9 fell 10 down 9 fell 11 with 11 with 12 astonishment on his back sat an old , white-haired man dressed in a loose glimmery gown of chain-mail [.] 1 on 3 back 1 on 4 sat 2 his 3 back 4 sat 9 man 5 an 6 old 5 an 9 man 6 old 7 , 6 old 9 man 8 white-haired 9 man 9 man 10 dressed 10 dressed 11 in 11 in 15 gown 12 a 13 loose 12 a 15 gown 13 loose 15 gown 14 glimmery 15 gown 15 gown 16 of 16 of 17 chain-mail he was [bare-headed] , and a nut-shaped iron helmet hung at his saddle-bow [.] 1 he 4 , 2 was 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 9 helmet 5 and 10 hung 6 a 9 helmet 7 nut-shaped 8 iron 8 iron 9 helmet 9 helmet 10 hung 10 hung 11 at 11 at 13 saddle-bow 12 his 13 saddle-bow ['] [look] [!] ['] [said] [una] [,] [as] [though] [dan] [were] [not] [staring] [his] [very] [eyes] [out] [.] ['] [it] ['s] [like] [the] [picture] [in] [your] [room] ["] [sir] [isumbras] [at] [the] [ford] ["] [.] ['] ['] [they] [should] [be] [here] [now] [,] [sir] [richard] [,] ['] [said] [puck] ['s] [deep] [voice] [among] [the] [willow-herb] [.] ['] [they] [are] [here] [,] ['] [the] [knight] [said] [,] [and] [he] [smiled] [at] [dan] [with] [the] [string] [of] [trouts] [in] [his] [hand] [.] ['] [there] [seems] [no] [great] [change] [in] [boys] [since] [mine] [fished] [this] [water] [.] ['] the great horse turned and hoisted himself into the pasture with a kick and a scramble that tore the clods down rattling [.] 1 the 3 horse 2 great 3 horse 3 horse 5 and 4 turned 5 and 5 and 6 hoisted 5 and 7 himself 5 and 8 into 5 and 11 with 5 and 22 rattling 8 into 10 pasture 9 the 10 pasture 11 with 14 and 12 a 13 kick 13 kick 14 and 14 and 16 scramble 14 and 17 that 14 and 18 tore 15 a 16 scramble 17 that 18 tore 18 tore 20 clods 19 the 20 clods 21 down 22 rattling ['] [your] [pardon] [!] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [to] [dan] [.] ['] [when] [these] [lands] [were] [mine] [,] [i] [never] [loved] [that] [mounted] [men] [should] [cross] [the] [brook] [except] [by] [the] [paved] [ford] [.] but [my] [swallow] here [was] [thirsty] , [and] [i] [wished] to meet you [.] ['] 1 but 4 here 1 but 7 , 7 , 11 to 11 to 12 meet 12 meet 13 you ['] [we] ['re] [very] [glad] [you] ['ve] [come] [,] [sir] [,] ['] [said] [dan.'it] [doesn't] [matter] [in] [the] [least] [about] [the] [banks] [.] ['] [una] [walked] [behind] [with] [puck] [.] she remembered everything now [.] 1 she 2 remembered 2 remembered 3 everything 2 remembered 4 now 3 everything 4 now ['] [i] [s'pose] [not] [,] ['] [una] [answered] [.] ['] [but] [you] [said] [that] [all] [the] [fair] [people] [of] [the] [hills] [had] [left] [england] [.] ['] ['] [so] [they] [have] [;] [but] [i] [told] [you] [that] [you] [should] [come] [and] [go] [and] [look] [and] [know] [,] [didn't] [i] [?] the knight isn't a fairy [.] 1 the 2 knight 2 knight 3 isn't 3 isn't 5 fairy 4 a 5 fairy he 's [sir] [richard] [dalyngridge] [,] a [very] [old] friend of mine [.] 1 he 2 's 2 's 10 friend 7 a 10 friend 10 friend 11 of 11 of 12 mine he came over with [william] [the] [conqueror] , and he wants to see you [particularly] [.] ['] 1 he 2 came 2 came 3 over 2 came 4 with 4 with 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 9 and 11 wants 10 he 11 wants 11 wants 12 to 12 to 13 see 13 see 14 you ['] [what] [for] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [on] [account] [of] [your] [great] [wisdom] [and] [learning] [,] ['] [puck] [replied] [,] [without] [a] [twinkle] [.] ['] [us] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [why] [,] [i] [don't] [know] [my] [nine] [times] [not] [to] [say] [it] [dodging] [,] [and] [dan] [makes] [the] [most] [awful] [mess] [of] [fractions] [.] he can't mean us [!] ['] 1 he 2 can't 2 can't 3 mean 3 mean 4 us ['] [una] [!] ['] dan called back [.] 1 dan 2 called 2 called 3 back ['] [sir] [richard] [says] [he] [is] [going] [to] [tell] [what] [happened] [to] [weland] ['s] [sword] [.] he 's got it [.] 1 he 2 's 2 's 3 got 3 got 4 it isn't it splendid [?] ['] 1 isn't 2 it 1 isn't 3 splendid ['] [nay] [nay] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [,] [dismounting] [as] [they] [reached] [the] [ring] [,] [in] [the] [bend] [of] [the] [mill-stream] [bank] [.] he [slipped] [the] [bit] [out] [of] [swallow] 's [mouth] , [dropped] [the] [ruby-red] [reins] [over] [his] [head] , and [the] [wise] [horse] [moved] [off] [to] [graze] [.] 1 he 18 , 8 's 10 , 8 's 18 , 18 , 19 and sir [richard] ( they noticed he limped [a] little ) unslung [his] great sword [.] 1 sir 7 limped 1 sir 14 sword 3 ( 7 limped 4 they 5 noticed 5 noticed 6 he 5 noticed 7 limped 6 he 7 limped 9 little 10 ) 9 little 11 unslung 11 unslung 14 sword 13 great 14 sword ['] [that] ['s] [it] [,] ['] [dan] [whispered] [to] [una] [.] ['] [this] [is] [the] [sword] [that] [brother] [hugh] [had] [from] [wayland-smith] [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [said] [.] [see] [!] ['] he [half] drew it from its sheath and turned it before them [.] 1 he 8 and 3 drew 4 it 3 drew 5 from 3 drew 8 and 4 it 5 from 5 from 7 sheath 6 its 7 sheath 8 and 9 turned 9 turned 10 it 9 turned 11 before 10 it 11 before 11 before 12 them ['] [now] [,] [what] [thing] [made] [those] [?] ['] [said] [he] [.] ['] [i] [know] [not] [,] [but] [you] [,] [perhaps] [,] [can] [say] [.] ['] ['] [tell] [them] [all] [the] [tale] [,] [sir] [richard] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [it] [concerns] [their] [land] [somewhat] [.] ['] ['] [from] [the] [beginning] [,] [then] [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [said] [,] ['] [since] [it] [concerns] [your] [land] [,] [i] [will] [tell] [the] [tale] [.] i did not then know that [england] [would] [conquer] [me] [.] 1 i 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 5 know 3 not 5 know 4 then 5 know 5 know 6 that we went up [to] [santlache] [with] [the] [rest] [a] [very] [great] [host] [of] [us] [.] ['] 1 we 2 went 2 went 3 up ['] [does] [that] [mean] [the] [battle] [of] [hastings] [ten] [sixty-six] [?] ['] una whispered [,] [and] [puck] [nodded] [,] [so] [as] [not] [to] [interrupt] [.] 1 una 2 whispered ['] [at] [santlache] [,] [over] [the] [hill] [yonder] ['] [he] [pointed] [south-eastward] [towards] [fairlight] ['] [we] [found] [harold] ['s] [men] [.] we fought [.] 1 we 2 fought at the day 's end they ran [.] 1 at 5 end 1 at 6 they 2 the 3 day 3 day 4 's 4 's 5 end 6 they 7 ran there [a] [single] [saxon] [cried] [out] [to] [me] [in] [french] , and we fought [together] [.] 1 there 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 we 12 and 14 fought i [should] have [known] [his] [voice] , but we fought together [.] 1 i 8 but 3 have 8 but 7 , 8 but 8 but 10 fought 9 we 10 fought 10 fought 11 together for a long time neither had any advantage , till by pure ill-fortune his foot slipped and his sword flew from his hand [.] 1 for 4 time 2 a 4 time 3 long 4 time 4 time 6 had 5 neither 6 had 6 had 8 advantage 6 had 10 till 7 any 8 advantage 9 , 10 till 10 till 17 and 10 till 20 flew 11 by 13 ill-fortune 11 by 17 and 12 pure 13 ill-fortune 14 his 15 foot 15 foot 16 slipped 15 foot 17 and 17 and 19 sword 17 and 20 flew 18 his 19 sword 20 flew 21 from 21 from 23 hand 22 his 23 hand " [a] [plague] [on] [my] [sword] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 he ["] [it] [has] [lost] [me] [my] [first] [fight] [.] you have spared my life [.] 1 you 2 have 2 have 3 spared 3 spared 5 life 4 my 5 life take my sword [.] ["] 1 take 3 sword 2 my 3 sword ( the children looked at the sword as though it might speak again [.] [)] 1 ( 5 at 2 the 3 children 3 children 5 at 4 looked 5 at 5 at 7 sword 5 at 9 though 6 the 7 sword 8 as 9 though 9 though 10 it 9 though 12 speak 10 it 11 might 11 might 12 speak 12 speak 13 again thus , see you [,] [he] [saved] [my] [life] [.] 1 thus 2 , 1 thus 3 see 3 see 4 you he put me on my horse and led me through the woods ten [long] miles to this valley [.] ['] 1 he 7 and 2 put 3 me 2 put 4 on 2 put 7 and 4 on 6 horse 5 my 6 horse 7 and 8 led 8 led 9 me 8 led 10 through 8 led 15 miles 8 led 16 to 10 through 12 woods 11 the 12 woods 13 ten 15 miles 16 to 18 valley 17 this 18 valley ['] [to] [here] [,] [d'you] [mean] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [to] [this] [very] [valley] [.] we came [in] by [the] [lower] [ford] [under] [the] [king] ['s] [hill] [yonder] ['] [he] [pointed] [eastward] [where] [the] [valley] [widens] [.] 1 we 2 came 2 came 4 by ['] [and] [was] [that] [saxon] [hugh] [the] [novice] [?] ['] dan asked [.] 1 dan 2 asked ['] [yes] [,] [and] [more] [than] [that] [.] ['] [why] [wouldn't] [he] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] it was [that] [very] [saxon] [hugh] [tempted] [me] to [do] [it] , and we had not met since that day [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 9 to 9 to 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 we 13 and 17 met 14 we 15 had 15 had 16 not 15 had 17 met 16 not 17 met 17 met 18 since 18 since 20 day 19 that 20 day i remember [i] [warned] him [to] [beware] [of] [sorcery] [and] [quick] [enchantments] [.] ['] 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 5 him [sir] [richard] [smiled] [to] [himself] [.] ['] [i] [was] [very] [young] [very] [young] [!] ['] [when] [we] [came] [to] [his] [house] [here] [we] [had] [almost] [forgotten] [that] [we] [had] [been] [at] [blows] [.] it was [near] [midnight] , and [the] [great] [hall] was full of men [and] [women] [waiting] [news] [.] 1 it 2 was 1 it 6 and 2 was 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 10 was 10 was 11 full 11 full 12 of 12 of 13 men there [i] [first] [saw] [his] [sister] , [the] [lady] [aelueva] [,] [of] [whom] he had spoken [to] [us] [in] [france] [.] 1 there 7 , 1 there 14 he 14 he 15 had 15 had 16 spoken " ['] [this] [is] [thy] [fault] [,] ["] said [the] [lady] [aelueva] [to] [me] [,] [and] she [kneeled] [above] [him] [and] [called] [for] [wine] [and] [cloths] [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 17 she " ['] [if] [i] [had] [known] [,] " [i] [answered] [,] ["] [he] [should] [have] [ridden] [and] [i] [walked] [.] 1 " 8 " but he set me on my horse [;] [he] [made] [no] [complaint] [;] [he] [walked] [beside] [me] [and] [spoke] [merrily] [throughout] [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 3 set 2 he 3 set 3 set 4 me 3 set 5 on 5 on 7 horse 6 my 7 horse i [pray] [i] have done him [no] [harm] [.] ["] 1 i 4 have 4 have 5 done 5 done 6 him " ['] [thou] [hast] [need] to [pray] , " she said , catching up her underlip [.] 1 " 11 said 6 to 8 , 6 to 10 she 8 , 9 " 10 she 11 said 11 said 13 catching 12 , 13 catching 13 catching 14 up 13 catching 16 underlip 15 her 16 underlip " [if] [he] [dies] [,] [thou] [shalt] [hang] [.] " 1 " 10 " they cracked nuts with their knife-hilts [the] [while] [.] ['] 1 they 2 cracked 2 cracked 3 nuts 2 cracked 4 with 3 nuts 4 with 4 with 6 knife-hilts 5 their 6 knife-hilts ['] [and] [how] [did] [you] [feel] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [very] [weary] [;] [but] [i] [did] [heartily] [pray] [for] [my] [schoolmate] [hugh] [his] [health] [.] [gilbert] [de] [aquila] [came] [with] [them] [,] [for] [it] [was] [his] [boast] [that] [,] [like] [his] [father] [,] [he] [forgot] [no] [man] [that] [served] [him] [.] he was little , like his father , but terrible , with a nose like an eagle 's nose and yellow eyes like an eagle [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 9 but 3 little 5 like 3 little 9 but 4 , 5 like 5 like 7 father 5 like 8 , 6 his 7 father 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 terrible 10 terrible 12 with 11 , 12 with 12 with 20 and 13 a 14 nose 14 nose 15 like 14 nose 20 and 15 like 19 nose 16 an 17 eagle 17 eagle 18 's 18 's 19 nose 20 and 22 eyes 20 and 23 like 21 yellow 22 eyes 23 like 25 eagle 24 an 25 eagle he [rode] tall [warhorses] [roans] , which [he] bred himself and he could never abide to be [helped] [into] [the] [saddle] [.] 1 he 17 be 3 tall 6 , 6 , 11 and 7 which 11 and 9 bred 10 himself 9 bred 11 and 11 and 15 abide 11 and 16 to 12 he 13 could 13 could 15 abide 14 never 15 abide 16 to 17 be he saw the rope hanging from the beam and [laughed] , and his men laughed [,] [for] [i] [was] [too] [stiff] [to] [rise] [.] 1 he 9 and 2 saw 4 rope 2 saw 6 from 2 saw 9 and 3 the 4 rope 4 rope 5 hanging 4 rope 6 from 6 from 8 beam 7 the 8 beam 9 and 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 14 men 12 and 15 laughed 13 his 14 men show [me] , [boy] [,] [to] [whom] [thou] [owest] [most] [,] and we will pay [them] [out] [of] [hand] [.] ["] ['] 1 show 3 , 3 , 12 and 12 and 13 we 12 and 15 pay 13 we 14 will ['] [what] [did] [he] [mean] [?] 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 9 she 1 but 14 , 9 she 10 stood 14 , 15 and [de] [aquila] ['s] [men] [had] [driven] [them] [all] [into] [the] [great] [hall] [.] ['] ['] [was] [she] [pretty] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [as] [i] [looked] [at] [her] [i] [thought] [i] [might] [save] [her] [and] [her] [house] [by] [a] [jest] [.] but my voice shook [.] 1 but 3 voice 1 but 4 shook 2 my 3 voice 3 voice 4 shook it is it was not good to jest with that little man [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 6 good 3 it 4 was 4 was 5 not 5 not 6 good 6 good 7 to 6 good 8 jest 7 to 8 jest 8 jest 9 with 9 with 12 man 10 that 12 man 11 little 12 man ['] [all] [were] [silent] [awhile] [,] [till] [de] [aquila] [laughed] [.] " [look] [,] [men] [a] [miracle] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 he by [the] [saints] , " he said , [rubbing] [his] [nose] [,] ["] [i] [never] [thought] [england] would be so easy [won] [!] 1 by 4 , 4 , 5 " 4 , 7 said 6 he 7 said 7 said 8 , 8 , 18 would 18 would 19 be 19 be 21 easy 20 so 21 easy surely [i] [can] [do] [no] [less] [than] [give] [the] [lad] [what] he has taken [.] 1 surely 12 he 12 he 13 has 13 has 14 taken this [manor] shall be [thine] , [boy] , " he said , " [till] [i] come again [,] [or] [till] [thou] [art] [slain] [.] 1 this 3 shall 3 shall 4 be 4 be 6 , 6 , 11 said 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 he 10 he 11 said 11 said 12 , 12 , 13 " 12 , 16 come 16 come 17 again now , [mount] , men , and ride [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 4 , 4 , 7 and 5 men 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 ride we follow [our] [duke] [into] [kent] to make him [king] [of] [england] [.] ["] 1 we 2 follow 2 follow 7 to 7 to 8 make 8 make 9 him " ['] [hark] to me , " he said [,] [fretting] [with] [his] [great] [war-gloves] [.] 1 " 9 said 4 to 5 me 4 to 6 , 4 to 8 he 6 , 7 " 8 he 9 said " ['] [alas] [,] [i] [have] [no] [cunning] [,] " [said] [i] [.] 1 " 10 " " ['] [not] [yet] [,] ["] said he [,] [hopping] [abroad] [,] [foot] in [stirrup] , and [poking] [his] [horse] [in] [the] [belly] [with] [his] [toe] [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 14 in 14 in 16 , 16 , 17 and ["] [not] [yet] [,] [but] [i] [think] [thou] [hast] [a] [good] [teacher] [.] [farewell] [!] hold [the] [manor] and live [.] 1 hold 4 and 4 and 5 live lose [the] [manor] and hang [,] ["] [he] [said] [,] [and] [spurred] [out] [,] [his] [shield-straps] [squeaking] [behind] [him] [.] 1 lose 4 and 4 and 5 hang ['] [and] [that] [was] [here] [at] [home] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [yes] [,] [here] [.] [see] [!] [a] [hornets] ['] [nest] [indeed] [!] " ['] [how] [could] [i] [know] [that] [de] [aquila] [would] [give] [it] [me] [?] " 1 " 15 " i said [.] 1 i 2 said " [if] [i] [had] [told] [him] [i] [had] [spent] [my] [night] [in] [your] [halter] he would have burned [the] [place] [twice] [over] [by] [now] [.] ["] 1 " 15 he 15 he 16 would 16 would 17 have 17 have 18 burned " ['] [lady] [,] ["] said [i] , ["] there is no captive in this valley except one , and he is not [a] [saxon] [.] " 1 " 6 said 6 said 20 and 8 , 10 there 8 , 19 , 10 there 11 is 11 is 13 captive 11 is 14 in 11 is 17 except 12 no 13 captive 13 captive 14 in 14 in 16 valley 15 this 16 valley 16 valley 17 except 17 except 18 one 19 , 20 and 20 and 21 he 20 and 22 is 22 is 23 not 23 not 27 " [into] [the] [fields] [!] she had never seen the face of war [!] 1 she 2 had 2 had 4 seen 3 never 4 seen 4 seen 6 face 5 the 6 face 6 face 7 of 7 of 8 war [we] [heard] [de] [aquila] ['s] [trumpets] [blow] [thin] [through] [the] [woods] [kentward] [.] " ['] [shall] [we] [hang] [these] [?] " [said] [my] [men] [.] 1 " 8 " " ['] [none] [,] " [said] [they] [all] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [she] [bade] [us] [hang] [thee] [if] [our] [master] [died] [.] and we would have hanged thee [.] 1 and 2 we 1 and 5 hanged 2 we 3 would 3 would 4 have 4 have 5 hanged 5 hanged 6 thee there is no more to it [.] ["] 1 there 2 is 2 is 4 more 2 is 5 to 3 no 4 more 5 to 6 it " ['] [norman] [or] [saxon] [,] ["] [said] [i] [,] ["] we must [beat] [them] [back] [,] [or] [they] [will] [rob] [us] [every] [day] [.] 1 " 12 we 12 we 13 must out at them with any arms ye have [!] ["] 1 out 7 ye 2 at 3 them 2 at 7 ye 4 with 6 arms 4 with 7 ye 5 any 6 arms 7 ye 8 have we beat them off , and saved our pork [.] 1 we 6 and 2 beat 3 them 2 beat 4 off 2 beat 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 saved 7 saved 9 pork 8 our 9 pork one hundred and seventy pigs [we] saved in that great battle [.] ['] 1 one 2 hundred 2 hundred 3 and 3 and 4 seventy 4 seventy 5 pigs 5 pigs 7 saved 7 saved 8 in 7 saved 11 battle 9 that 10 great 10 great 11 battle [sir] [richard] [laughed] [.] said [he] to [me] , [riding] [home] [:] " [thou] [hast] [gone] [far] [to] [conquer] [england] [this] [evening] [.] " 1 said 5 , 3 to 5 , 5 , 9 " 9 " 20 " i answered [:] ["] [england] [must] [be] [thine] and mine , then [.] 1 i 9 and 2 answered 9 and 9 and 10 mine 10 mine 12 then 11 , 12 then help me , [hugh] [,] [to] [deal] [aright] [with] [these] [people] [.] 1 help 2 me 1 help 3 , " [that] [may] [well] [be] [true] [,] ["] said he [,] [and] [gave] [me] [his] [hand] [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 he " [better] [the] [devil] [we] [know] [than] [the] [devil] [we] [know] [not] [,] [till] [we] [can] [pack] [you] [normans] [home] [.] " 1 " 22 " and [so] , [too] , [said] his [saxons] [;] and they laughed as we drove the pigs downhill [.] 1 and 3 , 3 , 10 and 5 , 7 his 5 , 10 and 10 and 11 they 10 and 12 laughed 11 they 12 laughed 12 laughed 13 as 13 as 14 we 13 as 15 drove 14 we 15 drove 15 drove 17 pigs 15 drove 18 downhill 16 the 17 pigs but [i] [think] [some] [of] [them] , even then , [began] not to hate me [.] ['] 1 but 7 , 1 but 10 , 7 , 8 even 8 even 9 then 10 , 13 to 12 not 13 to 13 to 14 hate 14 hate 15 me ['] [i] [like] [brother] [hugh] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] [softly] [.] side by side we fought against all who came thrice a week sometimes we fought against thieves and landless knights looking for good manors [.] 1 side 2 by 2 by 3 side 3 side 4 we 4 we 5 fought 5 fought 6 against 5 fought 10 thrice 5 fought 12 week 5 fought 13 sometimes 5 fought 22 for 6 against 7 all 7 all 8 who 7 all 9 came 8 who 9 came 11 a 12 week 14 we 15 fought 15 fought 16 against 16 against 18 and 17 thieves 18 and 18 and 20 knights 18 and 21 looking 18 and 22 for 19 landless 20 knights 22 for 24 manors 23 good 24 manors i kept the roof on the hall and [the] thatch on the barn [,] [but] [...] [the] [english] [are] [a] [bold] [people] [.] 1 i 8 and 2 kept 4 roof 2 kept 5 on 2 kept 8 and 3 the 4 roof 4 roof 5 on 5 on 7 hall 6 the 7 hall 8 and 10 thatch 8 and 11 on 11 on 13 barn 12 the 13 barn [wonderful] [!] ['] ['] [aye] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [breaking] [in] [for] [the] [first] [time] [.] ['] [not] [i] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] ah , [good] [days] [!] 1 ah 2 , ah , wonderful people [!] 1 ah 2 , 1 ah 4 people 3 wonderful 4 people and [i] [loved] [them] all [.] ['] 1 and 5 all i saw him [first] [at] [the] [lower] [ford] [,] [with] [a] [swineherd] ['s] [brat] [on] [his] [saddle-bow] [.] 1 i 2 saw 2 saw 3 him " ['] [there] [is] [no] [need] [for] [thee] [to] [give] [any] [account] [of] [thy] [stewardship] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 18 said 18 said 19 he " [i] [have] [it] [all] [from] [the] [child] [here] [.] " 1 " 11 " ['] [he] [pinched] [the] [child] ['s] [cheek] [,] [and] [looked] [at] [our] [cattle] [in] [the] [flat] [by] [the] [river] [.] " ['] [both] [fat] [,] ["] said he , rubbing his nose [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 10 rubbing 9 , 10 rubbing 10 rubbing 12 nose 11 his 12 nose ["] [this] [is] [craft] [and] [cunning] [such] [as] [i] [love] [.] what [did] [i] [tell] [thee] [when] [i] [rode] [away] , [boy] [?] " 1 what 10 , 10 , 13 " " ['] [hold] [the] [manor] [or] [hang] [,] ["] said [i] [.] i had [never] forgotten it [.] 1 " 10 said 10 said 13 i 13 i 14 had 14 had 16 forgotten 16 forgotten 17 it ["] ['] [true] [.] and thou hast [held] [.] ["] 1 and 2 thou 2 thou 3 hast he [clambered] [from] [his] [saddle] [and] [with] [his] [sword] 's [point] [cut] out [a] [turf] [from] [the] [bank] [and] [gave] [it] [me] [where] [i] [kneeled] [.] ['] 1 he 10 's 10 's 13 out dan looked at [una] , and [una] [looked] [at] [dan] [.] 1 dan 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 3 at 5 , 5 , 6 and ['] [that] ['s] [seisin] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [in] [a] [whisper] [.] [this] [must] [serve] [till] [the] [king] ['s] [clerks] [write] [out] [thy] [title] [on] [a] [parchment] [.] england is [all] ours if we can hold it [.] ["] 1 england 2 is 2 is 4 ours 2 is 5 if 5 if 6 we 5 if 8 hold 6 we 7 can 7 can 8 hold 8 hold 9 it " ['] [what] [service] [shall] [i] [pay] [?] " 1 " 9 " i [asked] [,] [and] [i] [remember] [i] was proud beyond words [.] 1 i 8 was 8 was 9 proud 9 proud 10 beyond 10 beyond 11 words " ['] [knight] ['s] [fee] [,] [boy] [,] [knight] ['s] [fee] [!] ["] said he , [hopping] round his horse on one foot [.] 1 " 14 said 14 said 15 he 14 said 16 , 14 said 18 round 18 round 20 horse 18 round 21 on 19 his 20 horse 20 horse 21 on 21 on 23 foot 22 one 23 foot [(] [have] [i] [said] [he] [was] [little] [,] [and] [could] [not] [endure] [to] [be] [helped] [to] [his] [saddle] [?] [)] ["] [i] [have] [never] [seen] [such] [bright] [straw] [.] " ['] [alas] [!] " [said] [i] [,] ["] [then] [my] [manor] [is] [already] [forfeit] [.] 1 " 5 " i am [under] vow not to enter [the] [great] [hall] [.] ["] 1 i 2 am 2 am 4 vow 4 vow 6 to 5 not 6 to 6 to 7 enter and [i] [told] [him] what [i] had [sworn] [to] [the] [lady] [aelueva] [.] ['] 1 and 5 what 5 what 7 had ['] [and] [hadn't] [you] [ever] [been] [into] [the] [house] [since] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [never] [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [answered] [,] [smiling] [.] ['] [i] [had] [made] [me] [a] [little] [hut] [of] [wood] [up] [the] [hill] [,] [and] [there] [i] [did] [justice] [and] [slept] [....y] [de] [aquila] [wheeled] [aside] [,] [and] [his] [shield] [shook] [on] [his] [back] [.] " [no] [matter] [,] [boy] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 9 he " [i] [will] [remit] [the] [homage] [for] [a] [year] [.] " ['] 1 " 11 " ['] [he] [meant] [sir] [richard] [needn't] [give] [him] [dinner] [there] [the] [first] [year] [,] ['] [puck] [explained] [.] but [never] he [named] [the] [lady] [aelueva] 's [name] , [nor] went [he] [near] [the] [great] [hall] [.] 1 but 3 he 1 but 12 went 3 he 8 's 8 's 10 , by night he drank with us in the hut [.] 1 by 2 night 1 by 3 he 3 he 4 drank 4 drank 5 with 4 drank 7 in 5 with 6 us 7 in 9 hut 8 the 9 hut " ['] [look] [you] [,] [boys] [,] ["] said he [,] " [i] [am] [born] [out] [of] [my] [due] [time] [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 10 he 12 " five hundred years ago [i] [would] [have] [made] [all] [england] [such] [an] [england] [as] [neither] [dane] [,] [saxon] [,] [nor] [norman] [should] [have] [conquered] [.] 1 five 2 hundred 2 hundred 3 years 3 years 4 ago [five] [hundred] [years] [hence] [i] [should] [have] [been] [such] [a] [counsellor] [to] [kings] [as] [the] [world] [hath] [never] [dreamed] [of] [.] ['] [tis] [all] [here] [,] ["] [said] [he] [,] [tapping] [his] [big] [head] [,] ["] [but] [it] [hath] [no] [play] [in] [this] [black] [age] [.] now [hugh] here is a better man than [thou] [art] , [richard] [.] ["] 1 now 3 here 3 here 4 is 4 is 7 man 4 is 8 than 5 a 7 man 6 better 7 man 8 than 11 , he had made his voice harsh and croaking [,] [like] [a] [raven] ['s] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 made 3 made 5 voice 3 made 7 and 4 his 5 voice 6 harsh 7 and 7 and 8 croaking " ['] [truth] [,] " [said] [i] [.] 1 " 5 " " [but] [for] [hugh] [,] [his] [help] [and] [patience] [and] [long-suffering] [,] [i] [could] [never] [have] [kept] [the] [manor] [.] " 1 " 21 " " ['] [nor] [thy] [life] [either] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [hugh] [has] [saved] [thee] [not] [once] [,] [but] [a] [hundred] [times] [.] be still , [hugh] [!] " he said [.] 1 be 2 still 1 be 3 , 3 , 8 said 6 " 7 he 7 he 8 said " [dost] [thou] [know] [,] [richard] [,] [why] [hugh] [slept] [,] [and] [why] [he] [still] [sleeps] [,] [among] [thy] [norman] [men-at-arms] [?] " 1 " 23 " " ['to] [be] [near] [me] [,] " [said] [i] [,] [for] [i] [thought] [this] [was] [truth] [.] 1 " 7 " " ['] [fool] [!] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [it] [is] [because] [his] [saxons] [have] [begged] [him] [to] [rise] [against] [thee] [,] [and] [to] [sweep] [every] [norman] [out] [of] [the] [valley] [.] no matter [how] [i] [know] [.] 1 no 2 matter it is truth [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 truth and this [his] [saxons] [know] [.] 1 and 2 this is it [true] , [hugh] [?] " 1 is 2 it 1 is 4 , 4 , 7 " " ['] [in] [some] [sort] [,] " [said] [hugh] [shamefacedly] [;] ["] [at] [least] [,] [it] [was] [true] [half] [a] [year] [ago] [.] 1 " 7 " [my] [saxons] [would] [not] [harm] [richard] [now] [.] i think they know him [but] [i] [judged] [it] [best] [to] [make] [sure] [.] ["] 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 they 2 think 4 know 3 they 4 know 4 know 5 him ['] [look] [,] [children] [,] [what] [that] [man] [had] [done] [and] [i] [had] [never] [guessed] [it] [!] " ['] [yes] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 5 " " [and] he is a swordless man [.] ["] 1 " 3 he 3 he 4 is 4 is 7 man 5 a 6 swordless 5 a 7 man 6 swordless 7 man he carried only the short knife and the long-bow [.] 1 he 2 carried 2 carried 3 only 2 carried 7 and 4 the 6 knife 5 short 6 knife 6 knife 7 and 7 and 9 long-bow 8 the 9 long-bow " [swordless] [and] [landless] [art] [thou] [,] [hugh] [;] [and] [they] [call] [thee] [kin] [to] [earl] [godwin] [.] " 1 " 19 " [(] [hugh] [was] [indeed] [of] [godwin] ['s] [blood] [.] [)] ["] [the] [manor] [that] [was] [thine] [is] [given] [to] [this] [boy] [and] [to] [his] [children] [for] [ever] [.] sit up and [beg] , [for] [he] [can] [turn] [thee] [out] like [a] [dog] [,] [hugh] [.] ["] 1 sit 2 up 1 sit 3 and 3 and 5 , 5 , 12 like then [de] [aquila] [laughed] [till] [the] [tears] [ran] [down] his face [.] 1 then 10 his 10 his 11 face " ['] [i] [warned] [the] [king] [,] ["] said he , " what would come [of] [giving] [england] to us [norman] thieves [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 9 said 11 , 9 said 13 what 9 said 22 thieves 11 , 12 " 13 what 14 would 13 what 22 thieves 14 would 15 come 15 come 19 to 19 to 20 us here [art] [thou] , [richard] , [less] [than] [two] [days] [confirmed] in [thy] [manor] , and already thou hast [risen] against thy overlord [.] 1 here 4 , 1 here 6 , 6 , 12 in 12 in 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 already 16 and 18 thou 16 and 19 hast 18 thou 19 hast 19 hast 21 against 21 against 23 overlord 22 thy 23 overlord what shall we do to him , [sir] [hugh] [?] " 1 what 4 do 1 what 7 , 2 shall 3 we 2 shall 4 do 4 do 5 to 5 to 6 him 7 , 11 " " ['] [i] [am] [a] [swordless] [man] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 9 " " [do] [not] [jest] [with] [me] [,] " [and] [he] [laid] [his] [head] [on] [his] [knees] [and] [groaned] [.] 1 " 8 " " ['to] [me] [?] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " " [i] [am] [a] [saxon] [,] [and] [,] [except] [that] [i] [love] [richard] [here] [,] [i] [have] [not] [sworn] [fealty] [to] [any] [norman] [.] " 1 " 25 " ["] [if] [i] [know] [men] [,] [thou] [art] [more] [faithful] [unsworn] [than] [a] [score] [of] [normans] [i] [could] [name] [.] take [dallington] , and [join] [sir] [richard] [to] [fight] [me] [tomorrow] [,] [if] it [please] [thee] [!] ["] 1 take 3 , 3 , 4 and 4 and 14 it " ['] [nay] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [i] [am] [no] [child] [.] [very] [often] [i] [myself] [lay] [up] [in] [the] [woods] [and] [watched] [on] [her] [also] [.] then she wept [,] [but] [we] [were] [alone] [.] ['] 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 wept the knight was silent for a long time , his face turned across the valley , smiling [.] 1 the 2 knight 2 knight 3 was 3 was 4 silent 4 silent 5 for 4 silent 13 across 5 for 8 time 6 a 7 long 6 a 8 time 7 long 8 time 9 , 10 his 9 , 11 face 10 his 11 face 11 face 12 turned 11 face 13 across 13 across 16 , 14 the 15 valley 15 valley 16 , 16 , 17 smiling ['] [oh] [,] [well] [done] [!] ['] [said] [una] [,] [and] [clapped] [her] [hands] [very] [softly] [.] ['] [she] [was] [sorry] [,] [and] [she] [said] [so] [.] ['] ['] [aye] [,] [she] [was] [sorry] [,] [and] [she] [said] [so] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [,] [coming] [back] [with] [a] [little] [start] [.] dust lay on the hilt [,] [for] [i] [saw] [him] [blow] [it] [off] [.] 1 dust 2 lay 2 lay 3 on 3 on 5 hilt 4 the 5 hilt [de] [aquila] [leaped] [up] [;] [but] [there] [was] [only] [the] [moonlight] [fretty] [on] [the] [floor] [.] " ['] [hearken] [!] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " " [it] [is] [my] [sword] [,] " [and] [as] [he] [belted] [it] [on] [the] [music] [ceased] [.] 1 " 7 " " ['] [over] [gods] [,] [forbid] [that] [i] [should] [ever] [belt] [blade] [like] [that] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 16 " " [what] [does] [it] [foretell] [?] " 1 " 7 " ["] ['] [the] [gods] [that] [made] [it] [may] [know] [.] last time it [spoke] was at [hastings] , when [i] [lost] [all] [my] [lands] [.] 1 last 2 time 2 time 3 it 3 it 5 was 5 was 6 at 6 at 8 , 8 , 9 when belike it sings [now] that [i] [have] [new] [lands] and am a man again [,] ["] [said] [hugh] [.] 1 belike 2 it 2 it 10 and 3 sings 5 that 3 sings 10 and 10 and 11 am 11 am 13 man 11 am 14 again 12 a 13 man ['] [now] [that] [was] [the] [second] [time] [in] [all] [my] [life] [i] [heard] [this] [sword] [sing] [.] ['] [...] ['] [look] [!] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [there] ['s] [mother] [coming] [down] [the] [long] [slip] [.] what will she say [to] [sir] [richard] ? 1 what 2 will 2 will 3 she 2 will 4 say 4 say 8 ? she can't help seeing [him] [.] ['] 1 she 2 can't 2 can't 3 help 3 help 4 seeing ['] [and] [puck] [can't] [magic] [us] [this] [time] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [but] [what] [befell] [the] [sword] [and] [my] [brother] [hugh] [i] [will] [tell] [on] [another] [time] [,] ['] [said] [he] [,] [rising] [.] ['] [ohe] [,] [swallow] [!] ['] the great horse cantered up from the far end of the [meadow] [,] [close] [to] [mother] [.] 1 the 3 horse 2 great 3 horse 3 horse 4 cantered 4 cantered 5 up 5 up 6 from 6 from 9 end 7 the 9 end 8 far 9 end 9 end 10 of 10 of 11 the they [heard] [mother] say [:] ['] [children] [,] [gleason] ['s] [old] [horse] [has] [broken] [into] [the] [meadow] [again] [.] 1 they 4 say where did he get through [?] ['] 1 where 2 did 2 did 3 he 2 did 4 get 4 get 5 through ['] [just] [below] [stone] [bay] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [he] [tore] [down] [simple] [flobs] [of] [the] [bank] [!] we noticed it just now [.] 1 we 2 noticed 2 noticed 3 it 3 it 4 just 4 just 5 now and we 've caught no end of fish [.] 1 and 2 we 1 and 3 've 2 we 3 've 3 've 4 caught 4 caught 6 end 5 no 6 end 6 end 7 of 7 of 8 fish we 've been at [it] all the afternoon [.] ['] 1 we 2 've 2 've 3 been 3 been 4 at 4 at 6 all 6 all 7 the 6 all 8 afternoon 7 the 8 afternoon and they honestly believed that they had [.] 1 and 2 they 1 and 4 believed 2 they 4 believed 3 honestly 4 believed 4 believed 5 that 5 that 6 they 5 that 7 had 6 they 7 had they [never] [noticed] [the] [oak] [,] [ash] [and] [thorn] [leaves] [that] [puck] had [slyly] [thrown] [into] [their] [laps] [.] 1 they 13 had [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 2 is 4 woman 3 a 4 woman dan hiked and howked with a boat-hook [(] the brook was too narrow for [sculls] [)] [,] [and] [una] [punted] [with] [a] [piece] [of] [hop-pole] [.] 1 dan 3 and 2 hiked 3 and 3 and 4 howked 3 and 5 with 5 with 7 boat-hook 6 a 7 boat-hook 7 boat-hook 10 brook 7 boat-hook 14 for 9 the 10 brook 10 brook 11 was 11 was 12 too 11 was 13 narrow 13 narrow 14 for the kingfisher was asleep on his watching-branch , and the blackbirds scarcely took the trouble to dive into the next bush [.] 1 the 2 kingfisher 2 kingfisher 3 was 3 was 4 asleep 4 asleep 5 on 5 on 21 bush 6 his 7 watching-branch 7 watching-branch 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 blackbirds 9 and 13 took 10 the 11 blackbirds 12 scarcely 13 took 13 took 15 trouble 13 took 16 to 14 the 15 trouble 16 to 17 dive 17 dive 18 into 18 into 21 bush 19 the 20 next 19 the 21 bush then the little voices of the slipping water began again [.] 1 then 4 voices 2 the 4 voices 3 little 4 voices 4 voices 5 of 4 voices 9 began 5 of 8 water 6 the 8 water 7 slipping 8 water 9 began 10 again ['] [it] ['s] [like] [the] [shadows] [talking] [,] [isn't] [it] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] she had given up trying to read [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 4 up 3 given 4 up 4 up 5 trying 5 trying 6 to 6 to 7 read dan lay over the bows , trailing his hands in the current [.] 1 dan 2 lay 2 lay 3 over 3 over 5 bows 4 the 5 bows 5 bows 7 trailing 6 , 7 trailing 7 trailing 9 hands 7 trailing 10 in 8 his 9 hands 9 hands 10 in 10 in 12 current 11 the 12 current they heard feet on the gravel-bar that runs half across the pool and saw [sir] [richard] [dalyngridge] standing over them [.] 1 they 2 heard 2 heard 3 feet 2 heard 18 standing 3 feet 4 on 3 feet 7 that 3 feet 13 and 4 on 6 gravel-bar 5 the 6 gravel-bar 7 that 13 and 8 runs 9 half 8 runs 10 across 8 runs 13 and 9 half 10 across 10 across 12 pool 11 the 12 pool 13 and 14 saw 18 standing 19 over 19 over 20 them ['] [was] [yours] [a] [dangerous] [voyage] [?] ['] [he] [asked] [,] [smiling] [.] ['] [she] [bumped] [a] [lot] [,] [sir] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [there] ['s] [hardly] [any] [water] [this] [summer] [.] ['] ['] [ah] [,] [the] [brook] [was] [deeper] [and] [wider] [when] [my] [children] [played] [at] [danish] [pirates] [.] are you pirate-folk [?] ['] 1 are 2 you 1 are 3 pirate-folk ['] [oh] [no] [.] we gave up being pirates years ago [,] ['] [explained] [una] [.] 1 we 3 up 2 gave 3 up 3 up 4 being 4 being 5 pirates 4 being 7 ago 6 years 7 ago ['] [we] ['re] [nearly] [always] [explorers] [now] [.] [sailing] [round] [the] [world] [,] [you] [know] [.] ['] ['] [round] [?] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] he sat him in the comfortable crotch of an old ash-root on the bank [.] 1 he 2 sat 2 sat 3 him 2 sat 4 in 4 in 7 crotch 5 the 7 crotch 6 comfortable 7 crotch 7 crotch 8 of 8 of 10 old 9 an 10 old 10 old 11 ash-root 11 ash-root 12 on 12 on 14 bank 13 the 14 bank ['] [how] [can] [it] [be] [round] [?] ['] ['] [wasn't] [it] [in] [your] [books] [?] ['] dan suggested [.] 1 dan 2 suggested he had been doing geography at his last lesson [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 doing 4 doing 5 geography 4 doing 6 at 5 geography 6 at 6 at 9 lesson 7 his 8 last 7 his 9 lesson ['] [i] [can] [neither] [write] [nor] [read] [,] ['] [he] [replied] [.] ['] [canst] [thou] [read] [,] [child] [?] ['] ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [,] ['] [barring] [the] [very] [long] [words] [.] ['] ['] [wonderful] [!] read [to] [me] [,] that [i] [may] [hear] [for] [myself] [.] ['] 1 read 5 that dan flushed , but opened the book and began [gabbling] [a] [little] [at] ['] [the] [discoverer] [of] [the] [north] [cape] [.] ['] 1 dan 4 but 2 flushed 4 but 3 , 4 but 4 but 8 and 5 opened 7 book 5 opened 8 and 6 the 7 book 8 and 9 began ['] [but] [but] [this] [i] [know] [!] this is an old song [!] 1 this 2 is 2 is 5 song 3 an 4 old 3 an 5 song 4 old 5 song [this] [i] [have] [heard] [sung] [!] this is a miracle [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [interrupted] [.] 1 this 2 is 2 is 4 miracle 3 a 4 miracle ['] [nay] [,] [do] [not] [stop] [!] ['] he leaned forward [,] [and] [the] [shadows] [of] [the] [leaves] [slipped] [and] [slid] [upon] [his] [chain-mail] [.] 1 he 2 leaned 2 leaned 3 forward his hand fell on the hilt of the great sword [.] 1 his 2 hand 2 hand 3 fell 3 fell 4 on 4 on 6 hilt 5 the 6 hilt 6 hilt 7 of 7 of 10 sword 8 the 10 sword 9 great 10 sword ['] [a] [nameless] [sea] [!] ['] [he] [repeated] [.] ['] [so] [did] [i] [so] [did] [hugh] [and] [i] [.] ['] ['] [where] [did] [you] [go] [?] tell us , ['] [said] [una] [.] 1 tell 2 us 1 tell 3 , ['] [wait] [.] let me hear all first [.] ['] 1 let 2 me 1 let 3 hear 3 hear 4 all 3 hear 5 first [so] [dan] [read] [to] [the] [poem] ['s] [very] [end] [.] ['] [good] [,] ['] [said] [the] [knight] [.] ['] [that] [is] [othere] ['s] [tale] [even] [so] [i] [have] [heard] [the] [men] [in] [the] [dane] [ships] [sing] [it] [.] not those same [valiant] words , but something like to them [.] ['] 1 not 3 same 1 not 5 words 2 those 3 same 3 same 5 words 5 words 7 but 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 something 8 something 9 like 9 like 10 to 10 to 11 them ['] [have] [you] [ever] [explored] [north] [?] ['] dan shut the book [.] 1 dan 2 shut 2 shut 4 book 3 the 4 book ['] [nay] [.] [my] [venture] [was] [south] [.] [farther] [south] [than] [any] [man] [has] [fared] [,] [hugh] [and] [i] [went] [down] [with] [witta] [and] [his] [heathen] [.] ['] he jerked the tall sword forward , and leaned on it with both [hands] [;] [but] his eyes [looked] [long] [past] [them] [.] 1 he 8 and 2 jerked 5 sword 2 jerked 6 forward 2 jerked 8 and 3 the 5 sword 4 tall 5 sword 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 leaned 8 and 10 on 8 and 12 with 10 on 11 it 12 with 13 both 13 both 17 his 13 both 18 eyes 17 his 18 eyes ['] [i] [thought] [you] [always] [lived] [here] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] [timidly] [.] ['] [yes] [;] [while] [my] [lady] [aelueva] [lived] [.] but she died [.] 1 but 2 she 2 she 3 died she died [.] 1 she 2 died then [hugh] came [with] [me] [.] ['] 1 then 3 came ['] [when] [did] [this] [happen] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] [on] [that] [same] [day] [red] [william] [our] [king] [,] [the] [conqueror] ['s] [son] [,] [died] [of] [a] [secret] [arrow] [while] [he] [hunted] [in] [a] [forest] [.] " [this] [is] [a] [cross] [matter] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [,] ["] [to] [meet] [on] [the] [threshold] [of] [a] [journey] [.] 1 " 8 " [if] [red] [william] [be] [dead] [i] [may] [have] [to] [fight] [for] [my] [lands] [.] wait a little [.] ["] 1 wait 3 little 2 a 3 little ['] [my] [lady] [being] [dead] [,] [i] [cared] [nothing] [for] [signs] [and] [omens] [,] [nor] [hugh] [either] [.] [their] [master] [was] [a] [knight] [of] [artois] [.] he served [the] [duke] [of] [burgundy] [against] [the] [moors] in [spain] , and was returning to that war with his dogs [.] 1 he 13 and 2 served 10 in 2 served 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 was 13 and 19 with 14 was 15 returning 15 returning 16 to 15 returning 19 with 16 to 18 war 17 that 18 war 19 with 21 dogs 20 his 21 dogs he sang us [strange] [moorish] songs that [first] night [,] [and] [half] [persuaded] [us] [to] [go] [with] [him] [.] 1 he 2 sang 2 sang 3 us 2 sang 6 songs 2 sang 9 night 7 that 9 night i was on [pilgrimage] to forget which is what no pilgrimage brings [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 on 2 was 5 to 5 to 6 forget 6 forget 7 which 7 which 8 is 8 is 9 what 9 what 11 pilgrimage 9 what 12 brings 10 no 11 pilgrimage 11 pilgrimage 12 brings i [think] [i] would have gone [,] [but] [....v] 1 i 4 would 4 would 5 have 5 have 6 gone ['] [look] [you] [how] [the] [life] [and] [fortune] [of] [man] [changes] [!] i leaped after him [,] [and] [we] [two] [tumbled] [aboard] [the] [dane] [,] [and] [were] [caught] [and] [bound] [ere] [we] [could] [rise] [.] 1 i 2 leaped 2 leaped 3 after 3 after 4 him our own ship was swallowed up in the mist [.] 1 our 2 own 1 our 3 ship 3 ship 4 was 4 was 5 swallowed 5 swallowed 6 up 6 up 7 in 7 in 9 mist 8 the 9 mist he was stout , with bowed legs and long arms [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 stout 3 stout 5 with 4 , 5 with 5 with 8 and 6 bowed 7 legs 7 legs 8 and 8 and 10 arms 9 long 10 arms he was yellow not from sickness , but by nature yellow as honey , and his eyes stood endwise in his head [.] ['] 1 he 2 was 2 was 20 in 3 yellow 4 not 3 yellow 11 yellow 3 yellow 18 stood 4 not 8 but 5 from 6 sickness 5 from 8 but 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 by 9 by 10 nature 11 yellow 12 as 12 as 15 and 13 honey 15 and 14 , 15 and 15 and 17 eyes 16 his 17 eyes 18 stood 19 endwise 19 endwise 20 in 20 in 22 head 21 his 22 head ['] [how] [do] [you] [mean] [?] ['] [said] [una] [,] [her] [chin] [on] [her] [hand] [.] ['] [thus] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] he put a finger to the corner of each eye , and pushed it up till his eyes narrowed to slits [.] 1 he 12 and 2 put 4 finger 2 put 5 to 2 put 12 and 3 a 4 finger 5 to 7 corner 6 the 7 corner 7 corner 8 of 8 of 10 eye 9 each 10 eye 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 pushed 13 pushed 14 it 14 it 15 up 15 up 16 till 15 up 20 to 16 till 18 eyes 17 his 18 eyes 18 eyes 19 narrowed 18 eyes 20 to 20 to 21 slits ['] [why] [,] [you] [look] [just] [like] [a] [chinaman] [!] ['] [cried] [dan] [.] ['] [was] [the] [man] [a] [chinaman] [?] ['] ['] [i] [know] [not] [what] [that] [may] [be] [.] witta had found him [half] dead [among] [ice] [on] [the] [shores] [of] [muscovy] [.] 1 witta 2 had 2 had 3 found 3 found 4 him 3 found 6 dead we thought he was a devil [.] 1 we 2 thought 2 thought 3 he 2 thought 4 was 3 he 4 was 4 was 6 devil 5 a 6 devil he spoke a little in [french] , [a] [little] in [south] [saxon] , and [much] in [the] [northman] ['s] [tongue] [.] 1 he 2 spoke 2 spoke 4 little 2 spoke 14 and 3 a 4 little 5 in 7 , 5 in 14 and 7 , 10 in 10 in 13 , 14 and 16 in " ['] [not] [by] [my] [father] [guthrum] ['s] [head] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 13 he " [the] [gods] [sent] [ye] [into] [my] [ship] [for] [a] [luck-offering] [.] " 1 " 13 " ['] [at] [this] [i] [quaked] [,] [for] [i] [knew] [it] [was] [still] [the] [danes] ['] [custom] [to] [sacrifice] [captives] [to] [their] [gods] [for] [fair] [weather] [.] " ['] [a] [plague] [on] [thy] [four] [long] [bones] [!] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 11 " " [what] [profit] [canst] [thou] [make] [of] [poor] [old] [pilgrims] [that] [can] [neither] [work] [nor] [fight] [?] " 1 " 18 " " ['] [gods] [forbid] [i] [should] [fight] [against] [thee] [,] [poor] [pilgrim] [with] [the] [singing] [sword] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 19 said 19 said 20 he ["] [come] [with] [us] [and] [be] [poor] [no] [more] [.] thy teeth are far apart [,] [which] [is] [a] [sure] [sign] [thou] [wilt] [travel] [and] [grow] [rich] [.] ["] 1 thy 2 teeth 2 teeth 3 are 3 are 5 apart 4 far 5 apart " ['] [what] [if] [we] [will] [not] [come] [?] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 10 " " ['] [swim] [to] [england] [or] [france] [,] " [said] [witta] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [we] [are] [midway] [between] [the] [two] [.] unless ye choose to drown yourselves no hair of your head will be harmed here aboard [.] 1 unless 2 ye 1 unless 3 choose 1 unless 8 hair 2 ye 3 choose 3 choose 4 to 3 choose 5 drown 4 to 5 drown 5 drown 6 yourselves 7 no 8 hair 8 hair 9 of 8 hair 12 will 9 of 11 head 10 your 11 head 12 will 13 be 13 be 14 harmed 14 harmed 15 here 14 harmed 16 aboard we [think] [ye] [bring] [us] [luck] [,] [and] [i] [myself] know [the] [runes] [on] that [sword] [are] [good] [.] " 1 we 11 know 11 know 15 that 15 that 20 " he turned and bade them [hoist] sail [.] 1 he 3 and 2 turned 3 and 3 and 4 bade 4 bade 5 them 4 bade 7 sail ['] [hereafter] [all] [made] [way] [for] [us] [as] [we] [walked] [about] [the] [ship] [,] [and] [the] [ship] [was] [full] [of] [wonders] [.] ['] ['] [what] [was] [she] [like] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] here [hugh] [and] [i] [slept] , [with] [witta] [and] [the] [yellow] [man] , [upon] [tapestries] [as] [soft] [as] [wool] [.] 1 here 6 , 1 here 13 , i remember ['] he laughed to himself ['] when first we entered there [a] [loud] [voice] [cried] [,] ["] [out] [swords] [!] 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 4 he 2 remember 5 laughed 4 he 5 laughed 5 laughed 6 to 5 laughed 9 when 6 to 7 himself 9 when 11 we 9 when 12 entered 10 first 11 we 11 we 12 entered 12 entered 13 there out swords [!] 1 out 2 swords kill , kill [!] ["] 1 kill 2 , 2 , 3 kill seeing [us] [start] [witta] laughed , and showed us it was but a great-beaked grey bird with a red tail [.] 1 seeing 7 and 5 laughed 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 showed 8 showed 9 us 8 showed 10 it 8 showed 11 was 10 it 11 was 11 was 12 but 11 was 17 with 12 but 16 bird 13 a 16 bird 14 great-beaked 16 bird 15 grey 16 bird 16 bird 17 with 17 with 20 tail 18 a 20 tail 19 red 20 tail he sat [her] on his shoulder , and she called for bread and wine hoarsely , and prayed [him] to kiss her [.] 1 he 8 and 2 sat 4 on 2 sat 8 and 4 on 6 shoulder 5 his 6 shoulder 7 , 8 and 8 and 17 and 9 she 17 and 10 called 11 for 10 called 15 hoarsely 10 called 17 and 11 for 13 and 12 bread 13 and 13 and 14 wine 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 prayed 17 and 20 to 20 to 21 kiss 21 kiss 22 her yet she was no more than a silly bird [.] 1 yet 2 she 2 she 3 was 3 was 4 no 3 was 5 more 3 was 6 than 6 than 9 bird 7 a 8 silly 7 a 9 bird 8 silly 9 bird but ye knew this [?] ['] 1 but 2 ye 1 but 3 knew 2 ye 3 knew 3 knew 4 this he looked at their smiling faces [.] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 3 at 6 faces 4 their 6 faces 5 smiling 6 faces ['] [we] [weren't] [laughing] [at] [you] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [that] [must] [have] [been] [a] [parrot] [.] it 's just [what] [pollies] [do] [.] ['] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 just ['] [so] [we] [learned] [later] [.] but here is another marvel [.] 1 but 2 here 1 but 3 is 3 is 5 marvel 4 another 5 marvel the [yellow] [man] [,] [whose] name was [kitai] [,] [had] [with] [him] [a] [brown] [box] [.] 1 the 6 name 6 name 7 was ['] [south] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [suddenly] [,] [and] [put] [his] [hand] [into] [his] [pocket] [.] ['] [with] [my] [own] [eyes] [i] [saw] [it] [.] [witta] [called] [it] [the] [wise] [iron] [,] [because] [it] [showed] [him] [his] [way] [across] [the] [unknowable] [seas] [.] ['] [again] [sir] [richard] [looked] [keenly] [at] [the] [children] [.] ['] [how] [think] [ye] [?] was it sorcery [?] ['] 1 was 2 it 1 was 3 sorcery ['] [was] [it] [anything] [like] [this] [?] ['] dan fished out his old brass pocket-compass , that generally lived with his knife and key-ring [.] 1 dan 8 , 2 fished 3 out 2 fished 7 pocket-compass 2 fished 8 , 4 his 7 pocket-compass 5 old 7 pocket-compass 6 brass 7 pocket-compass 8 , 11 lived 8 , 12 with 9 that 10 generally 10 generally 11 lived 12 with 15 and 13 his 14 knife 14 knife 15 and 15 and 16 key-ring ['] [the] [glass] [has] [got] [cracked] [,] [but] [the] [needle] [waggles] [all] [right] [,] [sir] [.] ['] the knight drew a long breath of wonder [.] 1 the 2 knight 2 knight 3 drew 3 drew 6 breath 4 a 6 breath 5 long 6 breath 6 breath 7 of 7 of 8 wonder ['] [yes] [,] [yes] [!] [the] [wise] [iron] [shook] [and] [swung] [in] [just] [this] [fashion] [.] now it is still [.] 1 now 2 it 2 it 3 is 3 is 4 still [now] [it] [points] [to] [the] [south] [.] ['] ['] [north] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [nay] [,] [south] [!] there is [the] [south] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] 1 there 2 is ['] [te] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [,] [clicking] [his] [tongue] [.] ['] [there] [can] [be] [no] [sorcery] [if] [a] [child] [carries] [it] [.] [wherefore] [does] [it] [point] [south] [or] [north] [?] ['] ['] [father] [says] [that] [nobody] [knows] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] [sir] [richard] [looked] [relieved] [.] ['] [then] [it] [may] [still] [be] [magic] [.] it was magic to us [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 magic 2 was 4 to 3 magic 4 to 4 to 5 us and so [we] [voyaged] [.] 1 and 2 so when it failed , they rowed with long oars [;] [the] [yellow] [man] [sat] [by] [the] [wise] [iron] [,] [and] [witta] [steered] [.] 1 when 2 it 1 when 3 failed 1 when 4 , 1 when 5 they 2 it 3 failed 5 they 6 rowed 6 rowed 7 with 7 with 9 oars 8 long 9 oars 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 1 at 4 feared 4 feared 8 waves 5 the 8 waves 6 great 8 waves 7 white-flowering 8 waves hugh liked it well from the first [.] 1 hugh 2 liked 2 liked 3 it 2 liked 5 from 3 it 5 from 4 well 5 from 5 from 7 first 6 the 7 first [we] [sailed] [south] [across] [a] [stormy] [sea] [,] [where] [by] [moonlight] [,] [between] [clouds] [,] [we] [saw] [a] [flanders] [ship] [roll] [clean] [over] [and] [sink] [.] there is a sickness of the sea which for three days is pure death [!] 1 there 2 is 2 is 4 sickness 3 a 4 sickness 4 sickness 5 of 5 of 7 sea 6 the 7 sea 7 sea 8 which 7 sea 12 is 8 which 9 for 8 which 12 is 9 for 11 days 10 three 11 days 12 is 14 death 13 pure 14 death when [we] [next] [saw] [land] [witta] [said] it was [spain] , and we stood out to sea [.] 1 when 11 , 8 it 11 , 9 was 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 we 12 and 14 stood 13 we 14 stood 14 stood 15 out 15 out 16 to 16 to 17 sea [so] [we] [put] [into] [a] [small] [harbour] [which] [witta] [knew] [.] wine , too , [he] bought for lumps of sweet-smelling grey amber a little morsel no bigger than a thumb-nail purchased a cask of wine [.] 1 wine 6 bought 2 , 3 too 3 too 4 , 3 too 6 bought 6 bought 7 for 7 for 8 lumps 8 lumps 9 of 8 lumps 15 morsel 8 lumps 21 purchased 9 of 12 amber 10 sweet-smelling 11 grey 11 grey 12 amber 13 a 14 little 13 a 15 morsel 14 little 15 morsel 15 morsel 17 bigger 15 morsel 21 purchased 16 no 17 bigger 17 bigger 18 than 18 than 20 thumb-nail 19 a 20 thumb-nail 21 purchased 23 cask 22 a 23 cask 23 cask 24 of 24 of 25 wine [but] [i] [speak] [like] [a] [merchant] [.] ['] ['] [no] [,] [no] [!] tell us what you had to eat [,] ['] [cried] [dan] [.] 1 tell 2 us 1 tell 3 what 1 tell 6 to 1 tell 7 eat 3 what 4 you 4 you 5 had 6 to 7 eat [aha] [!] dates is the name [.] 1 dates 2 is 2 is 4 name 3 the 4 name there [had] [he] [bought] [much] [gold] , [and] [no] [few] [elephants] ['] [teeth] [,] and [thither] [by] [help] [of] [the] [wise] [iron] would [witta] go [.] 1 there 7 , 7 , 15 and 15 and 23 would 15 and 25 go 23 would 25 go witta feared nothing except to be poor [.] 1 witta 2 feared 2 feared 3 nothing 2 feared 4 except 3 nothing 4 except 4 except 5 to 4 except 6 be 5 to 6 be 6 be 7 poor how think ye [?] ["] 1 how 2 think 2 think 3 ye " ['] [gold] [or] [no] [gold] [,] " [said] [hugh] [,] [fingering] [his] [sword] [,] ["] [it] [is] [a] [joyous] [venture] [.] 1 " 8 " have at [these] [devils] [of] [thine] , [witta] [!] " 1 have 2 at 2 at 7 , 7 , 10 " " ['] [venture] [!] " [said] [witta] [sourly] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [i] [am] [only] [a] [poor] [sea-thief] [.] i do not set my life adrift on a plank for joy , or the venture [.] 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 not 2 do 4 set 3 not 4 set 4 set 6 life 5 my 6 life 6 life 7 adrift 7 adrift 8 on 7 adrift 11 for 8 on 10 plank 9 a 10 plank 10 plank 11 for 11 for 14 or 12 joy 14 or 13 , 14 or 14 or 16 venture 15 the 16 venture once [i] [beach] [ship] [again] [at] [stavanger] [,] [and] [feel] [the] [wife] ['s] [arms] [round] [my] [neck] [,] [i] ['ll] [seek] [no] more [ventures] [.] 1 once 23 more a ship is heavier care than a wife or cattle [.] ["] 1 a 2 ship 2 ship 3 is 3 is 5 care 3 is 6 than 4 heavier 5 care 6 than 9 or 7 a 8 wife 8 wife 9 or 9 or 10 cattle ['] [he] [leaped] [down] [among] [the] [rowers] [,] [chiding] [them] [for] [their] [little] [strength] [and] [their] [great] [stomachs] [.] [yet] [witta] [was] [a] [wolf] [in] [fight] [,] [and] [a] [very] [fox] [in] [cunning] [.] this [craft] [his] [father] [guthrum] had [shown] [him] [.] 1 this 6 had he knew all the care of a ship [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 all 3 all 4 the 3 all 5 care 4 the 5 care 5 care 6 of 6 of 8 ship 7 a 8 ship ['] [after] [the] [storm] [we] [saw] [a] [mountain] [whose] [top] [was] [covered] [with] [snow] [and] [pierced] [the] [clouds] [.] the grasses under this mountain , boiled [and] [eaten] , are a good cure for soreness of the gums and swelled ankles [.] 1 the 2 grasses 2 grasses 3 under 2 grasses 11 are 3 under 5 mountain 4 this 5 mountain 5 mountain 7 boiled 6 , 7 boiled 7 boiled 10 , 11 are 14 cure 11 are 15 for 12 a 13 good 12 a 14 cure 13 good 14 cure 14 cure 15 for 15 for 16 soreness 16 soreness 17 of 17 of 20 and 18 the 19 gums 19 gums 20 and 20 and 22 ankles 21 swelled 22 ankles we lay there eight days [,] [till] [men] [in] [skins] [threw] [stones] [at] [us] [.] 1 we 2 lay 2 lay 5 days 3 there 4 eight 4 eight 5 days that [shore] [is] [sandy] , and we rowed along it within three bowshots [.] 1 that 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 we 6 and 8 rowed 7 we 8 rowed 8 rowed 9 along 8 rowed 11 within 9 along 10 it 11 within 13 bowshots 12 three 13 bowshots here we saw whales , and fish in the shape of shields , but longer than our ship [.] 1 here 2 we 2 we 6 and 3 saw 4 whales 3 saw 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 fish 7 fish 8 in 7 fish 14 but 9 the 10 shape 10 shape 11 of 10 shape 14 but 11 of 12 shields 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 longer 15 longer 16 than 16 than 18 ship 17 our 18 ship some slept [,] [some] [opened] [their] [mouths] [at] [us] [,] [and] [some] [danced] [on] [the] [hot] [waters] [.] 1 some 2 slept here , too , [were] fish that flew in the air like birds [.] 1 here 2 , 1 here 6 fish 2 , 3 too 3 too 4 , 3 too 6 fish 6 fish 12 like 7 that 8 flew 8 flew 9 in 9 in 11 air 10 the 11 air 11 air 12 like 12 like 13 birds they would fall on [the] [laps] [of] [the] [rowers] , and when we went ashore we would roast and eat them [.] ['] 1 they 2 would 2 would 3 fall 3 fall 4 on 4 on 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 16 we 11 and 19 and 12 when 13 we 12 when 14 went 12 when 16 we 13 we 14 went 14 went 15 ashore 16 we 19 and 17 would 18 roast 17 would 19 and 19 and 20 eat 20 eat 21 them the knight paused to see if the children doubted him , but [they] only nodded and said , ['] [go] [on] [.] ['] 1 the 2 knight 2 knight 3 paused 3 paused 4 to 4 to 5 see 5 see 6 if 6 if 8 children 6 if 9 doubted 7 the 8 children 8 children 9 doubted 9 doubted 10 him 9 doubted 12 but 11 , 12 but 12 but 16 and 12 but 18 , 14 only 15 nodded 15 nodded 16 and 16 and 17 said ['] [the] [yellow] [land] [lay] [on] [our] [left] [,] [the] [grey] [sea] [on] [our] [right] [.] [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 4 and 2 caught 3 seaweed 2 caught 4 and 4 and 8 and 5 dried 6 it 5 dried 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 stuffed 9 stuffed 10 it 9 stuffed 11 between 9 stuffed 16 lest 10 it 11 between 11 between 13 pots 12 the 13 pots 13 pots 14 of 14 of 15 beads 16 lest 17 they 16 lest 19 break 17 they 18 should 18 should 19 break knighthood is for the land [.] 1 knighthood 2 is 2 is 3 for 3 for 5 land 4 the 5 land at sea , look [you] , a man is but a spurless rider on a bridleless horse [.] 1 at 3 , 1 at 6 , 1 at 8 man 2 sea 3 , 3 , 4 look 7 a 8 man 8 man 9 is 9 is 10 but 9 is 14 on 10 but 13 rider 11 a 12 spurless 11 a 13 rider 12 spurless 13 rider 13 rider 14 on 14 on 17 horse 15 a 16 bridleless 15 a 17 horse 16 bridleless 17 horse [but] [hugh] [had] [tenfold] [more] [sea-cunning] [than] [i] [witta] [gave] [him] [charge] [of] [the] [rowers] [of] [the] [left] [side] [.] they saw that [no] [man] [was] [idle] [.] 1 they 2 saw 2 saw 3 that [truly] [,] [as] [hugh] [said] [,] [and] [witta] [would] [laugh] [at] [him] [,] [a] [ship] [is] [all] [more] [care] [than] [a] [manor] [.] ['] [how] [?] [thus] [.] witta vowed he would wring her neck [.] ['] 1 witta 2 vowed 2 vowed 3 he 2 vowed 5 wring 3 he 4 would 4 would 5 wring 5 wring 7 neck 6 her 7 neck ['] [poor] [polly] [!] [did] [he] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [nay] [.] she was the ship 's bird [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 6 bird 3 the 4 ship 4 ship 5 's 5 's 6 bird she could call all the rowers by [name] [....y] 1 she 2 could 2 could 3 call 3 call 4 all 3 call 7 by 4 all 5 the 4 all 6 rowers 5 the 6 rowers [those] [were] [good] [days] [for] [a] [wifeless] [man] [with] [witta] [and] [his] [heathen] [beyond] [the] [world] ['s] [end] [....y] after many weeks we came on the [great] [shoal] [which] [stretched] [,] [as] [witta] ['s] father had said , [far] out to sea [.] 1 after 3 weeks 1 after 4 we 2 many 3 weeks 4 we 5 came 5 came 6 on 5 came 21 out 6 on 19 , 7 the 16 father 16 father 17 had 17 had 18 said 18 said 19 , 21 out 22 to 22 to 23 sea witta scratched his head at them [in] [sign] he would buy gold [.] 1 witta 2 scratched 2 scratched 4 head 3 his 4 head 4 head 5 at 4 head 9 he 4 head 11 buy 5 at 6 them 9 he 10 would 10 would 11 buy 11 buy 12 gold ['] [what] [did] [it] [mean] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [patience] [.] ye shall hear [.] 1 ye 2 shall 2 shall 3 hear we followed the coast eastward sixteen days [(] counting time by sword-cuts on the helm-rail ) till we came [to] [the] [forest] [in] [the] [sea] [.] 1 we 2 followed 2 followed 4 coast 2 followed 5 eastward 2 followed 10 time 3 the 4 coast 6 sixteen 7 days 7 days 9 counting 9 counting 10 time 10 time 11 by 10 time 13 on 10 time 18 we 10 time 19 came 11 by 12 sword-cuts 13 on 17 till 14 the 17 till 15 helm-rail 16 ) 15 helm-rail 17 till 18 we 19 came here we lost the sun [.] 1 here 2 we 2 we 3 lost 3 lost 5 sun 4 the 5 sun the water was foul [,] [and] [great] [glittering] [flies] [tormented] [us] [.] 1 the 2 water 2 water 3 was 3 was 4 foul morning and evening a blue mist covered the mud [,] [which] [bred] [fevers] [.] 1 morning 2 and 2 and 3 evening 2 and 6 mist 2 and 7 covered 4 a 6 mist 5 blue 6 mist 6 mist 7 covered 7 covered 9 mud 8 the 9 mud the [yellow] [man] lay sick [beside] [the] [wise] [iron] [,] [rolling] [his] [head] and talking [in] [his] [own] [tongue] [.] 1 the 4 lay 4 lay 14 and 5 sick 14 and 14 and 15 talking [only] [the] [bird] [throve] [.] she sat on [witta] ['s] [shoulder] and screamed in that noisome , silent darkness [.] 1 she 7 and 2 sat 3 on 2 sat 7 and 7 and 8 screamed 7 and 9 in 9 in 14 darkness 10 that 11 noisome 11 noisome 12 , 11 noisome 14 darkness 13 silent 14 darkness yes [;] [i] [think] it was the silence [we] most feared [.] ['] 1 yes 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 8 silence 7 the 8 silence 8 silence 11 feared 10 most 11 feared he paused to listen to the comfortable home noises of the brook [.] 1 he 2 paused 2 paused 3 to 3 to 4 listen 4 listen 5 to 5 to 9 noises 6 the 9 noises 7 comfortable 8 home 8 home 9 noises 9 noises 10 of 10 of 12 brook 11 the 12 brook we [thanked] [god] [to] see [the] [sun] [again] [.] 1 we 5 see soon they fetched store [of] gold in bars and in dust from their huts , and some great blackened elephants ' teeth [.] 1 soon 2 they 2 they 3 fetched 3 fetched 6 gold 3 fetched 9 and 3 fetched 12 from 4 store 6 gold 7 in 8 bars 7 in 9 and 9 and 10 in 10 in 11 dust 11 dust 12 from 12 from 16 and 13 their 14 huts 14 huts 16 and 15 , 16 and 16 and 22 teeth 17 some 20 elephants 18 great 20 elephants 19 blackened 20 elephants 20 elephants 21 ' 21 ' 22 teeth their captain or chief sorcerer then beat on his chest with his fists , and gnashed his teeth [.] 1 their 2 captain 2 captain 3 or 3 or 5 sorcerer 3 or 15 and 4 chief 5 sorcerer 6 then 7 beat 7 beat 8 on 7 beat 11 with 7 beat 15 and 8 on 10 chest 9 his 10 chest 10 chest 11 with 11 with 13 fists 12 his 13 fists 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 gnashed 16 gnashed 18 teeth 17 his 18 teeth ['] [said] [thorkild] [of] [borkum] [:] ["] [do] [they] [mean] [we] [must] [fight] [for] [all] [this] [gear] [?] ["] [and] [he] [half] [drew] [sword] [.] " ['] [nay] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " " [i] [think] [they] [ask] [us] [to] [league] [against] [some] [enemy] [.] " 1 " 13 " " ['] [i] [like] [this] [not] [,] " [said] [witta] [,] [of] [a] [sudden] [.] 1 " 8 " " [back] [into] [mid-stream] [.] " 1 " 6 " ['] [so] [we] [did] [,] [and] [sat] [still] [all] [,] [watching] [the] [black] [folk] [and] [the] [gold] [they] [piled] [on] [the] [bank] [.] again we heard drums beat in the forest , and the people fled to their huts , leaving the gold unguarded [.] 1 again 2 we 2 we 3 heard 3 heard 4 drums 3 heard 6 in 3 heard 14 to 4 drums 5 beat 4 drums 6 in 6 in 10 and 7 the 8 forest 8 forest 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 people 11 the 12 people 12 people 13 fled 12 people 14 to 14 to 16 huts 15 their 16 huts 16 huts 18 leaving 17 , 18 leaving 18 leaving 20 gold 18 leaving 21 unguarded 19 the 20 gold ['] [then] [hugh] [,] [at] [the] [bows] [,] [pointed] [without] [speech] [,] [and] [we] [saw] [a] [great] [devil] [come] [out] [of] [the] [forest] [.] he shaded his brows with his hand , and moistened his pink tongue between his lips [thus] [.] ['] 1 he 9 and 2 shaded 4 brows 2 shaded 5 with 2 shaded 9 and 3 his 4 brows 4 brows 5 with 5 with 7 hand 6 his 7 hand 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 moistened 10 moistened 13 tongue 10 moistened 14 between 11 his 13 tongue 12 pink 13 tongue 13 tongue 14 between 14 between 16 lips 15 his 16 lips ['] [a] [devil] [!] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [delightfully] [horrified] [.] ['] [yea] [.] taller [than] [a] man [;] [covered] [with] [reddish] [hair] [.] 1 taller 4 man hugh loosed [arrow] , and [pierced] him through the throat [.] 1 hugh 2 loosed 1 hugh 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 him 5 and 8 through 8 through 10 throat 9 the 10 throat he fell [roaring] [,] [and] [three] [other] [devils] [ran] out of [the] [forest] [and] [hauled] [him] [into] a tall tree [out] [of] [sight] [.] 1 he 2 fell 2 fell 11 of 10 out 11 of 11 of 20 tree 18 a 19 tall 18 a 20 tree 19 tall 20 tree anon they cast down the blood-stained arrow , and lamented together among the leaves [.] 1 anon 2 they 2 they 9 and 3 cast 4 down 3 cast 7 arrow 3 cast 9 and 5 the 7 arrow 6 blood-stained 7 arrow 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 lamented 9 and 11 together 9 and 12 among 12 among 14 leaves 13 the 14 leaves witta saw the gold on the bank [;] [he] [was] [loath] [to] [leave] [it] [.] 1 witta 2 saw 2 saw 4 gold 2 saw 5 on 3 the 4 gold 4 gold 5 on 5 on 7 bank 6 the 7 bank let [us] [row] in [while] [these] [devils] [bewail] [themselves] , [and] [at] [least] [bear] [off] what [we] may [.] ["] 1 let 4 in 4 in 10 , 10 , 16 what 16 what 18 may ['] [bold] [as] [a] [wolf] [,] [cunning] [as] [a] [fox] [was] [witta] [!] he set four archers on the fore-deck to shoot [the] [devils] [if] [they] [should] [leap] [from] [the] [tree] , [which] [was] [close] [to] [the] [bank] [.] 1 he 2 set 2 set 4 archers 2 set 5 on 2 set 8 to 3 four 4 archers 5 on 7 fore-deck 6 the 7 fore-deck 8 to 9 shoot 9 shoot 19 , but [none] would set foot ashore [,] [though] [the] [gold] [was] [within] [ten] [paces] [.] 1 but 3 would 1 but 5 foot 3 would 4 set 3 would 5 foot 5 foot 6 ashore no man is hasty to his hanging [!] 1 no 2 man 2 man 3 is 3 is 4 hasty 4 hasty 5 to 5 to 7 hanging 6 his 7 hanging [they] [whimpered] [at] [their] [oars] [like] [beaten] [hounds] [,] [and] [witta] [bit] [his] [fingers] [for] [rage] [.] ['] [said] [hugh] [of] [a] [sudden] [,] ["] [hark] [!] ["] ['] [what] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [and] [una] [.] ['] [it] [was] [the] [sword] [.] ['] [sir] [richard] [patted] [the] [smooth] [hilt] [.] ['] [it] [sang] [as] [a] [dane] [sings] [before] [battle] [.] " [i] [go] [,] ["] said [hugh] [,] [and] he [leaped] [from] [the] [bows] [and] [fell] [among] [the] [gold] [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 10 he 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 3 afraid 3 afraid 4 to 4 to 10 , 10 , 12 for 12 for 18 , 18 , 19 and none [other] came [.] 1 none 3 came " [blame] [me] [not] [,] " [cried] [witta] [behind] [us] [,] ["] [i] [must] [abide] [by] [my] [ship] [.] ["] 1 " 6 " we three had no time to blame or praise [.] 1 we 2 three 2 three 3 had 3 had 5 time 3 had 6 to 4 no 5 time 5 time 6 to 6 to 8 or 7 blame 8 or 8 or 9 praise ['] [i] [know] [not] [how] [the] [devils] [leaped] [down] [,] [or] [how] [the] [fight] [began] [.] i do not know [.] 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 not 3 not 4 know i went to it in my mail-shirt [,] [which] [saved] [my] [skin] [.] 1 i 2 went 2 went 3 to 2 went 5 in 3 to 4 it 5 in 7 mail-shirt 6 my 7 mail-shirt 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 2 passed 5 twice 2 passed 6 through 3 my 4 sword 6 through 7 him that was twenty days [after] [.] ['] 1 that 2 was 2 was 4 days 3 twenty 4 days ['] [what] [had] [happened] [?] [did] [hugh] [die] [?] ['] [the] [children] [asked] [.] ['] [never] [was] [such] [a] [fight] [fought] [by] [christened] [man] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] judge [what] teeth they were [!] ['] 1 judge 3 teeth 3 teeth 4 they 3 teeth 5 were 4 they 5 were [sir] [richard] [turned] [the] [sword] [again] [that] [the] [children] [might] [see] [the] [two] [great] [chiselled] [gouges] [on] [either] [side] [of] [the] [blade] [.] ['] [those] [same] [teeth] [met] [in] [hugh] ['s] [right] [arm] [and] [side] [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [went] [on] [.] ['] [i] [?] oh , [i] [had] no [more] [than] [a] [broken] [foot] [and] [a] [fever] [.] 1 oh 2 , 2 , 5 no thorkild 's ear was bitten [,] [but] [hugh] ['s] [arm] [and] [side] [clean] [withered] [away] [.] 1 thorkild 2 's 2 's 3 ear 3 ear 4 was 4 was 5 bitten i saw him where he lay along , sucking a fruit in his left hand [.] 1 i 2 saw 2 saw 3 him 2 saw 4 where 4 where 5 he 4 where 6 lay 5 he 6 lay 6 lay 7 along 6 lay 9 sucking 8 , 9 sucking 9 sucking 11 fruit 9 sucking 12 in 10 a 11 fruit 11 fruit 12 in 12 in 15 hand 13 his 15 hand 14 left 15 hand his [flesh] [was] [wasted] [off] [his] [bones] [,] [his] hair was [patched] [with] white , and [his] [hand] was [blue-veined] like a woman 's [.] 1 his 10 hair 10 hair 16 and 11 was 14 white 11 was 16 and 15 , 16 and 16 and 19 was 19 was 21 like 21 like 24 's 22 a 23 woman 23 woman 24 's he [put] [his] [left] [arm] [round] [my] [neck] [and] whispered [,] ["] [take] [my] [sword] [.] 1 he 10 whispered it has been thine since [hastings] , [o] [my] [brother] [,] but [i] [can] [never] [hold] [hilt] [again] [.] ["] 1 it 2 has 2 has 3 been 3 been 4 thine 3 been 5 since 5 since 7 , 7 , 12 but i was weak , and [he] little more than a shadow [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 5 and 3 weak 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 little 7 little 8 more 7 little 9 than 9 than 11 shadow 10 a 11 shadow " ['] [nay] [nay] [,] " [said] [witta] [,] [at] [the] [helm-rail] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [gold] [is] [a] [good] [right] [arm] [to] [any] [man] [.] look look at the gold [!] ["] 1 look 2 look 2 look 3 at 3 at 5 gold 4 the 5 gold he [bade] [thorkild] [show] [us] [the] [gold] [and] [the] [elephants] ['] [teeth] [,] [as] [though] [we] had been children [.] 1 he 17 had 17 had 18 been 18 been 19 children they worshipped us as [gods] [,] [thorkild] [told] [me] [:] [it] [was] one of their old women [healed] [up] [hugh] ['s] [poor] [arm] [.] ['] 1 they 2 worshipped 2 worshipped 3 us 2 worshipped 4 as 4 as 13 one 13 one 14 of 14 of 17 women 15 their 17 women 16 old 17 women ['] [how] [much] [gold] [did] [you] [get] [?] ['] [asked] [dan] [.] ['] [how] [can] [i] [say] [?] where we came out with wedges of iron under the rowers ' feet we returned with wedges of gold hidden beneath planks [.] 1 where 2 we 1 where 3 came 1 where 14 we 2 we 3 came 3 came 4 out 3 came 5 with 3 came 9 under 5 with 6 wedges 6 wedges 7 of 7 of 8 iron 8 iron 9 under 9 under 13 feet 10 the 11 rowers 11 rowers 12 ' 12 ' 13 feet 14 we 15 returned 15 returned 16 with 15 returned 21 beneath 16 with 17 wedges 17 wedges 18 of 18 of 19 gold 19 gold 20 hidden 19 gold 21 beneath 21 beneath 22 planks " ['] [i] [had] [sooner] [have] [my] [right] [arm] [,] ["] said [hugh] [,] [when] he had seen [all] [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 16 he 16 he 17 had 17 had 18 seen ["] ['] [ahai] [!] that was my fault , " said [witta] [.] 1 that 5 , 2 was 4 fault 2 was 5 , 3 my 4 fault 5 , 6 " 5 , 7 said " [i] [should] [have] [taken] [ransom] [and] [landed] [you] [in] [france] [when] [first] [you] [came] [aboard] [,] [ten] [months] [ago] [.] " 1 " 22 " " ['] [it] [is] [over-late] [now] [,] " [said] [hugh] [,] [laughing] [.] 1 " 8 " ['] [witta] [plucked] [at] [his] [long] [shoulder-lock] [.] " [but] [think] [!] ["] said he [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 7 he think of this and do not blame me overmuch [,] [hugh] [.] 1 think 2 of 1 think 4 and 2 of 3 this 4 and 5 do 5 do 6 not 5 do 7 blame 6 not 7 blame 7 blame 9 overmuch 8 me 9 overmuch [see] [!] i will only take [a] half of the gold [.] ["] 1 i 2 will 2 will 4 take 3 only 4 take 4 take 6 half 6 half 7 of 7 of 9 gold 8 the 9 gold " ['] [i] [blame] [thee] [not] [at] [all] [,] [witta] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 12 " " [it] [was] [a] [joyous] [venture] [,] [and] we [thirty-five] [here] have done what [never] men have done [.] 1 " 9 we 9 we 12 have 12 have 13 done 13 done 14 what 14 what 16 men 14 what 18 done 16 men 17 have 17 have 18 done [if] [i] [live] [till] [england] [,] [i] [will] [build] [me] [a] [stout] [keep] [over] [dallington] [out] [of] [my] [share] [.] ["] many will fight for me now [.] 1 many 2 will 2 will 3 fight 3 fight 4 for 3 fight 6 now 4 for 5 me but first we must [turn] [north] , [and] [with] [this] [honest] [treasure] [aboard] [i] [pray] [we] [meet] no [pirate] [ships] [.] " 1 but 3 we 1 but 7 , 2 first 3 we 3 we 4 must 7 , 18 no 18 no 22 " ['] [we] [did] [not] [laugh] [.] we were careful [.] 1 we 2 were 2 were 3 careful we were afraid lest we should lose one grain of our gold , for which we had fought [devils] [.] 1 we 2 were 2 were 3 afraid 3 afraid 4 lest 4 lest 5 we 4 lest 7 lose 5 we 6 should 6 should 7 lose 7 lose 9 grain 8 one 9 grain 9 grain 10 of 10 of 12 gold 11 our 12 gold 12 gold 14 for 13 , 14 for 14 for 15 which 14 for 16 we 14 for 18 fought 16 we 17 had 17 had 18 fought " ['] [he] [has] [gone] [to] [his] [own] [country] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 13 he he leaped out on the mud , and did not answer when we called [;] [so] [we] [called] [no] [more] [.] 1 he 8 and 2 leaped 3 out 2 leaped 4 on 2 leaped 8 and 4 on 6 mud 5 the 6 mud 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 did 8 and 12 when 9 did 10 not 9 did 11 answer 12 when 13 we 12 when 14 called 13 we 14 called he [left] [the] [wise] [iron] [,] [which] is [all] [that] [i] [care] for [and] [see] , [the] [spirit] [still] [points] to [the] [south] [.] ["] 1 he 8 is 8 is 13 for 13 for 16 , 16 , 21 to ['] [why] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [because] [of] [the] [gold] [because] [of] [our] [gold] [.] gold changes men altogether [.] 1 gold 2 changes 2 changes 3 men 2 changes 4 altogether [thorkild] [of] [borkum] [did] [not] [change] [.] he laughed at [witta] [for] [his] [fears] , and [at] [us] [for] [our] [counselling] [witta] [to] [furl] [sail] [when] [the] [ship] [pitched] [at] all [.] 1 he 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 at 3 at 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 24 all " ['] [better] [be] [drowned] [out] [of] [hand] [,] " [said] [thorkild] [of] [borkum] [,] ["] [than] [go] [tied] [to] [a] [deck-load] [of] [yellow] [dust] [.] ["] 1 " 10 " ['] [he] [was] [a] [landless] [man] [,] [and] [had] [been] [slave] [to] [some] [king] [in] [the] [east] [.] he would have beaten out the gold into deep bands to [put] round the oars , and round the prow [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 beaten 4 beaten 5 out 4 beaten 7 gold 4 beaten 8 into 4 beaten 11 to 6 the 7 gold 7 gold 8 into 8 into 10 bands 9 deep 10 bands 11 to 17 and 13 round 15 oars 13 round 17 and 14 the 15 oars 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 round 18 round 20 prow 19 the 20 prow but for [hugh] , he said and so did all his men they would never have won the gold [.] 1 but 2 for 1 but 5 he 2 for 4 , 5 he 6 said 6 said 7 and 7 and 9 did 8 so 9 did 9 did 10 all 10 all 11 his 10 all 19 gold 11 his 12 men 12 men 13 they 12 men 16 have 12 men 17 won 13 they 14 would 14 would 16 have 15 never 16 have 18 the 19 gold i remember [witta] [made] [a] [little] [,] [thin] [gold] [ring] [for] [our] [bird] [to] [swing] [in] [.] 1 i 2 remember ['] [three] [months] [we] [rowed] [and] [sailed] [and] [went] [ashore] [for] [fruits] [or] [to] [clean] [the] [ship] [.] " ['] [now] [find] [ye] [pevensey] [yourselves] [,] " [said] [witta] [.] 1 " 9 " " [i] [love] [not] [these] [narrow] [ship-filled] [seas] [.] " 1 " 10 " yet , for our gold 's sake , we were more afraid than they [.] 1 yet 9 we 2 , 3 for 3 for 7 sake 3 for 8 , 3 for 9 we 4 our 5 gold 5 gold 6 's 6 's 7 sake 9 we 10 were 10 were 12 afraid 11 more 12 afraid 12 afraid 13 than 13 than 14 they we crept along the coast by night till we came to the chalk cliffs , and [so] east to [pevensey] [.] 1 we 2 crept 2 crept 3 along 2 crept 6 by 2 crept 8 till 3 along 5 coast 4 the 5 coast 5 coast 6 by 6 by 7 night 8 till 9 we 8 till 10 came 9 we 10 came 10 came 11 to 11 to 16 and 12 the 14 cliffs 13 chalk 14 cliffs 14 cliffs 16 and 15 , 16 and 16 and 18 east 16 and 19 to witta would not come [ashore] [with] [us] [,] [though] [hugh] [promised] [him] [wine] [at] [dallington] [enough] [to] [swim] [in] [.] 1 witta 2 would 2 would 3 not 2 would 4 come i think [when] [thorkild] [of] [borkum] [bade] [the] [rowers] [give] [way] we were near weeping [.] 1 i 2 think 2 think 12 we 2 think 13 were 12 we 13 were 13 were 14 near 14 near 15 weeping ['] [did] [he] [get] [home] [all] [right] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [i] [never] [knew] [.] we saw him [hoist] sail under the moon-track and stand away [.] 1 we 2 saw 2 saw 3 him 2 saw 5 sail 5 sail 6 under 5 sail 11 away 6 under 9 and 7 the 8 moon-track 8 moon-track 9 and 9 and 10 stand i have prayed that he found his wife and the children [.] ['] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 prayed 3 prayed 4 that 4 that 5 he 4 that 6 found 5 he 6 found 6 found 9 and 7 his 8 wife 8 wife 9 and 9 and 11 children 10 the 11 children ['] [and] [what] [did] [you] [do] [?] ['] ['] [we] [waited] [on] [the] [marsh] [till] [the] [day] [.] [sir] [richard] [crossed] [hands] [on] [his] [sword-hilt] [,] [and] [stared] [down] [stream] [through] [the] [soft] [warm] [shadows] [.] ['] [a] [whole] [shipload] [of] [gold] [!] ['] [said] [una] [,] [looking] [at] [the] [little] [golden] [hind] [.] ['] [but] [i] ['m] [glad] [i] [didn't] [see] [the] [devils] [.] ['] ['] [i] [don't] [believe] [they] [were] [devils] [,] ['] [dan] [whispered] [back] [.] ['] [eh] [?] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] ['] [witta] ['s] [father] [warned] [him] [they] [were] [unquestionable] [devils] [.] one must believe one 's father , and not one 's children [.] 1 one 2 must 2 must 3 believe 3 believe 8 and 4 one 5 's 5 's 6 father 6 father 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 not 8 and 12 children 10 one 11 's 11 's 12 children what were [my] [devils] [,] [then] [?] ['] 1 what 2 were dan flushed all over [.] 1 dan 2 flushed 2 flushed 4 over 3 all 4 over ['] [not] [always] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [only] [twice] [.] ['] they had been reading [the] [gorilla] [hunters] [in] [the] [orchard] [.] 1 they 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 reading ['] [well] [,] [anyhow] [,] [they] [always] [drummed] [on] [their] [chests] [,] [like] [sir] [richard] ['s] [did] [,] [before] [they] [went] [for] [people] [.] and they built houses in trees , too [.] ['] 1 and 2 they 1 and 3 built 2 they 3 built 3 built 4 houses 3 built 5 in 3 built 8 too 4 houses 5 in 5 in 6 trees 7 , 8 too ['] [ha] [!] ['] [sir] [richard] [opened] [his] [eyes] [.] ['] [houses] [like] [flat] [nests] [did] [our] [devils] [make] [,] [where] [their] [imps] [lay] [and] [looked] [at] [us] [.] [wonderful] [!] [were] [our] [devils] [only] [nest-building] [apes] [?] is there no sorcery left in the world [?] ['] 1 is 2 there 1 is 5 left 1 is 6 in 3 no 5 left 4 sorcery 5 left 5 left 6 in 6 in 8 world 7 the 8 world ['] [i] [don't] [know] [,] ['] [answered] [dan] [,] [uncomfortably] [.] and we did [.] ['] 1 and 2 we 2 we 3 did ['] [but] [we] [didn't] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] [sighing] [.] ['] [oh] [!] [there] ['s] [puck] [!] ['] ['] [no] [sorcery] [,] [sir] [richard] [?] ['] [he] [laughed] [,] [and] [blew] [on] [a] [full] [dandelion] [head] [he] [had] [picked] [.] ['] [they] [tell] [me] [that] [witta] ['s] [wise] [iron] [was] [a] [toy] [.] the boy carries such an iron with him [.] 1 the 2 boy 2 boy 3 carries 3 carries 6 iron 3 carries 7 with 4 such 5 an 5 an 6 iron 6 iron 7 with 7 with 8 him they tell me [our] [devils] [were] [apes] [,] [called] [gorillas] [!] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [,] [indignantly] [.] 1 they 2 tell 2 tell 3 me ['] [that] [is] [the] [sorcery] [of] [books] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [i] [warned] [thee] [they] [were] [wise] [children] [.] all people can be wise by reading of books [.] ['] 1 all 2 people 2 people 3 can 3 can 4 be 4 be 5 wise 5 wise 6 by 6 by 7 reading 7 reading 8 of 8 of 9 books ['] [but] [are] [the] [books] [true] [?] ['] [sir] [richard] [frowned] [.] ['] [i] [like] [not] [all] [this] [reading] [and] [writing] [.] ['] ['] [ye-es] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [holding] [the] [naked] [dandelion] [head] [at] [arm] ['s] [length] [.] ['] [but] [if] [we] [hang] [all] [fellows] [who] [write] [falsely] [,] [why] [did] [de] [aquila] [not] [begin] [with] [gilbert] [the] [clerk] [?] he was false enough [.] ['] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 false 3 false 4 enough ['] [poor] [false] [gilbert] [.] yet , in his fashion , he was bold [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] 1 yet 2 , 1 yet 7 he 2 , 3 in 3 in 5 fashion 3 in 6 , 3 in 7 he 4 his 5 fashion 7 he 8 was 8 was 9 bold ['] [what] [did] [he] [do] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [he] [wrote] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] ['] [is] [the] [tale] [meet] [for] [children] [,] [think] [you] [?] ['] [he] [looked] [at] [puck] [;] [but] ['] [tell] [us] [!] tell us [!] ['] [cried] [dan] [and] [una] [together] [.] 1 tell 2 us [thorkild] ['s] [song] there 's no [wind] [along] [these] [seas] [,] [out] [oars] [for] [stavanger] [!] 1 there 2 's 2 's 3 no [forward] [all] [for] [stavanger] [!] so we must wake the white-ash breeze , [let] [fall] [for] [stavanger] [!] 1 so 2 we 1 so 8 , 2 we 3 must 3 must 4 wake 4 wake 7 breeze 5 the 7 breeze 6 white-ash 7 breeze [a] [long] [pull] [for] [stavanger] [!] oh , hear the benches creak and strain [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 hear 3 hear 5 benches 3 hear 7 and 4 the 5 benches 5 benches 7 and 6 creak 7 and 7 and 8 strain [(] [a] [long] [pull] [for] [stavanger] [!] [)] [she] [thinks] [she] [smells] [the] [northland] [rain] [!] [(] [a] [long] [pull] [for] [stavanger] [!] [)] she [thinks] [she] [smells] [the] [northland] [snow] , [and] [she] ['s] [as] [glad] [as] [we] [to] [go] [.] 1 she 8 , she [thinks] [she] [smells] [the] [northland] [rime] , [and] [the] [dear] [dark] [nights] [of] [winter-time] [.] 1 she 8 , her very bolts are sick [for] [shore] [,] [and] [we] [we] [want] [it] [ten] [times] [more] [!] 1 her 2 very 1 her 3 bolts 3 bolts 4 are 4 are 5 sick so [all] [you] [gods] that [love] [brave] [men] , [send] [us] [a] [three-reef] [gale] [again] [!] 1 so 5 that 5 that 9 , send us a gale [,] and watch us come [,] [with] [close-cropped] [canvas] [slashing] [home] [!] 1 send 2 us 1 send 4 gale 1 send 6 and 3 a 4 gale 6 and 7 watch 7 watch 8 us 7 watch 9 come but there 's no wind in all these seas [.] 1 but 2 there 1 but 3 's 2 there 3 's 3 's 5 wind 3 's 6 in 4 no 5 wind 5 wind 6 in 6 in 7 all 7 all 8 these 7 all 9 seas 8 these 9 seas [a] [long] [pull] [for] [stavanger] [!] so we must wake the white-ash breeze , [a] [long] [pull] [for] [stavanger] [!] 1 so 2 we 1 so 8 , 2 we 3 must 3 must 4 wake 4 wake 7 breeze 5 the 7 breeze 6 white-ash 7 breeze [old] [men] [at] [pevensey] ['] [it] [has] [naught] [to] [do] [with] [apes] [or] [devils] [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [went] [on] [,] [in] [an] [undertone] [.] ['] [it] [concerns] [de] [aquila] [,] [than] [whom] [there] [was] [never] [bolder] [nor] [craftier] [,] [nor] [more] [hardy] [knight] [born] [.] and [remember] he was an old , [old] man at that time [.] ['] 1 and 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 10 at 5 an 6 old 6 old 7 , 6 old 9 man 9 man 10 at 10 at 12 time 11 that 12 time ['] [when] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [when] [we] [came] [back] [from] [sailing] [with] [witta] [.] ['] ['] [what] [did] [you] [do] [with] [your] [gold] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [have] [patience] [.] link by link [is] chain-mail made [.] 1 link 2 by 1 link 5 chain-mail 3 link 5 chain-mail 5 chain-mail 6 made i will tell all in its place [.] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 tell 3 tell 4 all 3 tell 5 in 4 all 5 in 5 in 7 place 6 its 7 place he sat on his bed like a little white falcon , turning [his] [head] [swiftly] [from] [one] [to] [the] [other] [as] [we] [told] [our] [tale] [.] 1 he 2 sat 2 sat 3 on 2 sat 6 like 3 on 5 bed 4 his 5 bed 5 bed 6 like 6 like 11 , 7 a 8 little 7 a 10 falcon 8 little 10 falcon 9 white 10 falcon 10 falcon 11 , 11 , 12 turning it was [jehan] [whom] [de] [aquila] [had] sent to us [with] [the] [horses] , and [only] [jehan] had [loaded] [the] [gold] [.] 1 it 15 and 2 was 8 sent 2 was 15 and 8 sent 9 to 9 to 10 us 14 , 15 and 15 and 18 had 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 6 , 6 , 15 , 15 , 18 were 16 for 17 we 17 we 18 were 18 were 19 as 19 as 20 men 19 as 25 sleep 20 men 21 waked 20 men 25 sleep 21 waked 22 from 22 from 24 year-long 23 a 24 year-long this was the very thing [that] [the] [red] [king] [had] [done] [to] [robert] [when] [our] [great] [william] [died] [.] 1 this 2 was 2 was 5 thing 3 the 4 very 3 the 5 thing a little earlier , and [witta] ['s] ship would have rowed through them [.] 1 a 2 little 2 little 3 earlier 2 little 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 8 ship 5 and 9 would 9 would 10 have 10 have 11 rowed 11 rowed 12 through 12 through 13 them [(] [better] [ride] [a] [horse] [on] [the] [bit] [he] [knows] [,] [i] [say] [!] [)] but that is only a cloak to their falsehood [.] ["] 1 but 3 is 2 that 3 is 3 is 4 only 3 is 6 cloak 3 is 7 to 5 a 6 cloak 6 cloak 7 to 7 to 9 falsehood 8 their 9 falsehood he cracked his finger on the table , where the wine was spilt , and thus he [spoke] : 1 he 2 cracked 2 cracked 4 finger 2 cracked 5 on 2 cracked 9 where 3 his 4 finger 4 finger 5 on 5 on 7 table 6 the 7 table 8 , 9 where 9 where 11 wine 9 where 13 spilt 9 where 14 , 10 the 11 wine 11 wine 12 was 12 was 13 spilt 13 spilt 14 , 14 , 16 thus 14 , 19 : 15 and 16 thus 16 thus 19 : 17 he 19 : ["] ['] [william] [crammed] [us] [norman] [barons] [full] [of] [good] [english] [acres] [after] [santlache] [.] [therefore] [clare] [has] [risen] [,] [fitzosborne] [has] [risen] [,] [montgomery] [has] [risen] [whom] [our] [first] [william] [made] [an] [english] [earl] [.] even [d'arcy] [is] [out] [with] [his] [men] , [whose] father [i] [remember] [a] [little] [hedge-sparrow] [knight] [near] [by] [caen] [.] 1 even 8 , 8 , 10 father [if] [henry] [wins] [,] [the] [barons] [can] [still] [flee] [to] [normandy] [,] [where] [robert] [will] [welcome] [them] [.] if [henry] [loses] [,] [robert] [,] he says [,] [will] [give] [them] [more] [lands] [in] [england] [.] 1 if 7 he 7 he 8 says 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 12 will 12 will 13 be 13 be 21 long " ['] [amen] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " " [but] [will] [the] [war] [come] [our] [ways] [,] [think] [you] [?] " 1 " 13 " " ['] [not] [from] [the] [north] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [but] [the] [sea] [is] [always] [open] [.] ye have brought your pigs to a pretty market [!] 1 ye 2 have 2 have 3 brought 3 brought 5 pigs 3 brought 6 to 4 your 5 pigs 5 pigs 6 to 6 to 9 market 7 a 8 pretty 7 a 9 market 8 pretty 9 market " ['] [what] [is] [to] [do] [?] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 8 " " [i] [have] [no] [keep] [at] [dallington] [;] [and] [if] [we] [buried] [it] [,] [whom] [could] [we] [trust] [?] " 1 " 20 " " ['] [me] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [pevensey] [walls] [are] [strong] [.] no man [but] [jehan] [,] [who] [is] [my] [dog] [,] knows what is between them [.] ["] 1 no 2 man 2 man 11 knows 11 knows 12 what 12 what 13 is 13 is 14 between 14 between 15 them he drew a curtain by the shot-window and showed us the shaft of a well in the thickness of the wall [.] 1 he 8 and 2 drew 4 curtain 2 drew 5 by 2 drew 8 and 3 a 4 curtain 4 curtain 5 by 5 by 7 shot-window 6 the 7 shot-window 8 and 9 showed 9 showed 10 us 9 showed 12 shaft 9 showed 16 in 11 the 12 shaft 12 shaft 13 of 13 of 15 well 14 a 15 well 15 well 16 in 16 in 18 thickness 17 the 18 thickness 18 thickness 19 of 19 of 21 wall 20 the 21 wall [hark] [!] ["] we heard the water whistle and blow at the bottom [.] 1 we 6 and 2 heard 4 water 2 heard 5 whistle 2 heard 6 and 3 the 4 water 6 and 7 blow 7 blow 8 at 8 at 10 bottom 9 the 10 bottom " [will] [it] [serve] [?] ["] said he [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he " ['] [needs] [must] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 6 " " [our] [lives] [are] [in] [thy] [hands] [.] " 1 " 9 " not [for] [love] [nor] [for] [sorrow] , but [to] [be] [with] [the] [gold] [.] 1 not 7 , 7 , 8 but have [a] care , " he said , [laughing] , " [lest] [i] [use] [it] to make [myself] [pope] [.] 1 have 4 , 3 care 4 , 4 , 5 " 4 , 7 said 6 he 7 said 7 said 8 , 8 , 17 make 10 , 11 " 10 , 16 to 16 to 17 make trust me not , but return ! " ['] 1 trust 2 me 1 trust 5 but 3 not 4 , 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 return 5 but 7 ! 7 ! 8 " [sir] [richard] [paused] [and] [smiled] [sadly] [.] ['] [in] [seven] [days] [,] [then] [,] [we] [returned] [from] [our] [manors] [from] [the] [manors] [which] [had] [been] [ours] [.] ['] ['] [and] [were] [the] [children] [quite] [well] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [my] [sons] [were] [young] [.] land and governance belong by right to young men [.] ['] 1 land 2 and 2 and 3 governance 2 and 4 belong 4 belong 5 by 4 belong 7 to 5 by 6 right 6 right 7 to 7 to 9 men 8 young 9 men [sir] [richard] [was] [talking] [to] [himself] [.] ['] [it] [would] [have] [broken] [their] [hearts] [if] [we] [had] [taken] [back] [our] [manors] [.] they made us great welcome , but we could see [hugh] [and] [i] [could] [see] that our day was done [.] 1 they 7 but 2 made 3 us 2 made 5 welcome 2 made 7 but 4 great 5 welcome 6 , 7 but 7 but 10 see 8 we 9 could 9 could 10 see 10 see 16 that 16 that 18 day 16 that 19 was 17 our 18 day 18 day 19 was 19 was 20 done i was a cripple and [he] a one-armed man [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 5 and 3 a 4 cripple 4 cripple 5 and 5 and 9 man 7 a 9 man 8 one-armed 9 man [no] [!] ['] he shook his head [.] 1 he 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 3 his 4 head ['] [and] [therefore] ['] [he] [raised] [his] [voice] ['] [we] [rode] [back] [to] [pevensey] [.] ['] ['] [i] ['m] [sorry] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] [for] [the] [knight] [seemed] [very] [sorrowful] [.] ['] [little] [maid] [,] [it] [all] [passed] [long] [ago] [.] they were young [;] [we] [were] [old] [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 young [we] [let] [them] [rule] [the] [manors] [.] " [aha] [!] " [cried] [de] [aquila] [from] [his] [shot-window] [,] [when] [we] [dismounted] [.] 1 " 4 " welcome , poor ghosts [!] ["] 1 welcome 2 , 1 welcome 4 ghosts 3 poor 4 ghosts thus it fell out that [we] [were] rich beyond belief , and lonely [.] 1 thus 2 it 2 it 3 fell 3 fell 4 out 4 out 12 and 5 that 8 rich 5 that 12 and 8 rich 9 beyond 9 beyond 10 belief 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 lonely [and] [lonely] [!] ['] ['] [what] [did] [you] [do] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [we] [watched] [for] [robert] [of] [normandy] [,] ['] [said] [the] [knight] [.] ['] [de] [aquila] [was] [like] [witta] [.] he suffered no idleness [.] 1 he 2 suffered 2 suffered 4 idleness 3 no 4 idleness in foul weather he would walk on the top of his tower , frowning against the rain peering here and pointing there [.] 1 in 3 weather 1 in 4 he 2 foul 3 weather 4 he 5 would 5 would 6 walk 6 walk 7 on 6 walk 9 top 6 walk 15 against 6 walk 22 there 8 the 9 top 9 top 10 of 9 top 15 against 10 of 13 , 11 his 12 tower 12 tower 13 , 13 , 14 frowning 15 against 20 and 16 the 17 rain 17 rain 18 peering 17 rain 20 and 18 peering 19 here 20 and 21 pointing 20 and 22 there it always vexed him to think [how] [witta] ['s] [ship] had come and gone without his knowledge [.] 1 it 3 vexed 2 always 3 vexed 3 vexed 4 him 3 vexed 5 to 5 to 6 think 6 think 13 and 11 had 13 and 12 come 13 and 13 and 14 gone 13 and 15 without 15 without 17 knowledge 16 his 17 knowledge his [other] [eye] [he] [kept] [landward] [for] word [of] [henry] ['s] [war] [against] [the] [barons] [.] 1 his 8 word do not [copy] [our] [blind] [king] , [but] [see] [with] [thine] [own] [eyes] [and] [feel] [with] [thine] [own] [hands] [.] ["] 1 do 2 not 1 do 7 , i do not think he knew any sort of fear [.] 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 not 2 do 4 think 3 not 4 think 4 think 5 he 4 think 6 knew 5 he 6 knew 6 knew 9 of 7 any 9 of 8 sort 9 of 9 of 10 fear and [so] we [lived] [at] [pevensey] , [in] [the] [little] [chamber] [above] [the] [hall] [.] 1 and 3 we 1 and 7 , ['] [one] [foul] [night] [came] [word] [that] [a] [messenger] [of] [the] [king] [waited] [below] [.] we were [chilled] [after] [a] [long] [riding] in [the] [fog] [towards] [bexlei] , [which] [is] [an] [easy] [place] [for] [ships] to [land] [.] 1 we 2 were 2 were 8 in 8 in 13 , 13 , 21 to [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 " [pest] [on] [him] [!] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [i] [have] [more] [to] [do] [than] [to] [shiver] [in] [the] [great] [hall] [for] [every] [gadling] [the] [king] [sends] [.] left [he] no word [?] ["] 1 left 4 word 3 no 4 word " ['] [oho] [!] ["] [said] [de] [aquila] [,] [rubbing] [his] [nose] , " to [whom] [did] [he] say [that] [?] ["] 1 " 19 say 13 , 14 " 13 , 15 to 15 to 19 say " ['to] [his] [beard] [,] [chiefly] [,] [but] [some] [to] [his] [horse] ['s] [flank] [as] he was [girthing] up [.] 1 " 16 he 16 he 17 was 17 was 19 up i followed him out [,] ["] [said] [jehan] [the] [crab] [.] 1 i 2 followed 2 followed 3 him 2 followed 4 out " ['] [what] [was] [his] [shield-mark] [?] " 1 " 8 " " ['] [gold] [horseshoes] [on] [black] [,] " [said] [the] [crab] [.] 1 " 8 " " ['] [that] [is] [one] [of] [fulke] ['s] [men] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] ['] 1 " 11 " puck broke in very gently [,] ['] [gold] [horseshoes] [on] [black] [is] [not] [the] [fulkes] ['] [shield] [.] 1 puck 2 broke 2 broke 3 in 2 broke 5 gently 4 very 5 gently the [fulkes] ['] arms are ['] 1 the 4 arms 4 arms 5 are the knight waved [one] [hand] statelily [.] 1 the 2 knight 2 knight 3 waved 3 waved 6 statelily i have changed all the names in my tale [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 changed 3 changed 4 all 3 changed 7 in 4 all 5 the 4 all 6 names 5 the 6 names 6 names 7 in 7 in 9 tale 8 my 9 tale his children 's children may be still alive [.] ['] 1 his 2 children 2 children 3 's 3 's 4 children 4 children 5 may 5 may 6 be 6 be 7 still 6 be 8 alive ['] [true] [true] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [smiling] [softly] [.] ['] [it] [is] [knightly] [to] [keep] [faith] [even] [after] [a] [thousand] [years] [.] ['] [sir] [richard] [bowed] [a] [little] [and] [went] [on] [:] " ['] [gold] [horseshoes] [on] [black] [?] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [i] [had] [heard] [fulke] [had] [joined] [the] [barons] [,] [but] [if] [this] [is] [true] [our] [king] [must] [be] [of] [the] [upper] [hand] [.] no matter [,] [all] [fulkes] [are] [faithless] [.] 1 no 2 matter still , [i] [would] [not] [have] [sent] [the] [man] [away] [empty] [.] " 1 still 2 , 2 , 13 " " ['] [he] [fed] [,] " [said] [jehan] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [gilbert] [the] [clerk] [fetched] [him] [meat] [and] [wine] [from] [the] [kitchens] [.] 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] [.] he was tall and pale-coloured , and carried those new-fashioned beads for counting of prayers [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 and 3 tall 4 and 4 and 7 and 5 pale-coloured 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 carried 8 carried 11 beads 8 carried 12 for 9 those 11 beads 10 new-fashioned 11 beads 11 beads 12 for 12 for 13 counting 13 counting 14 of 14 of 15 prayers they were [large] brown [nuts] [or] [seeds] , and hanging from his girdle with his pen and ink-horn [they] clashed when he walked [.] 1 they 8 , 2 were 4 brown 2 were 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 hanging 9 and 20 clashed 10 hanging 11 from 10 hanging 20 clashed 11 from 17 and 12 his 13 girdle 13 girdle 14 with 13 girdle 17 and 14 with 16 pen 15 his 16 pen 17 and 18 ink-horn 20 clashed 21 when 21 when 22 he 21 when 23 walked 22 he 23 walked his place was in the great fireplace [.] 1 his 2 place 2 place 3 was 3 was 4 in 4 in 7 fireplace 5 the 7 fireplace 6 great 7 fireplace there was his table of accounts , and there [he] lay [o] ['] nights [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 table 3 his 4 table 4 table 5 of 5 of 8 and 6 accounts 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 14 nights 9 there 14 nights 11 lay 14 nights when [de] [aquila] [sat] [in] [hall] [to] [do] [justice] [,] [take] fines , or grant [lands] , [gilbert] [would] [so] [write] [it] [in] [the] [manor-roll] [.] 1 when 14 or 12 fines 14 or 13 , 14 or 14 or 15 grant 14 or 17 , but it was none of his work to feed our guests , or to let them depart without his lord 's knowledge [.] 1 but 2 it 1 but 3 was 2 it 3 was 3 was 7 work 3 was 8 to 4 none 5 of 4 none 7 work 5 of 7 work 6 his 7 work 8 to 13 or 9 feed 11 guests 9 feed 13 or 10 our 11 guests 12 , 13 or 13 or 14 to 13 or 17 depart 14 to 15 let 15 let 16 them 15 let 17 depart 17 depart 18 without 18 without 22 knowledge 19 his 20 lord 20 lord 21 's 21 's 22 knowledge " ['] [no] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " " he is no friend to me , or to [odo] my hound either [.] ["] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 is 3 is 5 friend 3 is 14 either 4 no 5 friend 5 friend 9 or 6 to 7 me 6 to 9 or 8 , 9 or 9 or 10 to 10 to 13 hound 12 my 13 hound " ['] [no] [matter] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 6 " there [be] [devils] [in] [africa] , [as] [i] [have] [heard] [,] [but] [by] [the] [saints] [,] there [be] [greater] [devils] [in] [pevensey] [!] ["] 1 there 6 , 6 , 17 there and that was all he would say [.] 1 and 2 that 2 that 3 was 3 was 4 all 4 all 5 he 4 all 7 say 5 he 6 would 6 would 7 say first the wench 's father spoke [;] then her mother [;] [then] [all] [together] [,] [till] [the] [hall] [rang] [and] [the] [hounds] [bayed] [.] 1 first 5 father 2 the 3 wench 3 wench 4 's 4 's 5 father 5 father 6 spoke 6 spoke 8 then 8 then 10 mother 9 her 10 mother [de] [aquila] [held] [up] [his] [hands] [.] " [write] [her] [free] [,] ["] he called [to] [gilbert] [by] [the] [fireplace] [.] 1 " 7 he 7 he 8 called ["] [a] ['] [god] ['s] [name] [write] [her] [free] [,] [before] [she] [deafens] [me] [!] [(] [the] [great] [hall] [is] [always] [bitter] [cold] [.] [)] i [stood] [at] [his] [side] [;] [hugh] was [behind] [gilbert] in the fireplace making to play [with] [wise] [rough] [odo] [.] 1 i 8 was 8 was 11 in 8 was 15 to 11 in 14 making 12 the 14 making 13 fireplace 14 making 14 making 15 to 15 to 16 play he signed to [de] [aquila] , [who] [bade] [gilbert] [measure] [the] [new] [field] [for] [the] [new] [couple] [.] 1 he 2 signed 2 signed 3 to 3 to 6 , ['] [said] [hugh] [,] [leaning] [down] [to] [the] [hearthstones] [,] ["] [i] [saw] [this] [stone] [move] [under] [gilbert] ['s] [foot] [when] [odo] [snuffed] [at] [it] [.] [look] [!] ["] ye see [?] ['] 1 ye 2 see [dan] [and] [una] [nodded] [.] ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [una] [gravely] [.] ['] [it] [isn't] [what] [you] [say] [so] [much] [.] it 's what you mean when you say it [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 what 3 what 4 you 3 what 5 mean 4 you 5 mean 5 mean 6 when 6 when 7 you 6 when 8 say 7 you 8 say 8 say 9 it [like] [calling] [dan] [a] [beast] [in] [fun] [.] only grown-ups don't always understand [.] ['] 1 only 2 grown-ups 2 grown-ups 3 don't 3 don't 5 understand 4 always 5 understand " ['] [he] [hath] [done] [this] [day] [by] [day] [before] [our] [very] [face] [?] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 15 " " ['] [nay] [,] [hour] [by] [hour] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 9 " " ['] [bones] [of] [the] [saints] [!] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [what] [avail] [is] [honour] [or] [a] [sword] [against] [a] [pen] [?] [where] [did] [gilbert] [hide] [that] [writing] [?] he shall eat it [.] ["] 1 he 2 shall 2 shall 3 eat 3 eat 4 it " ['] [in] [his] [breast] [when] he [ran] [out] [,] ["] said [hugh] [.] 1 " 7 he 7 he 12 said ["] [which] [made] [me] [look] [to] [see] [where] [he] [kept] [his] [finished] [stuff] [.] when [odo] [scratched] [at] [this] [stone] [here] , [i] [saw] [his] [face] [change] [.] 1 when 8 , [so] [i] [was] [sure] [.] ["] " ['] [he] [is] [bold] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [do] [him] [justice] [.] in his own [fashion] , [my] [gilbert] [is] [bold] [.] ["] 1 in 2 his 2 his 3 own 3 own 5 , " ['] [overbold] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] ['] [pest] [on] [him] [!] he is not my tire-woman [!] ["] [said] [de] [aquila] [,] [and] [hugh] [and] [i] [laughed] [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 3 not 2 is 5 tire-woman 4 my 5 tire-woman ["] ['so] [did] [i] [.] [it] [was] [a] [black] [fog] [.] robert could have landed ten thousand men , and [we] [none] [the] wiser [.] 1 robert 2 could 2 could 3 have 3 have 4 landed 4 landed 9 and 5 ten 6 thousand 6 thousand 7 men 7 men 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 13 wiser " ['] [no] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 5 " " [but] [here] [is] [the] [prayer] [of] [gilbert] [himself] [to] [his] [master] [fulke] [.] " 1 " 15 " " ['] [ah] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [well] [i] [knew] [it] [was] [fulke] [.] what is the price of my blood [?] ["] 1 what 2 is 2 is 4 price 3 the 4 price 4 price 5 of 5 of 7 blood 6 my 7 blood " ['] [fear] [and] [pains] [is] [a] [true] [word] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [,] [and] [sucked] [in] [his] [cheeks] [.] 1 " 11 " ["] [but] [how] [excellent] [a] [weapon] [is] [a] [pen] [!] i must learn it [.] ["] 1 i 2 must 2 must 3 learn 3 learn 4 it ["] ['] [he] [prays] [that] [fulke] [will] [advance] [him] [from] [his] [present] [service] [to] [that] [honour] [in] [the] [church] [which] [fulke] [promised] [him] [.] and [lest] [fulke] [should] [forget] [,] he has [written] [below] , ['] [to] [be] [sacristan] of [battle] ['] [.] ["] 1 and 7 he 1 and 11 , 7 he 8 has 11 , 16 of ['] [at] [this] [de] [aquila] [whistled] [.] ["] [a] [man] [who] [can] [plot] [against] [one] [lord] [can] [plot] [against] [another] [.] [when] [i] [am] [stripped] [of] [my] [lands] [fulke] [will] [whip] [off] [my] [gilbert] ['s] [foolish] [head] [.] [none] [the] [less] [battle] [needs] [a] [new] [sacristan] [.] they tell me [the] [abbot] [henry] [keeps] [no] [sort] [of] [rule] [there] [.] ["] 1 they 2 tell 2 tell 3 me " ['] [let] [the] [abbot] [wait] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [it] [is] [our] [heads] [and] [our] [lands] [that] [are] [in] [danger] [.] this parchment is the second part of the tale [.] 1 this 2 parchment 2 parchment 3 is 3 is 5 second 3 is 6 part 4 the 5 second 6 part 7 of 7 of 9 tale 8 the 9 tale the first has gone to [fulke] , and [so] to [the] [king] , [who] will hold us traitors [.] ["] 1 the 2 first 2 first 13 , 3 has 4 gone 3 has 13 , 4 gone 8 and 5 to 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 to 13 , 15 will 13 , 18 traitors 15 will 16 hold 16 hold 17 us " [assuredly] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 4 " fulke has his ear , and pours poison into it [.] 1 fulke 6 and 2 has 4 ear 2 has 6 and 3 his 4 ear 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 pours 7 pours 8 poison 7 pours 9 into 8 poison 9 into 9 into 10 it [presently] [the] [king] [gives] [him] [my] [land] [and] [yours] [.] this is old [,] ["] and he leaned back and yawned [.] 1 this 2 is 2 is 6 and 3 old 6 and 6 and 10 and 7 he 10 and 8 leaned 9 back 8 leaned 10 and 10 and 11 yawned " ['] [and] [thou] [wilt] [surrender] [pevensey] [without] [word] [or] [blow] [?] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 13 " ["] [we] [saxons] [will] [fight] [your] [king] [then] [.] i will go [warn] [my] [nephew] [at] [dallington] [.] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 go give me a horse [!] ["] 1 give 2 me 1 give 4 horse 3 a 4 horse " ['] [give] [thee] [a] [toy] [and] [a] [rattle] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 11 " ["] [put] [back] [the] [parchment] [,] [and] [rake] [over] [the] [ashes] [.] [if] [fulke] [is] [given] [my] [pevensey] [,] [which] [is] [england] ['s] [gate] [,] [what] [will] [he] [do] [with] [it] [?] he is [norman] at [heart] , and his heart is in [normandy] , where he can kill peasants at his pleasure [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 4 at 4 at 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 10 is 8 his 9 heart 9 heart 10 is 10 is 11 in 10 is 19 at 11 in 13 , 14 where 15 he 15 he 16 can 16 can 17 kill 17 kill 18 peasants 18 peasants 19 at 19 at 21 pleasure 20 his 21 pleasure [therefore] [i] [cannot] [give] [up] [pevensey] [.] ["] " ['] [good] [,] " [said] [we] [two] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] ['] [ah] [,] [but] [wait] [!] who will be the first to come through [thereby] [?] 1 who 2 will 2 will 3 be 3 be 5 first 4 the 5 first 5 first 6 to 5 first 7 come 6 to 7 come 7 come 8 through [even] [robert] [of] [normandy] [.] [therefore] [i] [cannot] [fight] [my] [king] [.] ["] he nursed his sword [thus] [.] 1 he 2 nursed 2 nursed 4 sword 3 his 4 sword " ['] [this] [is] [saying] [and] [unsaying] [like] [a] [norman] [,] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 12 " " [what] [of] [our] [manors] [?] " 1 " 7 " " ['] [i] [do] [not] [think] [for] [myself] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [,] ["] [nor] [for] [our] [king] [,] [nor] [for] [your] [lands] [.] 1 " 10 " i think [for] [england] [,] [for] [whom] [neither] [king] [nor] [baron] [thinks] [.] 1 i 2 think i am not [norman] [,] [sir] [richard] [,] [nor] [saxon] [,] [sir] [hugh] [.] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 not [english] [am] [i] [.] ["] " ['] [saxon] [,] [norman] [or] [english] [,] ["] [said] [hugh] [,] ["] our lives are thine , however the game goes [.] 1 " 15 lives 1 " 16 are 14 our 15 lives 15 lives 16 are 16 are 17 thine 16 are 19 however 18 , 19 however 19 however 21 game 19 however 22 goes 20 the 21 game 21 game 22 goes when [do] [we] [hang] [gilbert] [?] " 1 when 7 " " ['] [never] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 5 " " [who] [knows] [,] he [may] [yet] [be] [sacristan] [of] [battle] [,] [for] [,] [to] [do] [him] [justice] [,] [he] is a good writer [.] 1 " 5 he 5 he 21 is 21 is 24 writer 22 a 23 good 22 a 24 writer 23 good 24 writer dead men make dumb witnesses [.] 1 dead 2 men 2 men 3 make 3 make 5 witnesses 4 dumb 5 witnesses [wait] [.] ["] ["] ['] [but] [the] [king] [may] [give] [pevensey] [to] [fulke] [.] and [our] [manors] go with [it] , " said [i] [.] 1 and 4 go 4 go 5 with 5 with 7 , 7 , 8 " 7 , 9 said " [shall] [we] [tell] [our] [sons] [?] " 1 " 8 " ["] ['] [no] [.] [the] [king] [will] [not] [wake] [up] [a] [hornets] ['] [nest] [in] [the] [south] [till] [he] [has] [smoked] [out] [the] [bees] [in] [the] [north] [.] if he were wise he would wait till that war [were] over before he made new enemies [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 were 1 if 14 he 2 he 3 were 3 were 4 wise 4 wise 12 over 5 he 6 would 6 would 7 wait 7 wait 8 till 8 till 10 war 9 that 10 war 10 war 12 over 12 over 13 before 14 he 15 made 15 made 17 enemies 16 new 17 enemies but [mere] [talk] , [such] as [gilbert] [sends] , [is] no [proof] [nowadays] [.] 1 but 4 , 1 but 9 , 4 , 6 as 9 , 11 no we [barons] follow [the] [church] [,] [and] [,] [like] [anselm] [,] [we] [speak] [what] [we] [please] [.] 1 we 3 follow let us go about our day 's dealings , and say [naught] [to] [gilbert] [.] ["] 1 let 2 us 1 let 10 and 3 go 4 about 3 go 10 and 4 about 8 dealings 5 our 6 day 6 day 7 's 7 's 8 dealings 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 say " ['] [then] we do nothing [?] ["] [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 4 we 4 we 5 do 5 do 6 nothing " ['] [we] [wait] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 6 " " [i] [am] [old] [,] [but] [still] [i] [find] [that] [the] [most] [grievous] [work] [i] [know] [.] " 1 " 18 " ['] [and] [so] [we] [found] [it] [,] [but] [in] [the] [end] [de] [aquila] [was] [right] [.] ['] [a] [little] [later] [in] [the] [year] [,] [armed] [men] [rode] [over] [the] [hill] [,] [the] [golden] [horseshoes] [flying] [behind] [the] [king] ['s] [banner] [.] said [de] [aquila] , [at] [the] [window] [of] [our] [chamber] [:] ["] how did [i] [tell] you [?] 1 said 4 , 4 , 13 how 13 how 14 did 14 did 17 you here [comes] [fulke] [himself] [to] [spy] [out] [his] [new] [lands] [which] [our] [king] [hath] [promised] [him] [if] he can [bring] [proof] [of] [my] [treason] [.] ["] 1 here 18 he 18 he 19 can " ['] [how] [dost] [thou] [know] [?] " [said] [hugh] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] ['] [because] [that] [is] [what] [i] [would] [do] [if] [i] [were] [fulke] [,] [but] [i] [should] [have] [brought] [more] [men] [.] he sucked in his cheeks and drummed on the edge of the well-shaft , where the water sounded [all] hollow [.] 1 he 6 and 2 sucked 3 in 2 sucked 6 and 3 in 5 cheeks 4 his 5 cheeks 6 and 7 drummed 6 and 8 on 8 on 10 edge 9 the 10 edge 10 edge 11 of 11 of 13 well-shaft 12 the 13 well-shaft 13 well-shaft 15 where 14 , 15 where 15 where 17 water 15 where 18 sounded 16 the 17 water 17 water 18 sounded 18 sounded 20 hollow " ['] [shall] [we] [go] [?] " [said] [i] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] ['] [go] [!] [at] [this] [time] [of] [year] [?] stark madness [,] ["] [said] [he] [.] 1 stark 2 madness who would stop them [fulke] [?] ["] 1 who 2 would 2 would 3 stop 3 stop 4 them " ['] [how] [did] [i] [tell] [you] [?] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 9 " see that [fulke] 's [men] [lie] in [the] [big] [south] [barn] , " said he [.] 1 see 2 that 2 that 12 , 4 's 7 in 4 's 12 , 12 , 13 " 12 , 14 said 14 said 15 he ["] [give] [them] [drink] [,] [and] [when] [fulke] [has] [eaten] [we] [will] [drink] [in] [my] [chamber] [.] the [great] [hall] is [too] [cold] [for] [old] [bones] [.] ["] 1 the 4 is ['] [did] [you] [know] [it] [was] [going] [to] [happen] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [assuredly] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [,] [with] [a] [sweet] [smile] [.] he lay rolling his eyes and bubbling with his mouth , and jehan roped him like a calf [.] 1 he 6 and 1 he 10 mouth 1 he 12 and 2 lay 3 rolling 2 lay 6 and 3 rolling 5 eyes 4 his 5 eyes 6 and 7 bubbling 6 and 8 with 6 and 10 mouth 8 with 9 his 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 jehan 12 and 14 roped 14 roped 15 him 14 roped 16 like 16 like 18 calf 17 a 18 calf he was cased [all] in that newfangled armour which we call lizard-mail [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 cased 3 cased 5 in 5 in 8 armour 6 that 7 newfangled 7 newfangled 8 armour 8 armour 9 which 8 armour 11 call 9 which 10 we 9 which 11 call 10 we 11 call 11 call 12 lizard-mail [not] [rings] [like] [my] [hauberk] [here] ['] [sir] [richard] [tapped] [his] [chest] [but] [little] [pieces] [of] [dagger-proof] [steel] [overlapping] [on] [stout] [leather] [.] ['] [at] [this] [gilbert] [would] [have] [run] [out] [.] i laid my hand on his shoulder [.] 1 i 2 laid 2 laid 4 hand 2 laid 5 on 3 my 4 hand 4 hand 5 on 5 on 7 shoulder 6 his 7 shoulder it sufficed [.] 1 it 2 sufficed he fell to trembling and praying on his beads [.] 1 he 2 fell 2 fell 7 on 3 to 5 and 4 trembling 5 and 5 and 6 praying 5 and 7 on 7 on 9 beads 8 his 9 beads take [pen] and [ink-horn] , [gilbert] [.] 1 take 3 and 3 and 5 , we cannot [all] be [sacristans] [of] [battle] [.] ["] 1 we 2 cannot 2 cannot 4 be ['] [said] [fulke] [from] [the] [floor] [,] ["] [ye] [have] [bound] [a] [king] ['s] [messenger] [.] pevensey shall burn for this [.] ["] 1 pevensey 2 shall 2 shall 3 burn 3 burn 4 for 4 for 5 this ["] ['] [maybe] [.] i have seen it besieged once , " said [de] [aquila] , " but heart up [,] [fulke] [.] 1 i 7 , 2 have 3 seen 2 have 7 , 3 seen 4 it 4 it 5 besieged 5 besieged 6 once 7 , 8 " 7 , 14 but 7 , 16 up 9 said 14 but 12 , 13 " 12 , 14 but 14 but 15 heart ['] [then] [fulke] [sat] [up] [and] [looked] [long] [and] [cunningly] [at] [de] [aquila] [.] " ['] [am] [i] [?] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 6 " ['] [fulke] [laughed] [and] [said] [,] ["] [no] [man] [who] [serves] [king] [henry] [dare] [do] [this] [much] [to] [his] [messenger] [.] [when] [didst] [thou] [come] [over] [to] [the] [duke] [?] let me up and we can smooth it out together [.] ["] 1 let 2 me 1 let 3 up 1 let 4 and 4 and 7 smooth 5 we 6 can 6 can 7 smooth 7 smooth 8 it 7 smooth 9 out 7 smooth 10 together and he smiled and becked and winked [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 4 and 2 he 4 and 3 smiled 4 and 4 and 6 and 5 becked 6 and 6 and 7 winked " ['] [yes] [,] [we] [will] [smooth] it [out] [,] ["] said [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 12 said 8 it 12 said it was [turn] of [ebb] , and the water came to his knees [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 of 4 of 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 water 7 and 10 came 8 the 9 water 10 came 11 to 11 to 13 knees 12 his 13 knees he said nothing , but shivered somewhat [.] 1 he 5 but 2 said 3 nothing 2 said 5 but 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 shivered 6 shivered 7 somewhat ['] [then] [jehan] [of] [a] [sudden] [beat] [down] [gilbert] ['s] [wrist] [with] [his] [sheathed] [dagger] [.] " [stop] [!] " he said [.] 1 " 6 said 4 " 5 he 5 he 6 said " [he] [swallows] [his] [beads] [.] " 1 " 7 " " ['] [poison] [,] [belike] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [it] [is] [good] [for] [men] [who] [know] [too] [much] [.] i have carried [it] these thirty years [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 carried 3 carried 7 years 5 these 6 thirty 6 thirty 7 years give me [!] ["] 1 give 2 me ['] [then] [gilbert] [wept] [and] [howled] [.] [de] [aquila] [ran] [the] [beads] [through] [his] [fingers] [.] [on] [it] [was] [written] [:] ["] [the] [old] [dog] [goes] [to] [salisbury] [to] [be] [beaten] [.] i have [his] [kennel] [.] 1 i 2 have come quickly [.] 1 come 2 quickly " ['] [this] [is] [worse] [than] [poison] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [very] [softly] [,] [and] [sucked] [in] [his] [cheeks] [.] 1 " 9 " then [gilbert] [grovelled] [in] [the] [rushes] , and [told] [us] all he knew [.] 1 then 7 , 1 then 12 he 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 all 12 he 13 knew " ['] [i] [will] [have] [no] [clerk] [of] [mine] [mishandled] [or] [miscalled] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 14 " ["] [that] [seaman] [shall] [be] [whipped] [at] [his] [own] [mast] [.] write me first a letter [,] [and] [thou] [shalt] [bear] [it] [,] [with] [the] [order] [for] [the] [whipping] [,] [tomorrow] [to] [the] [boat] [.] ["] 1 write 3 first 1 write 5 letter 2 me 3 first 4 a 5 letter " ['] [write] [to] [any] [man] [that] [all] [is] [betrayed] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [,] ["] [and] [even] [the] [pope] [himself] [would] [sleep] [uneasily] [.] 1 " 12 " [eh] [,] [jehan] [?] if one [told] [thee] [all] was [betrayed] , what wouldst thou do [?] ["] 1 if 2 one 1 if 8 , 2 one 6 was 8 , 9 what 9 what 10 wouldst 10 wouldst 11 thou 10 wouldst 12 do 11 thou 12 do " ['] [i] [would] [run] [away] [,] " [said] [jehan] [.] 1 " 8 " " [it] [might] [be] [true] [.] " 1 " 7 " " ['] [well] [said] [,] " [quoth] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 6 " we will [give] [robert] [full] [measure] [to] [chew] [upon] [.] 1 we 2 will write also that [fulke] [himself] [is] [sick] [to] [death] [of] [a] [dropsy] [.] ["] 1 write 2 also 1 write 3 that " ['] [nay] [!] " [cried] [fulke] [,] [hanging] [in] [the] [well-shaft] [.] 1 " 5 " " [drown] [me] [out] [of] [hand] [,] [but] [do] [not] [make] [a] [jest] [of] [me] [.] " 1 " 17 " ["] ['] [jest] [?] i [?] ["] said [de] [aquila] [.] 1 i 4 said " [i] [am] [but] [fighting] [for] [life] [and] [lands] [with] [a] [pen] [,] [as] [thou] [hast] [shown] [me] [,] [fulke] [.] " 1 " 22 " ['] [then] [fulke] [groaned] [,] [for] [he] [was] [cold] [,] [and] [,] ["] [let] [me] [confess] [,] ["] [said] [he] [.] " ['] [now] [,] [this] [is] [right] [neighbourly] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [,] [leaning] [over] [the] [shaft] [.] 1 " 10 " take [pen] and [inkhorn] , [gilbert] [.] 1 take 3 and 3 and 5 , here is work that will not irk thee [.] ["] 1 here 2 is 2 is 3 work 3 work 4 that 3 work 5 will 4 that 5 will 5 will 6 not 5 will 7 irk 6 not 7 irk 7 irk 8 thee " ['] [let] [my] [men] [go] [without] [hurt] [,] [and] [i] [will] [confess] [my] [treason] [against] [the] [king] [,] " [said] [fulke] [.] 1 " 20 " plunder he gave them , but pity , none [.] 1 plunder 2 he 2 he 3 gave 3 gave 4 them 3 gave 6 but 5 , 6 but 6 but 7 pity 6 but 8 , 8 , 9 none ["] ['] [te] [!] [te] [!] ["] [said] [de] [aquila] [.] " [thy] [treason] was all [confessed] [long] [ago] [by] [gilbert] [.] 1 " 4 was 4 was 5 all it would be enough to hang [montgomery] [himself] [.] ["] 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 be 3 be 4 enough 4 enough 5 to 5 to 6 hang " ['] [all] [in] [good] [time] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [the] [night] [is] [young] [;] [the] [wine] [is] [old] [;] [and] [we] [need] [only] [the] [merry] [tale] [.] begin the story of thy life since when thou wast [a] [lad] [at] [tours] [.] 1 begin 3 story 1 begin 7 since 1 begin 8 when 2 the 3 story 3 story 4 of 4 of 6 life 5 thy 6 life 8 when 9 thou 8 when 10 wast 9 thou 10 wast tell it nimbly [!] ["] 1 tell 2 it 1 tell 3 nimbly " ['] [ye] [shame] [me] [to] [my] [soul] [,] " [said] [fulke] [.] 1 " 10 " " ['] [then] [i] [have] [done] [what] [neither] [king] [nor] [duke] [could] [do] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 15 " " [but] [begin] [,] [and] [forget] [nothing] [.] " 1 " 9 " " ['] [send] [thy] [man] [away] [,] " [said] [fulke] [.] 1 " 8 " " ['] [that] [much] [can] [i] [do] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 9 " ['] [but] [,] [remember] [,] [i] [am] [like] [the] [danes] ['] [king] [.] i cannot turn the tide [.] ['] 1 i 2 cannot 2 cannot 3 turn 3 turn 5 tide 4 the 5 tide " ['] [how] [long] [will] it [rise] [?] ["] said [fulke] [,] [and] [splashed] [anew] [.] 1 " 10 said 6 it 10 said " ['] [for] [three] [hours] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [time] [to] [tell] [all] [thy] [good] [deeds] [.] [begin] [,] [and] [,] [gilbert] [,] [i] [have] [heard] [thou] [art] [somewhat] [careless] [do] [not] [twist] [his] [words] [from] [his] [true] [meaning] [.] ["] ['] [was] [it] [bad] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [awestruck] [.] ['] [beyond] [belief] [,] ['] [sir] [richard] [answered] [.] ['] [none] [the] [less] [,] [there] [was] [that] [in] [it] [which] [forced] [even] [gilbert] [to] [laugh] [.] we three laughed till we ached [.] 1 we 2 three 2 three 3 laughed 3 laughed 4 till 4 till 5 we 4 till 6 ached 5 we 6 ached at one place his teeth so chattered that we could not well hear [,] [and] [we] [reached] [him] [down] [a] [cup] [of] [wine] [.] 1 at 3 place 1 at 9 we 2 one 3 place 3 place 5 teeth 3 place 7 chattered 4 his 5 teeth 5 teeth 7 chattered 6 so 7 chattered 7 chattered 8 that 9 we 10 could 10 could 11 not 10 could 13 hear 11 not 13 hear 12 well 13 hear yes , he waved the filthy rags of his life before us [,] as though they had been some proud banner [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 3 he 3 he 4 waved 4 waved 7 rags 4 waved 11 before 4 waved 15 though 4 waved 21 banner 5 the 7 rags 6 filthy 7 rags 7 rags 8 of 8 of 10 life 9 his 10 life 10 life 11 before 11 before 12 us 14 as 15 though 15 though 16 they 15 though 18 been 16 they 17 had 17 had 18 been 19 some 21 banner 20 proud 21 banner he was shivering , but shameless [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 5 but 3 shivering 5 but 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 shameless ["] [my] [father] [!] my father [!] 1 my 2 father i dreamed of [treachery] , " he cried , and babbled thickly [.] 1 i 2 dreamed 2 dreamed 3 of 3 of 5 , 5 , 10 and 6 " 7 he 7 he 10 and 8 cried 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 babbled 10 and 12 thickly " ['] [there] [is] [no] [treachery] [here] [,] " [said] [fulke] [.] 1 " 9 " " ['] [thy] [only] [son] [!] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 7 " " [why] [didst] [thou] [bring] [the] [child] [here] [?] " 1 " 10 " ["] ['] [he] [is] [my] [heir] [.] i dared not trust him to [my] [brother] , " said [fulke] , and now he was ashamed [.] 1 i 2 dared 2 dared 3 not 2 dared 4 trust 3 not 4 trust 4 trust 5 him 4 trust 6 to 6 to 9 , 9 , 14 and 10 " 11 said 11 said 14 and 13 , 14 and 14 and 17 was 15 now 16 he 16 he 17 was 17 was 18 ashamed [de] [aquila] [said] [nothing] [,] [but] [sat] [weighing] [a] [wine-cup] [in] [his] [two] [hands] [thus] [.] [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 11 said 15 and 12 he 15 and 13 , 14 " 13 , 15 and 15 and 16 do 15 and 17 with 17 with 18 me [yea] [,] [hang] [me] [tomorrow] [,] [with] [my] [letter] [to] [robert] [round] [my] [neck] [,] [but] [let] [the] [boy] [go] [.] ["] " ['] [be] [still] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 6 " " [i] [think] [for] [england] [.] " 1 " 7 " ['] [so] [we] [waited] [what] [our] [lord] [of] [pevensey] [should] [devise] [;] [and] [the] [sweat] [ran] [down] [fulke] ['s] [forehead] [.] ['] [at] [last] [said] [de] [aquila] [:] ["] [i] [am] [too] [old] [to] [judge] [,] [or] [to] [trust] [any] [man] [.] therefore , go back to [thy] [king] , [fulke] [.] " 1 therefore 2 , 1 therefore 3 go 3 go 4 back 4 back 5 to 5 to 8 , 8 , 11 " " ['] [and] [thou] [wilt] [say] [nothing] [of] [what] [has] [passed] [?] " [said] [fulke] [.] 1 " 13 " ["] ['] [why] [should] [i] [?] thy son will stay with me [.] 1 thy 2 son 2 son 3 will 3 will 4 stay 4 stay 5 with 5 with 6 me ['] [but] [it] [hadn't] [anything] [to] [do] [with] [his] [son] [,] ['] [cried] [una] [,] [startled] [.] ['] [how] [could] [we] [have] [hanged] [fulke] [?] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] ['] [we] [needed] [him] [to] [make] [our] [peace] [with] [the] [king] [.] he would have [betrayed] [half] [england] [for] [the] [boy] ['s] [sake] [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 have of that we were sure [.] ['] 1 of 2 that 1 of 3 we 3 we 4 were 4 were 5 sure ['] [i] [don't] [understand] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [but] [i] [think] [it] [was] [simply] [awful] [.] ['] ['] [so] [did] [not] [fulke] [.] he was well pleased [.] ['] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 well 3 well 4 pleased ['] [what] [?] because his son was going to be killed [?] ['] 1 because 3 son 1 because 4 was 1 because 5 going 2 his 3 son 3 son 4 was 5 going 6 to 5 going 7 be 5 going 8 killed 6 to 7 be ['] [nay] [.] [because] [de] [aquila] [had] [shown] [him] [how] [he] [might] [save] [the] [boy] ['s] [life] [and] [his] [own] [lands] [and] [honours] [.] " [i] [will] [do] [it] , " he said [.] 1 " 9 said 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 he 8 he 9 said ["] [i] [swear] [i] [will] [do] [it] [.] i will tell [the] [king] [thou] [art] [no] [traitor] , [but] [the] [most] [excellent] , valiant , and perfect of us all [.] 1 i 10 , 2 will 3 tell 2 will 10 , 10 , 15 , 15 , 18 and 16 valiant 18 and 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 perfect 18 and 20 of 20 of 22 all 21 us 22 all yes , [i] [will] [save] [thee] [.] " 1 yes 2 , 2 , 8 " ['] [de] [aquila] [looked] [still] [into] [the] [bottom] [of] [the] [cup] [,] [rolling] [the] [wine-dregs] [to] [and] [fro] [.] " ['] [ay] , " he said [.] 1 " 7 said 4 , 5 " 4 , 6 he 6 he 7 said ["] [if] [i] [had] [a] [son] [,] [i] [would] [,] [i] [think] [,] [save] [him] [.] but [do] [not] [by] [any] [means] tell me how thou wilt [go] about it [.] ["] 1 but 7 tell 7 tell 8 me 7 tell 9 how 9 how 10 thou 9 how 11 wilt 10 thou 11 wilt 11 wilt 13 about 13 about 14 it " ['] [nay] [,] [nay] [,] " [said] [fulke] [,] [nodding] [his] [bald] [head] [wisely] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [that] [is] [my] [secret] [.] " ['] [and] [henceforward] [,] ["] said [de] [aquila] [,] ["] [i] [counsel] [thee] [to] [serve] one [master] [not] [two] [.] ["] 1 " 7 said 7 said 17 one " ['] [what] [?] " [said] [fulke] [.] 1 " 5 " " [can] [i] [work] [no] [more] [honest] [trading] [between] [the] [two] [sides] [these] [troublous] [times] [?] " 1 " 17 " " ['] [serve] [robert] [or] [the] [king] [england] [or] [normandy] [,] " [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 " 12 " " [i] [care] [not] [which] [it] [is] [,] [but] [make] [thy] [choice] [here] [and] [now] [.] " 1 " 17 " " ['] [the] [king] [,] [then] [,] ["] said [fulke] [,] ["] [for] [i] [see] he is [better] [served] [than] [robert] [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 16 he 16 he 17 is [shall] [i] [swear] [it] [?] ["] " ['] [no] [need] [,] ["] said [de] [aquila] [,] [and] he [laid] [his] [hand] [on] [the] [parchments] [which] [gilbert] had written [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 12 he 12 he 21 had 21 had 22 written how many [cattle] , [think] [you] [,] [would] [the] [bishop] [of] [tours] [give] [for] [that] [tale] [?] 1 how 2 many 2 many 4 , [or] [thy] [brother] [?] [or] [the] [monks] [of] [blois] [?] [minstrels] [will] [turn] [it] [into] [songs] [which] [thy] [own] [saxon] [serfs] [shall] [sing] [behind] [their] [plough-stilts] [,] [and] [men-at-arms] [riding] [through] [thy] [norman] [towns] [.] this shall be thy punishment [,] [if] [ever] [i] [find] [thee] [double-dealing] [with] [thy] [king] [any] [more] [.] 1 this 2 shall 2 shall 3 be 3 be 5 punishment 4 thy 5 punishment meantime , the parchments stay here with thy son [.] 1 meantime 2 , 1 meantime 4 parchments 3 the 4 parchments 4 parchments 5 stay 5 stay 6 here 5 stay 7 with 7 with 9 son 8 thy 9 son [him] [i] [will] [return] [to] [thee] [when] [thou] [hast] [made] [my] [peace] [with] [the] [king] [.] the parchments [never] [.] ["] 1 the 2 parchments ['] [fulke] [hid] [his] [face] [and] [groaned] [.] " ['] [bones] [of] [the] [saints] [!] " [said] [de] [aquila] [,] [laughing] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [the] [pen] [cuts] [deep] [.] i could never have fetched that grunt out of thee with any sword [.] ["] 1 i 2 could 2 could 4 have 3 never 4 have 4 have 5 fetched 5 fetched 7 grunt 5 fetched 9 of 5 fetched 11 with 6 that 7 grunt 7 grunt 9 of 8 out 9 of 9 of 10 thee 10 thee 11 with 11 with 13 sword 12 any 13 sword " ['] [but] so [long] [as] [i] do [not] [anger] [thee] , [my] [tale] will be [secret] [?] ["] [said] [fulke] [.] 1 " 4 so 4 so 8 do 4 so 12 , 12 , 16 be 15 will 16 be " ['] [just] so [long] [.] 1 " 4 so does that comfort thee [,] [fulke] [?] ["] [said] [de] [aquila] [.] 1 does 2 that 1 does 3 comfort 3 comfort 4 thee ['] [poor] [fulke] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [i] [pitied] [him] [also] [,] ['] [said] [sir] [richard] [.] " ['] [if] [i] [had] [known] [this] [,] " [said] [fulke] [,] [catching] [his] [breath] [,] ["] [i] [would] [never] [have] [lifted] [hand] [against] [pevensey] [.] 1 " 9 " only lack of this yellow stuff has made me so unlucky in my dealings [.] ["] 1 only 2 lack 2 lack 3 of 2 lack 7 has 3 of 6 stuff 4 this 5 yellow 5 yellow 6 stuff 7 has 8 made 8 made 9 me 8 made 11 unlucky 10 so 11 unlucky 11 unlucky 12 in 12 in 14 dealings 13 my 14 dealings ['] [it] [was] [dawn] [then] [,] [and] [they] [stirred] [in] [the] [great] [hall] [below] [.] he smoothed his long beard , and called his son to his stirrup and kissed him [.] 1 he 7 and 2 smoothed 5 beard 2 smoothed 7 and 3 his 5 beard 4 long 5 beard 6 , 7 and 7 and 14 and 8 called 10 son 8 called 11 to 8 called 14 and 9 his 10 son 10 son 11 to 11 to 13 stirrup 12 his 13 stirrup 14 and 15 kissed 15 kissed 16 him [de] [aquila] [rode] [with] [him] [as] [far] [as] [the] [new] [mill] [landward] [.] we thought the night had been [all] a dream [.] ['] 1 we 2 thought 2 thought 4 night 2 thought 6 been 3 the 4 night 4 night 5 had 5 had 6 been 6 been 9 dream 8 a 9 dream ['] [but] [did] [he] [make] [it] [right] [with] [the] [king] [?] ['] dan asked [.] 1 dan 2 asked ['] [about] [your] [not] [being] [traitors] [,] [i] [mean] [.] ['] [sir] [richard] [smiled] [.] ['] [the] [king] [sent] [no] [second] [summons] [to] [pevensey] [,] [nor] [did] [he] [ask] [why] [de] [aquila] [had] [not] [obeyed] [the] [first] [.] yes , that was [fulke] ['s] work [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 3 that 3 that 4 was 4 was 7 work i know [not] how he did it [,] but it was [well] [and] [swiftly] done [.] ['] 1 i 2 know 2 know 4 how 4 how 5 he 4 how 11 was 5 he 6 did 6 did 7 it 9 but 10 it 10 it 11 was 11 was 15 done ['] [then] [you] [didn't] [do] [anything] [to] [his] [son] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [the] [boy] [?] oh , he was [an] [imp] [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 he 3 he 4 was he turned the [keep] doors out of dortoirs while we had him [.] 1 he 2 turned 2 turned 5 doors 2 turned 7 of 2 turned 9 while 3 the 5 doors 5 doors 7 of 6 out 7 of 7 of 8 dortoirs 9 while 10 we 9 while 11 had 10 we 11 had 11 had 12 him i gave him a bittern's claw to bring him good luck at shooting [.] 1 i 2 gave 2 gave 3 him 2 gave 6 claw 4 a 5 bittern's 4 a 6 claw 5 bittern's 6 claw 6 claw 7 to 6 claw 8 bring 7 to 8 bring 8 bring 9 him 8 bring 11 luck 8 bring 12 at 10 good 11 luck 11 luck 12 at 12 at 13 shooting an imp [,] [if] ever [there] was [!] ['] 1 an 2 imp 2 imp 7 was 5 ever 7 was ['] [and] [what] [happened] [to] [gilbert] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [not] [even] [a] [whipping] [.] [moreover] [,] [after] [that] [night] [i] [think] [gilbert] [loved] [as] [much] [as] [he] [feared] [de] [aquila] [.] at least he would not [leave] [us] [not] [even] [when] [vivian] [,] [the] [king] ['s] [clerk] [,] [would] have made [him] [sacristan] [of] [battle] [abbey] [.] 1 at 2 least 2 least 3 he 3 he 4 would 4 would 5 not 4 would 19 have 19 have 20 made a false fellow [,] [but] [,] [in] [his] [fashion] [,] [bold] [.] ['] 1 a 2 false 1 a 3 fellow 2 false 3 fellow ['] [did] [robert] [ever] [land] [in] [pevensey] [after] [all] [?] ['] dan went on [.] 1 dan 2 went 2 went 3 on [many] [of] [henry] ['s] [men] [sailed] [from] [pevensey] [to] [that] [war] [.] fulke came [,] [i] [remember] [,] [and] [we] [all] [four] [lay] [in] [the] [little] [chamber] [once] [again] [,] [and] [drank] [together] [.] 1 fulke 2 came [de] [aquila] [was] [right] [.] one should not judge men [.] 1 one 2 should 2 should 3 not 2 should 4 judge 3 not 4 judge 4 judge 5 men fulke was merry [.] 1 fulke 2 was 2 was 3 merry yes , [always] [merry] [with] [a] [catch] [in] [his] [breath] [.] ['] 1 yes 2 , ['] [and] [what] [did] [you] [do] [afterwards] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [we] [talked] [together] [of] [times] [past] [.] that is all men can do when they grow old [,] [little] [maid] [.] ['] 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 all 3 all 4 men 3 all 6 do 4 men 5 can 5 can 6 do 6 do 7 when 7 when 8 they 7 when 9 grow 8 they 9 grow 9 grow 10 old the bell for tea rang faintly across the meadows [.] 1 the 2 bell 2 bell 3 for 2 bell 5 rang 3 for 4 tea 5 rang 6 faintly 5 rang 7 across 7 across 9 meadows 8 the 9 meadows ['] [again] [,] [in] [the] [mist] [and] [shadow] [of] [sleep] [,] [he] [saw] [his] [native] [land] [.] ['] ['] [i] [don't] [know] [when] [you] [began] [that] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [sleepily] [.] [the] [runes] [on] [weland] ['s] [sword] a [smith] [makes] [me] [to] [betray] [my] [man] [in] [my] [first] fight [.] 1 a 12 fight to [gather] [gold] [at] the world 's end [i] [am] [sent] [.] 1 to 8 end 5 the 6 world 6 world 7 's 7 's 8 end [the] [gold] [i] [gather] [comes] [into] [england] [out] [of] [deep] [water] [.] like [a] [shining] [fish] [then] it [descends] [into] [deep] [water] [.] 1 like 6 it it is not given [for] [goods] [or] [gear] [,] [but] [for] [the] [thing] [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 not 3 not 4 given [the] [gold] [i] [gather] [a] [king] [covets] [for] [an] [ill] [use] [.] [the] [gold] [i] [gather] [is] [drawn] [up] [out] [of] [deep] [water] [.] like [a] [shining] [fish] [then] it [descends] [into] [deep] [water] [.] 1 like 6 it it is not given [for] [goods] [or] [gear] [,] [but] [for] [the] [thing] [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 not 3 not 4 given [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 , 1 but 12 , 2 , 3 as 12 , 17 and 17 and 18 unconsidered dan had come to grief over [his] [latin] , and was kept in [;] [so] [una] [went] [alone] [to] [far] [wood] [.] 1 dan 10 and 2 had 3 come 2 had 10 and 3 come 4 to 3 come 6 over 4 to 5 grief 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 was 11 was 12 kept 12 kept 13 in they had [named] [the] [place] [out] [of] [the] [verse] [in] [lays] [of] [ancient] [rome] [:] 1 they 2 had 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 the [sou'-west] wind [(] [there] [is] [always] [a] [wind] [by] [volaterrae] [)] [blew] [from] [the] [bare] [ridge] [where] [cherry] [clack] [windmill] [stands] [.] 1 the 3 wind una took [dan] 's [catapult] [from] [its] [secret] place , and made [ready] to meet [lars] [porsena] ['s] [army] [stealing] [through] [the] [wind-whitened] [aspens] [by] [the] [brook] [.] 1 una 11 and 2 took 11 and 4 's 9 place 4 's 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 made 11 and 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] [.] ['] but [the] [wind] , not charging fair to the wood , started aside and shook [a] [single] [oak] [in] [gleason] ['s] [pasture] [.] 1 but 4 , 4 , 14 and 5 not 6 charging 5 not 11 , 5 not 14 and 6 charging 7 fair 7 fair 8 to 8 to 10 wood 9 the 10 wood 12 started 13 aside 12 started 14 and 14 and 15 shook ['] [now] [welcome] [welcome] [,] [sextus] [,] ['] [sang] [una] [,] [loading] [the] [catapult] ['] [now] [welcome] [to] [thy] [home] [!] why [dost] thou stay , and turn away [?] 1 why 3 thou 3 thou 6 and 4 stay 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 turn 7 turn 8 away [here] [lies] [the] [road] [to] [rome] [.] ['] ['] [oh] [,] [my] [winkie] [!] ['] [she] [said] [aloud] [,] [and] [that] [was] [something] [she] [had] [picked] [up] [from] [dan] [.] ['] [i] [b'lieve] [i] ['ve] [tickled] [up] [a] [gleason] [cow] [.] ['] ['] [you] [little] [painted] [beast] [!] ['] [a] [voice] [cried] [.] ['] [i] ['ll] [teach] [you] [to] [sling] [your] [masters] [!] ['] she looked down most cautiously , and saw a young man covered with hoopy bronze armour all glowing among the late broom [.] 1 she 7 and 2 looked 3 down 2 looked 7 and 3 down 4 most 3 down 5 cautiously 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 saw 8 saw 11 man 8 saw 13 with 8 saw 19 among 9 a 11 man 10 young 11 man 11 man 12 covered 11 man 13 with 13 with 16 armour 14 hoopy 15 bronze 15 bronze 16 armour 16 armour 18 glowing 16 armour 19 among 17 all 18 glowing 19 among 22 broom 20 the 22 broom 21 late 22 broom but what [una] [admired] [beyond] [all] was his great bronze helmet with a red horse-tail that flicked in the wind [.] 1 but 2 what 1 but 7 was 2 what 7 was 7 was 11 helmet 7 was 12 with 7 was 18 in 8 his 11 helmet 9 great 10 bronze 10 bronze 11 helmet 11 helmet 12 with 12 with 15 horse-tail 13 a 15 horse-tail 14 red 15 horse-tail 15 horse-tail 17 flicked 16 that 17 flicked 18 in 20 wind 19 the 20 wind she could hear the long hairs rasp on his shimmery shoulder-plates [.] 1 she 2 could 2 could 3 hear 3 hear 6 hairs 3 hear 7 rasp 4 the 6 hairs 5 long 6 hairs 6 hairs 7 rasp 7 rasp 8 on 8 on 11 shoulder-plates 9 his 11 shoulder-plates 10 shimmery 11 shoulder-plates he caught sight of [una] ['s] [yellow] head [.] 1 he 2 caught 2 caught 3 sight 3 sight 4 of 4 of 8 head ['] [have] [you] [seen] [a] [painted] [lead-slinger] [?] ['] [he] [called] [.] ['] [no-o] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [but] [if] [you] ['ve] [seen] [a] [bullet] ['] ['] [seen] [?] ['] [cried] [the] [man] [.] ['] [it] [passed] [within] [a] [hair] ['s] [breadth] [of] [my] [ear] [.] ['] ['] [well] [,] [that] [was] [me] [.] i 'm most awfully sorry [.] ['] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 5 sorry 3 most 4 awfully 4 awfully 5 sorry ['] [didn't] [the] [faun] [tell] [you] [i] [was] [coming] [?] ['] he smiled [.] 1 he 2 smiled ['] [not] [if] [you] [mean] [puck] [.] i thought you were [a] [gleason] [cow] [.] 1 i 2 thought 2 thought 3 you 2 thought 4 were 3 you 4 were i [i] didn't know you were [a] [a] [what] [are] [you] [?] ['] 1 i 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 know 4 know 5 you 4 know 6 were 5 you 6 were he laughed outright , showing a set of splendid teeth [.] 1 he 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 outright 2 laughed 5 showing 4 , 5 showing 5 showing 7 set 6 a 7 set 7 set 8 of 8 of 10 teeth 9 splendid 10 teeth his face [and] [eyes] [were] [dark] , and his eyebrows met above his big nose in one bushy black bar [.] 1 his 2 face 2 face 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 eyebrows 8 and 11 met 9 his 10 eyebrows 10 eyebrows 11 met 11 met 12 above 11 met 16 in 12 above 15 nose 13 his 15 nose 14 big 15 nose 15 nose 16 in 16 in 20 bar 17 one 20 bar 18 bushy 20 bar 19 black 20 bar ['] [they] [call] [me] [parnesius] [.] i have been [a] [centurion] [of] [the] [seventh] [cohort] [of] [the] [thirtieth] [legion] [the] [ulpia] [victrix] [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 been did you sling that bullet [?] ['] 1 did 2 you 1 did 3 sling 3 sling 5 bullet 4 that 5 bullet ['] [i] [did] [.] i was [using] [dan] ['s] [catapult] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] 1 i 2 was ['] [catapults] [!] ['] [said] [he] [.] ['] [i] [ought] [to] [know] [something] [about] [them] [.] show me [!] ['] 1 show 2 me ['] [a] [sling] [on] [a] [forked] [stick] [.] i understand [!] ['] [he] [cried] [,] [and] [pulled] [at] [the] [elastic] [.] 1 i 2 understand ['] [but] [what] [wonderful] [beast] [yields] [this] [stretching] [leather] [?] ['] ['] [it] ['s] [laccy] [elastic] [.] you put the bullet into [that] [loop] , and then you pull hard [.] ['] 1 you 2 put 2 put 4 bullet 2 put 5 into 3 the 4 bullet 5 into 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 you 9 and 12 pull 10 then 11 you 11 you 12 pull 12 pull 13 hard the man pulled , and hit himself square on his thumbnail [.] 1 the 2 man 2 man 3 pulled 2 man 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 hit 5 and 8 square 7 himself 8 square 8 square 9 on 9 on 11 thumbnail 10 his 11 thumbnail ['] [each] [to] [his] [own] [weapon] [,] ['] [he] [said] [gravely] [,] [handing] [it] [back] [.] ['] [i] [am] [better] [with] [the] [bigger] [machine] [,] [little] [maiden] [.] but it 's a pretty toy [.] 1 but 2 it 1 but 3 's 2 it 3 's 3 's 6 toy 4 a 5 pretty 4 a 6 toy 5 pretty 6 toy a wolf would laugh at it [.] 1 a 2 wolf 2 wolf 3 would 3 would 4 laugh 4 laugh 5 at 5 at 6 it aren't you afraid of wolves [?] ['] 1 aren't 2 you 1 aren't 3 afraid 3 afraid 4 of 4 of 5 wolves ['] [there] [aren't] [any] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [never] [believe] [it] [!] [a] [wolf] ['s] [like] [a] [winged] [hat] [.] he comes when he isn't expected [.] 1 he 2 comes 2 comes 3 when 3 when 4 he 3 when 6 expected 4 he 5 isn't don't they hunt wolves here [?] ['] 1 don't 2 they 1 don't 3 hunt 3 hunt 4 wolves 3 hunt 5 here ['] [we] [don't] [hunt] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] [remembering] [what] [she] [had] [heard] [from] [grown-ups] [.] ['] [we] [preserve] [pheasants] [.] do you know them [?] ['] 1 do 2 you 1 do 3 know 3 know 4 them ['] [what] [a] [big] [painted] [clucking] [fool] [is] [a] [pheasant] [!] ['] [he] [said] [.] ['] [just] [like] [some] [romans] [.] ['] ['] [but] [you] ['re] [a] [roman] [yourself] [,] [aren't] [you] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [ye-es] [and] [no] [.] i 'm one of a [good] few thousands who have [never] seen [rome] [except] in [a] [picture] [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 one 2 'm 15 in 3 one 4 of 4 of 8 thousands 5 a 7 few 7 few 8 thousands 8 thousands 9 who 8 thousands 10 have 9 who 10 have 10 have 12 seen my people have lived [at] [vectis] [for] [generations] [.] 1 my 2 people 2 people 3 have 3 have 4 lived [vectis] [that] [island] [west] [yonder] [that] [you] [can] [see] [from] [so] [far] [in] [clear] [weather] [.] ['] ['] [do] [you] [mean] [the] [isle] [of] [wight] [?] it lifts up just before [rain] , and you see it [from] [the] [downs] [.] ['] 1 it 2 lifts 2 lifts 3 up 3 up 4 just 4 just 5 before 5 before 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 you 8 and 10 see 10 see 11 it ['] [very] [likely] [.] our villa 's on the south edge of [the] [island] , [by] [the] [broken] [cliffs] [.] 1 our 2 villa 2 villa 3 's 3 's 4 on 4 on 7 edge 5 the 7 edge 6 south 7 edge 7 edge 8 of 8 of 11 , most of it is three hundred years old , [but] [the] [cow-stables] [,] [where] [our] [first] [ancestor] [lived] [,] [must] [be] [a] [hundred] [years] [older] [.] 1 most 2 of 1 most 9 , 2 of 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 8 old 5 three 6 hundred 6 hundred 7 years 7 years 8 old oh , [quite] [that] , [because] [the] [founder] [of] [our] [family] [had] [his] [land] [given] [him] by [agricola] [at] [the] [settlement] [.] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 5 , 5 , 17 by it 's not a bad little place for its size [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 not 2 's 7 place 2 's 8 for 4 a 5 bad 4 a 7 place 5 bad 7 place 6 little 7 place 7 place 8 for 8 for 10 size 9 its 10 size in springtime violets grow down to the very beach [.] 1 in 2 springtime 1 in 3 violets 3 violets 4 grow 4 grow 5 down 5 down 6 to 6 to 9 beach 7 the 8 very 7 the 9 beach i 've gathered sea-weeds for myself and violets for [my] [mother] [many] a time with our old nurse [.] ['] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 gathered 3 gathered 7 and 3 gathered 15 with 4 sea-weeds 5 for 4 sea-weeds 7 and 5 for 6 myself 7 and 8 violets 7 and 9 for 7 and 15 with 9 for 14 time 13 a 14 time 15 with 18 nurse 16 our 18 nurse 17 old 18 nurse ['] [was] [your] [nurse] [a] [a] [romaness] [too] [?] ['] ['] [no] [,] [a] [numidian] [.] gods be good to her [!] 1 gods 2 be 2 be 3 good 3 good 4 to 4 to 5 her a dear [,] [fat] [,] [brown] [thing] [with] [a] [tongue] [like] [a] [cowbell] [.] 1 a 2 dear she was a free woman [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 5 woman 3 a 4 free 3 a 5 woman 4 free 5 woman by the way [,] are you free [,] [maiden] [?] ['] 1 by 3 way 1 by 5 are 2 the 3 way 5 are 6 you 5 are 7 free ['] [oh] [,] [quite] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [at] [least] [,] [till] [tea-time] [;] [and] [in] [summer] [our] [governess] [doesn't] [say] [much] [if] [we] ['re] [late] [.] ['] the young man laughed [again] a proper understanding laugh [.] 1 the 3 man 2 young 3 man 3 man 4 laughed 4 laughed 9 laugh 6 a 7 proper 6 a 9 laugh 7 proper 9 laugh 8 understanding 9 laugh ['] [i] [see] [,] ['] [said] [he] [.] ['] [that] [accounts] [for] [your] [being] [in] [the] [wood] [.] we hid among the cliffs [.] ['] 1 we 2 hid 2 hid 3 among 3 among 5 cliffs 4 the 5 cliffs ['] [did] [you] [have] [a] [governess] [,] [then] [?] ['] ['] [did] [we] [not] [?] [a] [greek] [,] [too] [.] she had a way of clutching her dress when she hunted us among the gorse-bushes that made us laugh [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 4 way 2 had 13 among 3 a 4 way 4 way 5 of 5 of 6 clutching 6 clutching 8 dress 7 her 8 dress 8 dress 9 when 8 dress 13 among 9 when 10 she 9 when 11 hunted 10 she 11 hunted 11 hunted 12 us 13 among 15 gorse-bushes 14 the 15 gorse-bushes 15 gorse-bushes 16 that 15 gorse-bushes 17 made 16 that 17 made 17 made 18 us 17 made 19 laugh then she 'd say she 'd get us whipped [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 'd 3 'd 4 say 4 say 5 she 4 say 7 get 5 she 6 'd 6 'd 7 get 7 get 8 us 7 get 9 whipped she never did , though , bless her [!] 1 she 3 did 2 never 3 did 3 did 7 bless 4 , 5 though 5 though 6 , 5 though 7 bless 7 bless 8 her aglaia was a thorough sportswoman , for all her learning [.] ['] 1 aglaia 2 was 2 was 5 sportswoman 3 a 4 thorough 3 a 5 sportswoman 4 thorough 5 sportswoman 5 sportswoman 7 for 6 , 7 for 7 for 8 all 8 all 9 her 8 all 10 learning 9 her 10 learning ['] [but] [what] [lessons] [did] [you] [do] [when] [when] [you] [were] [little] [?] ['] ['] [ancient] [history] [,] [the] [classics] [,] [arithmetic] [and] [so] [on] [,] ['] [he] [answered] [.] [and] [funny] [!] [roma] [dea] [!] [how] [mother] [could] [make] [us] [laugh] [!] ['] ['] [what] [at] [?] ['] ['] [little] [jokes] [and] [sayings] [that] [every] [family] [has] [.] don't you know [?] ['] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 know ['] [i] [know] [we] [have] [,] [but] [i] [didn't] [know] [other] [people] [had] [them] [too] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [tell] [me] [about] [all] [your] [family] [,] [please] [.] ['] ['] [good] [families] [are] [very] [much] [alike] [.] mother would sit [spinning] [of] [evenings] [while] [aglaia] [read] in [her] [corner] , [and] [father] [did] [accounts] [,] and we four romped about the passages [.] 1 mother 2 would 2 would 3 sit 3 sit 10 in 10 in 13 , 13 , 19 and 19 and 21 four 19 and 22 romped 20 we 21 four 21 four 22 romped 22 romped 23 about 23 about 25 passages 24 the 25 passages when our noise grew too loud [the] [pater] would [say] [,] ["] [less] [tumult] [!] 1 when 3 noise 1 when 4 grew 1 when 9 would 2 our 3 noise 3 noise 4 grew 4 grew 5 too 4 grew 6 loud less tumult [!] 1 less 2 tumult have you never heard [of] [a] [father] ['s] [right] [over] [his] [children] [?] 1 have 2 you 1 have 4 heard 3 never 4 heard he can slay them [,] [my] [loves] [slay] [them] [dead] [,] [and] [the] [gods] [highly] [approve] [of] [the] [action] [!] ["] 1 he 2 can 2 can 3 slay 3 slay 4 them then [mother] would [prim] up her dear mouth over the wheel and answer [:] ["] [h] ['m] [!] 1 then 3 would 3 would 5 up 3 would 12 and 5 up 8 mouth 5 up 9 over 6 her 8 mouth 7 dear 8 mouth 8 mouth 9 over 9 over 11 wheel 10 the 11 wheel 12 and 13 answer i 'm afraid there can't be much of the [roman] [father] about [you] [!] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 afraid 3 afraid 4 there 3 afraid 6 be 4 there 5 can't 5 can't 6 be 6 be 7 much 6 be 12 about 7 much 8 of 8 of 9 the ['] [fathers] [can] [if] [they] [like] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] [her] [eyes] [dancing] [.] ['] [didn't] [i] [say] [all] [good] [families] [are] [very] [much] [the] [same] [?] ['] ['] [what] [did] [you] [do] [in] [summer] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [play] [about] [,] [like] [us] [?] ['] ['] [yes] [,] [and] [we] [visited] [our] [friends] [.] [there] [are] [no] [wolves] [in] [vectis] [.] we had many friends , and as many ponies as we wished [.] ['] 1 we 2 had 2 had 6 and 2 had 10 as 3 many 4 friends 4 friends 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 9 ponies 7 as 8 many 8 many 9 ponies 10 as 11 we 10 as 12 wished 11 we 12 wished ['] [it] [must] [have] [been] [lovely] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [i] [hope] [it] [lasted] [for] [ever] [.] ['] ['] [not] [quite] [,] [little] [maid] [.] when [i] [was] [about] [sixteen] [or] [seventeen] , [the] [father] [felt] [gouty] , and we [all] went [to] [the] [waters] [.] ['] 1 when 8 , 8 , 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 we 14 and 17 went ['] [what] [waters] [?] ['] ['] [at] [aquae] [sulis] [.] every one goes there [.] 1 every 2 one 2 one 3 goes 3 goes 4 there you ought to get [your] [father] to take you some day [.] ['] 1 you 2 ought 2 ought 3 to 2 ought 8 take 3 to 4 get 4 get 7 to 7 to 8 take 8 take 9 you 8 take 11 day 10 some 11 day ['] [but] [where] [?] i don't know [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 know the young man looked astonished for a moment [.] 1 the 3 man 2 young 3 man 3 man 4 looked 4 looked 5 astonished 5 astonished 6 for 6 for 8 moment 7 a 8 moment ['] [aquae] [sulis] [,] ['] [he] [repeated] [.] ['] [the] [best] [baths] [in] [britain] [.] just as good , [i] ['m] [told] [,] as [rome] [.] 1 just 2 as 1 just 4 , 2 as 3 good 4 , 9 as all the old gluttons sit in hot water , and talk scandal and politics [.] 1 all 2 the 1 all 4 gluttons 1 all 5 sit 2 the 4 gluttons 3 old 4 gluttons 5 sit 6 in 6 in 13 and 7 hot 8 water 8 water 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 scandal 10 and 13 and 11 talk 12 scandal 13 and 14 politics we young people , of course , took no interest in politics [.] 1 we 7 , 2 young 3 people 3 people 7 , 4 , 6 course 4 , 7 , 5 of 6 course 7 , 8 took 8 took 10 interest 8 took 11 in 9 no 10 interest 10 interest 11 in 11 in 12 politics we had [not] the gout [.] 1 we 2 had 2 had 5 gout 4 the 5 gout there were many of our age like us [.] 1 there 2 were 2 were 3 many 2 were 7 like 3 many 4 of 4 of 6 age 5 our 6 age 6 age 7 like 7 like 8 us we did not find life sad [.] 1 we 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 find 3 not 4 find 4 find 5 life 4 find 6 sad i do not think it is a profession for a well-born man [,] [but] [then] [i] ['m] [not] [my] [brother] [.] 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 not 2 do 4 think 4 think 9 for 5 it 6 is 6 is 8 profession 7 a 8 profession 8 profession 9 for 9 for 12 man 10 a 11 well-born 10 a 12 man 11 well-born 12 man you see [,] ['] [the] [young] [man] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] ['] [his] [philosopher] [was] [a] [long-haired] [one] [!] ['] 1 you 2 see ['] [i] [thought] [philosophers] [were] [bald] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [not] [all] [.] she was very pretty [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 4 pretty 3 very 4 pretty i don't blame him [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 blame 3 blame 4 him nothing [could] [have] [suited] [me] [better] [than] [my] [eldest] [brother] ['s] [doing] [this] [,] [for] [i] was [only] [too] [keen] to join [the] [army] [.] 1 nothing 17 was 17 was 21 to 21 to 22 join i [had] [always] [feared] [i] [should] have to stay [at] home [and] [look] after [the] [estate] [while] [my] [brother] [took] this [.] ['] 1 i 7 have 7 have 8 to 8 to 9 stay 9 stay 11 home 9 stay 14 after 11 home 14 after 14 after 21 this he rapped on his great glistening shield that never seemed to be in his way [.] 1 he 2 rapped 2 rapped 3 on 3 on 7 shield 4 his 7 shield 5 great 7 shield 6 glistening 7 shield 7 shield 8 that 7 shield 10 seemed 8 that 10 seemed 9 never 10 seemed 10 seemed 11 to 10 seemed 12 be 11 to 12 be 12 be 13 in 13 in 15 way 14 his 15 way ['] [so] [we] [were] [well] [contented] [we] [young] [people] [and] [we] [rode] [back] [to] [clausentum] [along] [the] [wood] [road] [very] [quietly] [.] but when [we] [reached] [home] , [aglaia] , [our] [governess] , [saw] what had come [to] [us] [.] 1 but 2 when 1 but 15 come 6 , 8 , 8 , 11 , 11 , 13 what 13 what 14 had 14 had 15 come i remember her at the door , the torch over her head , watching us climb the cliff-path from the boat [.] 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 3 her 2 remember 4 at 2 remember 10 over 4 at 7 , 5 the 6 door 6 door 7 , 7 , 9 torch 8 the 9 torch 10 over 12 head 11 her 12 head 12 head 14 watching 13 , 14 watching 14 watching 15 us 14 watching 16 climb 16 climb 18 cliff-path 16 climb 19 from 17 the 18 cliff-path 18 cliff-path 19 from 19 from 21 boat 20 the 21 boat ["] [aie] [!] [aie] [!] ["] [she] [said] [.] ["] [children] [you] [went] [away] [.] men and a woman you return [!] ["] 1 men 2 and 2 and 4 woman 2 and 5 you 2 and 6 return 3 a 4 woman then she kissed [mother] , and [mother] wept [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 6 and 3 kissed 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 wept [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 6 and 2 rose 3 to 2 rose 6 and 3 to 5 feet 4 his 5 feet 6 and 7 listened 6 and 9 leaning 8 , 9 leaning 9 leaning 10 on 10 on 12 shield-rim 11 the 12 shield-rim ['] [i] [think] [that] ['s] [dan] [my] [brother] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [yes] [;] [and] [the] [faun] [is] [with] [him] [,] ['] [he] [replied] [,] [as] [dan] [with] [puck] [stumbled] [through] [the] [copse] [.] parnesius looked bewildered [,] [even] [when] [una] [explained] [.] 1 parnesius 2 looked 2 looked 3 bewildered dan [had] [climbed] [into] [volaterrae] , [hot] and [panting] [.] 1 dan 6 , 6 , 8 and ['] [i] ['ve] [run] [nearly] [all] [the] [way] [,] ['] [he] [gasped] [,] ['] [and] [then] [puck] [met] [me] [.] how [do] you do , [sir] [?] ['] 1 how 3 you 3 you 4 do 4 do 5 , ['] [i] [am] [in] [good] [health] [,] ['] [parnesius] [answered] [.] ['] [see] [!] i have tried to [bend] [the] [bow] [of] [ulysses] , but ['] [he] [held] [up] [his] [thumb] [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 tried 3 tried 4 to 4 to 10 , 10 , 11 but ['] [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 4 pulled 7 soon 6 too 7 soon ['] [but] [puck] [said] [you] [were] [telling] [una] [a] [story] [.] ['] ['] [continue] [,] [o] [parnesius] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [who] [had] [perched] [himself] [on] [a] [dead] [branch] [above] [them] [.] ['] [i] [will] [be] [chorus] [.] has he puzzled you much [,] [una] [?] ['] 1 has 2 he 1 has 3 puzzled 3 puzzled 4 you 3 puzzled 5 much ['] [not] [a] [bit] [,] [except] [i] [didn't] [know] [where] [ak] [ak] [something] [was] [,] ['] [she] [answered] [.] ['] [oh] [,] [aquae] [sulis] [.] that ['s] [bath] , [where] [the] [buns] [come] [from] [.] 1 that 4 , let the hero tell his own tale [.] ['] 1 let 3 hero 1 let 4 tell 2 the 3 hero 4 tell 7 tale 5 his 6 own 5 his 7 tale ['] [thanks] [,] [jester] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [,] [shaking] [his] [curly] [dark] [head] [.] ['] [that] [is] [cooler] [.] now hang it up for me [.] 1 now 2 hang 2 hang 3 it 3 it 4 up 4 up 5 for 5 for 6 me ['] [i] [was] [telling] [your] [sister] [how] [i] [joined] [the] [army] [,] ['] [he] [said] [to] [dan] [.] ['] [did] [you] [have] [to] [pass] [an] [exam] [?] ['] dan asked eagerly [.] 1 dan 2 asked 2 asked 3 eagerly ['] [no] [.] now , like [many] [of] [our] [youngsters] , [i] was [not] [too] [fond] [of] [anything] [roman] [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 8 , 2 , 3 like 8 , 10 was the [roman-born] officers and magistrates looked down on us [british-born] as though we were barbarians [.] 1 the 3 officers 3 officers 4 and 4 and 5 magistrates 4 and 6 looked 6 looked 7 down 6 looked 8 on 6 looked 12 though 8 on 9 us 11 as 12 though 12 though 13 we 12 though 14 were 13 we 14 were 14 were 15 barbarians [i] [told] [my] [father] [so] [.] " ['to] [which] [empire] [?] " 1 " 6 " i asked [.] 1 i 2 asked " [we] [split] [the] [eagle] [before] [i] [was] [born] [.] " 1 " 11 " " ['] [what] [thieves] ['] [talk] [is] [that] [?] " [said] [my] [father] [.] 1 " 10 " he hated slang [.] 1 he 2 hated 2 hated 3 slang [which] [am] [i] [to] [follow] [?] ["] " ['] [gratian] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 7 he " [at] [least] [he] ['s] [a] [sportsman] [.] " 1 " 9 " " ['] [he] ['s] [all] [that] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 8 " " [hasn't] [he] [turned] [himself] [into] [a] [raw-beef-eating] [scythian] [?] " 1 " 11 " " ['] [where] [did] [you] [hear] [of] it [?] ["] said [the] [pater] [.] 1 " 11 said 8 it 11 said " ['] [at] [aquae] [sulis] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 7 " it was perfectly true [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 perfectly 2 was 4 true this [precious] [emperor] [gratian] [of] [ours] [had] [a] [bodyguard] [of] [fur-cloaked] [scythians] [,] [and] [he] was [so] [crazy] [about] them [that] [he] [dressed] [like] [them] [.] 1 this 16 was 16 was 20 them in [rome] [of] all [places] in the world [!] 1 in 4 all 1 in 8 world 6 in 7 the 7 the 8 world it was [as] bad [as] [if] [my] [own] [father] [had] [painted] [himself] [blue] [!] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 bad " ['] [no] [matter] [for] [the] [clothes] [,] " [said] [the] [pater] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [they] [are] [only] [the] [fringe] [of] [the] [trouble] [.] it began before your time or mine [.] 1 it 2 began 2 began 3 before 3 before 6 or 4 your 5 time 5 time 6 or 6 or 7 mine [rome] [has] [forsaken] [her] [gods] [,] [and] [must] [be] [punished] [.] the [great] [war] [with] [the] [painted] [people] [broke] [out] [in] [the] very [year] [the] [temples] [of] [our] [gods] [were] [destroyed] [.] 1 the 12 very we [beat] [the] [painted] [people] [in] [the] [very] [year] [our] [temples] were [rebuilt] [.] 1 we 12 were go back further [still] [.] ["] 1 go 2 back 2 back 3 further ['] [i] [knew] [nothing] [about] [it] [.] aglaia never taught us the history of our own country [.] 1 aglaia 3 taught 2 never 3 taught 3 taught 4 us 3 taught 6 history 5 the 6 history 6 history 7 of 7 of 10 country 8 our 9 own 8 our 10 country she was [so] [full] of her [ancient] [greeks] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 5 of 5 of 6 her " ['] [there] [is] [no] [hope] [for] [rome] [,] " [said] [the] [pater] [,] [at] [last] [.] 1 " 10 " " she [has] [forsaken] [her] [gods] , [but] [if] [the] [gods] [forgive] [us] [here] [,] [we] [may] [save] [britain] [.] 1 " 2 she 2 she 7 , to do that [,] [we] [must] [keep] [the] [painted] [people] [back] [.] 1 to 2 do 2 do 3 that ['] [what] [wall] [?] ['] [asked] [dan] [and] [una] [at] [once] [.] ['] [father] [meant] [the] [one] [we] [call] [hadrian] ['s] [wall] [.] i 'll tell you about it later [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 tell 3 tell 4 you 3 tell 5 about 3 tell 7 later 5 about 6 it it was [built] [long] [ago] [,] [across] [north] [britain] [,] to [keep] [out] [the] [painted] [people] [picts] , you call them [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 11 to 11 to 18 , 18 , 19 you 18 , 20 call 20 call 21 them father had [fought] [in] [the] [great] [pict] [war] that [lasted] [more] [than] [twenty] [years] , [and] [he] [knew] [what] [fighting] [meant] [.] 1 father 2 had 2 had 9 that 2 had 15 , [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 4 , 4 , 7 , 7 , 9 never but when [my] [father] [spoke] as he did , [i] [kissed] [his] [hand] , and [waited] [for] [orders] [.] 1 but 2 when 1 but 9 , 6 as 7 he 7 he 8 did 8 did 9 , 9 , 14 , 14 , 15 and we [british-born] [romans] know what is due to our parents [.] ['] 1 we 4 know 4 know 5 what 5 what 6 is 6 is 7 due 7 due 8 to 8 to 10 parents 9 our 10 parents ['] [if] [i] [kissed] [my] [father] ['s] [hand] [,] [he] ['d] [laugh] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [customs] [change] [;] [but] [if] [you] [do] [not] [obey] [your] [father] [,] [the] [gods] [remember] [it] [.] you may be quite sure of that [.] 1 you 2 may 2 may 3 be 3 be 5 sure 4 quite 5 sure 5 sure 6 of 6 of 7 that it was your stick in their stomachs and your shield in their faces to push them into any sort of formation [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 stick 2 was 5 in 2 was 11 in 2 was 14 to 3 your 4 stick 4 stick 5 in 5 in 8 and 6 their 7 stomachs 7 stomachs 8 and 8 and 10 shield 9 your 10 shield 11 in 13 faces 12 their 13 faces 14 to 15 push 15 push 16 them 15 push 17 into 17 into 21 formation 18 any 19 sort 19 sort 20 of 19 sort 21 formation 20 of 21 formation i noticed a quiet-looking man on the lawn , leaning on a stick [.] 1 i 2 noticed 2 noticed 4 quiet-looking 2 noticed 11 on 3 a 4 quiet-looking 4 quiet-looking 5 man 4 quiet-looking 11 on 5 man 6 on 6 on 9 , 7 the 8 lawn 8 lawn 9 , 9 , 10 leaning 11 on 13 stick 12 a 13 stick he [watched] [us] [passing] [buckets] [from] [the] [pond] [,] [and] [at] [last] [he] said to me : ["] who are you [?] " 1 he 14 said 14 said 15 to 14 said 17 : 15 to 16 me 17 : 20 are 19 who 20 are 20 are 21 you 21 you 23 " " ['] [a] [probationer] [,] [waiting] [for] [a] [command] [,] " [i] [answered] [.] 1 " 11 " i didn't know who he was [from] [deucalion] [!] 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 who 4 who 6 was 5 he 6 was " ['] [born] [in] [britain] [?] " he said [.] 1 " 9 said 7 " 8 he 8 he 9 said " ['] [yes] [,] [if] [you] [were] [born] [in] [spain] [,] ["] [i] said [,] [for] he [neighed] [his] [words] [like] [an] [iberian] [mule] [.] 1 " 14 said 14 said 17 he " ['] [and] [what] [might] [you] [call] [yourself] [when] [you] [are] at home [?] ["] he said , laughing [.] 1 " 17 said 12 at 13 home 12 at 16 he 16 he 17 said 17 said 19 laughing 18 , 19 laughing " ['] [that] [depends] [,] " [i] [answered] [;] ["] [sometimes] [one] [thing] [and] [sometimes] [another] [.] 1 " 6 " [but] [now] [i] ['m] [busy] [.] ["] in [future] [call] [yourself] [centurion] [of] the [seventh] [cohort] [of] [the] [thirtieth] [,] [the] [ulpia] [victrix] [.] 1 in 7 the that will help me to remember you [.] 1 that 2 will 2 will 3 help 3 help 4 me 3 help 5 to 3 help 6 remember 5 to 6 remember 6 remember 7 you [your] [father] [and] [a] [few] [other] [people] [call] [me] [maximus] [.] ["] ['] [he] [tossed] [me] [the] [polished] [stick] [he] [was] [leaning] [on] [,] [and] [went] [away] [.] you might have knocked me down with it [!] ['] 1 you 2 might 2 might 3 have 3 have 4 knocked 4 knocked 5 me 4 knocked 6 down 4 knocked 7 with 7 with 8 it ['] [who] [was] [he] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [maximus] [himself] [,] [our] [great] [general] [!] the [general] [of] [britain] [who] [had] [been] [theodosius] ['s] right [hand] [in] [the] [pict] [war] [!] 1 the 10 right not [only] [had] [he] [given] [me] [my] [centurion] ['s] [stick] [direct] , but [three] [steps] [in] [a] [good] [legion] [as] [well] [!] 1 not 12 , 12 , 13 but a [new] man [generally] [begins] [in] [the] [tenth] [cohort] [of] [his] [legion] , and [works] [up] [.] ['] 1 a 3 man 3 man 13 , 13 , 14 and ['] [and] [were] [you] [pleased] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [very] [.] ['] [a] [child] [you] [were] [!] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [from] [above] [.] ['] [i] [was] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] ['] [don't] [begrudge] [it] [me] [,] [faun] [.] [afterwards] [the] [gods] [know] [i] [put] [aside] [the] [games] [!] ['] and [puck] [nodded] , [brown] [chin] [on] [brown] [hand] [,] his big eyes still [.] 1 and 4 , 4 , 14 still 11 his 14 still 12 big 13 eyes 13 eyes 14 still ['] [regnum] [?] [anderida] [?] ['] [the] [children] [turned] [their] [faces] [to] [puck] [.] ['] [pevensey] [again] [!] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [where] [weland] [landed] [?] ['] ['] [weland] [and] [a] [few] [others] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [pevensey] [isn't] [young] [even] [compared] [to] [me] [!] ['] i was [only] [there] [ten] [days] [when] [i] [was] [ordered] to go up [with] [thirty] [men] [to] [my] [cohort] [.] ['] 1 i 2 was 2 was 11 to 11 to 12 go 12 go 13 up he laughed merrily [.] 1 he 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 merrily ['] [a] [man] [never] [forgets] [his] [first] [march] [.] ['] [how] [?] [how] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [and] [una] [.] parnesius smiled , and stood up , flashing in his armour [.] 1 parnesius 4 and 2 smiled 4 and 3 , 4 and 4 and 5 stood 5 stood 8 flashing 5 stood 9 in 6 up 7 , 6 up 8 flashing 8 flashing 9 in 9 in 11 armour 10 his 11 armour ['] [hai] [!] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [that] [sets] [one] [thinking] [!] ['] " [no] [!] " 1 " 4 " " ['] [but] [it] ['s] [hot] [,] ["] said one of [them] , " [and] [we] [haven't] [a] [doctor] [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 one 10 one 11 of 11 of 13 , 13 , 14 " suppose we get sunstroke , or a fever [?] ["] 1 suppose 2 we 1 suppose 3 get 2 we 3 get 3 get 6 or 4 sunstroke 6 or 5 , 6 or 6 or 8 fever 7 a 8 fever " ['] [then] [die] [,] " [i] [said] [,] ["] [and] [a] [good] [riddance] [to] [rome] [!] 1 " 6 " up shield up spears [,] and tighten your foot-wear [!] ["] 1 up 6 and 2 shield 4 spears 2 shield 6 and 3 up 4 spears 6 and 7 tighten 7 tighten 9 foot-wear 8 your 9 foot-wear " ['] [don't] [think] [yourself] [emperor] [of] [britain] [already] [,] ["] a fellow shouted [.] 1 " 14 shouted 12 a 13 fellow 13 fellow 14 shouted and [,] [by] the [light] of [the] [sun] , [i] [meant] [it] [too] [!] 1 and 4 the 4 the 6 of 6 of 9 , [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] [.] ['] [my] [men] [dropped] [like] [like] [partridges] [.] ['] [he] [said] [nothing] [for] [some] [time] [,] [only] [looked] [,] [with] [his] [eyes] [puckered] [.] then he [crooked] his forefinger , and my men walked [crawled] [,] [i] [mean] to one side [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 7 and 4 his 5 forefinger 5 forefinger 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 men 7 and 10 walked 8 my 9 men 10 walked 15 to 15 to 17 side 16 one 17 side " ['] [stand] [in] [the] [sun] [,] [children] [,] ["] he said , and [they] [formed] [up] on the hard road [.] 1 " 11 he 11 he 12 said 12 said 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 18 on 18 on 21 road 19 the 21 road 20 hard 21 road " ['] [what] [would] [you] [have] [done] , " he said to [me] , " if [i] [had] [not] [been] [here] ? " 1 " 11 said 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 he 10 he 11 said 11 said 12 to 11 said 16 if 11 said 22 ? 12 to 14 , 14 , 15 " 22 ? 23 " " ['] [i] [should] [have] [killed] [that] [man] [,] " [i] [answered] [.] 1 " 10 " " ['] [kill] [him] now , " he said [.] 1 " 9 said 5 now 6 , 5 now 8 he 6 , 7 " 8 he 9 said " [he] [will] [not] [move] [a] [limb] [.] " 1 " 9 " " ['] [no] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [you] ['ve] [taken] [my] [men] [out] [of] [my] [command] [.] i should [only] be [your] [butcher] [if] [i] [killed] [him] [now] [.] ["] 1 i 2 should 2 should 4 be do you see what [i] [meant] [?] ['] 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 see 3 see 4 what parnesius turned [to] [dan] [.] 1 parnesius 2 turned ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [it] [wouldn't] [have] [been] [fair] [,] [somehow] [.] ['] ['] [that] [was] [what] [i] [thought] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] ['] [but] [maximus] [frowned] [.] " [you] ['ll] [never] [be] [an] [emperor] , " he said [.] 1 " 11 said 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 he 10 he 11 said " [not] [even] [a] [general] [will] [you] [be] [.] " 1 " 10 " ['] [i] [was] [silent] [,] [but] [my] [father] [seemed] [pleased] [.] " ['] [i] [came] [here] to see the last of you , " he said [.] 1 " 15 said 6 to 7 see 6 to 12 , 6 to 14 he 7 see 9 last 8 the 9 last 9 last 10 of 10 of 11 you 12 , 13 " 14 he 15 said " ['] [you] [have] [seen] it [,] ["] said [maximus] [.] 1 " 9 said 6 it 9 said ["] [i] [shall] [never] [need] [your] [son] [any] [more] [.] he will live and he will [die] an officer [of] [a] [legion] [and] [he] [might] [have] [been] [prefect] [of] [one] [of] [my] [provinces] [.] 1 he 4 and 2 will 3 live 2 will 4 and 4 and 6 will 4 and 9 officer 5 he 6 will 8 an 9 officer now eat and drink with [us] , " he said [.] 1 now 2 eat 2 eat 3 and 3 and 4 drink 4 drink 5 with 5 with 7 , 7 , 8 " 7 , 10 said 9 he 10 said " [your] [men] [will] [wait] [till] [you] [have] [finished] [.] " 1 " 11 " ['] [my] [miserable] [thirty] [stood] [like] [wine-skins] [glistening] [in] [the] [hot] [sun] [,] [and] [maximus] [led] [us] [to] [where] [his] [people] [had] [set] [a] [meal] [.] [himself] [he] [mixed] [the] [wine] [.] " ['] [yes] [,] ["] said [the] [pater] , " [you] [can] drive [two] [mules] [gaul] [and] [britain] [.] ["] 1 " 9 , 6 said 9 , 9 , 10 " 9 , 13 drive ["] ['] [no] [;] [you] [can't] [drive] [three] [mules] [.] they will [tear] [you] [in] [pieces] , " [said] [my] [father] [.] 1 they 2 will 2 will 7 , 7 , 8 " ['] [i] [sat] [quite] [still] [.] one does not answer [a] [general] [who] [wears] [the] [purple] [.] 1 one 2 does 2 does 3 not 2 does 4 answer " ['] [i] [am] [not] [angry] [with] [you] [,] ["] he went on [;] " [i] [owe] [too] [much] [to] [your] [father] ["] 1 " 11 he 11 he 12 went 12 went 13 on 13 on 15 " " ['] [you] [owe] [me] [nothing] [but] [advice] [that] [you] [never] [took] [,] " [said] [the] [pater] [.] 1 " 14 " ["] ['] [to] [be] [unjust] [to] [any] [of] [your] [family] [.] " ['] [very] [like] [,] " [said] [my] [father] [.] 1 " 6 " " [but] we [shall] have [the] [picts] [and] [their] [friends] [breaking] [through] [before] [long] [.] 1 " 3 we 3 we 5 have you [cannot] [move] [all] [troops] [out] [of] [britain] [to] make [you] [emperor] [,] [and] [expect] [the] [north] [to] [sit] [quiet] [.] ["] 1 you 10 make " ['] [i] [follow] [my] [destiny] [,] " [said] [maximus] [.] 1 " 8 " " ['] [follow] it [,] [then] [,] ["] said [my] [father] [,] [pulling] [up] [a] [fern] [root] [;] ["] [and] [die] [as] [theodosius] [died] [.] ["] 1 " 9 said 4 it 9 said " ['] [ah] [!] " [said] [maximus] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [my] [old] [general] [was] [killed] [because] [he] [served] [the] [empire] [too] [well] [.] " ['] [then] [i] [had] [better] [follow] [my] [destiny] [,] " [i] [said] [,] ["] [and] [take] [my] [men] [to] [the] [wall] [.] ["] 1 " 11 " ['] [he] [looked] [at] [me] [a] [long] [time] [,] [and] [bowed] [his] [head] [slanting] [like] [a] [spaniard] [.] " [follow] [it] [,] [boy] , " he said [.] 1 " 9 said 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 he 8 he 9 said that was all [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 all i was only too glad to get away [,] [though] [i] [had] [many] [messages] [for] [home] [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 only 2 was 5 glad 4 too 5 glad 5 glad 6 to 5 glad 7 get 6 to 7 get 7 get 8 away i [never] [halted] [them] [till] [sunset] , and ['] he turned [about] and looked at [pook] ['s] [hill] [below] him ['] [then] [i] [halted] yonder [.] ['] 1 i 13 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 he 10 he 11 turned 11 turned 13 and 13 and 14 looked 14 looked 15 at 14 looked 25 yonder 15 at 20 him he pointed to [the] [broken] , [bracken-covered] [shoulder] [of] [the] [forge] [hill] [behind] [old] [hobden] ['s] [cottage] [.] 1 he 2 pointed 2 pointed 3 to 3 to 6 , ['] [there] [?] why , [that] ['s] [only] [the] [old] [forge] [where] they [made] [iron] [once] [,] ['] said [dan] [.] 1 why 2 , 2 , 16 said 10 they 16 said ['] [very] [good] [stuff] [it] [was] [too] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [calmly] [.] ['] [we] [mended] [three] [shoulder-straps] [here] [and] [had] [a] [spear-head] [riveted] [.] [the] [forge] [was] [rented] [from] [the] [government] [by] [a] [one-eyed] [smith] [from] [carthage] [.] i remember [we] [called] him [cyclops] [.] 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 5 him he sold me a beaver-skin rug for my sister 's room [.] ['] 1 he 2 sold 2 sold 3 me 2 sold 6 rug 2 sold 7 for 4 a 6 rug 5 beaver-skin 6 rug 6 rug 7 for 7 for 11 room 8 my 9 sister 9 sister 10 's 10 's 11 room ['] [but] [it] [couldn't] [have] [been] [here] [,] ['] [dan] [insisted] [.] ['] [but] [it] [was] [!] [from] [the] [altar] [of] [victory] [at] [anderida] [to] [the] [first] [forge] [in] [the] [forest] [here] [is] [twelve] [miles] [seven] [hundred] [paces] [.] it is all in the [road] [book] [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 all 2 is 4 in 4 in 5 the a man doesn't forget his first march [.] 1 a 2 man 2 man 3 doesn't 3 doesn't 4 forget 4 forget 6 first 4 forget 7 march 5 his 6 first 6 first 7 march i [think] [i] could tell you [every] [station] [between] [this] [and] [!] 1 i 4 could 4 could 5 tell 5 tell 6 you he leaned forward [,] [but] [his] [eye] [was] [caught] [by] [the] [setting] [sun] [.] 1 he 2 leaned 2 leaned 3 forward ['] [wait] [!] ['] [he] [said] [,] [lifting] [a] [hand] [,] [and] [the] [sunlight] [jinked] [on] [his] [glass] [bracelet] [.] ['] [wait] [!] i pray [to] [mithras] [!] ['] 1 i 2 pray he rose and stretched his arms westward , with deep , splendid-sounding words [.] 1 he 3 and 2 rose 3 and 3 and 4 stretched 4 stretched 6 arms 4 stretched 7 westward 4 stretched 9 with 5 his 6 arms 8 , 9 with 9 with 13 words 10 deep 11 , 10 deep 13 words 12 splendid-sounding 13 words ['] [cur] [mundus] [militat] [sub] [vana] [gloria] [cujus] [prosperitas] [est] [transitoria] [?] [tam] [cito] [labitur] [ejus] [potentia] [quam] [vasa] [figuli] [quae] [sunt] [fragilia] [.] ['] they found themselves at the little locked gates of the wood [.] 1 they 2 found 2 found 3 themselves 2 found 4 at 4 at 8 gates 5 the 8 gates 6 little 8 gates 7 locked 8 gates 8 gates 9 of 9 of 11 wood 10 the 11 wood ['] [quo] [caesar] [abiit] [celsus] [imperio] [?] [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 , 2 singing 4 he 4 he 9 and 5 took 9 and 9 and 10 wheeled 10 wheeled 12 round it shut behind her , at the same time [as] [puck] [threw] [the] [memory-magicking] [oak] , [ash] and [thorn] [leaves] [over] [their] [heads] [.] 1 it 2 shut 2 shut 3 behind 2 shut 6 at 3 behind 4 her 5 , 6 at 6 at 9 time 6 at 16 , 7 the 8 same 8 same 9 time 16 , 18 and ['] [well] [,] [you] [are] [jolly] [late] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [couldn't] [you] [get] [away] [before] [?] ['] ['] [i] [did] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [i] [got] [away] [in] [lots] [of] [time] [,] [but] [but] [i] [didn't] [know] [it] [was] [so] [late] [.] [where've] [you] [been] [?] ['] ['] [in] [volaterrae] [waiting] [for] [you] [.] ['] ['] [sorry] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [it] [was] [all] [that] [beastly] [latin] [.] ['] [a] [british-roman] [song] [(] [a.d] [.] [@number@] [)] my father 's father [saw] [it] [not] , [and] [i] [,] [belike] [,] [shall] [never] [come] [to] [look] [on] [that] [so-holy] [spot] [the] [very] [rome] 1 my 2 father 2 father 3 's 3 's 4 father 4 father 8 , soon to send [forth] [again] [a] [brood] [,] [unshakeable] [,] [we] [pray] [,] [that] [clings] [to] [rome] ['s] [thrice-hammered] [hardihood] [in] [arduous] [things] [.] 1 soon 2 to 2 to 3 send [on] [the] [great] [wall] and [i] ['ve] [lost] [britain] , and [i] ['ve] [lost] [gaul] [,] ['] 1 and 6 , 6 , 7 and [(] [the] [voice] [seemed] [very] [cheerful] [about] [it] [)] [,] ['] [and] [i] ['ve] [lost] [rome] [,] [and] [,] [worst] [of] [all] [,] [i] ['ve] [lost] [lalage] [!] ['] they were standing by [the] [gate] [to] [far] [wood] [when] [they] [heard] [this] [song] [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 standing 3 standing 4 by [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] [.] ['] [gently] [!] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [what] [are] [you] [looking] [for] [?] ['] ['] [parnesius] [,] [of] [course] [,] ['] [dan] [answered] [.] ['] [we] ['ve] [only] [just] [remembered] [yesterday] [.] it isn't fair [.] ['] 1 it 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 fair puck chuckled as he rose [.] 1 puck 2 chuckled 2 chuckled 3 as 3 as 4 he 3 as 5 rose 4 he 5 rose [ohe] [,] [parnesius] [!] ['] [he] [called] [.] ['] [here] [,] [faun] [!] ['] [came] [the] [answer] [from] [volaterrae] [.] they could see the shimmer of bronze armour in the beech-crotch , and the friendly flash of the great shield uplifted [.] 1 they 2 could 2 could 3 see 3 see 5 shimmer 3 see 9 in 4 the 5 shimmer 5 shimmer 6 of 6 of 8 armour 7 bronze 8 armour 8 armour 9 in 9 in 13 and 10 the 11 beech-crotch 11 beech-crotch 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 16 flash 13 and 17 of 14 the 16 flash 15 friendly 16 flash 17 of 20 shield 18 the 20 shield 19 great 20 shield 20 shield 21 uplifted ['] [i] [have] [driven] [out] [the] [britons] [.] ['] parnesius laughed like a boy [.] 1 parnesius 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 like 3 like 5 boy 4 a 5 boy ['] [i] [occupy] [their] [high] [forts] [.] but [rome] is [merciful] [!] 1 but 3 is you may come [up.'and] up [they] [three] all [scrambled] [.] 1 you 2 may 2 may 3 come 3 come 5 up 5 up 8 all ['] [what] [was] [the] [song] [you] [were] [singing] [just] [now] [?] ['] [said] [una] [,] [as] [soon] [as] [she] [had] [settled] [herself] [.] ['] [that] [?] oh , [rimini] [.] 1 oh 2 , it 's one of the tunes that are always being born [somewhere] in [the] [empire] [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 one 2 's 13 in 3 one 4 of 4 of 6 tunes 5 the 6 tunes 6 tunes 7 that 6 tunes 8 are 7 that 8 are 8 are 9 always 8 are 10 being 10 being 11 born ['] [tell] [them] [about] [the] [marching] [,] [parnesius] [.] few people nowadays walk from end to end [of] this country [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] 1 few 2 people 1 few 5 from 1 few 6 end 2 people 4 walk 3 nowadays 4 walk 4 walk 5 from 6 end 7 to 7 to 8 end 8 end 11 country 10 this 11 country ['] [the] [greater] [their] [loss] [.] i know nothing better than [the] [long] [march] when your feet are hardened [.] 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 nothing 3 nothing 4 better 4 better 5 than 4 better 9 when 9 when 11 feet 9 when 13 hardened 10 your 11 feet 11 feet 12 are 12 are 13 hardened you begin after the mists have risen [,] [and] [you] [end] [,] [perhaps] [,] [an] [hour] [after] [sundown] [.] ['] 1 you 2 begin 2 begin 3 after 3 after 5 mists 3 after 7 risen 4 the 5 mists 5 mists 6 have 6 have 7 risen ['] [and] [what] [do] [you] [have] [to] [eat] [?] ['] dan asked promptly [.] 1 dan 2 asked 2 asked 3 promptly ['] [fat] [bacon] [,] [beans] [,] [and] [bread] [,] [and] [whatever] [wine] [happens] [to] [be] [in] [the] [rest-houses] [.] but soldiers are born grumblers [.] 1 but 2 soldiers 1 but 3 are 3 are 5 grumblers 4 born 5 grumblers their very first day out , [my] men complained of [our] [water-ground] [british] corn [.] 1 their 2 very 1 their 3 first 1 their 8 men 4 day 8 men 5 out 6 , 5 out 8 men 8 men 9 complained 9 complained 10 of 10 of 14 corn 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 11 that 11 that 12 is 12 is 14 in 14 in 15 the however , they had to fetch and eat it [.] ['] 1 however 2 , 1 however 3 they 3 they 4 had 4 had 5 to 4 had 7 and 5 to 7 and 6 fetch 7 and 7 and 8 eat 8 eat 9 it ['] [fetch] [it] [?] [where] [from] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [from] [that] [newly] [invented] [water-mill] [below] [the] [forge] [.] ['] ['] [that] ['s] [forge] [mill] [our] [mill] [!] ['] [una] [looked] [at] [puck] [.] ['] [yes] [;] [yours] [,] ['] [puck] [put] [in] [.] ['] [how] [old] [did] [you] [think] [it] [was] [?] ['] ['] [i] [don't] [know] [.] [didn't] [sir] [richard] [dalyngridge] [talk] [about] [it] [?] ['] ['] [he] [did] [,] [and] [it] [was] [old] [in] [his] [day] [,] ['] [puck] [answered] [.] ['] [hundreds] [of] [years] [old] [.] ['] ['] [it] [was] [new] [in] [mine] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] ['] [my] [men] [looked] [at] [the] [flour] [in] [their] [helmets] [as] [though] [it] [had] [been] [a] [nest] [of] [adders] [.] they did it to try my patience [.] 1 they 2 did 2 did 3 it 2 did 4 to 4 to 5 try 5 try 7 patience 6 my 7 patience but [i] [addressed] them , and we became friends [.] 1 but 4 them 1 but 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 we 6 and 8 became 8 became 9 friends to tell the truth [,] [they] [taught] [me] [the] [roman] [step] [.] 1 to 2 tell 2 tell 4 truth 3 the 4 truth you see [,] [i] ['d] [only] [served] [with] [quick-marching] [auxiliaries] [.] 1 you 2 see [a] [legion] ['s] [pace] [is] [altogether] [different] [.] it is a long , slow stride , that never varies from sunrise to sunset [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 7 stride 3 a 4 long 3 a 7 stride 4 long 5 , 4 long 7 stride 6 slow 7 stride 7 stride 9 that 7 stride 11 varies 8 , 9 that 9 that 11 varies 10 never 11 varies 11 varies 12 from 11 varies 14 to 12 from 13 sunrise 13 sunrise 14 to 14 to 15 sunset " [rome] ['s] [race] [rome] ['s] [pace] [,] ["] as the proverb says [.] 1 " 13 says 10 as 12 proverb 10 as 13 says 11 the 12 proverb 12 proverb 13 says [twenty-four] [miles] [in] [eight] [hours] [,] [neither] [more] [nor] [less] [.] head and spear up , shield on your back , cuirass-collar open one handsbreadth [and] [that] ['s] [how] [you] [take] [the] [eagles] [through] [britain] [.] ['] 1 head 2 and 2 and 3 spear 2 and 5 , 4 up 5 , 5 , 6 shield 5 , 7 on 5 , 12 open 5 , 14 handsbreadth 7 on 10 , 8 your 9 back 9 back 10 , 10 , 11 cuirass-collar 13 one 14 handsbreadth ['] [and] [did] [you] [meet] [any] [adventures] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [there] [are] [no] [adventures] [south] [the] [wall] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] ['] [what] [did] [you] [do] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [went] [on] [.] why should [i] [care] [for] [such] [things] [,] [my] [business] [being] [to] [reach] [my] [station] [?] 1 why 2 should it took me twenty days [.] 1 it 2 took 2 took 3 me 2 took 5 days 4 twenty 5 days ['] [of] [course] [,] [the] [farther] [north] [you] [go] [the] [emptier] [are] [the] [roads] [.] at last you fetch clear of the forests and climb bare hills , where wolves howl in the ruins of our cities that have been [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 you 3 you 4 fetch 4 fetch 9 and 4 fetch 14 where 5 clear 6 of 5 clear 9 and 6 of 8 forests 7 the 8 forests 9 and 12 hills 9 and 13 , 9 and 14 where 10 climb 12 hills 11 bare 12 hills 14 where 15 wolves 14 where 16 howl 15 wolves 16 howl 16 howl 17 in 17 in 19 ruins 18 the 19 ruins 19 ruins 20 of 19 ruins 23 that 19 ruins 24 have 20 of 22 cities 21 our 22 cities 23 that 24 have 24 have 25 been there 's where you meet hunters , and trappers for [the] [circuses] , [prodding] along chained bears and muzzled wolves [.] 1 there 18 and 2 's 3 where 2 's 18 and 3 where 4 you 3 where 5 meet 4 you 5 meet 5 meet 8 and 5 meet 15 along 6 hunters 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 trappers 8 and 10 for 8 and 15 along 10 for 13 , 15 along 17 bears 16 chained 17 bears 18 and 19 muzzled 19 muzzled 20 wolves your pony shies at them , and your men laugh [.] 1 your 2 pony 2 pony 3 shies 3 shies 4 at 4 at 7 and 5 them 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 10 laugh 8 your 10 laugh 9 men 10 laugh red-hot in summer , freezing in winter , is that big , purple heather country of broken stone [.] 1 red-hot 2 in 1 red-hot 9 is 2 in 3 summer 3 summer 5 freezing 4 , 5 freezing 5 freezing 6 in 5 freezing 8 , 6 in 7 winter 9 is 15 country 10 that 15 country 11 big 12 , 11 big 14 heather 13 purple 14 heather 14 heather 15 country 15 country 16 of 16 of 18 stone 17 broken 18 stone and that is [the] [wall] [!] ['] 1 and 2 that 2 that 3 is ['] [ah] [!] ['] [said] [the] [children] [,] [taking] [breath] [.] ['] [you] [may] [well] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] ['] [is] [it] [just] [a] [wall] [?] like the one round the kitchen-garden [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] 1 like 3 one 1 like 4 round 2 the 3 one 4 round 6 kitchen-garden 5 the 6 kitchen-garden ['] [no] [,] [no] [!] it is [the] [wall] [.] 1 it 2 is along the top are towers with guard-houses , small towers , [between] [.] 1 along 3 top 1 along 4 are 2 the 3 top 4 are 5 towers 5 towers 6 with 6 with 7 guard-houses 7 guard-houses 10 towers 8 , 10 towers 9 small 10 towers 10 towers 11 , even on the narrowest part of it three men with shields can walk abreast , from guard-house to guard-house [.] 1 even 2 on 1 even 9 men 2 on 5 part 3 the 4 narrowest 3 the 5 part 5 part 6 of 6 of 7 it 8 three 9 men 9 men 10 with 9 men 12 can 10 with 11 shields 12 can 13 walk 13 walk 14 abreast 13 walk 16 from 15 , 16 from 16 from 17 guard-house 17 guard-house 18 to 18 to 19 guard-house [the] [little] [people] [come] [there] [to] [steal] [iron] [for] [their] [arrow-heads] [.] ['] [but] [the] [wall] [itself] [is] [not] [more] [wonderful] [than] [the] [town] [behind] [it] [.] long ago there were great ramparts [and] [ditches] [on] [the] [south] [side] [,] [and] [no] [one] [was] [allowed] [to] [build] [there] [.] 1 long 2 ago 2 ago 3 there 3 there 4 were 4 were 6 ramparts 5 great 6 ramparts think of it [!] 1 think 2 of 2 of 3 it one [roaring] , [rioting] [,] [cock-fighting] [,] [wolf-baiting] [,] [horse-racing] [town] [,] [from] [ituna] [on] [the] [west] [to] [segedunum] [on] [the] [cold] [eastern] [beach] [!] 1 one 3 , yes , [a] [snake] [basking] [beside] [a] [warm] [wall] [!] 1 yes 2 , ['] [the] [province] [of] [valentia] [!] we followed the road , therefore , into [hunno] town , and stood astonished [.] 1 we 12 and 2 followed 4 road 2 followed 6 therefore 2 followed 8 into 2 followed 12 and 3 the 4 road 5 , 6 therefore 6 therefore 7 , 7 , 8 into 8 into 10 town 8 into 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 stood 13 stood 14 astonished [the] [place] [was] [a] [fair] [a] [fair] [of] [peoples] [from] [every] [corner] [of] [the] [empire] [.] " ['] [my] [station] [,] " [i] [said] [,] [and] [showed] [him] [my] [shield] [.] ['] 1 " 6 " parnesius held up his broad shield with its three [x] ['s] [like] [letters] on [a] [beer-cask] [.] 1 parnesius 2 held 2 held 3 up 2 held 6 shield 2 held 7 with 2 held 14 on 4 his 6 shield 5 broad 6 shield 6 shield 7 with 7 with 9 three 8 its 9 three " ['] [lucky] [omen] [!] ["] said he [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he ["] [your] [cohort] ['s] [the] [next] [tower] [to] [us] [,] [but] [they] ['re] [all] [at] [the] [cock-fight] [.] this is a happy place [.] 1 this 2 is 2 is 5 place 3 a 5 place 4 happy 5 place come and wet [the] [eagles] [.] ["] 1 come 2 and 2 and 3 wet he meant to offer me a drink [.] 1 he 2 meant 2 meant 3 to 2 meant 4 offer 3 to 4 offer 4 offer 5 me 4 offer 7 drink 6 a 7 drink " ['] [when] [i] ['ve] [handed] [over] [my] [men] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 11 " i felt angry and ashamed [.] 1 i 2 felt 2 felt 4 and 3 angry 4 and 4 and 5 ashamed " ['] [oh] [,] [you] ['ll] [soon] [outgrow] [that] [sort] [of] [nonsense] [,] ["] he answered [.] 1 " 15 he 15 he 16 answered ["] [but] [don't] [let] [me] [interfere] [with] [your] [hopes] [.] go on [to] [the] [statue] [of] [roma] [dea] [.] 1 go 2 on you can't miss it [.] 1 you 2 can't 2 can't 3 miss 3 miss 4 it the main road [into] [valentia] [!] ["] [and] [he] [laughed] [and] [rode] [off] [.] 1 the 2 main 1 the 3 road 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 it was like marching into a cave [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 like 2 was 5 into 3 like 4 marching 4 marching 5 into 5 into 7 cave 6 a 7 cave we grounded spears together [,] [my] [little] [thirty] [,] [and] [it] [echoed] [in] [the] [barrel] [of] [the] [arch] [,] [but] [none] [came] [.] 1 we 2 grounded 2 grounded 3 spears 2 grounded 4 together there was a door at one side painted with our number [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 door 2 was 5 at 2 was 9 with 3 a 4 door 4 door 5 at 5 at 7 side 6 one 7 side 7 side 8 painted 7 side 9 with 9 with 11 number 10 our 11 number we prowled [in] [,] [and] [i] [found] [a] [cook] [asleep] [,] [and] [ordered] [him] [to] [give] [us] [food] [.] 1 we 2 prowled then [i] [climbed] [to] [the] [top] [of] [the] [wall] , [and] looked out over the [pict] country , and [i] [thought] [,] ['] said [parnesius] [.] 1 then 10 , 10 , 19 and 12 looked 13 out 12 looked 19 and 13 out 14 over 14 over 17 country 15 the 17 country 18 , 19 and 19 and 24 said ['] [what] [a] [shame] [!] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [but] [did] [you] [feel] [happy] [after] [you] ['d] [had] [a] [good] ['] [dan] [stopped] [her] [with] [a] [nudge] [.] ['] [happy] [?] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] no , [i] [was] not [happy] [;] [but] [i] [made] [my] [new] [cohort] [unhappy] [too] [....v] 1 no 2 , 2 , 5 not and the men were as the officers [.] 1 and 4 were 2 the 3 men 3 men 4 were 4 were 5 as 5 as 7 officers 6 the 7 officers remember , [also] , that [the] [wall] was [manned] [by] [every] [breed] [and] [race] in [the] [empire] [.] 1 remember 2 , 2 , 4 , 4 , 5 that 4 , 8 was 8 was 15 in no two [towers] [spoke] [the] [same] [tongue] [,] [or] [worshipped] [the] [same] [gods] [.] 1 no 2 two in one thing only we were [all] equal [.] 1 in 3 thing 1 in 6 were 2 one 3 thing 4 only 5 we 5 we 6 were 6 were 8 equal no matter what [arms] [we] [had] [used] [before] [we] came [to] [the] [wall] , [on] [the] [wall] we were all [archers] [,] [like] [the] [scythians] [.] 1 no 2 matter 2 matter 3 what 2 matter 14 , 2 matter 18 we 3 what 10 came 18 we 19 were 19 were 20 all [the] [pict] [cannot] [run] [away] [from] [the] [arrow] [,] [or] [crawl] [under] [it] [.] he is a bowman himself [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 4 bowman 2 is 5 himself 3 a 4 bowman he knows [!] ['] 1 he 2 knows ['] [i] [suppose] [you] [were] [fighting] [picts] [all] [the] [time] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [picts] [seldom] [fight] [.] i [never] saw [a] [fighting] [pict] [for] [half] [a] [year] [.] 1 i 3 saw the [tame] [picts] [told] [us] [they] had [all] gone [north] [.] ['] 1 the 7 had 7 had 9 gone ['] [what] [is] [a] [tame] [pict] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] without a horse and a dog , and a friend , man [would] perish [.] 1 without 11 , 1 without 14 perish 2 a 3 horse 3 horse 4 and 4 and 6 dog 4 and 8 and 5 a 6 dog 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 friend 8 and 11 , 9 a 10 friend 11 , 12 man the [gods] [gave] [me] [all] three [,] [and] [there] [is] [no] [gift] [like] [friendship] [.] 1 the 6 three remember [this] ['] [parnesius] [turned] [to] [dan] ['] [when] [you] [become] a [young] man [.] 1 remember 14 man 12 a 14 man for your fate will turn on the first true friend you make [.] ['] 1 for 10 friend 1 for 11 you 2 your 3 fate 3 fate 4 will 4 will 5 turn 5 turn 6 on 6 on 10 friend 7 the 8 first 7 the 10 friend 9 true 10 friend 11 you 12 make if you 're a beast , you 'll have beastly friends [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 're 1 if 6 , 1 if 7 you 2 you 3 're 3 're 5 beast 4 a 5 beast 7 you 8 'll 8 'll 9 have 9 have 11 friends 10 beastly 11 friends [listen] [to] [the] [pious] [parnesius] [on] [friendship] [!] ['] ['] [oh] [,] [youth] [eternal] [and] [all-believing] [,] ['] [cried] [puck] [,] [as] [he] [rocked] [on] [the] [branch] [above] [.] ['] [tell] [them] [about] [your] [pertinax] [.] ['] ['] [he] [was] [that] [friend] [the] [gods] [sent] [me] [the] [boy] [who] [spoke] [to] [me] [when] [i] [first] [came] [.] little [older] [than] [myself] , [commanding] [the] [augusta] [victoria] [cohort] [on] [the] [tower] [next] [to] [us] [and] [the] [numidians] [.] 1 little 5 , in virtue he was far [my] superior [.] ['] 1 in 2 virtue 1 in 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 far 4 was 7 superior ['] [then] [why] [was] [he] [on] [the] [wall] [?] ['] una asked , quickly [.] 1 una 2 asked 2 asked 4 quickly 3 , 4 quickly ['] [they] ['d] [all] [done] [something] [bad] [.] you said so yourself [.] ['] 1 you 2 said 2 said 3 so 2 said 4 yourself when [pertinax] [grew] up , he [discovered] [this] [,] and [so] his [uncle] [shipped] [him] [off] [,] [by] [trickery] [and] [force] [,] [to] [the] [wall] [.] 1 when 10 and 4 up 5 , 4 up 6 he 6 he 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 it was [the] [bull-killing] , ['] [parnesius] [explained] [to] [puck] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 , ['] [i] [see] [,] [said] [puck] [,] [and] [turned] [to] [the] [children] [.] ['] [that] ['s] [something] [you] [wouldn't] [quite] [understand] [.] [parnesius] [means] [he] [met] [pertinax] [in] [church] [.] ['] ['] [yes] [in] [the] [cave] [we] [first] [met] [,] [and] [we] [were] [both] [raised] [to] [the] [degree] [of] [gryphons] [together] [.] ['] parnesius lifted his hand towards his neck for an instant [.] 1 parnesius 2 lifted 2 lifted 4 hand 2 lifted 5 towards 2 lifted 8 for 3 his 4 hand 4 hand 5 towards 5 towards 7 neck 6 his 7 neck 7 neck 8 for 8 for 10 instant 9 an 10 instant ['] [he] [had] [been] [on] [the] [wall] [two] [years] [,] [and] [knew] [the] [picts] [well] [.] [he] [taught] [me] [first] [how] [to] [take] [heather] [.] ['] ['] [what] ['s] [that] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [going] [out] [hunting] [in] [the] [pict] [country] [with] [a] [tame] [pict] [.] you are quite safe so long as you are his guest , and wear a sprig of heather where it can be seen [.] 1 you 2 are 2 are 4 safe 3 quite 4 safe 4 safe 6 long 4 safe 7 as 5 so 6 long 7 as 8 you 7 as 23 seen 8 you 9 are 9 are 19 where 9 are 23 seen 10 his 13 and 11 guest 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 wear 14 wear 16 sprig 15 a 16 sprig 16 sprig 17 of 16 sprig 19 where 17 of 18 heather 19 where 20 it 19 where 22 be 20 it 21 can 21 can 22 be if you went alone you would surely be killed , if you were not smothered first in the bogs [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 went 1 if 5 you 2 you 3 went 3 went 4 alone 5 you 6 would 6 would 8 be 7 surely 8 be 8 be 9 killed 9 killed 11 if 10 , 11 if 11 if 12 you 11 if 15 smothered 12 you 13 were 13 were 14 not 13 were 15 smothered 14 not 15 smothered 15 smothered 16 first 15 smothered 17 in 17 in 19 bogs 18 the 19 bogs [only] [the] [picts] [know] [their] [way] [about] [those] [black] [and] [hidden] [bogs] [.] old [allo] , [the] [one-eyed] [,] [withered] [little] [pict] [from] [whom] [we] [bought] [our] [ponies] [,] [was] [our] [special] [friend] [.] 1 old 3 , at first we went only to escape from the terrible town , and to talk together about our homes [.] 1 at 2 first 2 first 3 we 3 we 13 and 4 went 5 only 4 went 6 to 4 went 8 from 4 went 13 and 6 to 7 escape 7 escape 8 from 8 from 11 town 9 the 11 town 10 terrible 11 town 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 to 13 and 15 talk 14 to 15 talk 15 talk 16 together 15 talk 17 about 17 about 19 homes 18 our 19 homes then he showed us how to hunt wolves [and] [those] [great] [red] [deer] [with] [horns] [like] [jewish] [candlesticks] [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 showed 3 showed 4 us 3 showed 5 how 5 how 6 to 5 how 7 hunt 6 to 7 hunt 7 hunt 8 wolves [the] [roman-born] [officers] [rather] [looked] [down] [on] [us] [for] [doing] [this] [,] [but] [we] [preferred] [the] [heather] [to] [their] [amusements] [.] ['] [which] [?] the [stone] one [with] [the] [line] [from] [xenophon] [?] ['] [said] [puck] , [in] [quite] [a] [new] [voice] [.] 1 the 3 one 3 one 13 , ['] [no] [!] what do [i] [know] [of] [xenophon] [?] 1 what 2 do that [was] [pertinax] [after] he had shot [his] first [mountain-hare] [with] [an] [arrow] [by] [chance] [!] 1 that 5 he 5 he 6 had 6 had 7 shot 7 shot 9 first [mine] [i] [made] [of] [round] [pebbles] [,] [in] [memory] [of] [my] [first] [bear] [.] it took me one happy day to build [.] ['] 1 it 2 took 2 took 6 day 2 took 7 to 3 me 4 one 4 one 6 day 5 happy 6 day 7 to 8 build parnesius faced the children quickly [.] 1 parnesius 2 faced 2 faced 4 children 2 faced 5 quickly 3 the 4 children he called us his children sometimes [,] [and] [we] [were] [fond] [of] [him] [and] [his] [barbarians] [,] [though] [we] [never] [let] [them] [paint] [us] [pict-fashion] [.] 1 he 2 called 2 called 3 us 2 called 5 children 2 called 6 sometimes 4 his 5 children the marks endure till you die [.] ['] 1 the 2 marks 2 marks 3 endure 3 endure 4 till 4 till 5 you 4 till 6 die 5 you 6 die ['] [how] ['s] [it] [done] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [anything] [like] [tattooing] [?] ['] ['] [they] [prick] [the] [skin] [till] [the] [blood] [runs] [,] [and] [rub] [in] [coloured] [juices] [.] allo was painted blue , green , and red from his forehead to his ankles [.] 1 allo 2 was 2 was 3 painted 3 painted 8 and 4 blue 5 , 5 , 6 green 5 , 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 red 9 red 10 from 9 red 13 to 10 from 12 forehead 11 his 12 forehead 12 forehead 13 to 13 to 15 ankles 14 his 15 ankles he said it was part of his religion [.] 1 he 2 said 2 said 3 it 2 said 4 was 3 it 4 was 4 was 8 religion 5 part 6 of 5 part 8 religion 6 of 8 religion 7 his 8 religion many things took place behind us in those days [.] 1 many 2 things 2 things 3 took 3 took 4 place 3 took 5 behind 3 took 7 in 5 behind 6 us 7 in 9 days 8 those 9 days we did not get [the] [news] on [the] [wall] [till] [fifteen] [days] [later] [.] 1 we 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 get 3 not 4 get 4 get 7 on [wonderful] [!] [and] [i] [tell] [another] [strange] [thing] [!] ['] he joined his hands across his knees , and leaned his head on the curve of the shield behind him [.] 1 he 9 and 2 joined 4 hands 2 joined 5 across 2 joined 9 and 3 his 4 hands 5 across 7 knees 6 his 7 knees 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 leaned 9 and 19 behind 10 leaned 12 head 10 leaned 13 on 11 his 12 head 12 head 13 on 13 on 15 curve 14 the 15 curve 15 curve 16 of 16 of 18 shield 17 the 18 shield 18 shield 19 behind 19 behind 20 him " ['] [no] [,] [don't] [wait] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 8 " " [take] [my] [advice] [and] [go] [home] [both] [of] [you] [.] " 1 " 12 " " ['] [we] [have] [no] [homes] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 8 " " [you] [know] [that] [as] [well] [as] we do [.] 1 " 8 we 8 we 9 do we 're finished men thumbs down against both of us [.] 1 we 2 're 2 're 4 men 3 finished 4 men 4 men 5 thumbs 4 men 6 down 5 thumbs 6 down 6 down 7 against 7 against 8 both 8 both 9 of 9 of 10 us only men without hope would risk their necks on your ponies [.] ["] 1 only 2 men 2 men 3 without 2 men 5 would 3 without 4 hope 5 would 6 risk 6 risk 8 necks 6 risk 9 on 7 their 8 necks 8 necks 9 on 9 on 11 ponies 10 your 11 ponies the old man laughed one of those [short] [pict] laughs like a fox barking on a frosty night [.] 1 the 3 man 2 old 3 man 3 man 4 laughed 4 laughed 15 on 5 one 6 of 5 one 10 laughs 6 of 7 those 10 laughs 11 like 11 like 13 fox 12 a 13 fox 13 fox 14 barking 13 fox 15 on 15 on 18 night 16 a 17 frosty 16 a 18 night 17 frosty 18 night " [i] ['m] [fond] [of] [you] [two] , " he said [.] 1 " 11 said 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 he 10 he 11 said ["] [besides] [,] [i] ['ve] [taught] [you] [what] [little] [you] [know] [about] [hunting] [.] take my advice and go home [.] ["] 1 take 3 advice 1 take 4 and 2 my 3 advice 4 and 5 go 5 go 6 home " ['] [we] [can't] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 6 " " [i] ['m] [out] [of] [favour] [with] [my] [general] [,] [for] [one] [thing] [;] [and] [for] [another] [,] [pertinax] [has] [an] [uncle] [.] " 1 " 24 " " ['] [roma] [dea] [!] " [said] [pertinax] [,] [sitting] [up] [.] 1 " 6 " " [what] [can] [you] [guess] [what] [maximus] [thinks] [,] [you] [old] [horse-coper] [?] " 1 " 14 " he ran us far out of any country we 'd ever heard of , straight as an arrow till sunset , towards the sunset [.] 1 he 2 ran 2 ran 3 us 2 ran 4 far 4 far 6 of 4 far 22 towards 5 out 6 of 6 of 8 country 7 any 8 country 8 country 9 we 8 country 13 of 8 country 15 straight 9 we 10 'd 10 'd 12 heard 11 ever 12 heard 12 heard 13 of 14 , 15 straight 15 straight 16 as 15 straight 19 till 15 straight 21 , 16 as 18 arrow 17 an 18 arrow 19 till 20 sunset 22 towards 24 sunset 23 the 24 sunset we came at last to long capes stretching into [winding] [waters] , and on a grey beach below us we saw ships drawn up [.] 1 we 2 came 2 came 3 at 2 came 5 to 2 came 9 into 3 at 4 last 5 to 7 capes 6 long 7 capes 7 capes 8 stretching 9 into 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 20 we 13 and 21 saw 14 on 17 beach 14 on 20 we 15 a 17 beach 16 grey 17 beach 17 beach 18 below 18 below 19 us 20 we 21 saw 21 saw 22 ships 21 saw 24 up 22 ships 23 drawn [forty-seven] [we] [counted] [not] [roman] [galleys] [but] [the] [raven-winged] [ships] [from] [the] [north] [where] [rome] [does] [not] [rule] [.] " ['] [come] [away] [!] [come] [away] [!] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [my] [heather] [won't] [protect] [you] [here] [.] we shall all be killed [!] ["] 1 we 2 shall 2 shall 4 be 3 all 4 be 4 be 5 killed his legs trembled like his voice [.] 1 his 2 legs 2 legs 3 trembled 3 trembled 4 like 4 like 6 voice 5 his 6 voice back we went back across the heather under the moon , till it was nearly morning , and our poor beasts stumbled on some ruins [.] 1 back 8 under 1 back 12 till 2 we 3 went 3 went 4 back 4 back 5 across 5 across 7 heather 6 the 7 heather 7 heather 8 under 8 under 10 moon 9 the 10 moon 11 , 12 till 12 till 13 it 12 till 14 was 12 till 17 , 13 it 14 was 14 was 15 nearly 15 nearly 16 morning 17 , 18 and 18 and 21 beasts 18 and 22 stumbled 19 our 21 beasts 20 poor 21 beasts 21 beasts 22 stumbled 22 stumbled 23 on 23 on 25 ruins 24 some 25 ruins ['] [when] [we] [woke] [,] [very] [stiff] [and] [cold] [,] [allo] [was] [mixing] [the] [meal] [and] [water] [.] one [does] [not] [light] [fires] in the [pict] country [except] [near] [a] [village] [.] 1 one 6 in 6 in 9 country 7 the 9 country the [little] men are always signalling to each other with [smokes] , and a strange smoke brings them out buzzing like bees [.] 1 the 3 men 3 men 4 are 4 are 5 always 4 are 6 signalling 4 are 7 to 4 are 10 with 6 signalling 7 to 7 to 9 other 8 each 9 other 10 with 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 16 smoke 13 and 17 brings 14 a 15 strange 14 a 16 smoke 15 strange 16 smoke 16 smoke 17 brings 17 brings 18 them 17 brings 19 out 17 brings 21 like 19 out 20 buzzing 20 buzzing 21 like 21 like 22 bees they can sting , too ! 1 they 2 can 2 can 3 sting 3 sting 5 too 4 , 5 too 5 too 6 ! " ['] [what] [we] [saw] [last] [night] [was] [a] [trading-station] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 12 " " [nothing] [but] [a] [trading-station] [.] " 1 " 7 " " ['] [i] [do] [not] [like] [lies] [on] [an] [empty] [stomach] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 13 " " [i] [suppose] ["] [(] he [had] [eyes] [like] [an] [eagle] ['s] [)] ["] [i] [suppose] [that] is [a] [trading-station] [also] [?] ["] 1 " 6 he 6 he 18 is they make it by raising and dropping a wet hide on a fire [.] 1 they 2 make 2 make 3 it 2 make 10 hide 2 make 11 on 3 it 4 by 4 by 6 and 5 raising 6 and 6 and 7 dropping 8 a 9 wet 8 a 10 hide 9 wet 10 hide 10 hide 11 on 11 on 13 fire 12 a 13 fire " ['] [no] [,] " [said] [allo] [,] [pushing] [the] [platter] [back] [into] [the] [bag] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [that] [is] [for] [you] [and] [me] [.] your fate is fixed [.] 1 your 2 fate 2 fate 3 is 3 is 4 fixed [come] [.] ["] ['] [we] [came] [.] " ['] [whatever] [happens] [,] " [said] [allo] [,] [while] [our] [ponies] [grunted] [along] [,] ["] [i] [want] [you] [to] [remember] [me] [.] ["] 1 " 6 " " ['] [i] [shall] [not] [forget] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 8 " " [you] [have] [cheated] [me] [out] [of] [my] [breakfast] [.] " 1 " 11 " " [what] [is] [a] [handful] [of] [crushed] [oats] [to] [a] [roman] [?] " he said [.] 1 " 15 said 13 " 14 he 14 he 15 said then he laughed his laugh that was not a laugh [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 laughed 3 laughed 5 laugh 4 his 5 laugh 5 laugh 6 that 5 laugh 7 was 6 that 7 was 7 was 8 not 7 was 10 laugh 9 a 10 laugh " [what] [would] [you] [do] [if] [you] [were] [a] [handful] [of] [oats] [being] [crushed] [between] [the] [upper] [and] [lower] [stones] [of] [a] [mill] [?] " 1 " 25 " " ['] [i] ['m] [pertinax] [,] [not] [a] [riddle-guesser] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 11 " " ['] ['you're] [a] [fool] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 7 " " [your] [gods] [and] [my] [gods] [are] [threatened] by [strange] [gods] , and all [you] [can] [do] is to laugh [.] ["] 1 " 13 and 9 by 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 all 14 all 18 is 18 is 19 to 19 to 20 laugh " ['] [threatened] [men] [live] [long] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 8 " " ['] [i] [pray] [the] [gods] [that] [may] [be] [true] , " he said [.] 1 " 14 said 11 , 12 " 11 , 13 he 13 he 14 said " [but] [i] [ask] [you] [again] [not] [to] [forget] [me] [.] " 1 " 12 " ['] [we] [climbed] [the] [last] [hot] [hill] [and] [looked] [out] [on] [the] [eastern] [sea] [,] [three] [or] [four] [miles] [off] [.] " ['] ['you're] [madder] [than] [allo] [!] " he said [.] 1 " 10 said 8 " 9 he 9 he 10 said " [it] [must] [be] [the] [sun] [!] " 1 " 8 " ['] [maximus] [never] [stirred] [till] [we] [stood] [before] [him] [.] then he looked me up and down , and said : " [hungry] [again] [?] 1 then 2 he 2 he 9 and 3 looked 4 me 3 looked 7 down 3 looked 9 and 5 up 6 and 6 and 7 down 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 said 10 said 11 : 11 : 12 " it seems to be my destiny to feed you whenever we meet [.] 1 it 2 seems 2 seems 3 to 2 seems 4 be 3 to 4 be 4 be 6 destiny 4 be 7 to 5 my 6 destiny 7 to 8 feed 8 feed 9 you 8 feed 10 whenever 10 whenever 11 we 10 whenever 12 meet 11 we 12 meet i have food here [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 food 2 have 4 here 3 food 4 here allo shall cook it [.] ["] 1 allo 2 shall 2 shall 3 cook 3 cook 4 it " ['] [no] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [a] [prince] [in] [his] [own] [land] [does] [not] [wait] [on] [wandering] [emperors] [.] i feed my two children without asking [your] leave [.] ["] 1 i 2 feed 2 feed 4 two 3 my 4 two 4 two 5 children 4 two 9 leave 5 children 6 without 5 children 9 leave 6 without 7 asking he began to blow up the ashes [.] 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 2 began 4 blow 3 to 4 blow 4 blow 5 up 4 blow 7 ashes 6 the 7 ashes " ['] [i] [was] [wrong] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [we] [are] [all] [mad] [.] speak up [,] [o] [madman] [called] [emperor] [!] ["] 1 speak 2 up ['] [maximus] [smiled] [his] [terrible] [tight-lipped] [smile] [,] [but] [two] [years] [on] [the] [wall] [do] [not] [make] [a] [man] [afraid] [of] [mere] [looks] [.] so [i] [was] not [afraid] [.] 1 so 4 not " ['] [i] [meant] [you] [,] [parnesius] [,] [to] [live] [and] [die] [a] [centurion] [of] [the] [wall] [,] " [said] [maximus] [.] 1 " 19 " " [but] [it] [seems] [from] [these] [,] " [he] [fumbled] [in] [his] [breast] ["] [you] [can] [think] [as] [well] [as] [draw] [.] ["] 1 " 8 " mother and my sister always liked my pictures [.] 1 mother 2 and 2 and 4 sister 2 and 6 liked 3 my 4 sister 5 always 6 liked 6 liked 8 pictures 7 my 8 pictures ['] [he] [handed] [me] [one] [that] [i] [had] [called] ["] [maximus] ['s] [soldiers] ["] [.] [it] [showed] [a] [row] [of] [fat] [wine-skins] [,] [and] [our] [old] [doctor] [of] [the] [hunno] [hospital] [snuffing] [at] [them] [.] [on] [the] [wall] [,] [we] [always] [called] [a] [wine-skin] [a] ["] [maximus] ["] [.] oh , yes [;] [and] [i] [had] [drawn] [them] [in] [imperial] [helmets] [.] 1 oh 2 , 2 , 3 yes " ['] [not] [long] [since] [,] ["] he went on , " [men] ['s] [names] [were] [sent] [up] [to] [caesar] [for] [smaller] [jokes] [than] [this] [.] " 1 " 8 he 8 he 9 went 9 went 10 on 10 on 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 27 " ['] [he] [did] [not] [actually] [point] [his] [hunting-spear] [at] [maximus] [,] [but] [balanced] [it] [on] [his] [palm] [so] [!] " ['] [i] [was] [speaking] [of] [time] [past] [,] " [said] [maximus] [,] [never] [fluttering] [an] [eyelid] [.] 1 " 10 " " [nowadays] [one] [is] [only] [too] [pleased] [to] [find] [boys] [who] [can] [think] [for] [themselves] [,] [and] [their] [friends] [.] " 1 " 21 " he nodded [at] [pertinax] [.] 1 he 2 nodded " [your] [father] [lent] [me] [the] [letters] [,] [parnesius] [,] so [you] [run] [no] [risk] [from] [me] [.] ["] 1 " 11 so " ['] [none] [whatever] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [,] [and] [rubbed] [the] [spear-point] [on] [his] [sleeve] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] ['] [i] [have] [been] [forced] [to] [reduce] [the] [garrisons] [in] [britain] [,] [because] [i] [need] [troops] [in] [gaul] [.] now [i] [come] [to] [take] [troops] [from] [the] [wall] [itself] , " said he [.] 1 now 11 , 11 , 12 " 11 , 13 said 13 said 14 he " ['] [i] [wish] [you] [joy] [of] [us] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [we] ['re] [the] [last] [sweepings] [of] [the] [empire] [the] [men] [without] [hope] [.] [myself] [,] [i] ['d] [sooner] [trust] [condemned] [criminals] [.] ["] " ['] [you] [think] [so] [?] " he said , quite seriously [.] 1 " 9 said 7 " 8 he 8 he 9 said 9 said 12 seriously 10 , 12 seriously 11 quite 12 seriously ["] [but] [it] [will] [only] [be] [till] [i] [win] [gaul] [.] one must always risk one 's life , or one 's soul , or one 's peace or some little thing [.] ["] 1 one 2 must 2 must 4 risk 3 always 4 risk 4 risk 18 or 5 one 6 's 6 's 7 life 7 life 9 or 8 , 9 or 9 or 12 soul 9 or 14 or 10 one 11 's 11 's 12 soul 13 , 14 or 14 or 17 peace 14 or 18 or 15 one 16 's 16 's 17 peace 18 or 21 thing 19 some 21 thing 20 little 21 thing ['] [allo] [passed] [round] [the] [fire] [with] [the] [sizzling] [deer] ['s] [meat] [.] he served us two first [.] 1 he 2 served 2 served 4 two 3 us 4 two 4 two 5 first " ['] [ah] [!] " [said] [maximus] [,] [waiting] [his] [turn] [.] 1 " 5 " " [i] [perceive] you are in your own country [.] 1 " 4 you 4 you 5 are 5 are 6 in 6 in 9 country 7 your 8 own 7 your 9 country well , you [deserve] [it] [.] 1 well 2 , 1 well 3 you they tell me you have quite a following among [the] [picts] , [parnesius] [.] ["] 1 they 2 tell 2 tell 3 me 2 tell 4 you 2 tell 5 have 4 you 5 have 5 have 8 following 5 have 9 among 6 quite 7 a 7 a 8 following 8 following 9 among 9 among 12 , " ['] [i] [have] [hunted] [with] [them] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 9 " " [maybe] [i] [have] [a] [few] [friends] [among] [the] [heather] [.] " 1 " 12 " ['] [had] [you] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [yes] [;] [but] [that] [was] [neither] [here] [nor] [there] [.] the [little] [green] man [orated] [like] [a] [like] [cicero] [.] 1 the 4 man he made us out to be magnificent fellows [.] 1 he 2 made 2 made 3 us 2 made 4 out 4 out 5 to 4 out 6 be 5 to 6 be 6 be 8 fellows 7 magnificent 8 fellows maximus never took his eyes off our faces [.] 1 maximus 3 took 2 never 3 took 3 took 5 eyes 3 took 6 off 4 his 5 eyes 5 eyes 6 off 6 off 8 faces 7 our 8 faces " ['] [enough] , " he said [.] 1 " 7 said 4 , 5 " 4 , 6 he 6 he 7 said ["] [i] [have] [heard] [allo] [on] [you] [.] i wish to hear you [on] [the] [picts] [.] ["] 1 i 2 wish 2 wish 3 to 3 to 4 hear 4 hear 5 you ['] [i] [told] [him] [as] [much] [as] [i] [knew] [,] [and] [pertinax] [helped] [me] [out] [.] there is [never] [harm] [in] [a] [pict] [if] [you] [but] [take] [the] [trouble] to find out what he wants [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 14 to 14 to 15 find 15 find 16 out 16 out 17 what 17 what 18 he 17 what 19 wants 18 he 19 wants their real grievance against us came from our burning their heather [.] 1 their 3 grievance 2 real 3 grievance 3 grievance 4 against 3 grievance 6 came 4 against 5 us 6 came 7 from 7 from 9 burning 8 our 9 burning 9 burning 11 heather 10 their 11 heather the [whole] [garrison] of [the] [wall] [moved] [out] [twice] [a] [year] , and [solemnly] [burned] [the] [heather] [for] [ten] [miles] [north] [.] 1 the 4 of 4 of 12 , 12 , 13 and [rutilianus] [,] [our] [general] [,] [called] [it] [clearing] [the] [country] [.] " ['] [true] [,] [quite] [true] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 8 " " [how] [can] [we] [make] [our] [holy] [heather-wine] [,] [if] [you] [burn] [our] [bee-pasture] [?] " 1 " 16 " ['] [we] [talked] [long] [,] [maximus] [asking] [keen] [questions] [that] [showed] [he] [knew] [much] [and] [had] [thought] [more] [about] [the] [picts] [.] stand away , so that you do not see [allo] ['s] face ; [and] speak your own thoughts [.] ["] 1 stand 2 away 1 stand 5 that 3 , 5 that 4 so 5 that 5 that 6 you 5 that 9 see 5 that 13 ; 6 you 7 do 7 do 8 not 7 do 9 see 8 not 9 see 9 see 12 face 13 ; 15 speak 15 speak 18 thoughts 16 your 17 own 16 your 18 thoughts " ['] [no] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [you] [cannot] [remake] [that] [province] [.] [the] [picts] [have] [been] [free] [too] [long] [.] ["] " ['] [leave] [them] [their] [village] [councils] , and [let] [them] [furnish] [their] [own] [soldiers] , " he said [.] 1 " 19 said 8 , 9 and 9 and 16 , 9 and 18 he 16 , 17 " 18 he 19 said " [you] [,] [i] [am] [sure] [,] [would] [hold] [the] [reins] [very] [lightly] [.] " 1 " 15 " " [even] [then] [,] [no] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [at] [least] [not] [now] [.] they have been [too] [oppressed] [by] [us] [to] [trust] [anything] [with] [a] [roman] [name] for years and years [.] ["] 1 they 2 have 2 have 3 been 3 been 15 for 15 for 17 and 16 years 17 and 17 and 18 years ['] [i] [heard] [old] [allo] [behind] [me] [mutter] [:] ["] [good] [child] [!] ["] " ['] [then] [what] [do] [you] [recommend] [,] " [said] [maximus] [,] ["] [to] [keep] [the] [north] [quiet] [till] [i] [win] [gaul] [?] ["] 1 " 9 " " ['] [leave] [the] [picts] [alone] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 8 " " [stop] [the] [heather-burning] [at] [once] [,] [and] [they] [are] [improvident] [little] [animals] [send] [them] [a] [shipload] [or] [two] [of] [corn] [now] [and] [then] [.] " 1 " 26 " " ['] [their] [own] [men] [must] [distribute] it [not] [some] [cheating] [greek] [accountant] [,] ["] said [pertinax] [.] 1 " 16 said 8 it 16 said " ['] [yes] , and [allow] [them] [to] [come] [to] [our] [hospitals] [when] they [are] [sick] [,] ["] [i] said [.] 1 " 20 said 4 , 5 and 5 and 14 they 14 they 20 said " ['] [surely] they [would] [die] [first] [,] ["] said [maximus] [.] 1 " 10 said 4 they 10 said " ['] [not] [if] [parnesius] [brought] [them] [in] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [i] [could] [show] [you] [twenty] [wolf-bitten] [,] [bear-clawed] [picts] [within] [twenty] [miles] [of] [here] [.] but [parnesius] [must] [stay] [with] them [in] [hospital] , [else] they would go mad with fear [.] ["] 1 but 6 them 1 but 9 , 9 , 13 go 11 they 12 would 12 would 13 go 13 go 14 mad 14 mad 15 with 15 with 16 fear " ['] [i] [see] [,] " [said] [maximus] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [like] [everything] [else] [in] [the] [world] [,] [it] [is] [one] [man] ['s] [work] [.] you [,] [i] think [,] [are] that [one] [man] [.] ["] 1 you 4 think 4 think 7 that " ['] [pertinax] [and] [i] [are] [one] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 9 " " ['] [as] [you] [please] [,] so [long] [as] [you] [work] [.] 1 " 7 so now , [allo] , you know that [i] [mean] [your] [people] [no] [harm] [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 4 , 4 , 5 you 5 you 6 know 6 know 7 that leave us to talk together [,] ["] [said] [maximus] [.] 1 leave 2 us 1 leave 3 to 3 to 4 talk 4 talk 5 together " ['] [no] [need] [!] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [i] [am] [the] [corn] [between] [the] [upper] [and] [lower] [millstones] [.] i must know what the lower millstone means to do [.] 1 i 2 must 2 must 3 know 3 know 4 what 4 what 7 millstone 4 what 8 means 5 the 7 millstone 6 lower 7 millstone 7 millstone 8 means 8 means 9 to 9 to 10 do these boys have spoken the truth as far as they know it [.] 1 these 2 boys 2 boys 3 have 3 have 4 spoken 4 spoken 6 truth 4 spoken 8 far 4 spoken 9 as 5 the 6 truth 7 as 8 far 9 as 10 they 9 as 11 know 10 they 11 know 11 know 12 it i [,] [a] [prince] [,] will tell you the rest [.] 1 i 6 will 6 will 7 tell 7 tell 8 you 7 tell 10 rest 9 the 10 rest i am [troubled] [about] [the] [men] [of] [the] [north] [.] ["] 1 i 2 am he squatted like a hare in the heather , and looked over his shoulder [.] 1 he 10 and 2 squatted 3 like 2 squatted 6 in 2 squatted 10 and 3 like 5 hare 4 a 5 hare 5 hare 6 in 6 in 8 heather 7 the 8 heather 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 looked 10 and 12 over 12 over 14 shoulder 13 his 14 shoulder " ['] [i] [also] [,] " [said] [maximus] [,] ["] [or] [i] [should] [not] [be] [here] [.] ["] 1 " 6 " " ['] [listen] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 5 " " [long] [and] [long] [ago] [the] [winged] [hats] ["] he [meant] [the] [northmen] ["] came to our beaches and said , ['] [rome] [falls] [!] 1 " 10 he 10 he 19 and 15 came 16 to 15 came 19 and 16 to 18 beaches 17 our 18 beaches 19 and 20 said 20 said 21 , push her down [!] ['] 1 push 2 her 1 push 3 down we fought you [.] 1 we 2 fought 2 fought 3 you you sent men [.] 1 you 2 sent 2 sent 3 men we were beaten [.] 1 we 2 were 2 were 3 beaten after that we [said] [to] [the] [winged] [hats] [,] ['] [you] are [liars] [!] 1 after 2 that 1 after 3 we 3 we 12 are make [our] [men] [alive] that [rome] [killed] [,] [and] [we] [will] [believe] [you] [.] ['] 1 make 5 that they went away [ashamed] [.] 1 they 2 went 2 went 3 away now [they] come [back] [bold] , and they tell the old tale , which we begin to believe that [rome] [falls] ! " 1 now 3 come 3 come 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 they 7 and 9 tell 8 they 9 tell 9 tell 12 tale 10 the 12 tale 11 old 12 tale 12 tale 14 which 13 , 14 which 14 which 16 begin 14 which 22 ! 15 we 16 begin 16 begin 17 to 17 to 18 believe 18 believe 19 that 22 ! 23 " ["] ['] [ah] [,] [i] [wish] [it] [too] [!] i wish to save what is [left] of the corn from the millstones [.] 1 i 2 wish 2 wish 3 to 2 wish 4 save 3 to 4 save 4 save 5 what 5 what 6 is 6 is 8 of 6 is 11 from 8 of 10 corn 9 the 10 corn 10 corn 11 from 11 from 13 millstones 12 the 13 millstones then [you] [hide] [behind] [the] [wall] , and [scorch] [us] [with] [greek] [fire] [.] 1 then 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 19 we 19 we 20 are 20 are 21 hungry my young men will say , ['] [rome] [can] [neither] [fight] [nor] [rule] [.] 1 my 3 men 2 young 3 men 3 men 4 will 4 will 5 say 5 say 6 , 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 3 show 3 show 4 them 3 show 7 roads 3 show 8 across 5 the 7 roads 6 secret 7 roads 7 roads 8 across 8 across 10 bogs 9 the 10 bogs [do] [i] [want] [that] [?] [no] [!] ["] he spat like an adder [.] 1 he 2 spat 2 spat 3 like 3 like 5 adder 4 an 5 adder ["] [i] [would] [keep] [the] [secrets] [of] [my] [people] [though] [i] [were] [burned] [alive] [.] my two children here have spoken truth [.] 1 my 2 two 2 two 3 children 3 children 4 here 3 children 5 have 5 have 6 spoken 6 spoken 7 truth leave us [picts] alone [.] 1 leave 2 us 1 leave 4 alone comfort us [,] and cherish us , and feed us [from] far off with the hand behind the back [.] 1 comfort 2 us 1 comfort 4 and 4 and 8 and 5 cherish 6 us 5 cherish 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 feed 9 feed 12 far 9 feed 13 off 9 feed 14 with 9 feed 17 behind 10 us 12 far 14 with 16 hand 15 the 16 hand 16 hand 17 behind 17 behind 19 back 18 the 19 back parnesius understands us [.] 1 parnesius 2 understands 2 understands 3 us see , [i] [give] [you] [three] [years] [.] 1 see 2 , i shall not grieve over that [,] [but] [well] [i] [know] [tribe] [never] [helps] [tribe] [except] [for] [one] [price] [.] 1 i 2 shall 2 shall 3 not 2 shall 4 grieve 3 not 4 grieve 4 grieve 5 over 5 over 6 that we [picts] will go too [.] 1 we 3 will 3 will 4 go 4 go 5 too [the] [winged] [hats] [will] [grind] [us] [to] [this] [!] ["] he tossed a handful of dust in the air [.] 1 he 2 tossed 2 tossed 6 dust 2 tossed 7 in 3 a 4 handful 4 handful 5 of 4 handful 6 dust 5 of 6 dust 6 dust 7 in 7 in 9 air 8 the 9 air " ['] [oh] [,] [roma] [dea] [!] " [said] [maximus] [,] [half] [aloud] [.] 1 " 8 " " [it] [is] [always] [one] [man] ['s] [work] [always] [and] [everywhere] [!] " 1 " 13 " " [and] [one] [man] ['s] [life] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 8 " " you are [emperor] [,] [but] not [a] [god] [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 7 not you may die [.] ["] 1 you 2 may 2 may 3 die " ['] [i] [have] [thought] [of] [that] [too] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 11 said 11 said 12 he ["] [very] [good] [.] [if] [this] [wind] [holds] [,] [i] [shall] [be] [at] [the] [east] [end] [of] [the] [wall] [by] [morning] [.] " ['] [one] [instant] [,] [caesar] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [all] [men] [have] [their] [price] [.] i am not bought yet [.] ["] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 not 2 am 4 bought 3 not 4 bought 4 bought 5 yet " ['do] [you] [also] [begin] [to] [bargain] so [early] [?] ["] [said] [maximus] [.] 1 " 8 so " [well] [?] " 1 " 4 " " ['] [give] [me] [justice] [against] [my] [uncle] [icenus] [,] [the] [duumvir] [of] [divio] in [gaul] , " he said [.] 1 " 20 said 15 in 17 , 15 in 19 he 17 , 18 " 19 he 20 said ["] ['] [only] [a] [life] [?] i thought it would be money or an office [.] 1 i 2 thought 2 thought 3 it 2 thought 5 be 3 it 4 would 4 would 5 be 5 be 7 or 6 money 7 or 7 or 9 office 8 an 9 office certainly you shall have him [.] 1 certainly 2 you 2 you 3 shall 3 shall 4 have 4 have 5 him write his name on these tablets on the red side [;] [the] [other] [is] [for] [the] [living] [!] ["] [and] [maximus] [held] [out] [his] [tablets] [.] 1 write 3 name 1 write 4 on 1 write 7 on 2 his 3 name 4 on 6 tablets 5 these 6 tablets 7 on 10 side 8 the 10 side 9 red 10 side " ['] [he] [is] [of] [no] [use] [to] [me] [dead] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 12 " ["] [my] [mother] [is] [a] [widow] [.] i am far [off] [.] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 far i am not sure he pays her [all] her dowry [.] ["] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 not 2 am 4 sure 3 not 4 sure 4 sure 5 he 4 sure 6 pays 5 he 6 pays 6 pays 7 her 6 pays 10 dowry 9 her 10 dowry ["] ['] [no] [matter] [.] my arm is reasonably long [.] 1 my 2 arm 2 arm 3 is 3 is 5 long 4 reasonably 5 long we will look through your uncle 's accounts in due time [.] 1 we 2 will 2 will 3 look 3 look 4 through 3 look 9 in 4 through 8 accounts 5 your 6 uncle 6 uncle 7 's 7 's 8 accounts 8 accounts 9 in 9 in 11 time 10 due 11 time now , [farewell] [till] [tomorrow] , [o] [captains] of [the] [wall] [!] ["] 1 now 2 , 1 now 6 , 6 , 9 of ['] [we] [saw] [him] [grow] [small] [across] [the] [heather] [as] [he] [walked] [to] [the] [galley] [.] there were [picts] [,] scores [,] [each] [side] of [him] , [hidden] [behind] [stones] [.] 1 there 2 were 2 were 5 scores 5 scores 9 of 9 of 11 , he never looked left or right [.] 1 he 3 looked 2 never 3 looked 3 looked 5 or 4 left 5 or 5 or 6 right he sailed away southerly [,] [full] [spread] [before] [the] [evening] [breeze] [,] [and] [when] [we] [had] [watched] [him] [out] [to] [sea] [,] [we] [were] [silent] [.] 1 he 2 sailed 2 sailed 3 away 2 sailed 4 southerly we understood that [earth] [bred] [few] [men] [like] [to] [this] [man] [.] 1 we 2 understood 2 understood 3 that ['] [presently] [allo] [brought] [the] [ponies] [and] [held] [them] [for] [us] [to] [mount] [a] [thing] [he] [had] [never] [done] [before] [.] " ['] [what] [do] [you] [do] [,] [o] [my] [friend] [?] " 1 " 12 " i said [.] 1 i 2 said then we rode back to [that] [wall] [of] [which] [we] [were] [to] be [captains] [.] ['] 1 then 2 we 2 we 3 rode 3 rode 4 back 3 rode 5 to 5 to 13 be parnesius stopped [.] 1 parnesius 2 stopped the children sat still , not even asking if that were all the tale [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 sat 3 sat 4 still 4 still 8 asking 5 , 6 not 5 , 8 asking 7 even 8 asking 8 asking 9 if 8 asking 14 tale 9 if 10 that 9 if 11 were 10 that 11 were 11 were 12 all 13 the 14 tale puck beckoned , and pointed the way out of the wood [.] 1 puck 4 and 2 beckoned 4 and 3 , 4 and 4 and 5 pointed 4 and 7 way 4 and 9 of 6 the 7 way 8 out 9 of 9 of 11 wood 10 the 11 wood ['] [sorry] [,] ['] [he] [whispered] [,] ['] [but] [you] [must] [go] [now] [.] ['] ['] [we] [haven't] [made] [him] [angry] [,] [have] [we] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [he] [looks] [so] [far] [off] [,] [and] [and] [thinky] [.] ['] ['] [bless] [your] [heart] [,] [no] [.] wait till tomorrow [.] 1 wait 2 till 2 till 3 tomorrow it won't be long [.] 1 it 2 won't 2 won't 3 be 3 be 4 long remember , [you] ['ve] [been] [playing] [lays] [of] [ancient] [rome] [.] ['] 1 remember 2 , and as soon as they had [scrambled] [through] [their] [gap] where [oak] , [ash] and [thorn] [grew] , that was all they remembered [.] 1 and 15 and 2 as 3 soon 3 soon 4 as 4 as 5 they 5 they 6 had 6 had 15 and 11 where 13 , 13 , 15 and 15 and 18 , 18 , 19 that 19 that 20 was 20 was 21 all 21 all 22 they 21 all 23 remembered 22 they 23 remembered [a] [song] [to] [mithras] [mithras] [,] [god] [of] [the] [morning] [,] [our] [trumpets] [waken] [the] [wall] [!] ['] [rome] [is] [above] [the] [nations] [,] [but] [thou] [art] [over] [all] [!] ['] [mithras] [,] [god] [of] [the] [noontide] [,] [the] [heather] [swims] [in] [the] [heat] [,] [our] [helmets] [scorch] [our] [foreheads] [,] [our] [sandals] [burn] [our] [feet] [.] [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 , [many] [roads] [thou] [hast] [fashioned] [:] [all] [of] [them] [lead] [to] [the] [light] [!] mithras , also a soldier , teach us to die aright [!] 1 mithras 5 soldier 1 mithras 7 teach 2 , 3 also 2 , 5 soldier 4 a 5 soldier 5 soldier 6 , 7 teach 8 us 7 teach 9 to 9 to 11 aright 10 die 11 aright [the] [winged] [hats] the next day happened to be what [they] [called] [a] [wild] [afternoon] [.] 1 the 2 next 1 the 3 day 3 day 4 happened 4 happened 5 to 4 happened 6 be 5 to 6 be 6 be 7 what ['] [if] [i] [had] [eyes] [as] [i] [could] [see] [,] [no] [mortal] [man] [would] [trouble] [me] [.] ['] they knew about rabbits already [.] 1 they 2 knew 2 knew 3 about 2 knew 4 rabbits 2 knew 5 already then [they] [climbed] up [long] [ditch] [into] [the] [lower] [end] [of] [far] [wood] [.] 1 then 4 up ['] [how] [quietly] [you] [came] [!] ['] [said] [una] [,] [moving] [up] [to] [make] [room] [.] ['] [where] ['s] [puck] [?] ['] ['] [i] [don't] [understand] [all] [of] [it] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] ['] [but] [i] [like] [hearing] [about] [the] [little] [picts] [.] ['] ['] [he] [who] [makes] [himself] [emperor] [anywhere] [must] [know] [everything] [,] [everywhere] [,] ['] [said] [parnesius] [.] ['] [we] [had] [this] [much] [from] [maximus] ['s] [mouth] [after] [the] [games] [.] ['] ['] [games] [?] what [games] [?] ['] said [dan] [.] 1 what 5 said parnesius stretched his arm out stiffly [,] [thumb] [pointed] [to] [the] [ground] [.] 1 parnesius 2 stretched 2 stretched 4 arm 2 stretched 5 out 2 stretched 6 stiffly 3 his 4 arm ['] [gladiators] [!] that [sort] [of] [game] , ['] he said [.] 1 that 5 , 5 , 8 said 7 he 8 said ['] [there] [were] [two] [days] ['] [games] [in] [his] [honour] [when] [he] [landed] [all] [unexpected] [at] [segedunum] [on] [the] [east] [end] [of] [the] [wall] [.] in the old days [the] [legions] [kept] [silence] [before] [their] [emperor] [.] 1 in 4 days 2 the 4 days 3 old 4 days so did [not] we [!] 1 so 2 did 2 did 4 we you could hear [the] [solid] [roar] [run] [west] [along] [the] [wall] [as] [his] [chair] [was] [carried] [rocking] [through] [the] [crowds] [.] 1 you 2 could 2 could 3 hear that chair was like a little boat among waves , dipping and falling , but always rising again after one had shut the eyes [.] ['] 1 that 2 chair 2 chair 3 was 3 was 4 like 3 was 8 among 3 was 15 but 4 like 7 boat 5 a 7 boat 6 little 7 boat 7 boat 8 among 8 among 9 waves 9 waves 12 and 10 , 12 and 11 dipping 12 and 12 and 13 falling 12 and 14 , 15 but 17 rising 16 always 17 rising 17 rising 18 again 17 rising 19 after 19 after 20 one 19 after 22 shut 20 one 21 had 21 had 22 shut 22 shut 24 eyes 23 the 24 eyes parnesius shivered [.] 1 parnesius 2 shivered ['] [were] [they] [angry] [with] [him] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [no] [more] [angry] [than] [wolves] [in] [a] [cage] [when] [their] [trainer] [walks] [among] [them] [.] was it not so , [faun] [?] ['] 1 was 2 it 1 was 3 not 1 was 4 so 4 so 5 , ['] [so] [it] [was] [.] so it always will be , ['] said [puck] [.] 1 so 2 it 2 it 4 will 3 always 4 will 4 will 5 be 5 be 6 , 6 , 8 said 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 4 seen 4 seen 7 before he was a great glutton , and [kept] [five] [asian] [cooks] , and he came [of] [a] [family] [that] [believed] in [oracles] [.] 1 he 7 and 2 was 5 glutton 2 was 7 and 3 a 5 glutton 4 great 5 glutton 6 , 7 and 7 and 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 he 14 he 15 came 15 came 21 in we could smell his good dinner when we entered , but the tables were empty [.] 1 we 2 could 2 could 3 smell 3 smell 6 dinner 4 his 6 dinner 5 good 6 dinner 6 dinner 7 when 7 when 8 we 7 when 11 but 8 we 11 but 9 entered 11 but 10 , 11 but 11 but 15 empty 12 the 13 tables 13 tables 14 were 14 were 15 empty he lay [snorting] on a couch [.] 1 he 2 lay 2 lay 4 on 4 on 6 couch 5 a 6 couch maximus sat apart among long rolls of accounts [.] 1 maximus 2 sat 2 sat 3 apart 2 sat 4 among 4 among 6 rolls 5 long 6 rolls 6 rolls 7 of 7 of 8 accounts then the doors were shut [.] 1 then 3 doors 2 the 3 doors 3 doors 4 were 4 were 5 shut " ['] [i] [shall] [know] [them] [again] [,] [caesar] [,] " [said] [rutilianus] [.] 1 " 11 " " [very] [good] [,] " [said] [maximus] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [now] [hear] [!] you are not to [move] [man] [or] [shield] [on] [the] [wall] [except] [as] [these] [boys] [shall] tell you [.] 1 you 2 are 2 are 4 to 3 not 4 to 4 to 17 tell 17 tell 18 you you will do nothing , [except] eat , without their permission [.] 1 you 5 , 2 will 3 do 2 will 5 , 3 do 4 nothing 5 , 7 eat 7 eat 9 without 8 , 9 without 9 without 11 permission 10 their 11 permission they are the head and arms [.] 1 they 2 are 2 are 5 and 3 the 4 head 4 head 5 and 5 and 6 arms you are the belly [!] ["] 1 you 2 are 2 are 4 belly 3 the 4 belly " ['] [as] [caesar] [pleases] [,] " [the] [old] [man] [grunted] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [if] [my] [pay] [and] [profits] [are] [not] [cut] [,] [you] [may] [make] [my] [ancestors] ['] [oracle] [my] [master] [.] rome has been [!] 1 rome 2 has 2 has 3 been rome has been [!] ["] 1 rome 2 has 2 has 3 been then he turned on his side to sleep [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 turned 3 turned 4 on 3 turned 7 to 4 on 6 side 5 his 6 side 6 side 7 to 7 to 8 sleep " ['] [he] [has] it [,] ["] said [maximus] [.] 1 " 8 said 5 it 8 said " [we] [will] [get] [to] [what] [i] [need] [.] " 1 " 10 " ['] [he] [unrolled] [full] [copies] [of] [the] [number] [of] [men] [and] [supplies] [on] [the] [wall] [down] [to] [the] [sick] [that] [very] [day] [in] [hunno] [hospital] [.] oh , but [i] [groaned] [when] [his] [pen] [marked] [off] [detachment] [after] [detachment] [of] [our] [best] [of] [our] [least] [worthless] men [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 21 men 2 , 3 but it was like an eagle pecking a carcass [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 like 3 like 5 eagle 4 an 5 eagle 5 eagle 6 pecking 6 pecking 8 carcass 7 a 8 carcass " ['] [and] [now] [,] [how] [many] [catapults] [have] [you] [?] " 1 " 12 " he turned up a new list [,] [but] [pertinax] [laid] [his] [open] [hand] [there] [.] 1 he 2 turned 2 turned 3 up 2 turned 6 list 4 a 5 new 4 a 6 list 5 new 6 list " ['] [no] [,] [caesar] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 9 he ["] [do] [not] [tempt] [the] [gods] [too] [far] [.] take men , or engines , but not both [;] [else] [we] [refuse] [.] ["] ['] 1 take 7 but 2 men 4 or 3 , 4 or 4 or 5 engines 4 or 7 but 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 not 7 but 9 both ['] [engines] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [the] [catapults] [of] [the] [wall] [huge] [things] [forty] [feet] [high] [to] [the] [head] [firing] [nets] [of] [raw] [stone] [or] [forged] [bolts] [.] nothing can stand against them [.] 1 nothing 2 can 2 can 3 stand 3 stand 4 against 4 against 5 them he left [us] our catapults at last [,] [but] [he] [took] [a] [caesar] ['s] [half] [of] [our] [men] [without] [pity] [.] 1 he 2 left 2 left 5 catapults 2 left 6 at 4 our 5 catapults 5 catapults 6 at 6 at 7 last we were a shell when he rolled up the lists [!] 1 we 2 were 2 were 4 shell 3 a 4 shell 4 shell 5 when 5 when 6 he 5 when 7 rolled 6 he 7 rolled 7 rolled 8 up 7 rolled 10 lists 9 the 10 lists ["] ['] [hail] [,] [caesar] [!] we , [about] to die , salute you [!] ["] [said] [pertinax] [,] [laughing] [.] 1 we 4 to 1 we 7 salute 2 , 4 to 4 to 5 die 4 to 6 , 7 salute 8 you " [if] [any] [enemy] [even] [leans] [against] [the] [wall] [now] [,] [it] [will] [tumble] [.] " 1 " 16 " but now it is [a] [gamble] a game played [against] [the] [gods] , and [the] [stakes] [are] [britain] [,] [gaul] [,] [and] [perhaps] [rome] [.] 1 but 3 it 1 but 13 , 2 now 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 8 game 7 a 8 game 8 game 9 played 13 , 14 and you play on my side [?] ["] 1 you 2 play 2 play 3 on 3 on 5 side 4 my 5 side " ['] [we] [will] [play] [,] [caesar] [,] ["] [i] said [,] [for] [i] [had] [never] [met] [a] man [like] [this] [man] [.] 1 " 11 said 11 said 19 man ["] [good] [.] tomorrow , " said he , ["] [i] [proclaim] [you] [captains] [of] [the] [wall] [before] [the] [troops] [.] ["] 1 tomorrow 2 , 1 tomorrow 6 , 2 , 3 " 2 , 4 said 4 said 5 he ['] [so] [we] [went] [into] [the] [moonlight] [,] [where] [they] [were] [cleaning] [the] [ground] [after] [the] [games] [.] [we] [saw] [great] [roma] [dea] [atop] [of] [the] [wall] [,] [the] [frost] [on] [her] [helmet] [,] [and] [her] [spear] [pointed] [towards] [the] [north] [star] [.] we saw the twinkle of night-fires all along the guard-towers , and the line of the black catapults growing smaller and smaller in the distance [.] 1 we 2 saw 2 saw 4 twinkle 2 saw 8 along 2 saw 21 and 3 the 4 twinkle 4 twinkle 5 of 5 of 6 night-fires 7 all 8 along 9 the 10 guard-towers 10 guard-towers 12 and 11 , 12 and 12 and 14 line 12 and 21 and 13 the 14 line 14 line 15 of 14 line 19 growing 15 of 18 catapults 16 the 18 catapults 17 black 18 catapults 19 growing 20 smaller 21 and 22 smaller 22 smaller 23 in 23 in 25 distance 24 the 25 distance [here] [pertinax] [was] [more] [than] [my] [right] [hand] [.] and he spoke to each as though that man were as high-minded as himself [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 spoke 2 he 3 spoke 3 spoke 4 to 3 spoke 6 as 4 to 5 each 6 as 9 man 6 as 10 were 7 though 9 man 8 that 9 man 9 man 10 were 10 were 11 as 11 as 12 high-minded 12 high-minded 13 as 13 as 14 himself now [i] [saw] [so] [strongly] what [things] [were] [needed] [to] [be] [done] [,] [that] [i] [forgot] things are [only] [accomplished] [by] [means] [of] [men] [.] 1 now 6 what 6 what 18 are 17 things 18 are that was a mistake [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 4 mistake 3 a 4 mistake so [i] [made] [ready] [in] [haste] , and [none] [too] [soon] [.] 1 so 7 , 7 , 8 and i shifted [our] [best] [men] [to] the [ends] of [the] [wall] , and set up screened catapults by the beach [.] 1 i 13 and 2 shifted 13 and 7 the 9 of 9 of 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 set 14 set 15 up 14 set 17 catapults 14 set 18 by 16 screened 17 catapults 17 catapults 18 by 18 by 20 beach 19 the 20 beach ['] [now] [a] [ship] [coming] [in] [to] [land] [men] [must] [furl] [her] [sail] [.] then [she] [turns] [over] , and the sea makes everything clean again [.] 1 then 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 sea 6 and 9 makes 7 the 8 sea 8 sea 9 makes 9 makes 10 everything 10 everything 11 clean 11 clean 12 again a few men may come ashore [,] [but] [very] [few] [....v] 1 a 2 few 2 few 3 men 3 men 4 may 4 may 5 come 5 come 6 ashore it was not hard work , except the waiting on the beach in blowing sand and snow [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 5 work 2 was 7 except 4 hard 5 work 6 , 7 except 7 except 16 and 8 the 9 waiting 9 waiting 10 on 9 waiting 16 and 10 on 12 beach 11 the 12 beach 12 beach 13 in 13 in 14 blowing 14 blowing 15 sand 16 and 17 snow and that was [how] [we] [dealt] with the [winged] [hats] [that] winter [.] 1 and 2 that 1 and 3 was 2 that 3 was 3 was 7 with 7 with 12 winter 8 the 12 winter ['] [early] [in] [the] [spring] [,] [when] [the] [east] [winds] [blow] [like] [skinning-knives] [,] [they] [gathered] [again] [off] [segedunum] [with] [many] [ships] [.] allo told me they would never rest till they had taken a tower in open [fight] [.] 1 allo 2 told 2 told 3 me 2 told 4 they 2 told 7 rest 4 they 5 would 5 would 7 rest 6 never 7 rest 7 rest 8 till 8 till 9 they 8 till 11 taken 9 they 10 had 10 had 11 taken 11 taken 13 tower 11 taken 14 in 11 taken 15 open 12 a 13 tower certainly they fought in the open [.] 1 certainly 2 they 2 they 3 fought 3 fought 4 in 4 in 6 open 5 the 6 open i waited [,] [and] [a] [wave] [tumbled] [him] [at] [my] [feet] [.] 1 i 2 waited ['] [as] [i] [stooped] [,] [i] [saw] [he] [wore] [such] [a] [medal] [as] [i] [wear] [.] ['] parnesius raised his hand to his neck [.] 1 parnesius 2 raised 2 raised 4 hand 2 raised 5 to 3 his 4 hand 4 hand 5 to 5 to 7 neck 6 his 7 neck ['] [therefore] [,] [when] [he] [could] [speak] [,] [i] [addressed] [him] [a] [certain] [question] [which] [can] [only] [be] [answered] [in] [a] [certain] [manner] [.] he answered [with] [the] [necessary] [word] [the] [word] [that] [belongs] [to] [the] [degree] [of] [gryphons] [in] [the] [science] [of] [mithras] [my] [god] [.] 1 he 2 answered i put my shield over him till he could stand up [.] 1 i 2 put 2 put 4 shield 2 put 5 over 2 put 7 till 3 my 4 shield 5 over 6 him 7 till 8 he 7 till 10 stand 8 he 9 could 9 could 10 stand 10 stand 11 up you [see] [i] [am] [not] [short] [,] [but] [he] [was] [a] [head] [taller] [than] [i] [.] [he] said [:] ["] [what] [now] ? " 1 you 18 said 18 said 23 ? 23 ? 24 " i said : " at your pleasure , my brother , to stay or go [.] " 1 i 2 said 2 said 3 : 2 said 4 " 2 said 14 or 2 said 17 " 5 at 8 , 5 at 11 , 5 at 14 or 6 your 7 pleasure 7 pleasure 8 , 8 , 10 brother 9 my 10 brother 12 to 13 stay 13 stay 14 or 14 or 15 go ['] [he] [looked] [out] [across] [the] [surf] [.] there [remained] [one] ship unhurt , [beyond] range of our catapults [.] 1 there 4 ship 4 ship 8 range 5 unhurt 6 , 5 unhurt 8 range 8 range 9 of 9 of 11 catapults 10 our 11 catapults i checked the catapults [and] [he] [waved] [her] [in] [.] 1 i 2 checked 2 checked 4 catapults 3 the 4 catapults she came as a hound comes to a master [.] 1 she 2 came 2 came 3 as 3 as 5 hound 3 as 6 comes 4 a 5 hound 5 hound 6 comes 6 comes 7 to 7 to 9 master 8 a 9 master when she was yet a hundred paces from the beach , he flung back his hair , and swam out [.] 1 when 2 she 1 when 3 was 1 when 11 , 1 when 12 he 2 she 3 was 3 was 4 yet 3 was 7 paces 3 was 8 from 5 a 6 hundred 6 hundred 7 paces 7 paces 8 from 8 from 10 beach 9 the 10 beach 12 he 18 and 13 flung 14 back 13 flung 16 hair 13 flung 18 and 15 his 16 hair 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 swam 19 swam 20 out they hauled him in , and went away [.] 1 they 6 and 2 hauled 3 him 2 hauled 4 in 2 hauled 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 went 7 went 8 away i knew that those [who] [worship] [mithras] are many [and] of all races [,] so [i] [did] [not] [think] [much] [more] [upon] [the] [matter] [.] 1 i 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 4 those 3 that 8 are 4 those 8 are 8 are 13 races 8 are 15 so 9 many 11 of 9 many 13 races 11 of 13 races 12 all 13 races ['] [at] [first] [i] [thought] [it] [was] [a] [bribe] [from] [some] [tradesman] [in] [the] [town] [meant] [for] [old] [rutilianus] [.] " [nay] [,] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [this] [is] [a] [gift] [from] [amal] [,] [that] [winged] [hat] [whom] [you] [saved] [on] [the] [beach] [.] he says [you] [are] [a] [man] [.] ["] 1 he 2 says ["] ['] [he] [is] [a] [man] [,] [too] [.] tell [him] [i] [can] [wear] [his] [gift] , " [i] answered [.] 1 tell 8 , 8 , 9 " 8 , 11 answered they think [you] [and] [pertinax] [could] [lead] [them] [to] [victories] [.] ["] 1 they 2 think allo looked at me like a one-eyed raven [.] 1 allo 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 2 looked 5 like 3 at 4 me 5 like 8 raven 6 a 8 raven 7 one-eyed 8 raven " ['] [allo] [,] ["] [i] [said] [,] ["] you are [the] [corn] [between] [the] [two] [millstones] [.] 1 " 10 you 10 you 11 are be content if they grind evenly , and [don't] thrust your hand between them [.] ["] 1 be 2 content 2 content 3 if 3 if 4 they 3 if 8 and 4 they 8 and 5 grind 6 evenly 5 grind 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 thrust 10 thrust 12 hand 10 thrust 13 between 11 your 12 hand 12 hand 13 between 13 between 14 them " ['] [i] [?] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 5 " time is [what] [we] need [you] [and] [i] [and] [maximus] [.] 1 time 2 is 2 is 5 need let me [carry] [a] [pleasant] [message] [back] [to] [the] [winged] [hats] [something] [for] [them] [to] make [a] [council] [over] [.] 1 let 2 me 1 let 16 make we [barbarians] are all [alike] [.] 1 we 3 are 3 are 4 all we sit up half the night to discuss anything [a] [roman] [says] [.] 1 we 2 sit 2 sit 3 up 2 sit 7 to 3 up 4 half 4 half 5 the 4 half 6 night 5 the 6 night 7 to 8 discuss 8 discuss 9 anything [eh] [?] ["] ["] ['] [we] [have] [no] [men] [.] we must fight with [words] , " said [pertinax] [.] 1 we 2 must 2 must 3 fight 3 fight 4 with 4 with 6 , 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 said " [leave] [it] [to] [allo] [and] [me] [.] " 1 " 9 " ['] [indeed] [,] [they] [permitted] [the] [corn-ships] [which] [i] [sent] [to] [the] [picts] [to] [pass] [north] [that] [season] [without] [harm] [.] therefore [the] [picts] [were] [well] [fed] [that] [winter] [,] [and] [since] they were in [some] [sort] [my] [children] , [i] [was] [glad] of [it] [.] 1 therefore 12 they 12 they 13 were 13 were 14 in 14 in 19 , 19 , 23 of he could not spare them [.] 1 he 2 could 2 could 3 not 2 could 4 spare 3 not 4 spare 4 spare 5 them he needed [them] to win [more] [victories] [in] [gaul] [.] 1 he 2 needed 2 needed 4 to 4 to 5 win he [answered] [:] ["] [you] will [learn] [that] [i] have [at] [last] [settled] [accounts] [with] [the] [pup] [gratian] [.] 1 he 6 will 6 will 10 have [just] [now] [i] [can] [spare] [none] [.] ["] ['] ['] [what] [did] [he] [mean] [by] [his] [general] ['s] [son] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] it was [his] [fate] , and it was his fall [.] 1 it 5 , 2 was 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 it 6 and 8 was 7 it 8 was 8 was 10 fall 9 his 10 fall but [theodosius] [the] [emperor] [is] a [good] man [.] 1 but 8 man 6 a 8 man [as] [i] [know] [.] ['] parnesius was silent for a moment and then continued [.] 1 parnesius 7 and 2 was 3 silent 2 was 7 and 3 silent 4 for 4 for 6 moment 5 a 6 moment 7 and 9 continued 8 then 9 continued he answered : " you must live a little longer under the shadow of my victories [,] [till] [i] [can] [see] [what] [young] [theodosius] [intends] [.] 1 he 2 answered 2 answered 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 5 you 3 : 7 live 5 you 6 must 6 must 7 live 7 live 9 little 7 live 10 longer 7 live 11 under 8 a 9 little 11 under 13 shadow 12 the 13 shadow 13 shadow 14 of 14 of 16 victories 15 my 16 victories he may [welcome] [me] [as] [a] [brother-emperor] , [or] [he] [may] [be] [preparing] [an] [army] [.] 1 he 2 may 2 may 8 , in either case [i] [cannot] [spare] [men] [just] [now] [.] ["] 1 in 3 case 2 either 3 case ['] [but] [he] [was] [always] [saying] [that] [,] ['] [cried] [una] [.] ['] [it] [was] [true] [.] yes , [the] [wall] [looked] [strong] [.] 1 yes 2 , for [myself] [,] [i] [knew] [how] [weak] we were [.] 1 for 8 we 8 we 9 were for the [picts] [i] [never] [cared] [,] [but] [in] [those] years [i] [learned] [something] [of] [the] [strength] [of] [the] [winged] [hats] [.] 1 for 11 years 2 the 11 years they [increased] [their] [strength] [every] [day] [,] [but] [i] could not [increase] [my] [men] [.] 1 they 10 could 10 could 11 not ['] [thus] [,] [my] [friends] [,] [we] [lived] [on] [the] [wall] [,] [waiting] [waiting] [waiting] [for] [the] [men] [that] [maximus] [never] [sent] [.] ['] [presently] [he] [wrote] [that] [he] [was] [preparing] [an] [army] [against] [theodosius] [.] i hope within a year to finish with [theodosius] , son of [theodosius] , [once] and for all [.] 1 i 2 hope 2 hope 3 within 2 hope 6 to 2 hope 7 finish 3 within 5 year 4 a 5 year 6 to 7 finish 7 finish 16 and 8 with 16 and 10 , 11 son 11 son 12 of 12 of 14 , 14 , 16 and 16 and 17 for 17 for 18 all then you shall have [britain] to [rule] , and [pertinax] , [if] he [chooses] , [gaul] [.] 1 then 2 you 2 you 3 shall 3 shall 4 have 4 have 6 to 6 to 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 , 9 and 13 he 9 and 15 , [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 2 not 1 do 3 , 3 , 7 , 7 , 8 believe 8 believe 10 rumour 9 any 10 rumour 10 rumour 11 of 11 of 13 sickness 12 my 13 sickness i have a little evil in my [old] body [which] [i] [shall] [cure] [by] [riding] [swiftly] [into] [rome] [.] ["] 1 i 2 have 2 have 5 evil 2 have 6 in 3 a 4 little 3 a 5 evil 4 little 5 evil 5 evil 6 in 6 in 9 body 7 my 9 body ['] [said] [pertinax] [:] ["] [it] [is] [finished] [with] [maximus] [.] he writes as a man without hope [.] 1 he 2 writes 2 writes 3 as 2 writes 6 without 3 as 5 man 4 a 5 man 5 man 6 without 6 without 7 hope i , a man without hope , can see this [.] 1 i 4 man 1 i 8 can 2 , 4 man 3 a 4 man 4 man 5 without 4 man 7 , 5 without 6 hope 8 can 9 see 9 see 10 this what does he add at the bottom of the roll [?] 1 what 2 does 1 what 4 add 2 does 3 he 2 does 4 add 4 add 5 at 5 at 7 bottom 6 the 7 bottom 7 bottom 8 of 8 of 10 roll 9 the 10 roll " ['] [that] [is] [proof] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [nicaea] [is] [not] [far] [by] [sea] [from] [rome] [.] a woman there could [take] ship and fly [to] [rome] [in] [time] [of] [war] [.] 1 a 2 woman 2 woman 3 there 2 woman 4 could 4 could 7 and 6 ship 7 and 7 and 8 fly yes , [maximus] [foresees] [his] [death] [,] [and] [is] [fulfilling] [his] [promises] [one] by one [.] 1 yes 2 , 2 , 14 by 14 by 15 one [but] [i] [am] [glad] [my] [uncle] [met] [him] [.] ["] ['] " ['] [you] [think] [blackly] [today] [?] " 1 " 8 " i asked [.] 1 i 2 asked ["] ['] [i] [think] [truth] [.] [the] [gods] [weary] [of] [the] [play] [we] [have] [played] [against] [them] [.] [theodosius] [will] [destroy] [maximus] [.] it is finished [!] ["] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 finished " ['] [will] [you] [write] [him] [that] [?] " 1 " 9 " i said [.] 1 i 2 said even [i] , [reading] [over] [his] [shoulder] [,] [took] [comfort] [from] [it] [till] [i] [saw] [his] [face] [!] 1 even 3 , " ['] [and] [now] [,] ["] [he] [said] [,] [sealing] [it] [,] ["] we be two dead men , my brother [.] 1 " 14 we 14 we 15 be 15 be 18 men 16 two 18 men 17 dead 18 men 18 men 21 brother 19 , 21 brother 20 my 21 brother let us go [to] [the] [temple] [.] ["] 1 let 2 us 1 let 3 go ['] [we] [prayed] [awhile] [to] [mithras] [,] [where] [we] [had] [many] [times] [prayed] [before] [.] after that , we lived day by day among evil rumours till winter came again [.] 1 after 2 that 1 after 3 , 1 after 4 we 4 we 5 lived 5 lived 8 day 5 lived 9 among 5 lived 12 till 6 day 7 by 7 by 8 day 9 among 11 rumours 10 evil 11 rumours 12 till 13 winter 12 till 14 came 13 winter 14 came 14 came 15 again turning him over , we saw by his belt-buckle that he was [a] [goth] [of] [an] [eastern] [legion] [.] 1 turning 2 him 1 turning 3 over 1 turning 4 , 1 turning 5 we 5 we 6 saw 6 saw 7 by 6 saw 10 that 7 by 9 belt-buckle 8 his 9 belt-buckle 10 that 11 he 10 that 12 was 11 he 12 was suddenly he opened his eyes and cried loudly [,] ["] [he] [is] [dead] [!] 1 suddenly 2 he 2 he 6 and 3 opened 5 eyes 3 opened 6 and 4 his 5 eyes 6 and 7 cried 6 and 8 loudly the letters were with me [,] [but] [the] [winged] [hats] [sank] [the] [ship] [.] " 1 the 2 letters 2 letters 3 were 3 were 4 with 4 with 5 me 5 me 15 " so saying , [he] [died] [between] [our] [hands] [.] 1 so 2 saying 1 so 3 , ['] [we] [asked] [not] [who] [was] [dead] [.] we knew [!] 1 we 2 knew we [raced] [before] [the] [driving] [snow] [to] [hunno] [,] [thinking] [perhaps] [allo] might be [there] [.] 1 we 13 might 13 might 14 be we found him already at our stables [,] [and] [he] [saw] [by] [our] [faces] [what] [we] [had] [heard] [.] 1 we 2 found 2 found 3 him 2 found 4 already 2 found 5 at 5 at 7 stables 6 our 7 stables " ['] [it] [was] [in] [a] [tent] [by] [the] [sea] [,] " [he] [stammered] [.] 1 " 12 " " 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 13 be 7 , 8 written 8 written 9 while 9 while 10 he 9 while 11 waited 10 he 11 waited 11 waited 12 to 12 to 13 be the [winged] [hats] [met] [the] ship [and] [took] [it] [.] 1 the 6 ship the news is running through the heather like fire [.] 1 the 2 news 2 news 3 is 3 is 4 running 3 is 5 through 3 is 8 like 4 running 5 through 5 through 7 heather 6 the 7 heather 7 heather 8 like 8 like 9 fire blame me [not] [!] 1 blame 2 me i cannot hold back my young men any more [.] ["] 1 i 2 cannot 2 cannot 3 hold 3 hold 4 back 3 hold 7 men 3 hold 9 more 5 my 7 men 6 young 7 men 8 any 9 more " ['] [i] [would] [we] [could] [say] [as] [much] [for] [our] [men] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [,] [laughing] [.] 1 " 14 " " [but] [,] [gods] [be] [praised] [,] [they] [cannot] [run] [away] [.] " 1 " 13 " " ['] [what] [do] [you] [do] [?] " [said] [allo] [.] 1 " 8 " " ['] [it] [grieves] [me] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [,] ["] [but] [we] [are] [stationed] [here] [to] [stop] [that] [thing] [.] ["] 1 " 7 " " ['] [if] [i] [carry] [back] [such] [an] [answer] they [will] [kill] [me] [,] ["] said [allo] [.] 1 " 16 said 10 they 16 said ["] [i] [always] [promised] [the] [winged] [hats] [that] [you] [would] [rise] [when] [maximus] [fell] [.] i [i] did not [think] [he] [could] [fall] [.] ["] 1 i 3 did 3 did 4 not " ['] [alas] [!] [my] [poor] [barbarian] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [,] [still] [laughing] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [well] [,] [you] [have] [sold] [us] [too] [many] [good] [ponies] [to] [be] [thrown] [back] [to] [your] [friends] [.] we will make you a prisoner , although you are an ambassador [.] ["] 1 we 2 will 2 will 3 make 3 make 4 you 3 make 6 prisoner 3 make 8 although 5 a 6 prisoner 7 , 8 although 8 although 9 you 9 you 10 are 10 are 12 ambassador 11 an 12 ambassador " ['] [yes] [,] [that] [will] [be] [best] [,] " [said] [allo] [,] [holding] [out] [a] [halter] [.] 1 " 10 " we bound him lightly [,] [for] [he] [was] [an] [old] [man] [.] 1 we 2 bound 2 bound 3 him 2 bound 4 lightly ["] ['] [presently] [the] [winged] [hats] [may] [come] [to] [look] [for] [you] [,] [and] [that] [will] [give] [us] [more] [time] [.] see how [the] [habit] [of] [playing] [for] [time] [sticks] [to] [a] [man] [!] ["] [said] [pertinax] , [as] [he] [tied] [the] [rope] [.] 1 see 2 how 1 see 17 , " ['] [no] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [time] [may] [help] [.] if [maximus] [wrote] [us] [a] [letter] [while] he [was] [a] [prisoner] [,] [theodosius] must have sent the ship that brought it [.] 1 if 8 he 8 he 14 must 14 must 15 have 15 have 16 sent 16 sent 18 ship 17 the 18 ship 18 ship 19 that 18 ship 20 brought 19 that 20 brought 20 brought 21 it if he can send ships , he can send men [.] ["] 1 if 2 he 1 if 4 send 1 if 6 , 1 if 7 he 2 he 3 can 3 can 4 send 4 send 5 ships 7 he 8 can 8 can 9 send 9 send 10 men " ['] [how] [will] [that] [profit] [us] [?] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [we] [serve] [maximus] [,] [not] [theodosius] [.] " ['] [it] [concerns] [us] [to] [defend] [the] [wall] [,] [no] [matter] [what] [emperor] [dies] [,] [or] [makes] [die] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 21 " " ['] [that] [is] [worthy] [of] [your] [brother] [the] [philosopher] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 12 " " [myself] [i] [am] [without] [hope] [,] so [i] [do] [not] [say] [solemn] [and] [stupid] [things] [!] 1 " 8 so [rouse] [the] [wall] [!] ["] therefore , we must stand fast [....y] 1 therefore 2 , 1 therefore 3 we 3 we 4 must 4 must 5 stand 5 stand 6 fast my friends , [it] [is] [above] [all] [things] [strange] [to] [see] [how] [men] [bear] [ill] [news] [!] 1 my 2 friends 2 friends 3 , [often] [the] [strongest] [till] [then] [become] [the] [weakest] [,] [while] [the] [weakest] [,] [as] [it] [were] [,] [reach] [up] [and] [steal] [strength] [from] [the] [gods] [.] so it was with us [.] 1 so 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 with 4 with 5 us even [our] [libyan] [cohort] [the] [third] [stood] [up] in [their] [padded] [cuirasses] and did not whimper [.] 1 even 9 in 1 even 13 and 13 and 14 did 14 did 15 not 14 did 16 whimper 15 not 16 whimper ['] [in] [three] [days] [came] [seven] [chiefs] [and] [elders] [of] [the] [winged] [hats] [.] we made them welcome [,] [for] [they] [were] [ambassadors] [.] 1 we 2 made 2 made 3 them 2 made 4 welcome [we] [showed] [them] [allo] [,] [alive] [but] [bound] [.] they [thought] [we] [had] killed him , and [i] [saw] it would not have [vexed] [them] [if] [we] [had] [.] 1 they 14 have 5 killed 6 him 5 killed 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 it 11 it 12 would 12 would 13 not 12 would 14 have allo saw it too [,] [and] [it] [vexed] [him] [.] 1 allo 2 saw 2 saw 3 it 2 saw 4 too then [in] [our] [quarters] [at] [hunno] we came to council [.] 1 then 7 we 7 we 8 came 8 came 9 to 9 to 10 council ['] [they] [said] [that] [rome] [was] [falling] [,] [and] [that] [we] [must] [join] [them] [.] they [offered] [me] [all] [south] [britain] [to] [govern] [after] [they] had taken [a] [tribute] [out] [of] [it] [.] 1 they 11 had 11 had 12 taken ['] [i] [answered] [,] ["] [patience] [.] this [wall] is [not] [weighed] [off] [like] [plunder] [.] 1 this 3 is give me [proof] that [my] [general] [is] [dead] [.] ["] 1 give 2 me 1 give 4 that " ['] [we] [are] [not] [merchants] [to] [bargain] [,] " [cried] [amal] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [moreover] [,] [i] [owe] [this] [man] [my] [life] [.] he shall have his proof [.] ["] 1 he 2 shall 2 shall 3 have 3 have 5 proof 4 his 5 proof he [threw] [across] [to] [me] [a] [letter] [(] [well] [i] knew [the] [seal] [)] [from] [maximus] [.] 1 he 11 knew " ['] [we] [took] [this] [out] [of] [the] [ship] [we] [sank] , " he cried [.] 1 " 15 cried 12 , 13 " 12 , 14 he 14 he 15 cried " [i] [cannot] [read] [,] [but] [i] [know] [one] [sign] [,] [at] [least] [,] [which] [makes] [me] [believe] [.] " 1 " 20 " he [showed] [me] [a] [dark] [stain] [on] [the] [outer] [roll] that [my] [heavy] [heart] [perceived] was [the] [valiant] [blood] [of] [maximus] [.] 1 he 11 that 11 that 16 was " ['] [read] [!] " [said] [amal] [.] 1 " 5 " " [read] [,] [and] [then] [let] [us] [hear] [whose] [servants] you are [!] ["] 1 " 11 you 11 you 12 are ['] [said] [pertinax] [,] [very] [softly] [,] [after] [he] [had] [looked] [through] [it] [:] ["] [i] [will] [read] [it] [all] [.] listen , [barbarians] [!] ["] 1 listen 2 , he read that [which] [i] [have] [carried] [next] [my] [heart] [ever] [since] [.] ['] 1 he 2 read 2 read 3 that parnesius drew from his neck [a] folded and spotted piece of parchment , and began in a hushed voice [:] 1 parnesius 14 and 2 drew 3 from 2 drew 14 and 3 from 8 and 4 his 5 neck 5 neck 7 folded 5 neck 8 and 8 and 10 piece 8 and 11 of 9 spotted 10 piece 11 of 12 parchment 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 began 14 and 16 in 16 in 19 voice 17 a 19 voice 18 hushed 19 voice " ['] [enough] [,] " [said] [young] [amal] [;] ["] [there] [is] [your] [proof] [!] 1 " 5 " you must join us now [!] ["] 1 you 2 must 2 must 3 join 3 join 4 us 3 join 5 now ['] [pertinax] [looked] [long] [and] [silently] [at] [him] [,] [till] [that] [fair] [man] [blushed] [like] [a] [girl] [.] [then] [read] [pertinax] [:] the three [mules] [which] [i] [strove] [to] [drive] [have] [torn] [me] [in] [pieces] [as] [your] [father] [prophesied] [.] 1 the 2 three the naked swords wait at the [tent] door [to] [give] [me] [the] [death] [i] [gave] [to] [gratian] [.] 1 the 3 swords 2 naked 3 swords 3 swords 4 wait 4 wait 5 at 5 at 8 door 6 the 8 door " ['] [by] [the] [light] [of] [the] [sun] [,] " [amal] [broke] [in] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [this] [was] [in] [some] [sort] [a] [man] [!] we may have been mistaken in his servants [!] ["] 1 we 2 may 2 may 3 have 3 have 4 been 4 been 5 mistaken 5 mistaken 6 in 6 in 8 servants 7 his 8 servants ['] [and] [pertinax] [read] [on] [:] ["] [you] [gave] [me] [the] [time] [for] [which] [i] [asked] [.] [if] [i] [have] [failed] [to] [use] [it] [,] [do] [not] [lament] [.] we have [gambled] [very] [splendidly] [against] [the] [gods] , but they [hold] [weighted] [dice] , and [i] must [pay] [the] [forfeit] [.] 1 we 16 and 2 have 16 and 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 they 10 but 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 18 must remember , [i] [have] [been] [;] [but] [rome] [is] [;] [and] [rome] [will] [be] [.] 1 remember 2 , tell [pertinax] [his] [mother] [is] [in] [safety] [at] [nicaea] , and [her] [monies] [are] [in] [charge] [of] [the] [prefect] [at] [antipolis] [.] 1 tell 10 , 10 , 11 and make my remembrances to [your] [father] and to [your] [mother] , [whose] [friendship] [was] [great] gain to me [.] 1 make 3 remembrances 1 make 16 gain 2 my 3 remembrances 3 remembrances 7 and 4 to 7 and 7 and 8 to 8 to 11 , 16 gain 17 to 17 to 18 me give also to [my] [little] [picts] and to [the] [winged] [hats] [such] [messages] [as] [their] [thick] [heads] [can] [understand] [.] 1 give 2 also 1 give 7 and 3 to 7 and 7 and 8 to i [would] have [sent] you [three] [legions] [this] [very] [day] [if] [all] had gone [aright] [.] 1 i 3 have 3 have 5 you 5 you 13 had 13 had 14 gone do not forget me [.] 1 do 2 not 1 do 3 forget 2 not 3 forget 3 forget 4 me we have worked together [.] 1 we 2 have 2 have 3 worked 3 worked 4 together [farewell] [!] [farewell] [!] [farewell] [!] ["] ['] [now] [,] [that] [was] [my] [emperor] ['s] [last] [letter] [.] ['] [(] [the] [children] [heard] [the] [parchment] [crackle] [as] [parnesius] [returned] [it] [to] [its] [place] [.] [)] " ['] [i] [was] [mistaken] [,] " [said] [amal] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [the] [servants] [of] [such] [a] [man] [will] [sell] [nothing] [except] [over] [the] [sword] [.] i am [glad] of it [.] ["] 1 i 2 am 2 am 4 of 4 of 5 it he held out his hand to me [.] 1 he 2 held 2 held 3 out 2 held 5 hand 4 his 5 hand 5 hand 6 to 6 to 7 me " ['] [but] [maximus] [has] [given] [you] [your] [dismissal] [,] " [said] [an] [elder] [.] 1 " 11 " " you are certainly free to serve or to rule [whom] you please [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 certainly 3 are 5 free 5 free 6 to 6 to 8 or 7 serve 8 or 8 or 9 to 8 or 10 rule 9 to 10 rule 10 rule 12 you 10 rule 13 please [join] [do] [not] [follow] [join] [us] [!] ["] " ['] [we] [thank] [you] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 7 " " [but] [maximus] [tells] [us] [to] [give] [you] [such] [messages] [as] [pardon] [me] [,] [but] [i] [use] [his] [words] [your] [thick] [heads] [can] [understand] [.] " 1 " 26 " he pointed through the door to the foot of a catapult wound up [.] 1 he 2 pointed 2 pointed 3 through 2 pointed 6 to 3 through 5 door 4 the 5 door 5 door 6 to 6 to 8 foot 7 the 8 foot 8 foot 9 of 9 of 11 catapult 10 a 11 catapult 11 catapult 12 wound 12 wound 13 up " ['] [we] [understand] [,] " [said] [an] [elder] [.] 1 " 6 " " [the] [wall] [must] [be] [won] [at] [a] [price] [?] " 1 " 11 " ['] [they] [drank] [,] [and] [wiped] [their] [yellow] [beards] [in] [silence] [till] [they] [rose] [to] [go] [.] " ['] [think] [rather] [what] [theodosius] [may] [send] [,] " [i] [answered] [;] [and] [though] [they] [laughed] [,] [i] [saw] [that] [my] [chance] [shot] [troubled] [them] [.] 1 " 10 " ['] [only] [old] [allo] [lingered] [behind] [a] [little] [.] " ['] [you] [see] , " he said , winking and blinking [,] ["] [i] [am] [no] [more] [than] [their] [dog] [.] 1 " 8 said 5 , 6 " 5 , 7 he 7 he 8 said 8 said 9 , 8 said 11 and 9 , 11 and 10 winking 11 and 11 and 12 blinking when [i] [have] [shown] [their] [men] [the] [secret] [short] [ways] [across] [our] [bogs] , they will [kick] [me] [like] [one] [.] ["] 1 when 16 will 14 , 15 they 15 they 16 will " ['] [you] [think] so [?] 1 " 5 so woe is me [!] ["] [said] [the] [old] [man] [.] 1 woe 2 is 2 is 3 me " [i] [only] [wanted] [peace] [for] [my] [people] [,] ["] [and] he went out [stumbling] [through] [the] [snow] [behind] [the] [tall] [winged] [hats] [.] 1 " 12 he 12 he 13 went 13 went 14 out i had [this] [from] [a] [pict] [prisoner] [.] 1 i 2 had they were as much our spies as [our] [enemies] , [for] [the] [winged] [hats] [oppressed] [them] , and took their winter stores [.] 1 they 18 and 2 were 4 much 2 were 6 spies 2 were 7 as 2 were 18 and 3 as 4 much 5 our 6 spies 7 as 10 , 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 took 18 and 22 stores 20 their 22 stores 21 winter 22 stores ah , [foolish] [little] [people] [!] 1 ah 2 , ['] [then] [the] [winged] [hats] [began] [to] [roll] [us] [up] [from] [each] [end] [of] [the] [wall] [.] we had [trouble] [,] [too] [,] [with] [the] [forage] [for] [the] [ponies] [along] [the] [wall] [.] 1 we 2 had i kept ten , and so did [pertinax] [.] 1 i 5 and 2 kept 3 ten 2 kept 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 did 6 so 7 did we lived and slept in the saddle , riding east [or] [west] [,] [and] [we] [ate] [our] [worn-out] [ponies] [.] 1 we 3 and 2 lived 3 and 3 and 4 slept 3 and 5 in 3 and 10 east 5 in 8 , 6 the 7 saddle 7 saddle 8 , 8 , 9 riding 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 2 people 7 made 3 of 5 town 4 the 5 town we [broke] [down] [the] [wall] [on] [either] [side] [of] [it] [to] [make] [as] [it] were [a] [citadel] [.] 1 we 15 were our men fought better in close order [.] 1 our 2 men 2 men 3 fought 3 fought 4 better 3 fought 5 in 5 in 7 order 6 close 7 order i think we fought in our sleep [.] 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 we 2 think 4 fought 3 we 4 fought 4 fought 5 in 5 in 7 sleep 6 our 7 sleep ['] [the] [winged] [hats] [fought] [like] [wolves] [all] [in] [a] [pack] [.] where they had suffered most , there they charged in most hotly [.] 1 where 2 they 1 where 4 suffered 1 where 6 , 1 where 8 they 2 they 3 had 3 had 4 suffered 4 suffered 5 most 7 there 8 they 8 they 9 charged 9 charged 10 in 9 charged 12 hotly 10 in 11 most this was hard for [the] [defenders] , but it held [them] [from] [sweeping] [on] [into] [britain] [.] 1 this 2 was 2 was 3 hard 3 hard 4 for 4 for 7 , 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 it 8 but 10 held we wished for some record [.] 1 we 2 wished 2 wished 3 for 3 for 5 record 4 some 5 record ['] [and] [the] [fighting] [?] the fight was always [hottest] to left and right of the great [statue] [of] [roma] [dea] , [near] [to] [rutilianus] ['s] [house] [.] 1 the 2 fight 2 fight 3 was 3 was 4 always 3 was 6 to 6 to 8 and 7 left 8 and 8 and 9 right 8 and 10 of 10 of 11 the 11 the 12 great 12 great 17 , i remember he said his sword was an oracle [!] 1 i 2 remember 2 remember 3 he 2 remember 4 said 3 he 4 said 4 said 6 sword 4 said 7 was 5 his 6 sword 6 sword 7 was 7 was 9 oracle 8 an 9 oracle " [let] [us] [consult] [the] [oracle] [,] ["] he would say , and put the handle against his ear , and shake his head [wisely] [.] 1 " 9 he 9 he 10 would 10 would 11 say 11 say 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 21 and 13 and 24 head 14 put 16 handle 14 put 17 against 14 put 21 and 15 the 16 handle 17 against 19 ear 18 his 19 ear 20 , 21 and 21 and 22 shake 23 his 24 head oh , [there] [were] [jests] [in] [plenty] [on] [the] [wall] [to] [take] [the] [place] [of] [food] [!] 1 oh 2 , ['] [we] [endured] [for] [two] [months] [and] [seventeen] [days] [always] [being] [pressed] [from] [three] [sides] [into] [a] [smaller] [space] [.] [several] [times] [allo] [sent] [in] [word] [that] [help] [was] [at] [hand] [.] we did not [believe] [it] , but it cheered our men [.] 1 we 2 did 2 did 3 not 3 not 6 , 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 it 7 but 9 cheered 8 it 9 cheered 9 cheered 11 men 10 our 11 men ['] [the] [end] [came] [not] [with] [shootings] [of] [joy] [,] [but] [,] [like] [the] [rest] [,] [as] [in] [a] [dream] [.] the [winged] [hats] [suddenly] [left] [us] [in] [peace] [for] [one] [night] [and] [the] next day [;] [which] is too long for [spent] men [.] 1 the 14 next 1 the 15 day 15 day 18 is 18 is 20 long 19 too 20 long 20 long 21 for 21 for 23 men we slept at first lightly , expecting to be roused , and then like logs , each where he lay [.] 1 we 2 slept 2 slept 4 first 2 slept 5 lightly 2 slept 7 expecting 2 slept 17 each 2 slept 18 where 3 at 4 first 6 , 7 expecting 7 expecting 8 to 7 expecting 12 and 7 expecting 16 , 8 to 12 and 9 be 10 roused 9 be 12 and 11 , 12 and 12 and 14 like 13 then 14 like 14 like 15 logs 18 where 19 he 18 where 20 lay 19 he 20 lay may you never need such sleep [!] 1 may 2 you 1 may 4 need 3 never 4 need 4 need 6 sleep 5 such 6 sleep when [i] [waked] [our] [towers] [were] [full] [of] [strange] , [armed] [men] [,] [who] [watched] [us] [snoring] [.] 1 when 10 , [i] [roused] [pertinax] [,] [and] [we] [leaped] [up] [together] [.] " ['] [what] [?] ["] said [a] [young] man [in] [clean] [armour] [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 9 man ["] [do] [you] [fight] [against] [theodosius] [?] [look] [!] ["] ['] [north] [we] [looked] [over] [the] [red] [snow] [.] [no] [winged] [hats] [were] [there] [.] south we looked over the white snow [,] [and] [behold] [there] [were] [the] [eagles] [of] [two] [strong] [legions] [encamped] [.] 1 south 2 we 2 we 3 looked 3 looked 4 over 4 over 7 snow 5 the 7 snow 6 white 7 snow east and west we saw flame and fighting [,] [but] [by] [hunno] [all] [was] [still] [.] 1 east 2 and 2 and 3 west 2 and 4 we 2 and 5 saw 2 and 7 and 4 we 5 saw 5 saw 6 flame 7 and 8 fighting " ['] [trouble] [no] [more] [,] ["] said the young man [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 11 man 9 the 11 man 10 young 11 man ["] [rome] ['s] [arm] [is] [long] [.] [where] [are] [the] [captains] [of] [the] [wall] [?] ["] ['] [we] [said] [we] [were] [those] [men] [.] " ['] [but] you are old [and] grey-haired [,] ["] [he] [cried] [.] 1 " 4 you 4 you 5 are 5 are 8 grey-haired 6 old 8 grey-haired " [maximus] [said] [that] [they] [were] [boys] [.] " 1 " 9 " " ['] [yes] [,] [that] [was] [true] [some] [years] [ago] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 12 " " [what] [is] [our] [fate] [to] [be] [,] [you] [fine] [and] [well-fed] [child] [?] " 1 " 15 " " ['] [i] [am] [called] [ambrosius] [,] [a] [secretary] [of] [the] [emperor] [,] ["] he answered [.] 1 " 15 he 15 he 16 answered " [show] [me] [a] [certain] [letter] [which] [maximus] [wrote] [from] [a] [tent] [at] [aquileia] [,] [and] [perhaps] [i] [will] [believe] [.] " 1 " 22 " if you choose to [serve] [theodosius] , he will give you [a] [legion] [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 choose 1 if 7 , 1 if 8 he 2 you 3 choose 4 to 7 , 8 he 9 will 9 will 10 give 10 give 11 you if it suits you to go to your homes , we will give you [a] [triumph] [.] ["] 1 if 2 it 1 if 3 suits 1 if 11 we 2 it 3 suits 3 suits 4 you 3 suits 5 to 5 to 6 go 7 to 9 homes 7 to 10 , 7 to 11 we 8 your 9 homes 11 we 12 will 12 will 13 give 13 give 14 you " ['] [oh] [,] [i] [see] you are [a] [boy] [,] ["] [said] [ambrosius] [.] 1 " 7 you 7 you 8 are " [and] [you] [?] " [turning] [to] [me] [.] 1 " 5 " " ['] [we] [bear] [no] [ill-will] [against] [theodosius] [,] [but] [in] [war-] " [i] [began] [.] 1 " 13 " " ['] [in] [war] it is [as] it [is] [in] [love] [,] ["] said [pertinax] [.] 1 " 5 it 1 " 14 said 5 it 6 is 8 it 14 said " [whether] she [be] [good] [or] [bad] , [one] [gives] [one] ['s] [best] [once] [,] [to] [one] [only] [.] 1 " 3 she 3 she 8 , that given , there remains no second worth giving or taking [.] ["] 1 that 2 given 1 that 3 , 3 , 7 second 3 , 10 or 4 there 7 second 5 remains 7 second 6 no 7 second 7 second 8 worth 8 worth 9 giving 10 or 11 taking " ['] [that] [is] [true] [,] " [said] [ambrosius] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [i] [was] [with] [maximus] [before] [he] [died] [.] he [warned] [theodosius] [that] [you] would [never] serve [him] [,] [and] [frankly] [i] [say] [i] [am] [sorry] [for] [my] [emperor] [.] ["] 1 he 6 would 6 would 8 serve " ['] [he] [has] [rome] [to] [console] [him] [,] " [said] [pertinax] [.] 1 " 10 " " [i] [ask] [you] [of] [your] [kindness] [to] [let] [us] [go] [to] [our] [homes] [and] [get] [this] [smell] [out] [of] [our] [nostrils] [.] " 1 " 24 " ['] [none] [the] [less] [they] [gave] [us] [a] [triumph] [!] ['] ['] [it] [was] [well] [earned] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [throwing] [some] [leaves] [into] [the] [still] [water] [of] [the] [marlpit] [.] the black , oily circles spread dizzily as the children watched them [.] 1 the 5 circles 2 black 3 , 2 black 5 circles 4 oily 5 circles 5 circles 6 spread 6 spread 7 dizzily 6 spread 8 as 8 as 10 children 8 as 11 watched 9 the 10 children 10 children 11 watched 11 watched 12 them ['] [i] [want] [to] [know] [,] [oh] [,] [ever] [so] [many] [things] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [what] [happened] [to] [old] [allo] [?] [did] [the] [winged] [hats] [ever] [come] [back] [?] and what did [amal] do [?] ['] 1 and 2 what 2 what 3 did 3 did 5 do ['] [and] [what] [happened] [to] [the] [fat] [old] [general] [with] [the] [five] [cooks] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [and] [what] [did] [your] [mother] [say] [when] [you] [came] [home] [?] [...] ['] ['] [hst] [!] ['] [he] [whispered] [.] ['] [oh] [,] [mus] ['] [reynolds] [,] [mus] ['] [reynolds] [!] ['] [said] [hobden] [,] [under] [his] [breath] [.] ['] [if] [i] [knowed] [all] [was] [inside] [your] [head] [,] [i] ['d] [know] [something] [wuth] [knowin] ['] [.] [mus] ['] [dan] [an] ['] [miss] [una] [,] [come] [along] [o] ['] [me] [while] [i] [lock] [up] [my] [liddle] [henhouse] [.] ['] [a] [pict] [song] we are [the] [little] [folk] [we] [!] 1 we 2 are too little to love or [to] hate [.] 1 too 2 little 2 little 3 to 2 little 5 or 3 to 4 love 5 or 7 hate leave us alone and you 'll see [how] [we] [can] [drag] [down] [the] [great] [!] 1 leave 2 us 1 leave 3 alone 1 leave 4 and 4 and 7 see 5 you 6 'll 6 'll 7 see we are the worm in the wood [!] 1 we 2 are 2 are 4 worm 2 are 5 in 3 the 4 worm 4 worm 5 in 5 in 7 wood 6 the 7 wood we are [the] rot in the root [!] 1 we 2 are 2 are 4 rot 4 rot 5 in 5 in 7 root 6 the 7 root we are the germ in the blood [!] 1 we 2 are 2 are 4 germ 2 are 5 in 3 the 4 germ 4 germ 5 in 5 in 7 blood 6 the 7 blood we are the thorn in the foot [!] 1 we 2 are 2 are 4 thorn 2 are 5 in 3 the 4 thorn 4 thorn 5 in 5 in 7 foot 6 the 7 foot [mistletoe] [killing] [an] [oak] [rats] [gnawing] [cables] [in] [two] [moths] [making] [holes] [in] [a] [cloak] [how] [they] [must] [love] [what] [they] [do] [!] [no] [indeed] [!] we [are] [not] [strong] [,] [but] [we] know [peoples] that [are] [.] 1 we 8 know 8 know 10 that yes , [and] [we] ['ll] [guide] [them] [along] [,] [to] [smash] [and] [destroy] [you] [in] [war] [!] 1 yes 2 , we shall be slaves just the same [?] 1 we 2 shall 2 shall 3 be 3 be 4 slaves 3 be 5 just 3 be 7 same 6 the 7 same we are [the] [little] [folk] [,] [we] [,] [etc] 1 we 2 are [hal] [o] ['] [the] [draft] [a] [rainy] [afternoon] [drove] [dan] [and] [una] [over] [to] [play] [pirates] [in] [the] [little] [mill] [.] he was [dressed] in a plum-coloured doublet and tight plum-coloured hose , and he drew busily in a red-edged book [.] 1 he 12 , 2 was 4 in 2 was 12 , 4 in 8 and 5 a 7 doublet 6 plum-coloured 7 doublet 7 doublet 8 and 8 and 11 hose 9 tight 11 hose 10 plum-coloured 11 hose 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 he 13 and 15 drew 14 he 15 drew 15 drew 16 busily 15 drew 17 in 17 in 20 book 18 a 20 book 19 red-edged 20 book ['] [sit] [ye] [!] sit ye [!] ['] 1 sit 2 ye puck cried from a rafter overhead [.] 1 puck 2 cried 2 cried 3 from 2 cried 6 overhead 3 from 5 rafter 4 a 5 rafter 5 rafter 6 overhead ['] [see] [what] [it] [is] [to] [be] [beautiful] [!] [sir] [harry] [dawe] [pardon] [,] [hal] [says] [i] [am] [the] [very] [image] [of] [a] [head] [for] [a] [gargoyle] [.] ['] the man laughed and raised his dark velvet cap to the children , and his grizzled hair bristled out in a stormy fringe [.] 1 the 2 man 2 man 4 and 2 man 14 and 3 laughed 4 and 4 and 5 raised 4 and 9 cap 4 and 10 to 6 his 9 cap 7 dark 8 velvet 8 velvet 9 cap 9 cap 10 to 10 to 12 children 11 the 12 children 13 , 14 and 14 and 17 hair 14 and 18 bristled 15 his 17 hair 16 grizzled 17 hair 18 bristled 19 out 19 out 20 in 20 in 23 fringe 21 a 22 stormy 21 a 23 fringe 22 stormy 23 fringe he was old forty at least but his eyes [were] young [,] [with] [funny] [little] [wrinkles] [all] [round] [them] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 old 2 was 6 least 2 was 7 but 2 was 11 young 3 old 4 forty 5 at 6 least 7 but 9 eyes 8 his 9 eyes a satchel of embroidered leather hung from his broad belt [,] [which] [looked] [interesting] [.] 1 a 2 satchel 2 satchel 3 of 2 satchel 6 hung 3 of 5 leather 4 embroidered 5 leather 6 hung 7 from 7 from 10 belt 8 his 10 belt 9 broad 10 belt ['] [may] [we] [see] [?] ['] [said] [una] [,] [coming] [forward] [.] ['] [surely] [sure-ly] [!] ['] [he] [said] [,] [moving] [up] [on] [the] [window-seat] [,] [and] [returned] [to] [his] [work] [with] [a] [silver-pointed] [pencil] [.] ['] [oh] [,] [what] [a] [beauty] [!] ['] [cried] [dan] [.] ["] [ware] [fingers] [!] that blade is perilous [sharp] [.] 1 that 2 blade 2 blade 3 is 3 is 4 perilous i made it [myself] [of] [the] [best] [low] [country] cross-bow steel [.] 1 i 2 made 2 made 3 it 2 made 11 steel 10 cross-bow 11 steel and so [,] [too] [,] [this] [fish] [.] 1 and 2 so when his back-fin travels to his tail so he swallows up the blade [,] [even] [as] [the] [whale] [swallowed] [gaffer] [jonah] [....y] 1 when 4 travels 1 when 7 tail 1 when 9 he 2 his 4 travels 3 back-fin 4 travels 4 travels 5 to 4 travels 7 tail 5 to 6 his 7 tail 8 so 9 he 10 swallows 10 swallows 11 up 11 up 13 blade 12 the 13 blade yes , and that ['s] [my] [inkhorn] [.] 1 yes 3 and 2 , 3 and 3 and 4 that i made the four silver saints round it [.] 1 i 2 made 2 made 6 saints 2 made 7 round 3 the 4 four 4 four 6 saints 5 silver 6 saints 7 round 8 it [press] [barnabas] ['s] [head] [.] the children gasped , for it fairly leaped from the page [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 gasped 3 gasped 5 for 4 , 5 for 5 for 11 page 6 it 8 leaped 7 fairly 8 leaped 8 leaped 9 from 9 from 11 page 10 the 11 page ['] [didn't] [you] [hate] [that] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [after] [a] [great] [many] [other] [questions] [.] ['] [i] [never] [thought] [on't] [.] i knew them [.] 1 i 2 knew 2 knew 3 them i worked for [them] [:] that was enough [.] 1 i 2 worked 2 worked 3 for 3 for 6 that 6 that 7 was 7 was 8 enough no wonder ['] [he] [stopped] [and] [laughed] [.] 1 no 2 wonder ['] [you] [became] [a] [great] [man] [,] [hal] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [they] [said] [so] [,] [robin] [.] even [bramante] [said] so [.] ['] 1 even 4 so ['] [why] [?] what did you do [?] ['] 1 what 2 did 2 did 3 you 3 you 4 do dan asked [.] 1 dan 2 asked the artist looked at him queerly [.] 1 the 2 artist 2 artist 3 looked 3 looked 4 at 3 looked 6 queerly 4 at 5 him ['] [things] [in] [stone] [and] [such] [,] [up] [and] [down] [england] [.] you would not have heard [of] ['] [em] [.] 1 you 2 would 2 would 3 not 2 would 4 have 3 not 4 have 4 have 5 heard to come nearer home [,] [i] [rebuilded] [this] [little] [st] [barnabas] ['] [church] [of] [ours] [.] 1 to 2 come 2 come 3 nearer 3 nearer 4 home [it] [cost] [me] [more] [trouble] [and] [sorrow] [than] [aught] [i] ['ve] [touched] [in] [my] [life] [.] [but] ['] [twas] [a] [sound] [lesson] [.] ['] ['] [um] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [we] ['ve] [had] [lessons] [this] [morning] [.] ['] ['] [i] ['ll] [not] [afflict] [ye] [,] [lad] [,] ['] [said] [hal] [,] [while] [puck] [roared] [.] ['] [pirate] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] he wriggled like a hooked fish [.] 1 he 2 wriggled 2 wriggled 3 like 3 like 6 fish 4 a 5 hooked 4 a 6 fish 5 hooked 6 fish ['] [even] [that] [andrew] [barton] [you] [were] [singing] [of] [on] [the] [stair] [just] [now] [.] ['] he dipped again in the inkwell , and held his breath over a sweeping line , as though he had forgotten everything else [.] 1 he 8 and 2 dipped 3 again 2 dipped 4 in 2 dipped 8 and 4 in 6 inkwell 5 the 6 inkwell 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 held 9 held 11 breath 9 held 12 over 9 held 18 though 10 his 11 breath 11 breath 12 over 12 over 15 line 13 a 14 sweeping 13 a 15 line 14 sweeping 15 line 16 , 18 though 17 as 18 though 18 though 19 he 18 though 21 forgotten 19 he 20 had 20 had 21 forgotten 21 forgotten 22 everything 22 everything 23 else ['] [pirates] [don't] [build] [churches] [,] [do] [they] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [or] [do] [they] [?] ['] ['] [they] [help] [mightily] [,] ['] [hal] [laughed] [.] ['] [but] [you] [were] [at] [your] [lessons] [this] [morn] [,] [jack] [scholar] [.] ['] ['] [oh] [,] [pirates] [aren't] [lessons] [.] it was only [bruce] [and] [his] [silly] [old] [spider] [,] ['] said [una] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 only 2 was 12 said ['] [why] [did] [sir] [andrew] [barton] [help] [you] [?] ['] ['] [i] [question] [if] [he] [ever] [knew] [it] [,] ['] [said] [hal] [,] [twinkling] [.] ['] [robin] [,] [how] [a] ['] [mischief] ['s] [name] [am] [i] [to] [tell] [these] [innocents] [what] [comes] [of] [sinful] [pride] [?] ['] ['] [oh] [,] [we] [know] [all] [about] [that] [,] ['] [said] [una] [pertly] [.] ['] [if] [you] [get] [too] [beany] [that] ['s] [cheeky] [you] [get] [sat] [upon] [,] [of] [course] [.] ['] hal considered a moment [,] [pen] [in] [air] [,] [and] [puck] [said] [some] [long] [words] [.] 1 hal 2 considered 2 considered 4 moment 3 a 4 moment ['] [aha] [!] [that] [was] [my] [case] [too] [,] ['] [he] [cried] [.] ['] [beany] [you] [say] [but] [certainly] [i] [did] [not] [conduct] [myself] [well] [.] but [father] [roger] [sitting] in [merton] [college] [library] , he did not forget me [.] 1 but 5 in 1 but 10 he 5 in 9 , 10 he 11 did 11 did 12 not 11 did 13 forget 12 not 13 forget 13 forget 14 me ["] [out] [!] [son] [of] [my] [art] [!] ["] [said] [he] [.] " [fight] [the] [devil] [at] [home] [ere] [you] [call] [yourself] [a] [man] [and] [a] [craftsman] [.] " 1 " 17 " and [i] [quaked] , and [i] [went] [....v] 1 and 4 , 4 , 5 and [how] ['s] [yon] [,] [robin] [?] ['] he [flourished] [the] finished [sketch] [before] [puck] [.] 1 he 4 finished ['] [me] [!] me [past] [peradventure] , ['] [said] [puck] [,] [smirking] [like] [a] [man] [at] [a] [mirror] [.] 1 me 4 , ['] [ah] [,] [see] [!] the rain [has] took off [!] 1 the 2 rain 2 rain 5 off 4 took 5 off i hate housen in daylight [.] ['] 1 i 2 hate 2 hate 3 housen 2 hate 4 in 3 housen 4 in 4 in 5 daylight ['] [whoop] [!] [holiday] [!] ['] [cried] [hal] [,] [leaping] [up] [.] ['] [who] ['s] [for] [my] [little] [lindens] [?] we can talk there [.] ['] 1 we 2 can 2 can 3 talk 3 talk 4 there they tumbled downstairs , and turned past the dripping willows by the sunny mill-dam [.] 1 they 5 and 2 tumbled 3 downstairs 2 tumbled 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 turned 5 and 7 past 5 and 11 by 7 past 10 willows 8 the 10 willows 9 dripping 10 willows 10 willows 11 by 11 by 14 mill-dam 12 the 14 mill-dam 13 sunny 14 mill-dam ['] [body] [o] ['] [me] [,] ['] [said] [hal] [,] [staring] [at] [the] [hop-garden] [,] [where] [the] [hops] [were] [just] [ready] [to] [blossom] [.] ['] [what] [are] [these] [?] [vines] [?] no , not vines , and they twine the wrong way to beans [.] ['] 1 no 2 , 2 , 3 not 3 not 6 and 3 not 8 twine 4 vines 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 they 6 and 8 twine 8 twine 11 way 8 twine 12 to 9 the 11 way 10 wrong 11 way 11 way 12 to 12 to 13 beans he began to draw in his ready book [.] 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 3 to 4 draw 4 draw 5 in 5 in 8 book 6 his 8 book 7 ready 8 book ['] [hops] [.] new [since] [your] [day] , ['] [said] [puck] [.] 1 new 5 , ['] [they] ['re] [an] [herb] [of] [mars] [,] [and] [their] [flowers] [dried] [flavour] [ale] [.] we say 1 we 2 say ['] [turkeys] [,] [heresy] [,] [hops] [,] [and] [beer] [came] [into] [england] [all] [in] [one] [year] [.] ['] ['] [heresy] [i] [know] [.] i 've seen [hops] [god] [be] [praised] [for] [their] [beauty] [!] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 seen what is [your] [turkis] [?] ['] 1 what 2 is the children laughed [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 laughed they knew [the] [lindens] [turkeys] [,] [and] [as] [soon] [as] [they] [reached] [lindens] [orchard] [on] [the] [hill] [the] [full] [flock] [charged] [at] [them] [.] 1 they 2 knew [out] [came] [hal] ['s] [book] [at] [once] [.] ['] [hoity-toity] [!] ['] [he] [cried] [.] ['] [here] ['s] [pride] [in] [purple] [feathers] [!] [here's] [wrathy] [contempt] [and] [the] [pomps] [of] [the] [flesh] [!] [how] [d'you] [call] [them] [?] ['] ['] [turkeys] [!] [turkeys] [!] ['] [the] [children] [shouted] [,] [as] [the] [old] [gobbler] [raved] [and] [flamed] [against] [hal] ['s] [plum-coloured] [hose] [.] ['] [save] [your] [magnificence] [!] ['] [he] [said] [.] ['] [i] ['ve] [drafted] [two] [good] [new] [things] [today] [.] ['] and he doffed his cap to the bubbling bird [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 doffed 2 he 3 doffed 3 doffed 5 cap 3 doffed 6 to 4 his 5 cap 5 cap 6 to 6 to 9 bird 7 the 9 bird 8 bubbling 9 bird [then] [they] [walked] [through] [the] [grass] [to] [the] [knoll] [where] [little] [lindens] [stands] [.] the old farmhouse [,] [weather-tiled] [to] [the] [ground] [,] [took] [almost] [the] [colour] [of] [a] [blood-ruby] [in] [the] [afternoon] [light] [.] 1 the 3 farmhouse 2 old 3 farmhouse the old spaniel in his barrel barked once or twice to show he was in charge of the empty house [.] 1 the 3 spaniel 2 old 3 spaniel 3 spaniel 4 in 3 spaniel 7 barked 4 in 6 barrel 5 his 6 barrel 7 barked 9 or 7 barked 11 to 8 once 9 or 9 or 10 twice 11 to 12 show 12 show 13 he 12 show 14 was 13 he 14 was 14 was 15 in 15 in 16 charge 16 charge 17 of 17 of 20 house 18 the 20 house 19 empty 20 house puck clicked back the garden-gate [.] 1 puck 2 clicked 2 clicked 3 back 2 clicked 5 garden-gate 4 the 5 garden-gate ['] [d'you] [marvel] [that] [i] [love] [it] [?] ['] [said] [hal] [,] [in] [a] [whisper] [.] ['] [what] [can] [town] [folk] [know] [of] [the] [nature] [of] [housen] [or] [land] [?] ['] the old man was cutting a faggot in his garden by the hives [.] 1 the 3 man 2 old 3 man 3 man 4 was 4 was 5 cutting 5 cutting 7 faggot 5 cutting 8 in 5 cutting 11 by 6 a 7 faggot 7 faggot 8 in 8 in 10 garden 9 his 10 garden 10 garden 11 by 11 by 13 hives 12 the 13 hives it was quite a second after his chopper fell that the chump of the blow reached their lazy ears [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 second 2 was 6 after 2 was 10 that 3 quite 4 a 4 a 5 second 6 after 8 chopper 6 after 9 fell 7 his 8 chopper 8 chopper 9 fell 10 that 12 chump 10 that 16 reached 11 the 12 chump 12 chump 13 of 12 chump 16 reached 13 of 15 blow 14 the 15 blow 16 reached 19 ears 17 their 19 ears 18 lazy 19 ears ['] [eh] [yeh] [!] ['] [said] [hal] [.] ['] [i] [mind] [when] [where] [that] [old] [gaffer] [stands] [was] [nether] [forge] [master] [john] [collins] ['s] [foundry] [.] many a night has his big trip-hammer shook me in my bed here [.] 1 many 3 night 2 a 3 night 3 night 4 has 4 has 5 his 4 has 13 here 6 big 7 trip-hammer 7 trip-hammer 8 shook 8 shook 9 me 8 shook 10 in 10 in 12 bed 11 my 12 bed 12 bed 13 here [boom-bitty] [!] [boom-bitty] [!] [if] [the] [wind] [was] [east] [,] [i] [could] [hear] [master] [tom] [collins] ['s] [forge] [at] [stockens] [answering] [his] [brother] [,] [boom-oop] [!] [yes] [.] the valley was [as] full [o] ['] [forges] [and] [fineries] [as] [a] [may] [shaw] [o] ['] [cuckoos] [.] 1 the 2 valley 2 valley 3 was 3 was 5 full all gone [to] grass [now] [!] ['] 1 all 4 grass 2 gone 4 grass ['] [what] [did] [they] [make] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [guns] [for] [the] [king] ['s] [ships] [and] [for] [others] [.] serpentines and cannon [mostly] [.] 1 serpentines 2 and 2 and 3 cannon when the guns were cast , down would [come] [the] [king] ['s] [officers] [,] [and] [take] [our] [plough-oxen] [to] [haul] [them] [to] [the] [coast] [.] 1 when 3 guns 1 when 6 , 1 when 8 would 2 the 3 guns 3 guns 6 , 4 were 5 cast 4 were 6 , 6 , 7 down [look] [!] here 's one of the first [and] [finest] [craftsmen] of the [sea] [!] ['] 1 here 2 's 2 's 3 one 3 one 4 of 4 of 6 first 5 the 6 first 6 first 10 of 10 of 11 the he fluttered [back] a page of his book , and showed them a young man 's head [.] 1 he 10 and 2 fluttered 5 page 2 fluttered 10 and 4 a 5 page 5 page 6 of 6 of 8 book 7 his 8 book 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 showed 11 showed 12 them 11 showed 17 head 13 a 14 young 13 a 15 man 14 young 15 man 15 man 16 's 16 's 17 head [underneath] [was] [written] [:] ['] [sebastianus] [.] ['] i drafted him thus sitting by [our] fire [telling] [mother] [of] [the] [new] [lands] [he] 'd find the far side the world [.] 1 i 2 drafted 2 drafted 3 him 2 drafted 4 thus 4 thus 5 sitting 5 sitting 6 by 5 sitting 16 'd 6 by 8 fire 16 'd 17 find 17 find 20 side 17 find 22 world 18 the 20 side 19 far 20 side 21 the 22 world and he found them , too ! 1 and 3 found 2 he 3 found 3 found 4 them 3 found 6 too 5 , 6 too 6 too 7 ! there 's a nose to cleave through unknown seas [!] 1 there 2 's 2 's 4 nose 2 's 5 to 3 a 4 nose 5 to 6 cleave 6 cleave 7 through 7 through 9 seas 8 unknown 9 seas [cabot] [was] [his] [name] [a] [bristol] [lad] [half] [a] [foreigner] [.] i set a heap by him [.] 1 i 2 set 2 set 4 heap 2 set 5 by 3 a 4 heap 4 heap 5 by 5 by 6 him he helped me to my church-building [.] ['] 1 he 2 helped 2 helped 3 me 2 helped 4 to 4 to 6 church-building 5 my 6 church-building ['] [i] [thought] [that] [was] [sir] [andrew] [barton] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [ay] [,] [but] [foundations] [before] [roofs] [,] ['] [hal] [answered] [.] ['] [sebastian] [first] [put] [me] [in] [the] [way] [of] [it] [.] they cared [not] [,] [and] [it] [served] [me] [right] [,] [one] [split] [straw] [for] [my] [craft] [or] [my] [greatness] [.] 1 they 2 cared what [a] [murrain] [call] [had] [i] , they said , [to] [mell] [with] [old] [st] [barnabas] ['] [?] 1 what 7 , 7 , 9 said 8 they 9 said 9 said 10 , [only] [sir] [john] [pelham] [up] [yonder] [at] [brightling] [bade] [me] [heart-up] [and] [go] [on] [.] [yet] [how] [could] [i] [?] [did] [i] [ask] [master] [collins] [for] [his] [timber-tug] [to] [haul] [beams] [?] the oxen had gone [to] [lewes] [after] [lime] [.] 1 the 2 oxen 2 oxen 3 had 3 had 4 gone did he promise me a set of iron cramps or ties for the roof [?] 1 did 2 he 1 did 3 promise 3 promise 4 me 3 promise 6 set 3 promise 12 for 5 a 6 set 6 set 7 of 7 of 10 or 8 iron 9 cramps 9 cramps 10 or 10 or 11 ties 10 or 12 for 12 for 14 roof 13 the 14 roof they never came to [hand] , or [else] they were spaulty or cracked [.] 1 they 3 came 2 never 3 came 3 came 4 to 4 to 6 , 6 , 7 or 7 or 9 they 7 or 12 or 9 they 12 or 10 were 11 spaulty 10 were 12 or 12 or 13 cracked so [with] everything [.] 1 so 3 everything nothing [said] [,] but [naught] [done] [except] [i] [stood] [by] [them] , and [then] [done] [amiss] [.] 1 nothing 4 but 4 but 12 , 12 , 13 and i thought the countryside was fair bewitched [.] ['] 1 i 2 thought 2 thought 4 countryside 2 thought 5 was 3 the 4 countryside 4 countryside 5 was 5 was 7 bewitched 6 fair 7 bewitched ['] [it] [was] [,] [sure-ly] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [knees] [under] [chin] [.] ['] [did] [you] [never] [suspect] [ary] [one] [?] ['] ['] [not] [till] [sebastian] [came] [for] [his] [guns] [,] [and] [john] [collins] [played] [him] [the] [same] [dog] ['s] [tricks] [as] [he] ['d] [played] [me] [with] [my] [ironwork] [.] then [john] [collins] [would] [shake] [his] [head] , and [vow] he [could] [pass] [no] [cannon] [for] [the] [king] 's [service] that [were] [not] [perfect] [.] 1 then 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 he 11 he 19 's 19 's 21 that [saints] [!] [how] [sebastian] [stormed] [!] i know , for we sat on this bench sharing our sorrows inter-common [.] 1 i 2 know 2 know 4 for 3 , 4 for 4 for 5 we 5 we 7 on 6 sat 7 on 7 on 9 bench 8 this 9 bench 9 bench 10 sharing 10 sharing 13 inter-common 11 our 13 inter-common 12 sorrows 13 inter-common ['] [ah] [!] the pirate [!] ['] [said] [dan] [.] 1 the 2 pirate ['] [yes] [.] so [i] [took] ['] [em] [off] [the] [foundations] [,] [which] we were [strengthening] , and [went] [into] [the] [bell] [tavern] [for] [a] [cup] [of] [ale] [.] 1 so 11 we 1 so 14 , 11 we 12 were 14 , 15 and and they all wagged their sinful heads , and agreed [.] 1 and 9 and 2 they 9 and 3 all 4 wagged 4 wagged 7 heads 4 wagged 9 and 5 their 7 heads 6 sinful 7 heads 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 agreed [less] [afraid] [of] [the] [devil] [than] [of] [me] [as] [i] [saw] [later] [.] ['] [when] [i] [brought] [my] [sweet] [news] [to] [lindens] [,] [sebastian] [was] [limewashing] [the] [kitchen-beams] [for] [mother] [.] he loved her like a son [.] 1 he 2 loved 2 loved 3 her 2 loved 4 like 4 like 6 son 5 a 6 son " ['] [cheer] [up] [,] [lad] , " he says [.] 1 " 10 says 7 , 8 " 7 , 9 he 9 he 10 says ["] [god] ['s] [where] [he] [was] [.] only [you] [and] [i] [chance] to be pure [pute] [asses] [.] 1 only 6 to 6 to 7 be 7 be 8 pure 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 11 to 12 me [meantime] [andrew] [barton] [hawks] [off] [the] [port] [of] [rye] [.] and why [?] 1 and 2 why [clear] [as] [the] [irish] [coast] [at] [noonday] [!] ["] ["] ['] [it] [is] [sure] [,] [large] [profit] [.] men 'll dare any gallows for that [.] 1 men 2 'll 2 'll 3 dare 3 dare 5 gallows 3 dare 6 for 4 any 5 gallows 5 gallows 6 for 6 for 7 that i have been a trader myself [,] ["] [says] [he] [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 been 3 been 5 trader 3 been 6 myself 4 a 5 trader " we must be upsides with ['] [em] [for] the honour [of] [bristol] [.] ["] 1 " 2 we 2 we 3 must 3 must 4 be 4 be 5 upsides 4 be 6 with 5 upsides 6 with 6 with 11 honour 10 the 11 honour ['] [then] [he] [hatched] [a] [plot] [,] [sitting] [on] [the] [limewash] [bucket] [.] we gave [out] [to] [ride] [o] ['] [tuesday] [to] [london] and made [a] [show] [of] [taking] [farewells] [of] [our] friends [especially] [of] [master] [john] [collins] [.] 1 we 11 and 2 gave 11 and 11 and 12 made 12 made 20 friends a thick mist , and a moon striking through [.] 1 a 2 thick 1 a 3 mist 2 thick 3 mist 3 mist 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 moon 5 and 8 striking 6 a 7 moon 8 striking 9 through ['] [i] [had] [no] [sooner] [locked] [the] [tower-door] [behind] [us] [than] [over] [goes] [sebastian] [full] [length] [in] [the] [dark] [.] " ['] [pest] [!] ["] he says [.] 1 " 7 says 6 he 7 says ["] [step] [high] [and] [feel] [low] [,] [hal] [.] i 've stumbled over guns before [.] ["] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 stumbled 3 stumbled 4 over 3 stumbled 6 before 4 over 5 guns 5 guns 6 before no conceal [at] all [!] 1 no 2 conceal 2 conceal 4 all " ['] [there] ['s] [two] [demi-cannon] [my] [end] [,] " [says] [sebastian] [,] [slapping] [metal] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [they] ['ll] [be] [for] [andrew] [barton] ['s] [lower] [deck] [.] [honest] [honest] [john] [collins] [!] so this is his ware-house , his arsenal , his armoury ! 1 so 3 is 2 this 3 is 3 is 5 ware-house 4 his 5 ware-house 5 ware-house 8 arsenal 5 ware-house 11 armoury 6 , 8 arsenal 7 his 8 arsenal 8 arsenal 9 , 9 , 11 armoury 10 his 11 armoury 11 armoury 12 ! now see [you] why [your] [pokings] [and] [pryings] [have] [raised] [the] [devil] [in] [sussex] [?] 1 now 2 see 2 see 4 why you ['ve] [hindered] [john] ['s] [lawful] [trade] [for] [months] [,] " [and] [he] [laughed] [where] [he] [lay] [.] 1 you 11 " ["] ['] [aha] [!] [your] [devil] [has] [left] [his] [doublet] [!] does it become me [,] [hal] [?] ["] 1 does 2 it 1 does 3 become 3 become 4 me he draws it on and capers in the shafts of window-moonlight won'erful devilish-like [.] 1 he 5 and 2 draws 3 it 2 draws 4 on 2 draws 5 and 5 and 6 capers 5 and 7 in 7 in 9 shafts 8 the 9 shafts 9 shafts 10 of 10 of 13 devilish-like 11 window-moonlight 12 won'erful 12 won'erful 13 devilish-like " ['] [if] [you] ['d] [keep] [out] [the] [devil] [,] [shut] [the] [door] , " he whispered [.] 1 " 17 whispered 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 he 16 he 17 whispered " [and] [that] ['s] [another] [false] [proverb] [,] [hal] [,] [for] [i] [can] [hear] [your] [tower-door] [opening] [.] " 1 " 19 " ["] ['] [i] [locked] [it] [.] who [a-plague] has another key , then ? " 1 who 3 has 3 has 5 key 3 has 7 then 4 another 5 key 5 key 7 then 6 , 7 then 7 then 8 ? 8 ? 9 " i said [.] 1 i 2 said " ['] [all] [the] [congregation] [,] [to] [judge] [by] [their] [feet] , " he says [,] [and] [peers] [into] [the] [blackness] [.] 1 " 15 says 12 , 13 " 12 , 14 he 14 he 15 says ["] [still] [!] still , [hal] [!] 1 still 2 , [hear] ['] [em] [grunt] [!] that 's more [o] ['] my serpentines [,] [i] ['ll] [be] [bound] [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 more 2 's 7 serpentines 6 my 7 serpentines one two three four [they] bear [in] [!] 1 one 6 bear 2 two 6 bear 3 three 6 bear 4 four 6 bear faith , [andrew] [equips] [himself] [like] [an] [admiral] [!] 1 faith 2 , [twenty-four] [serpentines] [in] [all] [!] ["] ['] [as] [if] [it] [had] [been] [an] [echo] [,] [we] [heard] [john] [collins] ['s] [voice] [come] [up] [all] [hollow] [:] ["] [twenty-four] [serpentines] [and] [two] [demi-cannon] [.] [that] ['s] [the] [full] [tally] [for] [sir] [andrew] [barton] [.] ["] " ['] [courtesy] [costs] [naught] [,] " [whispers] [sebastian] [.] 1 " 7 " " [shall] [i] [drop] [my] [dagger] [on] [his] [head] [?] " 1 " 11 " " ['] [they] go [over] [to] [rye] [o] ['] [thursday] in the wool-wains [,] [hid] [under] [the] [wool-packs] [.] 1 " 4 go 4 go 11 in 11 in 13 wool-wains 12 the 13 wool-wains [dirk] [brenzett] [meets] [them] [at] [udimore] [,] [as] [before] [,] ["] [says] [john] [.] ["] ['] [lord] [!] what a worn [,] handsmooth trade it is [!] ["] [says] [sebastian] [.] 1 what 6 trade 2 a 6 trade 3 worn 6 trade 5 handsmooth 6 trade 6 trade 7 it 6 trade 8 is 7 it 8 is " [i] [lay] we [are] [the] [sole] [two] [babes] [in] [the] [village] [that] have [not] [our] [lawful] [share] [in] [the] [venture] [.] ["] 1 " 4 we 4 we 14 have ['] [there] [was] [a] [full] [score] [folk] [below] [,] [talking] [like] [all] [robertsbridge] [market] [.] we counted them by [voice] [.] 1 we 2 counted 2 counted 3 them 2 counted 4 by ['] [master] [john] [collins] [pipes] [:] ["] [the] [guns] [for] [the] [french] [carrack] [must] [lie] [here] [next] [month] [.] will , when [does] your young fool " [(] me , so please [you] ! ) " come back [from] [lunnon] [?] " 1 will 18 come 2 , 3 when 3 when 6 young 3 when 7 fool 3 when 16 ) 3 when 18 come 5 your 6 young 6 young 7 fool 7 fool 8 " 7 fool 10 me 7 fool 13 please 11 , 13 please 12 so 13 please 13 please 15 ! 16 ) 17 " 18 come 19 back 19 back 23 " " ['] [no] [odds] [,] " [i] [heard] [ticehurst] [will] [answer] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [lay] ['] [em] [just] [where] [you] ['ve] [a] [mind] [,] [mus] ['] [collins] [.] we 're all [too] [afraid] [o] ['] [the] [devil] [to] [mell] [with] [the] [tower] [now] [.] ["] 1 we 2 're 2 're 3 all and the long knave laughed [.] 1 and 4 knave 1 and 5 laughed 2 the 4 knave 3 long 4 knave 4 knave 5 laughed " ['] [ah] [!] ['] [tis] [easy] [enow] [for] [you] [to] [raise] [the] [devil] [,] [will] [,] " [says] [another] [ralph] [hobden] [of] [the] [forge] [.] 1 " 18 " " ['aaa-men] [!] " [roars] [sebastian] [,] [and] [ere] [i] [could] [hold] [him] [,] [he] [leaps] [down] [the] [stairs] [won'erful] [devilish-like] [howling] [no] [bounds] [.] 1 " 4 " he had scarce time to lay out for the nearest than they ran [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 4 time 3 scarce 4 time 4 time 5 to 4 time 6 lay 5 to 6 lay 6 lay 7 out 7 out 8 for 7 out 11 than 8 for 10 nearest 9 the 10 nearest 11 than 12 they 11 than 13 ran 12 they 13 ran [saints] [,] [how] [they] [ran] [!] we heard them pound on the door of [the] [bell] [tavern] , and then we ran too [.] 1 we 2 heard 2 heard 3 them 2 heard 4 pound 4 pound 5 on 5 on 7 door 6 the 7 door 7 door 8 of 8 of 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 then 13 and 15 we 13 and 16 ran 16 ran 17 too " ['] [what] ['s] [next] [?] ["] says [sebastian] [,] [looping] [up] [his] [cow-tail] [as] he [leaped] [the] [briars] [.] 1 " 8 says 8 says 16 he " [i] ['ve] [broke] [honest] [john] ['s] [face] [.] " 1 " 10 " " ['] [ride] [to] [sir] [john] [pelham] ['s] [,] " [i] [said] [.] 1 " 10 " " he is the only one that ever stood by me [.] ["] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 is 3 is 6 one 4 the 6 one 5 only 6 one 6 one 7 that 6 one 9 stood 7 that 9 stood 8 ever 9 stood 9 stood 10 by 10 by 11 me " ['wel-a-well] [!] ["] he says [.] 1 " 6 says 5 he 6 says ["] [i] ['ll] [see] [justice] [done] [before] [daylight] [.] what 's your complaint [?] 1 what 2 's 2 's 4 complaint 3 your 4 complaint [master] [collins] [is] [my] [old] [friend] [.] ["] " ['] [he] ['s] [none] [of] [mine] [,] " [i] [cried] [.] 1 " 9 " " ['] [ah] [,] [but] [ye] [see] [now] [they] [needed] [it] [for] [another] [use] [,] ["] says he [smoothly] [.] 1 " 17 says 17 says 18 he " [also] [they] [did] [my] [serpentines] [,] " [sebastian] [cries] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [i] [should] [be] [half] [across] [the] [western] [ocean] [by] [now] [if] [my] [guns] [had] [been] [ready] [.] but they ['re] [sold] [to] [a] [scotch] [pirate] [by] [your] [old] [friend] ["] 1 but 2 they " ['] [where] ['s] [your] [proof] [?] " [says] [sir] [john] [,] [stroking] [his] [beard] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] ['] [words] [!] words [only] , " [says] [sir] [john] [.] 1 words 3 , 3 , 4 " " [master] [collins] [is] [somewhat] [of] [a] [liar] [at] [best] [.] " 1 " 12 " " ['] [yours] [,] [manifestly] [,] " [says] [sir] [john] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [you] [come] [with] [the] [king] ['s] [order] [for] ['] [em] [,] [and] [master] [collins] [casts] [them] [in] [his] [foundry] [.] what a coil to make of a mere act of neighbourly kindness , lad [!] ["] 1 what 3 coil 2 a 3 coil 3 coil 4 to 3 coil 5 make 3 coil 6 of 4 to 5 make 6 of 9 act 7 a 8 mere 7 a 9 act 8 mere 9 act 9 act 10 of 10 of 13 , 11 neighbourly 12 kindness 12 kindness 13 , 13 , 14 lad " ['] [i] [fear] [i] [have] [requited] [him] [very] [scurvily] [,] " [says] [sebastian] [,] [looking] [at] [his] [knuckles] [.] 1 " 12 " ["] [but] [what] [of] [the] [demi-cannon] [?] i could do with ['] [em] [well] , but they are not in [the] [king] ['s] [order] [.] ["] 1 i 2 could 2 could 3 do 3 do 4 with 4 with 8 , 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 they 9 but 11 are 10 they 11 are 11 are 12 not 11 are 13 in " ['] [kindness] [loving-kindness] [,] " [says] [sir] [john] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [questionless] [,] [in] [his] [zeal] [for] [the] [king] [and] [his] [love] [for] [you] [,] [john] [adds] [those] [two] [cannon] [as] [a] [gift] [.] ['] [tis] [plain] [as] [this] [coming] [daylight] [,] [ye] [stockfish] [!] ["] " ['so] [it] [is] [,] " [says] [sebastian] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [oh] [,] [sir] [john] [,] [sir] [john] [,] [why] [did] [you] [never] [use] [the] [sea] [?] you are lost ashore [.] ["] 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 lost 3 lost 4 ashore and he looked on him with great love [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 looked 2 he 3 looked 3 looked 4 on 3 looked 6 with 4 on 5 him 6 with 8 love 7 great 8 love " ['] [i] [do] [my] [best] [in] [my] [station] [.] " 1 " 11 " ye [surprise] [him] [,] [i] say , [cruelly] [.] " 1 ye 6 say 6 say 7 , 7 , 10 " ["] ['] [truth] [,] [sir] [john] [.] if you had seen him run [!] ["] [says] [sebastian] [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 4 seen 1 if 6 run 2 you 3 had 3 had 4 seen 4 seen 5 him are ye content , lads [?] ["] 1 are 2 ye 1 are 5 lads 3 content 4 , 3 content 5 lads ["] ['] [i] ['d] [commit] [any] [treason] [for] [two] [demi-cannon] [,] ['] [said] [sebastian] [,] [and] [rubs] [his] [hands] [.] " [ye] [have] [just] [compounded] [with] [rank] [treason-felony] [for] [the] [same] [bribe] [,] " [says] [sir] [john] [.] 1 " 14 " " [wherefore] [to] [horse] [,] [and] [get] [the] [guns] [.] " ['] 1 " 11 " ['] [but] [master] [collins] [meant] [the] [guns] [for] [sir] [andrew] [barton] [all] [along] [,] [didn't] [he] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [questionless] [,] [that] [he] [did] [,] ['] [said] [hal] [.] ['] [but] [he] [lost] [them] [.] ['] [and] [what] [did] [we] [i] [mean] [,] [what] [did] [our] [village] [do] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [oh] [!] bore it nobly nobly [,] ['] [cried] [hal] [.] 1 bore 2 it 1 bore 3 nobly 1 bore 4 nobly ['] [though] [they] [had] [tricked] [me] [,] [i] [was] [proud] [of] [them] [.] they came out of their housen , looked at that little army as though it had been a post , and went their shut-mouthed way [.] 1 they 7 , 2 came 4 of 2 came 7 , 3 out 4 of 4 of 6 housen 5 their 6 housen 7 , 21 and 8 looked 9 at 8 looked 14 though 8 looked 21 and 9 at 12 army 10 that 12 army 11 little 12 army 13 as 14 though 14 though 15 it 14 though 17 been 15 it 16 had 16 had 17 been 17 been 19 post 18 a 19 post 20 , 21 and 21 and 22 went 22 went 25 way 23 their 25 way 24 shut-mouthed 25 way never [a] sign [!] 1 never 3 sign never a word [!] 1 never 3 word 2 a 3 word they 'd [ha] ['] perished sooner than [let] [brightling] [overcrow] [us] [.] 1 they 2 'd 2 'd 5 perished 5 perished 6 sooner 6 sooner 7 than 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 13 for 13 for 17 , 17 , 20 but " " [ware] [,] [sirrah] [devil] [!] ["] [cries] [sir] [john] [,] [reining] [back] [.] 1 " 2 " " ['] [oh] [!] " [says] [will] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [market-day] [,] [is] [it] [?] and all [the] [bullocks] [from] [brightling] [here] [?] ["] 1 and 2 all ['] [i] [spared] [him] [his] [belting] [for] [that] [the] [brazen] [knave] [!] ['] [but] [john] [collins] [was] [our] [masterpiece] [!] he [happened] [along-street] [(] [his] [jaw] [tied] [up] [where] [sebastian] had [clouted] [him] [)] [when] [we] [were] [trundling] [the] [first] [demi-cannon] [through] [the] [lych-gate] [.] 1 he 11 had " ['] [i] [reckon] [you] ['ll] [find] [her] [middlin] ['] [heavy] , " he says [.] 1 " 15 says 12 , 13 " 12 , 14 he 14 he 15 says ["] [if] [you] ['ve] [a] [mind] [to] [pay] [,] [i] ['ll] [loan] [ye] [my] [timber-tug] [.] she won't lie [easy] on ary wool-wain [.] ["] 1 she 2 won't 2 won't 3 lie 3 lie 5 on 5 on 7 wool-wain 6 ary 7 wool-wain ['] [that] [was] [the] [one] [time] [i] [ever] [saw] [sebastian] [taken] [flat] [aback] [.] he opened and shut his mouth [,] [fishy-like] [.] 1 he 3 and 2 opened 3 and 3 and 4 shut 3 and 6 mouth 4 shut 5 his " ['] [no] [offence] [,] " [says] [master] [john] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [you] ['ve] [got] [her] [reasonable] [good] [cheap] [.] i thought [ye] [might] [not] [grudge] [me] [a] [groat] [if] [i] [helped] [move] [her] [.] ["] 1 i 2 thought ah , [he] [was] [a] [masterpiece] [!] 1 ah 2 , ['] [neither] [then] [nor] [later] [?] ['] [said] [puck] [.] ['] [once] [.] ['] [twas] [after] [he] [gave] [st] [barnabas] ['] [the] [new] [chime] [of] [bells] [.] " [ask] [and] [have] " [was] [their] [song] [.] [)] 1 " 5 " we had [rung] ['] [em] [in] [,] and he was in the tower with [black] [nick] [fowle] , [that] [gave] [us] [our] [rood-screen] [.] 1 we 2 had 2 had 8 and 8 and 10 was 9 he 10 was 10 was 11 in 10 was 14 with 11 in 13 tower 12 the 13 tower 14 with 18 , the old man pinches the bell-rope one hand and scratches his neck with t'other [.] 1 the 3 man 2 old 3 man 3 man 4 pinches 4 pinches 14 t'other 5 the 14 t'other 6 bell-rope 14 t'other 7 one 8 hand 8 hand 9 and 9 and 10 scratches 9 and 11 his 9 and 13 with 9 and 14 t'other 11 his 12 neck 12 neck 13 with " [sooner] she [was] [pulling] [yon] [clapper] [than] [my] [neck] , he says [.] 1 " 3 she 1 " 13 says 3 she 11 , 12 he 13 says that was all [!] 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 all that was [sussex] seely [sussex] [for] everlasting [.] ['] 1 that 2 was 2 was 4 seely 2 was 7 everlasting ['] [and] [what] [happened] [after] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [i] [went] [back] [into] [england] [,] ['] [said] [hal] [,] [slowly] [.] ['] [i] ['d] [had] [my] [lesson] [against] [pride] [.] but they tell me [i] [left] [st] [barnabas] ['] [a] [jewel] [just] [about] [a] [jewel] [!] 1 but 2 they 2 they 3 tell 3 tell 4 me [wel-a-well] [!] ['] [twas] [done] [for] [and] [among] [my] [own] [people] [,] [and] [father] [roger] [was] [right] [i] [never] [knew] [such] [trouble] [or] [such] [triumph] [since] [.] that 's the nature [o] ['] things [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 7 things 3 the 7 things 4 nature 7 things a dear dear land [.] ['] 1 a 4 land 2 dear 4 land 3 dear 4 land he dropped his chin on his chest [.] 1 he 2 dropped 2 dropped 4 chin 2 dropped 5 on 3 his 4 chin 4 chin 5 on 5 on 7 chest 6 his 7 chest ['] [there] ['s] [your] [father] [at] [the] [forge] [.] what 's [he] talking to [old] [hobden] [about] [?] ['] [said] [puck] , [opening] [his] [hand] [with] [three] leaves in it [.] 1 what 2 's 1 what 19 leaves 2 's 4 talking 4 talking 5 to 5 to 13 , 19 leaves 20 in 20 in 21 it dan looked towards the cottage [.] 1 dan 2 looked 2 looked 3 towards 3 towards 5 cottage 4 the 5 cottage ['] [oh] [,] [i] [know] [.] it 's that old oak lying across the brook [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 5 oak 2 's 7 across 3 that 4 old 4 old 5 oak 5 oak 6 lying 5 oak 7 across 7 across 9 brook 8 the 9 brook [pater] [always] [wants] [it] [grubbed] [.] ['] in the still valley they could hear [old] [hobden] ['s] [deep] [tones] [.] 1 in 4 valley 1 in 5 they 2 the 4 valley 3 still 4 valley 5 they 6 could 6 could 7 hear ['] [have] [it] [as] [you] ['ve] [a] [mind] [to] [,] ['] [he] [was] [saying] [.] ['] [but] [the] [vivers] [of] [her] [roots] [they] [hold] [the] [bank] [together] [.] if you grub her out , the bank she 'll all come [tearin] ['] down , [an] ['] [next] floods the brook 'll swarve up [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 grub 1 if 22 brook 2 you 3 grub 3 grub 20 floods 4 her 20 floods 5 out 8 bank 5 out 16 , 5 out 20 floods 6 , 8 bank 7 the 8 bank 8 bank 9 she 8 bank 12 come 8 bank 16 , 9 she 10 'll 10 'll 12 come 11 all 12 come 12 come 15 down 21 the 22 brook 22 brook 23 'll 23 'll 24 swarve 24 swarve 25 up but [have] [it] [as] you ['ve] [a] mind [.] 1 but 5 you 5 you 8 mind [the] [mistuss] [she] [sets] [a] [heap] [by] [the] [ferns] [on] [her] [trunk] [.] ['] [oh] [!] i 'll think it [over] , ['] said [the] [pater] [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 6 , 3 think 4 it 3 think 6 , 6 , 8 said una laughed a little bubbling chuckle [.] 1 una 2 laughed 2 laughed 6 chuckle 3 a 4 little 3 a 6 chuckle 4 little 6 chuckle 5 bubbling 6 chuckle ['] [what] [devil] ['s] [in] [that] [belfry] [?] ['] [said] [hal] [,] [with] [a] [lazy] [laugh] [.] ['] [that] [should] [be] [a] [hobden] [by] [his] [voice] [.] ['] ['] [why] [,] [the] [oak] [is] [the] [regular] [bridge] [for] [all] [the] [rabbits] [between] [the] [three] [acre] [and] [our] [meadow] [.] the best place for wires on [the] [farm] , [hobden] says [.] 1 the 2 best 1 the 3 place 3 place 4 for 3 place 11 says 4 for 5 wires 5 wires 6 on 6 on 9 , he 's got two there now [,] ['] [una] [answered] [.] 1 he 2 's 2 's 3 got 3 got 4 two 3 got 5 there 3 got 6 now 4 two 5 there ['] [he] [won't] [ever] [let] [it] [be] [grubbed] [!] ['] ['] [ah] [,] [sussex] [!] [a] [smugglers] ['] [song] watch the wall , my darling , [while] [the] [gentlemen] go [by] [!] 1 watch 3 wall 2 the 3 wall 3 wall 6 darling 4 , 6 darling 5 my 6 darling 6 darling 7 , 7 , 11 go if you meet [king] [george] ['s] [men] , dressed in blue [and] [red] , [you] be careful what you say , and [mindful] what is said [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 14 , 1 if 19 you 2 you 8 , 3 meet 8 , 8 , 9 dressed 8 , 10 in 10 in 11 blue 14 , 16 be 16 be 17 careful 17 careful 18 what 19 you 20 say 20 say 21 , 21 , 26 said 22 and 24 what 24 what 25 is 25 is 26 said knocks and footsteps round [the] [house] [whistles] [after] [dark] [you] ['ve] [no] [call] [for] [running] [out] [till] [the] [house-dogs] [bark] [.] 1 knocks 2 and 2 and 3 footsteps 2 and 4 round trusty 's here , [and] [pincher] ['s] here , [and] [see] [how] [dumb] [they] [lie] [they] [don't] [fret] [to] [follow] [when] [the] [gentlemen] [go] [by] [!] 1 trusty 2 's 2 's 8 here 3 here 4 , 4 , 8 here 8 here 9 , five-and-twenty ponies [,] [trotting] [through] [the] [dark] [brandy] [for] [the] [parson] [,] ['] [baccy] [for] [the] [clerk] [.] 1 five-and-twenty 2 ponies [them] [that] [asks] [no] [questions] [isn't] [told] [a] [lie] [watch] [the] [wall] [,] [my] [darling] [,] [while] [the] [gentlemen] [go] [by] [!] ['] [dymchurch] [flit] ['] [the] [bee] [boy] ['s] [song] [bees] [!] [bees] [!] hark to your bees [!] 1 hark 2 to 2 to 4 bees 3 your 4 bees a [maiden] [in] [her] [glory] [,] [upon] [her] [wedding-day] [,] [must] [tell] [her] [bees] [the] story , [or] [else] [they] ['ll] [fly] [away] [.] 1 a 16 story 16 story 17 , fly [away] [die] [away] [dwindle] [down] and leave you [!] 1 fly 7 and 7 and 8 leave 8 leave 9 you but if you [don't] [deceive] [your] [bees] [,] [your] [bees] will not [deceive] you [.] 1 but 3 you 1 but 14 you 2 if 3 you 3 you 11 will 11 will 12 not [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 1 don't 3 wait pine away [dwine] away [anything] to leave you [!] 1 pine 2 away 1 pine 4 away 1 pine 6 to 6 to 7 leave 7 leave 8 you but [if] you [never] [grieve] [your] [bees] , [your] [bees] ['ll] [never] [grieve] [you] [!] 1 but 3 you 1 but 8 , just at [dusk] , [a] [soft] [september] rain began to fall on the hop-pickers [.] 1 just 8 rain 2 at 4 , 2 at 8 rain 8 rain 9 began 9 began 10 to 9 began 11 fall 10 to 11 fall 11 fall 12 on 12 on 14 hop-pickers 13 the 14 hop-pickers the mothers wheeled the bouncing perambulators out of the gardens [;] [bins] [were] [put] [away] [,] [and] [tally-books] [made] [up] [.] 1 the 2 mothers 2 mothers 3 wheeled 3 wheeled 6 perambulators 3 wheeled 8 of 4 the 6 perambulators 5 bouncing 6 perambulators 6 perambulators 8 of 7 out 8 of 8 of 10 gardens 9 the 10 gardens the young couples strolled home [,] [two] [to] [each] [umbrella] [,] [and] [the] [single] [men] [walked] [behind] [them] [laughing] [.] 1 the 3 couples 2 young 3 couples 3 couples 4 strolled 4 strolled 5 home as he closed the shutter , the oast-house seemed dark before the day 's end [,] [and] [he] [lit] [the] [candle] [in] [the] [lanthorn] [.] 1 as 2 he 1 as 3 closed 1 as 6 , 1 as 8 oast-house 2 he 3 closed 3 closed 5 shutter 4 the 5 shutter 7 the 8 oast-house 8 oast-house 9 seemed 9 seemed 10 dark 10 dark 11 before 11 before 15 end 12 the 13 day 13 day 14 's 14 's 15 end the children liked all these things because they knew them so well [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 liked 3 liked 4 all 3 liked 7 because 4 all 5 these 4 all 6 things 5 these 6 things 7 because 8 they 7 because 9 knew 8 they 9 knew 9 knew 10 them 9 knew 12 well 11 so 12 well [they] [only] [guessed] [it] [when] [bess] ['s] [stump-tail] [wagged] [against] [them] [.] a big voice began singing outside in the drizzle [:] 1 a 2 big 1 a 3 voice 2 big 3 voice 3 voice 4 began 4 began 5 singing 4 began 6 outside 4 began 7 in 5 singing 6 outside 7 in 9 drizzle 8 the 9 drizzle ['] [there] [can't] [be] [two] [people] [made] [to] [holler] [like] [that] [!] ['] [cried] [old] [hobden] [,] [wheeling] [round] [.] a man showed at the doorway [.] 1 a 2 man 2 man 3 showed 3 showed 4 at 4 at 6 doorway 5 the 6 doorway ['] [well] [,] [well] [!] they do say [hoppin] ['] ['] [ll] [draw] the very deadest [,] [and] [now] [i] [belieft] ['] [em] [.] 1 they 2 do 2 do 3 say 3 say 11 deadest 9 the 10 very 9 the 11 deadest [you] [,] [tom] [?] [tom] [shoesmith] [?] ['] hobden lowered his lanthorn [.] 1 hobden 2 lowered 2 lowered 4 lanthorn 3 his 4 lanthorn ['] [you] ['re] [a] [hem] [of] [a] [time] [makin] ['] [your] [mind] [to] [it] [,] [ralph] [!] ['] the stranger strode in three full inches taller than [hobden] , [a] [grey-whiskered] [,] [brown-faced] [giant] with clear blue eyes [.] 1 the 2 stranger 2 stranger 3 strode 3 strode 4 in 3 strode 17 with 4 in 7 inches 5 three 7 inches 6 full 7 inches 7 inches 8 taller 7 inches 17 with 8 taller 9 than 9 than 11 , 17 with 20 eyes 18 clear 20 eyes 19 blue 20 eyes they shook hands , and the children could hear the hard palms rasp together [.] 1 they 5 and 2 shook 3 hands 2 shook 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 9 hear 6 the 7 children 7 children 8 could 8 could 9 hear 9 hear 12 palms 9 hear 13 rasp 10 the 12 palms 11 hard 12 palms 12 palms 13 rasp 13 rasp 14 together ['] [you] [ain't] [lost] [none] [o] ['] [your] [grip] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] ['] [was] [it] [thirty] [or] [forty] [year] [back] [you] [broke] [my] [head] [at] [peasmarsh] [fair] [?] ['] ['] [only] [thirty] [,] [an] ['] [no] [odds] ['] [tween] [us] [regardin] ['] [heads] [,] [neither] [.] you had it back at me with a hop-pole [.] 1 you 2 had 2 had 3 it 2 had 4 back 2 had 7 with 4 back 5 at 5 at 6 me 7 with 9 hop-pole 8 a 9 hop-pole how did we get home that night [?] 1 how 2 did 2 did 3 we 2 did 4 get 4 get 5 home 4 get 7 night 6 that 7 night [swimmin] ['] [?] ['] ['] [same] [way] [the] [pheasant] [come] [into] [gubbs] ['s] [pocket] [by] [a] [little] [luck] [an] ['] [a] [deal] [o] ['] [conjurin] ['] [.] ['] [old] [hobden] [laughed] [in] [his] [deep] [chest] [.] see you ['ve] [not] forgot your way about the woods [.] 1 see 2 you 1 see 5 forgot 2 you 5 forgot 5 forgot 7 way 5 forgot 8 about 6 your 7 way 7 way 8 about 8 about 10 woods 9 the 10 woods d'ye do [any] [o] ['] [this] still [?] ['] 1 d'ye 7 still 2 do 7 still the stranger pretended to look along a gun [.] 1 the 2 stranger 2 stranger 3 pretended 3 pretended 4 to 3 pretended 5 look 4 to 5 look 5 look 6 along 6 along 8 gun 7 a 8 gun hobden answered with a quick movement of the hand as though he were pegging down a rabbit-wire [.] 1 hobden 2 answered 2 answered 3 with 2 answered 10 as 3 with 6 movement 4 a 5 quick 4 a 6 movement 5 quick 6 movement 6 movement 7 of 7 of 9 hand 8 the 9 hand 10 as 12 he 10 as 13 were 11 though 12 he 12 he 13 were 13 were 14 pegging 13 were 15 down 15 down 17 rabbit-wire 16 a 17 rabbit-wire ['] [no] [.] that 's all that ['s] left me now [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 all 3 all 4 that 3 all 6 left 4 that 6 left 6 left 7 me 6 left 8 now [age] [she] [must] [as] [age] [she] [can] [.] an ' [what] 's your news since all these years [?] ['] 1 an 2 ' 2 ' 4 's 4 's 6 news 4 's 7 since 5 your 6 news 7 since 8 all 8 all 9 these 8 all 10 years 9 these 10 years ['] [oh] [,] [i] ['ve] [bin] [to] [plymouth] [,] [i] ['ve] [bin] [to] [dover] [i] ['ve] [bin] [ramblin] ['] [,] [boys] [,] [the] [wide] [world] [over] [,] ['] the man answered [cheerily] [.] 1 the 2 man 2 man 3 answered ['] [i] [reckon] [i] [know] [as] [much] [of] [old] [england] [as] [most] [.] ['] he turned towards the children and winked boldly [.] 1 he 6 and 2 turned 3 towards 2 turned 6 and 3 towards 5 children 4 the 5 children 6 and 7 winked 6 and 8 boldly ['] [i] [lay] [they] [told] [you] [a] [sight] [o] ['] [lies] [,] [then] [.] i 've been [into] [england] [fur] [as] [wiltsheer] once [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 been 3 been 9 once i was [cheated] proper over a pair of [hedgin'-gloves] , ['] said [hobden] [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 4 proper 4 proper 5 over 5 over 7 pair 6 a 7 pair 7 pair 8 of 8 of 10 , 10 , 12 said ['] [there] ['s] [fancy-talkin] ['] [everywhere] [.] you 've cleaved to [your] [own] [parts] [pretty] [middlin] ['] [close] , [ralph] [.] ['] 1 you 2 've 2 've 3 cleaved 3 cleaved 4 to 4 to 12 , ['] [can't] [shift] [an] [old] [tree] ['] [thout] [it] [dyin] ['] [,] ['] [hobden] [chuckled] [.] ['] [an] ['] [i] [be] [no] [more] [anxious] [to] [die] [than] [you] [look] [to] [be] [to] [help] [me] [with] [my] [hops] [tonight] [.] ['] the great man leaned against the brickwork of the roundel , and swung his arms abroad [.] 1 the 3 man 2 great 3 man 3 man 12 and 4 leaned 5 against 4 leaned 12 and 5 against 7 brickwork 6 the 7 brickwork 7 brickwork 8 of 8 of 10 roundel 9 the 10 roundel 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 swung 13 swung 15 arms 13 swung 16 abroad 14 his 15 arms 15 arms 16 abroad ['] [hire] [me] [!] ['] [was] [all] [he] [said] [,] [and] [they] [stumped] [upstairs] [laughing] [.] ['] [who] [is] [it] [?] ['] una whispered [to] [the] [bee] [boy] [.] 1 una 2 whispered ['] [dunno] [,] [no] [more'n] [you] [if] [you] [dunno] [,] ['] [said] [he] [,] [and] [smiled] [.] the voices on the drying-floor talked and chuckled together , and the heavy footsteps moved back [and] forth [.] 1 the 2 voices 2 voices 3 on 2 voices 11 and 3 on 5 drying-floor 4 the 5 drying-floor 5 drying-floor 7 and 6 talked 7 and 7 and 8 chuckled 7 and 9 together 10 , 11 and 11 and 14 footsteps 11 and 15 moved 12 the 14 footsteps 13 heavy 14 footsteps 15 moved 16 back 15 moved 18 forth presently a hop-pocket dropped through the press-hole overhead , and stiffened and fattened as they shovelled it [full] [.] 1 presently 3 hop-pocket 2 a 3 hop-pocket 3 hop-pocket 10 and 4 dropped 5 through 4 dropped 8 overhead 4 dropped 10 and 5 through 7 press-hole 6 the 7 press-hole 7 press-hole 8 overhead 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 and 10 and 14 as 11 stiffened 12 and 12 and 13 fattened 14 as 15 they 14 as 16 shovelled 15 they 16 shovelled 16 shovelled 17 it ['] [clank] [!] ['] [went] [the] [press] [,] [and] [rammed] [the] [loose] [stuff] [into] [tight] [cake] [.] ['] [gentle] [!] ['] [they] [heard] [hobden] [cry] [.] ['] [you] ['ll] [bust] [her] [crop] [if] [you] [lay] [on] [so] [.] you be as careless as [gleason] ['s] [bull] , [tom] [.] 1 you 2 be 2 be 4 careless 3 as 4 careless 4 careless 5 as 5 as 9 , come [an] ['] [sit] by the fires [.] 1 come 5 by 5 by 7 fires 6 the 7 fires she 'll do now [.] ['] 1 she 2 'll 2 'll 3 do 3 do 4 now that 'll show you [the] [sort] [o] ['] [man] [i] [be.'again] [he] [winked] , and [again] [the] [bee] [boy] [laughed] [and] [una] [stared] [at] [dan] [.] 1 that 2 'll 2 'll 3 show 3 show 4 you 3 show 14 , 14 , 15 and ['] [i] [know] [what] [sort] [o] ['] [man] [you] [be] [,] ['] [old] [hobden] [grunted] [,] [groping] [for] [the] [potatoes] [round] [the] [fire] [.] ['] [do] [ye] [?] ['] tom went on behind his back [.] 1 tom 2 went 2 went 3 on 2 went 4 behind 4 behind 6 back 5 his 6 back ['] [middlin] ['] [well] [.] ['] [old] [hobden] [let] [himself] [down] [on] [the] [coals] [by] [the] [fire-door] [.] ['] [i] [was] [courtin] ['] [my] [woman] [on] [the] [marsh] [that] [year] [.] [carter] [to] [mus] ['] [plum] [i] [was] [,] [gettin] ['] [ten] [shillin] ['s] [week] [.] mine was a [marsh] woman [.] ['] 1 mine 2 was 2 was 5 woman 3 a 5 woman ['] [won'erful] [odd-gates] [place] [romney] [marsh] [,] ['] [said] [tom] [shoesmith] [.] ['] [i] ['ve] [heard] [say] [the] [world] ['s] [divided] [like] [into] [europe] [,] [ashy] [,] [afriky] [,] [ameriky] [,] [australy] [,] [an] ['] [romney] [marsh] [.] ['] ['] [the] [marsh] [folk] [think] [so] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] ['] [i] [had] [a] [hem] [o] ['] [trouble] [to] [get] [my] [woman] [to] [leave] [it] [.] ['] ['] [where] [did] [she] [come] [out] [of] [?] i ['ve] forgot [,] [ralph] [.] ['] 1 i 3 forgot ['] [dymchurch] [under] [the] [wall] [,] ['] [hobden] [answered] [,] [a] [potato] [in] [his] [hand] [.] ['] [then] [she] ['d] [be] [a] [pett] [or] [a] [whitgift] [,] [would] [she] [?] ['] ['] [whitgift] [.] ['] hobden broke open the potato and ate it with the curious neatness of men who make most of their meals in the blowy open [.] 1 hobden 6 and 2 broke 3 open 2 broke 5 potato 2 broke 6 and 4 the 5 potato 6 and 7 ate 6 and 24 open 7 ate 8 it 7 ate 21 in 8 it 9 with 8 it 13 of 9 with 12 neatness 10 the 12 neatness 11 curious 12 neatness 13 of 14 men 14 men 15 who 14 men 16 make 15 who 16 make 16 make 17 most 17 most 18 of 18 of 20 meals 19 their 20 meals 21 in 23 blowy 22 the 23 blowy and she was a won'erful hand with bees [.] ['] 1 and 2 she 2 she 3 was 3 was 6 hand 3 was 7 with 4 a 5 won'erful 4 a 6 hand 5 won'erful 6 hand 6 hand 7 with 7 with 8 bees he cut away a little piece of potato and threw it out to the door [.] 1 he 9 and 2 cut 3 away 2 cut 6 piece 2 cut 9 and 4 a 5 little 4 a 6 piece 6 piece 7 of 7 of 8 potato 9 and 10 threw 10 threw 11 it 11 it 12 out 12 out 13 to 13 to 15 door 14 the 15 door ['] [ah] [!] i ['ve] [heard] [say] [the] [whitgifts] could see [further] through a millstone [than] [most] [,] ['] [said] [shoesmith] [.] 1 i 7 could 7 could 8 see 8 see 10 through 10 through 12 millstone 11 a 12 millstone ['] [did] [she] [,] [now] [?] ['] ['] [she] [was] [honest-innocent] [of] [any] [nigromancin] ['] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] ['] [only] [she] ['d] [read] [signs] [and] [sinnifications] [out] [o] ['] [birds] [flyin] ['] [,] [stars] [fallin] ['] [,] [bees] [hivin] ['] [,] [and] [such] [.] [an] [,] [she] ['d] [lie] [awake] [listenin] ['] [for] [calls] [,] [she] [said] [.] ['] ['] [that] [don't] [prove] [naught] [,] ['] [said] [tom] [.] ['] [all] [marsh] [folk] [has] [been] [smugglers] [since] [time] [everlastin] ['] [.] ['] [twould] [be] [in] [her] [blood] [to] [listen] [out] [o] ['] [nights] [.] ['] ['] [nature-ally] [,] ['] [old] [hobden] [replied] [,] [smiling] [.] ['] [i] [mind] [when] [there] [was] [smugglin] ['] [a] [sight] [nearer] [us] [than] [what] [the] [marsh] [be] [.] but that wasn't my woman 's trouble [.] 1 but 3 wasn't 2 that 3 wasn't 3 wasn't 7 trouble 4 my 5 woman 5 woman 6 's 6 's 7 trouble ['] [twas] [a] [passel] [o] ['] [no-sense] [talk] ['] [he] [dropped] [his] [voice] ['] [about] [pharisees] [.] ['] ['] [yes] [.] i 've [heard] [marsh] [men] [belieft] [in] ['] [em.'tom] looked [straight] at the [wide-eyed] children [beside] [bess] [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 10 looked 10 looked 12 at 12 at 15 children 13 the 15 children ['] [pharisees] [,] ['] [cried] [una] [.] ['] [fairies] [?] oh , [i] see [!] ['] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 4 see ['] [people] [o] ['] [the] [hills] [,] ['] [said] [the] [bee] [boy] [,] [throwing] [half] [of] [his] [potato] [towards] [the] [door] [.] ['] [there] [you] [be] [!] ['] [said] [hobden] [,] [pointing] [at] [him] [.] my boy [he] has her eyes and her out-gate sense [.] 1 my 2 boy 2 boy 4 has 4 has 7 and 5 her 6 eyes 6 eyes 7 and 7 and 10 sense 8 her 10 sense 9 out-gate 10 sense that 's what she called ['] [em] [!] ['] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 what 3 what 4 she 3 what 5 called 4 she 5 called ['] [and] [what] [did] [you] [think] [of] [it] [all] [?] ['] ['] [um] [um] [,] ['] [hobden] [rumbled] [.] ['] [but] [settin] ['] [that] [aside] [?] ['] [said] [tom] [,] [coaxingly] [.] ['] [i] [saw] [ye] [throw] [the] [good] [piece] [out-at-doors] [just] [now] [.] do ye believe or do ye [?] ['] 1 do 2 ye 1 do 4 or 3 believe 4 or 4 or 5 do 5 do 6 ye ['] [there] [was] [a] [great] [black] [eye] [to] [that] [tater] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [indignantly] [.] ['] [my] [liddle] [eye] [didn't] [see] [un] [,] [then] [.] it looked as if you meant it for for [any] [one] that might need it [.] 1 it 2 looked 2 looked 4 if 3 as 4 if 4 if 5 you 4 if 14 need 5 you 6 meant 6 meant 7 it 6 meant 8 for 8 for 12 that 9 for 12 that 12 that 13 might 13 might 14 need 14 need 15 it but [settin] ['] that aside , d'ye believe or do ye [?] ['] 1 but 6 , 1 but 9 or 4 that 5 aside 5 aside 6 , 6 , 7 d'ye 8 believe 9 or 9 or 10 do 10 do 11 ye ['] [i] [ain't] [sayin] ['] [nothin] ['] [,] [because] [i] ['ve] [heard] [naught] [,] [an] ['] [i] ['ve] [see] [naught] [.] now turn again [,] [tom] [.] 1 now 2 turn 2 turn 3 again what ['s] [your] say ? ['] 1 what 4 say 4 say 5 ? ['] [i] ['m] [like] [you] [.] i say nothin ['] [.] 1 i 2 say 2 say 3 nothin but [i] ['ll] [tell] [you] [a] [tale] , [an] ['] you can [fit] [it] [as] [how] you [please] [.] ['] 1 but 12 can 1 but 17 you 8 , 11 you 11 you 12 can ['] [passel] [o] ['] [no-sense] [stuff] [,] ['] [growled] [hobden] [,] [but] [he] [filled] [his] [pipe] [.] ['] [the] [marsh] [men] [they] [call] [it] [dymchurch] [flit] [,] ['tom] [went] [on] [slowly] [.] ['] [hap] [you] [have] [heard] [it] [?] ['] ['] [my] [woman] [she] ['ve] [told] [it] [me] [scores] [o] ['] [times] [.] [dunno] [as] [i] [didn't] [end] [by] [belieftin] ['] [it] [sometimes] [.] hobden crossed over as he spoke , and sucked with his pipe at the yellow lanthorn flame [.] 1 hobden 2 crossed 2 crossed 3 over 2 crossed 4 as 4 as 5 he 4 as 8 and 5 he 8 and 6 spoke 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 sucked 8 and 10 with 8 and 13 at 10 with 12 pipe 11 his 12 pipe 12 pipe 13 at 13 at 17 flame 14 the 17 flame 15 yellow 17 flame 16 lanthorn 17 flame tom rested one great elbow on one great knee , where he sat among the coal [.] 1 tom 2 rested 2 rested 5 elbow 2 rested 6 on 3 one 5 elbow 4 great 5 elbow 5 elbow 6 on 6 on 9 knee 7 one 9 knee 8 great 9 knee 9 knee 11 where 10 , 11 where 11 where 12 he 11 where 13 sat 12 he 13 sat 13 sat 14 among 14 among 16 coal 15 the 16 coal ['] [have] [you] [ever] [bin] [in] [the] [marsh] [?] ['] [he] [said] [to] [dan] [.] ['] [only] [as] [far] [as] [rye] [,] [once] [,] ['] [dan] [answered] [.] ['] [ah] [,] [that] ['s] [but] [the] [edge] [.] ['] [the] [marsh] [is] [just] [about] [riddled] [with] [diks] [an] ['] [sluices] [,] [an] ['] [tide-gates] [an] ['] [water-lets] [.] you 've seen [how] [flat] [she] [is] [the] [marsh] [?] 1 you 2 've 2 've 3 seen you 'd think nothin ['] easier than to walk eend-on acrost [her] [?] 1 you 2 'd 2 'd 3 think 3 think 4 nothin 4 nothin 6 easier 6 easier 7 than 6 easier 8 to 7 than 8 to 8 to 11 acrost 9 walk 11 acrost 10 eend-on 11 acrost ah , [but] [the] [diks] [an] ['] [the] [water-lets] , [they] [twists] [the] [roads] [about] [as] [ravelly] [as] [witch-yarn] [on] [the] [spindles] [.] 1 ah 2 , 1 ah 10 , so ye get all turned round in broad daylight [.] ['] 1 so 2 ye 1 so 3 get 2 ye 3 get 3 get 4 all 4 all 5 turned 4 all 6 round 6 round 7 in 7 in 9 daylight 8 broad 9 daylight ['] [that] ['s] [because] [they] ['ve] [dreened] [the] [waters] [into] [the] [diks] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] ['] [who] [was] [he] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [why] [,] [the] [marsh] [fever] [an] ['] [ague] [.] [he] ['ve] [clapped] [me] [on] [the] [shoulder] [once] [or] [twice] [till] [i] [shook] [proper] [.] a won'erful place for bees [an] ['] ducks ['] tis too [.] ['] 1 a 3 place 2 won'erful 3 place 3 place 4 for 3 place 8 ducks 4 for 5 bees 8 ducks 10 tis 8 ducks 11 too ['] [an] ['] [old] [,] ['] [tom] [went] [on] [.] ['] [flesh] [an] ['] [blood] [have] [been] [there] [since] [time] [everlastin] ['] [beyond] [.] i [lay] [the] [marsh] [men] ought to know [.] 1 i 6 ought 6 ought 7 to 7 to 8 know they say [there] [was] [always] [a] [middlin] ['] [few] [pharisees] [to] [be] [seen] [on] [the] [marsh] [.] 1 they 2 say impident as rabbits , they was [.] 1 impident 2 as 1 impident 6 was 2 as 4 , 3 rabbits 4 , 4 , 5 they yes , [an] ['] [times] [they] ['d] [lock] [the] [church] [doors] [against] [parson] [an] ['] [clerk] [of] [sundays] [.] ['] 1 yes 2 , ['] [that] ['] [ud] [be] [smugglers] [layin] ['] [in] [the] [lace] [or] [the] [brandy] [till] [they] [could] [run] [it] [out] [o] ['] [the] [marsh] [.] i 've told my woman so , ['] said [hobden] [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 told 3 told 5 woman 3 told 6 so 4 my 5 woman 6 so 7 , 7 , 9 said ['] [i] ['ll] [lay] [she] [didn't] [belieft] [it] [,] [then] [not] [if] [she] [was] [a] [whitgift] [.] a [won'erful] [choice] place [for] [pharisees] , [the] [marsh] [,] [by] [all] [accounts] [,] [till] [queen] [bess] ['s] [father] [he] [come] [in] [with] [his] [reformatories] [.] ['] 1 a 4 place 4 place 7 , ['] [would] [that] [be] [a] [act] [of] [parliament] [like] [?] ['] hobden asked [.] 1 hobden 2 asked ['] [sure-ly] [.] [can't] [do] [nothing] [in] [old] [england] [without] [act] [,] [warrant] [an] ['] [summons] [.] [he] [got] [his] [act] [allowed] [him] [,] [an'] [,] [they] [say] [,] [queen] [bess] ['s] [father] [he] [used] [the] [parish] [churches] [something] [shameful] [.] just [about] tore the gizzards out of [i] dunnamany [.] 1 just 3 tore 3 tore 5 gizzards 3 tore 7 of 4 the 5 gizzards 5 gizzards 7 of 6 out 7 of 7 of 9 dunnamany ['] [same] [as] [bees] [,] ['] [said] [the] [bee] [boy] [.] ['] [bees] [won't] [stay] [by] [a] [house] [where] [there] ['s] [hating] [.] ['] ['] [true] [,] ['] [said] [tom] [.] ['] [this] [reformatories] [tarrified] [the] [pharisees] [same] [as] [the] [reaper] [goin] ['] [round] [a] [last] [stand] [o] ['] [wheat] [tarrifies] [rabbits] [.] ['] [did] [they] [all] [see] [it] [that] [way] [?] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] ['] [all] [but] [one] [that] [was] [called] [robin] [if] [you] ['ve] [heard] [of] [him] [.] what are you laughin ['] at [?] ['tom] [turned] [to] [dan] [.] 1 what 2 are 1 what 6 at 2 are 3 you 2 are 4 laughin 2 are 6 at ['] [the] [pharisees] ['s] [trouble] [didn't] [tech] [robin] [,] [because] [he] ['d] [cleaved] [middlin] ['] [close] [to] [people] [,] [like] [.] but [flesh] [an] ['] [blood] [must] [always] [think] [of] [their] [own] [concerns] , [an] ['] [robin] [couldn't] [get] [through] at ['] [em] , [ye] [see] [.] 1 but 13 , 13 , 20 at 20 at 23 , they thought it was [tide-echoes] [off] [the] [marsh] [.] ['] 1 they 2 thought 2 thought 3 it 2 thought 4 was ['] [what] [did] [you] [what] [did] [the] [fai] [pharisees] [want] [?] ['] una asked [.] 1 una 2 asked ['] [a] [boat] [,] [to] [be] [sure] [.] their liddle wings could [no] [more] [cross] [channel] [than] [so] [many] [tired] [butterflies] [.] 1 their 3 wings 2 liddle 3 wings 3 wings 4 could [a] [boat] [an] ['] [a] [crew] [they] [desired] [to] [sail] ['] [em] [over] [to] [france] [,] [where] [yet] [awhile] [folks] [hadn't] [tore] [down] [the] [images] [.] they couldn't abide [it] no shape [.] 1 they 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 abide 3 abide 6 shape 5 no 6 shape i don't know as you 've ever heard [say] [pharisees] [are] [like] [chickens] [?] ['] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 know 3 know 4 as 4 as 5 you 5 you 6 've 6 've 8 heard 7 ever 8 heard ['] [my] [woman] [used] [to] [say] [that] [too] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [,] [folding] [his] [brown] [arms] [.] ['] [they] [be] [.] they don't [mean] [it] [,] [an] ['] [flesh] [an] ['] [blood] [don't] know it [,] but that 's the truth [as] [i] ['ve] [heard] [.] 1 they 2 don't 2 don't 13 know 13 know 14 it 13 know 16 but 16 but 17 that 17 that 18 's 18 's 20 truth 19 the 20 truth [it] [lay] [on] [the] [marsh] [like] [thunder] [.] oh , [i] [lay] [they] [sweated] [!] 1 oh 2 , but they [was] [flesh] [an] ['] [blood] , [an] ['] [marsh] [men] before [all] [.] 1 but 2 they 1 but 8 , 8 , 13 before [they] [reckoned] [the] [signs] [sinnified] [trouble] [for] [the] [marsh] [.] so they looked for the meanin ['] in the sea or in the clouds far [an] ['] high up [.] 1 so 2 they 1 so 3 looked 2 they 3 looked 3 looked 4 for 3 looked 15 far 3 looked 18 high 3 looked 19 up 4 for 6 meanin 5 the 6 meanin 6 meanin 11 or 8 in 10 sea 8 in 11 or 9 the 10 sea 11 or 12 in 12 in 14 clouds 13 the 14 clouds they never thought to look near an ['] knee-high , where they could see naught [.] 1 they 3 thought 2 never 3 thought 3 thought 4 to 3 thought 12 they 3 thought 14 see 4 to 5 look 5 look 6 near 6 near 10 , 7 an 9 knee-high 9 knee-high 10 , 10 , 11 where 12 they 13 could 13 could 14 see 14 see 15 naught she had two sons one born blind [,] [an] ['] [t'other] [struck] [dumb] [through] [fallin] ['] [off] [the] [wall] [when] [he] [was] [liddle] [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 4 sons 2 had 7 blind 3 two 4 sons 4 sons 5 one 4 sons 6 born [they] [was] [men] [grown] [,] [but] [not] [wage-earnin] ['] [,] [an] ['] [she] [worked] [for] ['] [em] [,] [keepin] ['] [bees] [and] [answerin] ['] [questions] [.] ['] ['] [what] [sort] [of] [questions] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] [she] [felt] [the] [trouble] [on] [the] [marsh] [same] [as] [eels] [feel] [thunder] [.] she was a wise woman [.] ['] 1 she 2 was 2 was 5 woman 3 a 5 woman 4 wise 5 woman ['] [my] [woman] [was] [won'erful] [weather-tender] [,] [too] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] ['] [i] ['ve] [seen] [her] [brish] [sparks] [like] [off] [an] [anvil] [out] [of] [her] [hair] [in] [thunderstorms] [.] but she never laid out [to] [answer] [questions] [.] ['] 1 but 2 she 1 but 4 laid 2 she 4 laid 3 never 4 laid 4 laid 5 out ['] [this] [woman] [was] [a] [seeker] [,] [like] [,] [an] ['] [seekers] [they] [sometimes] [find] [.] oh , what is it [?] ["] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 what 3 what 4 is 4 is 5 it ['] [three] [times] [she] [called] [,] [an] ['] [three] [times] [the] [tide-wave] [did] [her] [down] [.] she felt a liddle hand lay hold on her gown-hem [,] [an] ['] [she] [stooped] [to] [the] [pull] [o] ['] [that] [liddle] [hand] [.] ['] 1 she 2 felt 2 felt 7 hold 2 felt 8 on 3 a 4 liddle 3 a 7 hold 4 liddle 5 hand 5 hand 7 hold 6 lay 7 hold 7 hold 8 on 8 on 10 gown-hem 9 her 10 gown-hem [tom] [shoesmith] [spread] [his] [huge] [fist] [before] [the] [fire] [and] [smiled] [at] [it] [as] [he] [went] [on] [.] " ['] [will] [the] [sea] [drown] [the] [marsh] [?] " she says [.] 1 " 12 says 10 " 11 she 11 she 12 says she was a [marsh] woman first [an] ['] [foremost] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 5 woman 2 was 6 first 3 a 5 woman " ['] [no] [,] " [says] [the] [liddle] [voice] [.] 1 " 5 " " [sleep] [sound] [for] [all] [o] ['] [that] [.] " 1 " 10 " " ['] [is] [the] [plague] [comin] ['] [to] [the] [marsh] [?] " she says [.] 1 " 14 says 12 " 13 she 13 she 14 says [them] [was] [all] [the] [ills] [she] [knowed] [.] ["] ['] [no] [.] sleep sound for [all] [o] ['] that , " [says] [robin] [.] 1 sleep 2 sound 2 sound 3 for 3 for 7 that 7 that 8 , 8 , 9 " " ['] [lend] [us] [your] [sons] [,] " [says] [all] [the] [pharisees] [.] 1 " 8 " " [give] ['] [em] [leave] [an] ['] [good-will] [to] [sail] [it] [for] [us] [,] [mother] [o] [mother] [!] " 1 " 19 " " ['] [one] ['s] [dumb] [,] [an] ['] [t'other's] [blind] [,] " she says [.] 1 " 14 says 12 " 13 she 13 she 14 says " [but] [all] [the] [dearer] [me] [for] [that] [;] [and] [you] ['ll] [lose] [them] [in] [the] [big] [sea] [.] " 1 " 20 " the voices just about pierced through her [;] [an] ['] there [was] children 's voices too [.] 1 the 2 voices 2 voices 5 pierced 3 just 4 about 4 about 5 pierced 5 pierced 6 through 5 pierced 11 there 5 pierced 15 voices 5 pierced 16 too 6 through 7 her 13 children 14 's 14 's 15 voices she stood out all [she] [could] [,] [but] [she] [couldn't] [rightly] [stand] [against] [that] [.] 1 she 2 stood 2 stood 3 out 3 out 4 all so [she] [says] [:] ["] [if] you can [draw] [my] [sons] [for] [your] [job] , [i'd] [not] [hinder] ['] [em] [.] 1 so 7 you 7 you 8 can 8 can 15 , you can't ask no more of a [mother] [.] ["] 1 you 2 can't 2 can't 3 ask 3 ask 5 more 4 no 5 more 5 more 6 of 6 of 7 a [tom] [shoesmith] [threw] [back] [his] [head] [and] [half] [shut] [his] [eyes] [.] ['] [eh] [,] [me] [!] ['] [he] [said] [.] ['] [she] [was] [a] [fine] [,] [valiant] [woman] [,] [the] [widow] [whitgift] [.] [the] [pharisees] [all] [about] [they] [hushed] [their] [children] [from] [cryin] ['] [an] ['] [they] [waited] [dumb-still] [.] she was all their dependence [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 all 3 all 4 their 3 all 5 dependence 4 their 5 dependence ['] [thout] [her] [leave] [an] ['] [good-will] [they] [could] [not] [pass] [;] [for] [she] [was] [the] [mother] [.] so she shook like a aps-tree makin ['] up her mind [.] 1 so 2 she 1 so 3 shook 2 she 3 shook 3 shook 4 like 3 shook 9 up 4 like 7 makin 5 a 7 makin 6 aps-tree 7 makin 9 up 11 mind 10 her 11 mind ['] [last] [she] [drives] [the] [word] [past] [her] [teeth] [,] [an] ['] ["] [go] [!] ["] [she] [says] [.] " [go] [with] [my] [leave] [an] ['] [goodwill] [.] " 1 " 10 " ['] [i] [never] [heard] [she] [was] [all] [alone] [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] ['] [i] [remember] [now] [.] the one [called] [robin] , [he] [stayed] with her [,] [they] [tell] [.] 1 the 2 one 2 one 5 , 5 , 8 with 8 with 9 her she was all too grieevious to listen to his promises [.] ['] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 all 3 all 5 grieevious 4 too 5 grieevious 5 grieevious 6 to 5 grieevious 8 to 6 to 7 listen 8 to 10 promises 9 his 10 promises ['] [ah] [!] she [should] [ha] ['] made her bargain beforehand [.] 1 she 5 made 5 made 6 her 5 made 7 bargain 7 bargain 8 beforehand i [allus] told my woman so ! ['] [hobden] [cried] [.] 1 i 3 told 3 told 5 woman 3 told 6 so 4 my 5 woman 6 so 7 ! ['] [no] [.] tom laughed softly [.] 1 tom 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 softly ['] [she] [done] [that] [.] yes , she done [that] [!] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 3 she 3 she 4 done folks come out [fresh] [an] ['] [shinin] ['] [all] [over] [the] [marsh] [like] [snails] [after] [wet] [.] 1 folks 2 come 2 come 3 out [an] ['] [that] [while] [the] [widow] [whitgift] [sat] [grievin] ['] [on] [the] [wall] [.] she might have belieft [us] she might have trusted her sons would be sent back [!] 1 she 2 might 2 might 3 have 3 have 4 belieft 4 belieft 6 she 4 belieft 14 sent 6 she 7 might 7 might 8 have 8 have 9 trusted 9 trusted 11 sons 9 trusted 14 sent 10 her 11 sons 11 sons 12 would 12 would 13 be 13 be 14 sent 14 sent 15 back she fussed [,] [no] [bounds] [,] [when] [their] [boat] [come] [in] [after] [three] [days] [.] ['] 1 she 2 fussed ['] [and] [,] [of] [course] [,] [the] [sons] [were] [both] [quite] [cured] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [no-o] [.] that would have been out [o] ['] nature [.] 1 that 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 been 4 been 8 nature 5 out 8 nature she got ['] [em] back as she sent ['] [em] [.] 1 she 2 got 2 got 5 back 2 got 6 as 6 as 7 she 6 as 8 sent 7 she 8 sent the blind man he hadn't seen naught of anythin ['] , [an] ['] the dumb man nature-ally [he] couldn't say aught of what he 'd seen [.] 1 the 3 man 2 blind 3 man 3 man 4 he 3 man 16 man 3 man 19 couldn't 4 he 5 hadn't 5 hadn't 6 seen 6 seen 7 naught 6 seen 16 man 7 naught 8 of 8 of 11 , 9 anythin 11 , 11 , 15 dumb 14 the 15 dumb 16 man 17 nature-ally 19 couldn't 20 say 20 say 21 aught 21 aught 22 of 22 of 23 what 23 what 24 he 23 what 26 seen 24 he 25 'd 25 'd 26 seen i reckon [that] was [why] [the] [pharisees] [pitched] [on] ['] [em] [for] [the] [ferryin] ['] [job] [.] ['] 1 i 2 reckon 2 reckon 4 was ['] [but] [what] [did] [you] [what] [did] [robin] [promise] [the] [widow] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [what] [did] [he] [promise] [,] [now] [?] ['] tom pretended to think [.] 1 tom 2 pretended 2 pretended 3 to 2 pretended 4 think 3 to 4 think ['] [wasn't] [your] [woman] [a] [whitgift] [,] [ralph] [?] didn't she ever say ? ['] 1 didn't 2 she 1 didn't 4 say 3 ever 4 say 4 say 5 ? ['] [she] [told] [me] [a] [passel] [o] ['] [no-sense] [stuff] [when] [he] [was] [born] [.] ['] hobden pointed at his son [.] 1 hobden 2 pointed 2 pointed 3 at 3 at 5 son 4 his 5 son ['] [there] [was] [always] [to] [be] [one] [of] ['] [em] [that] [could] [see] [further] [into] [a] [millstone] [than] [most] [.] ['] ['] [me] [!] that 's me [!] ['] [said] [the] [bee] [boy] [so] [suddenly] [that] [they] [all] [laughed] [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 me ['] [i] ['ve] [got] [it] [now] [!] ['] [cried] [tom] [,] [slapping] [his] [knee] [.] ['] [they] [was] [the] [exact] [words] [she] [told] [me] [when] [we] [first] [found] [he] [wasn't] [like] [others] [.] but it beats [me] [how] you known ['] em [,] ['] [said] [hobden] [.] 1 but 2 it 1 but 3 beats 2 it 3 beats 3 beats 9 em 6 you 9 em 7 known 9 em ['] [aha] [!] there 's more [under] my hat besides hair [?] ['] 1 there 2 's 2 's 3 more 2 's 6 hat 2 's 7 besides 5 my 6 hat 7 besides 8 hair tom laughed and stretched himself [.] 1 tom 3 and 2 laughed 3 and 3 and 4 stretched 3 and 5 himself [an] ['] [where] [might] [you] [live] [?] ['] [he] [said] [,] [gravely] [,] [to] [dan] [.] ['] [an] ['] [do] [you] [think] [your] [pa] ['] [ud] [give] [me] [a] [drink] [for] [takin] ['] [you] [there] [,] [missy] [?] ['] they giggled so at this that [they] had to run out [.] 1 they 2 giggled 2 giggled 3 so 3 so 6 that 3 so 8 had 4 at 5 this 4 at 6 that 6 that 8 had 8 had 9 to 8 had 10 run 9 to 10 run 10 run 11 out ['] [oh] [,] [puck] [!] [puck] [!] i guessed you right [from] when you talked about the salt [.] 1 i 2 guessed 2 guessed 3 you 2 guessed 4 right 2 guessed 6 when 6 when 7 you 6 when 8 talked 7 you 8 talked 8 talked 9 about 9 about 11 salt 10 the 11 salt how could you ever do it [?] ['] 1 how 2 could 2 could 3 you 2 could 5 do 4 ever 5 do 5 do 6 it una cried , swinging along delighted [.] 1 una 2 cried 2 cried 3 , 2 cried 4 swinging 2 cried 6 delighted 4 swinging 5 along 4 swinging 6 delighted ['] [do] [what] [?] ['] [he] [said] [,] [and] [climbed] [the] [stile] [by] [the] [pollard] [oak] [.] tom was almost running [.] 1 tom 2 was 2 was 4 running 3 almost 4 running ['] [yes] [.] ['] [here] [you] [be] [.] ['] he strode into the old kitchen yard , and slid them down as [ellen] [came] to ask questions [.] 1 he 9 and 2 strode 3 into 2 strode 9 and 3 into 7 yard 4 the 7 yard 5 old 7 yard 6 kitchen 7 yard 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 slid 9 and 13 as 10 slid 11 them 10 slid 12 down 13 as 16 to 16 to 17 ask 17 ask 18 questions ['] [i] ['m] [helping] [in] [mus] ['] [spray] ['s] [oast-house] [,] ['] [he] [said] [to] [her] [.] ['] [no] [,] [i] ['m] [no] [foreigner] [.] i knowed this country ['] fore your mother was born [;] [an] ['] [yes] [,] [it] ['s] [dry] [work] [oastin] ['] [,] [miss] [.] 1 i 2 knowed 2 knowed 6 fore 3 this 6 fore 4 country 6 fore 6 fore 8 mother 6 fore 9 was 6 fore 10 born 7 your 8 mother 8 mother 9 was thank you [.] ['] 1 thank 2 you ellen went to [get] [a] [jug] , and the children went in [magicked] once more by [oak] [,] [ash] [,] [and] [thorn] [!] 1 ellen 2 went 2 went 3 to 3 to 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 children 8 and 11 went 9 the 10 children 10 children 11 went 11 went 12 in 11 went 14 once 11 went 15 more 11 went 16 by [a] [three-part] [song] i 've buried my heart in a ferny hill , [twix] ['] a liddle low shaw [an] ['] [a] great high gill [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 buried 3 buried 5 heart 3 buried 6 in 4 my 5 heart 5 heart 6 in 6 in 10 , 7 a 8 ferny 7 a 9 hill 8 ferny 9 hill 9 hill 10 , 10 , 22 gill 13 a 14 liddle 13 a 22 gill 14 liddle 22 gill 15 low 22 gill 16 shaw 22 gill 20 great 22 gill 21 high 22 gill oh , hop-bine yaller [an] ['] wood-smoke blue [,] [i] [reckon] [you] ['ll] [keep] [her] [middling] [true] [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 hop-bine 3 hop-bine 8 blue 4 yaller 8 blue 7 wood-smoke 8 blue i 've given my soul to [the] [southdown] [grass] , [an] ['] [sheep-bells] tinkled where you pass [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 given 3 given 5 soul 3 given 15 where 4 my 5 soul 5 soul 6 to 5 soul 14 tinkled 5 soul 15 where 6 to 10 , 15 where 16 you 15 where 17 pass 16 you 17 pass oh , [firle] [an] ['] [ditchling] [an] ['] [sails] [at] [sea] , [i] [reckon] [you] [keep] [my] [soul] [for] me [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 12 , 12 , 20 me [the] [treasure] [and] [the] [law] song of the [fifth] [river] 1 song 2 of 2 of 3 the when [first] [by] [eden] [tree] [the] [four] [great] [rivers] [ran] , [to] [each] [was] [appointed] [a] [man] [her] [prince] and [ruler] to be [.] 1 when 11 , 11 , 20 and 20 and 22 to 20 and 23 be but [after] this [was] [ordained] , [(] the ancient legends [tell] [)] , [there] [came] [dark] [israel] , [for] [whom] no [river] [remained] [.] 1 but 3 this 3 this 6 , 6 , 10 legends 6 , 13 , 8 the 10 legends 9 ancient 10 legends 13 , 18 , 18 , 21 no so it was said [and] [done] [.] 1 so 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 said he is [lord] of [the] [last] [the] [fifth] , [most] [wonderful] [,] [flood] [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 4 of 4 of 9 , he [hears] [her] [thunder] [past] [and] [her] [song] is in his blood [.] 1 he 9 is 9 is 10 in 10 in 12 blood 11 his 12 blood he can foresay [:] ['] [she] [will] [fall] [,] ['] [for] [he] [knows] [which] [fountain] [dries] [behind] [which] [desert-belt] [a] [thousand] [leagues] [to] [the] [south] [.] 1 he 2 can 2 can 3 foresay he can foresay [:] ['] [she] [will] [rise] [.] ['] 1 he 2 can 2 can 3 foresay he knows what [far] [snows] [melt] [along] [what] [mountain-wall] [a] [thousand] [leagues] [to] [the] [north] [.] 1 he 2 knows 2 knows 3 what [a] [prince] [without] [a] [sword] [,] [a] [ruler] [without] [a] [throne] [;] [israel] [follows] [his] [quest] [.] in [every] [land] [a] [guest] , [of] [many] [lands] [a] [lord] [,] [in] [no] [land] [king] is he [.] 1 in 6 , 1 in 17 is 17 is 18 he but the [fifth] [great] [river] [keeps] [the] secret of [her] [deeps] [for] [israel] [alone] , [as] it was [ordered] to be [.] 1 but 8 secret 1 but 17 it 2 the 8 secret 8 secret 9 of 9 of 15 , 17 it 18 was 18 was 20 to 20 to 21 be 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 7 in 7 in 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 woods 10 and 13 rang 11 the 12 woods 12 woods 13 rang 13 rang 14 with 14 with 16 noise 15 the 16 noise 16 noise 17 of 17 of 18 pheasant-shooting [dan] [and] [una] [found] [a] [couple] [of] [them] [towling] [round] [the] [kitchen-garden] [after] [the] [laundry] [cat] [.] he headed for [far] [wood] , and [there] they [frightened] [out] [all] [the] [pheasants] , who were sheltering from a big beat across the valley [.] 1 he 2 headed 2 headed 3 for 3 for 15 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 they 7 and 15 , 15 , 16 who 16 who 17 were 17 were 18 sheltering 17 were 19 from 17 were 23 across 18 sheltering 19 from 19 from 22 beat 20 a 22 beat 21 big 22 beat 22 beat 23 across 23 across 25 valley 24 the 25 valley then [the] [cruel] [guns] [began] [again] , and they grabbed the beagles lest they should stray and get hurt [.] 1 then 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 they 8 and 10 grabbed 9 they 10 grabbed 10 grabbed 12 beagles 10 grabbed 13 lest 11 the 12 beagles 13 lest 14 they 13 lest 17 and 14 they 17 and 15 should 16 stray 15 should 17 and 17 and 18 get 18 get 19 hurt ['] [i] [wouldn't] [be] [a] [pheasant] [in] [november] [for] [a] [lot] [,] ['] [dan] [panted] [,] [as] [he] [caught] [folly] [by] [the] [neck] [.] ['] [why] [did] [you] [laugh] [that] [horrid] [way] [?] ['] ['] [i] [didn't] [,] ['] [said] [una] [,] [sitting] [on] [flora] [,] [the] [fat] [lady-dog] [.] ['] [oh] [,] [look] [!] the silly birds are going back to their own woods instead of ours , where they would be safe [.] ['] 1 the 3 birds 2 silly 3 birds 3 birds 4 are 4 are 5 going 5 going 6 back 5 going 12 of 5 going 15 where 6 back 7 to 7 to 10 woods 8 their 9 own 8 their 10 woods 11 instead 12 of 12 of 13 ours 14 , 15 where 15 where 16 they 15 where 18 be 16 they 17 would 17 would 18 be 18 be 19 safe ['] [safe] [till] [it] [pleased] [you] [to] [kill] [them] [.] ['] an old man [,] [so] [tall] [he] [was] [almost] [a] [giant] [,] [stepped] [from] [behind] [the] [clump] [of] [hollies] [by] [volaterrae] [.] 1 an 2 old 2 old 3 man the children jumped , and the dogs dropped like setters [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 jumped 2 children 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 dogs 5 and 8 dropped 6 the 7 dogs 8 dropped 9 like 9 like 10 setters then he looked at them [steadily] , and they stared back without doubt or fear [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 7 , 3 looked 4 at 3 looked 7 , 4 at 5 them 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 they 8 and 10 stared 9 they 10 stared 10 stared 11 back 11 back 14 or 12 without 13 doubt 12 without 14 or 14 or 15 fear ['] [you] [are] [not] [afraid] [?] ['] [he] [said] [,] [running] [his] [hands] [through] [his] [splendid] [grey] [beard] [.] you see , [mr] [meyer] [will] fire [at] [rabbits] [.] 1 you 3 , 2 see 3 , 3 , 7 fire but he gave [waxy] [garnett] a quid sovereign , [i] mean and [waxy] told [hobden] [he] ['d] [have] [stood] [both] [barrels] [for] [half] [the] [money] [.] ['] 1 but 2 he 2 he 12 and 3 gave 12 and 6 a 8 sovereign 7 quid 8 sovereign 8 sovereign 9 , 9 , 11 mean 9 , 12 and 12 and 14 told ['] [he] [doesn't] [understand] [,] ['] [una] [cried] [,] [watching] [the] [pale] [,] [troubled] [face] [.] ['] [oh] [,] [i] [wish] ['] she had scarcely said it [when] [puck] [rustled] out of the hollies and spoke to the man quickly in foreign words [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 13 and 3 scarcely 4 said 4 said 5 it 4 said 10 of 4 said 13 and 5 it 10 of 9 out 10 of 10 of 12 hollies 11 the 12 hollies 13 and 14 spoke 14 spoke 15 to 14 spoke 18 quickly 14 spoke 19 in 15 to 17 man 16 the 17 man 19 in 21 words 20 foreign 21 words puck wore a long cloak [too] the afternoon was just frosting down [and] [it] [changed] [his] [appearance] [altogether] [.] 1 puck 2 wore 2 wore 5 cloak 2 wore 12 down 3 a 5 cloak 4 long 5 cloak 5 cloak 11 frosting 7 the 8 afternoon 8 afternoon 9 was 9 was 10 just 10 just 11 frosting ['] [nay] [,] [nay] [!] ['] [he] [said] [at] [last] [.] ['] [you] [did] [not] [understand] [the] [boy] [.] a freeman was a little hurt , by pure mischance , at the hunting [.] ['] 1 a 2 freeman 2 freeman 3 was 3 was 5 little 3 was 6 hurt 4 a 5 little 6 hurt 8 by 6 hurt 12 at 7 , 8 by 8 by 10 mischance 8 by 11 , 9 pure 10 mischance 12 at 14 hunting 13 the 14 hunting ['] [i] [know] [that] [mischance] [!] what did his lord do [?] 1 what 2 did 2 did 4 lord 2 did 5 do 3 his 4 lord laugh and ride over him [?] ['] [the] [old] [man] [sneered] [.] 1 laugh 2 and 2 and 3 ride 3 ride 4 over 4 over 5 him ['] [it] [was] [one] [of] [your] [own] [people] [did] [the] [hurt] [,] [kadmiel] [.] ['] puck 's eyes twinkled maliciously [.] 1 puck 2 's 2 's 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 twinkled 4 twinkled 5 maliciously ['] [so] [he] [gave] [the] [freeman] [a] [piece] [of] [gold] [,] [and] [no] [more] [was] [said] [.] ['] ['] [a] [jew] [drew] [blood] [from] [a] [christian] [and] [no] [more] [was] [said] [?] ['] kadmiel cried [.] 1 kadmiel 2 cried ['] [never] [!] when did they torture him [?] ['] 1 when 2 did 2 did 3 they 2 did 4 torture 4 torture 5 him ['] [no] [man] [may] [be] [bound] [,] [or] [fined] [,] [or] [slain] [till] [he] [has] [been] [judged] [by] [his] [peers] [,] ['] [puck] [insisted] [.] ['] [there] [is] [but] [one] [law] [in] [old] [england] [for] [jew] [or] [christian] [the] [law] [that] [was] [signed] [at] [runnymede] [.] ['] ['] [why] [,] [that] ['s] [magna] [charta] [!] ['] dan whispered [.] 1 dan 2 whispered it was one of the few history dates that he could remember [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 one 3 one 4 of 4 of 8 dates 5 the 6 few 6 few 8 dates 7 history 8 dates 8 dates 9 that 8 dates 12 remember 9 that 10 he 9 that 12 remember 10 he 11 could 11 could 12 remember kadmiel turned on him with a sweep and [a] whirr [of] his spicy-scented gown [.] 1 kadmiel 8 and 2 turned 3 on 2 turned 5 with 2 turned 8 and 3 on 4 him 5 with 7 sweep 6 a 7 sweep 8 and 10 whirr 10 whirr 14 gown 12 his 14 gown 13 spicy-scented 14 gown ['] [dost] [thou] [know] [of] [that] [,] [babe] [?] ['] [he] [cried] [,] [and] [lifted] [his] [hands] [in] [wonder] [.] ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [dan] [firmly] [.] ['] [magna] [charta] [was] [signed] [by] [john] [,] [that] [henry] [the] [third] [put] [his] [heel] [upon] [.] [again] [puck] [translated] [to] [kadmiel] [in] [the] [strange] [,] [solemn-sounding] [language] [,] [and] [at] [last] [kadmiel] [laughed] [.] ['] [out] [of] [the] [mouths] [of] [babes] [do] [we] [learn] [,] ['] [said] [he] [.] for he was [a] [king] [.] ['] 1 for 2 he 2 he 3 was dan looked sideways at his sister [.] 1 dan 2 looked 2 looked 3 sideways 2 looked 4 at 4 at 6 sister 5 his 6 sister it was her turn [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 turn 3 her 4 turn ['] [because] [he] [jolly] [well] [had] [to] [,] ['] [said] [una] [softly] [.] ['] [the] [barons] [made] [him] [.] ['] ['] [nay] [,] ['] [kadmiel] [answered] [,] [shaking] [his] [head] [.] ['] [you] [christians] [always] [forget] [that] [gold] [does] [more] [than] [the] [sword] [.] [our] [good] [king] [signed] [because] [he] [could] [not] [borrow] [more] [money] [from] [us] [bad] [jews] [.] ['] he curved his shoulders as he spoke [.] 1 he 2 curved 2 curved 4 shoulders 2 curved 5 as 3 his 4 shoulders 5 as 6 he 5 as 7 spoke 6 he 7 spoke that was my work [,] ['] [he] [cried] [,] [triumphantly] [,] [to] [puck] [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 4 work 3 my 4 work ['] [spirit] [of] [earth] [,] [bear] [witness] [that] [that] [was] [my] [work] [!] ['] he shot up to his full towering height , and his words rang like a trumpet [.] 1 he 2 shot 2 shot 3 up 2 shot 4 to 4 to 16 trumpet 5 his 8 height 6 full 8 height 7 towering 8 height 8 height 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 words 10 and 13 rang 11 his 12 words 13 rang 14 like 14 like 16 trumpet 15 a 16 trumpet ['] [many] [people] [can] [bear] [witness] [to] [that] [,] ['] [puck] [answered] [.] ['] [tell] [these] [babes] [how] [it] [was] [done] [.] remember , [master] , they do not know [doubt] [or] [fear] [.] ['] 1 remember 2 , 2 , 4 , 4 , 8 know 5 they 6 do 6 do 7 not 6 do 8 know 7 not 8 know ['] [so] [i] [saw] [in] [their] [faces] [when] [we] [met] [,] ['] [said] [kadmiel] [.] ['] [yet] [surely] [,] [surely] [they] [are] [taught] [to] [spit] [upon] [jews] [?] ['] ['] [are] [they] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [,] [much] [interested] [.] ['] [where] [at] [?] ['] puck [fell] back a pace , laughing [.] 1 puck 3 back 3 back 5 pace 4 a 5 pace 5 pace 7 laughing 6 , 7 laughing ['] [kadmiel] [is] [thinking] [of] [king] [john] ['s] [reign] [,] ['] [he] [explained] [.] ['] [his] [people] [were] [badly] [treated] [then] [.] ['] it [stuck] [in] [their] [lesson-memory] [that] [king] [john] used to [pull] [out] [jews] ['] [teeth] [to] make them [lend] [him] [money] [.] 1 it 9 used 9 used 10 to 10 to 17 make 17 make 18 them kadmiel understood the look and smiled bitterly [.] 1 kadmiel 5 and 2 understood 4 look 2 understood 5 and 3 the 4 look 5 and 6 smiled 5 and 7 bitterly ['] [no] [.] [your] [king] [never] [drew] [my] [teeth] [:] [i] [think] [,] [perhaps] [,] [i] [drew] [his] [.] [listen] [!] i was [not] [born] [among] [christians] [,] [but] [among] [moors] in [spain] [in] a little white town [under] [the] [mountains] [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 11 in 11 in 17 town 14 a 17 town 15 little 16 white 16 white 17 town yes , [the] [moors] [are] [cruel] [,] [but] [at] [least] [their] [learned] [men] [dare] [to] [think] [.] 1 yes 2 , it was [prophesied] of me [at] [my] [birth] that [i] [should] [be] [a] [lawgiver] [to] [a] [people] of a strange speech and a hard language [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 of 2 was 9 that 4 of 5 me 9 that 18 of 18 of 22 and 19 a 20 strange 19 a 21 speech 20 strange 21 speech 21 speech 22 and 22 and 25 language 23 a 24 hard 23 a 25 language 24 hard 25 language we [jews] are [always] [looking] [for] [the] [prince] [and] [the] [lawgiver] to come [.] 1 we 3 are 3 are 12 to 12 to 13 come why not [?] 1 why 2 not my people [in] [the] [town] [(] [we] [were] [very] [few] [)] [set] [me] [apart] [as] [a] [child] [of] [the] [prophecy] [the] [chosen] [of] [the] [chosen] [.] 1 my 2 people we [jews] dream so many dreams [.] 1 we 3 dream 3 dream 4 so 4 so 6 dreams 5 many 6 dreams he paced back [and] forth through the wood as he talked [.] 1 he 2 paced 2 paced 3 back 2 paced 5 forth 2 paced 6 through 2 paced 9 as 6 through 8 wood 7 the 8 wood 9 as 10 he 9 as 11 talked 10 he 11 talked the rattle of the shot-guns never ceased , and the dogs whimpered a little and lay flat on the leaves [.] 1 the 2 rattle 2 rattle 3 of 2 rattle 9 and 3 of 5 shot-guns 4 the 5 shot-guns 5 shot-guns 7 ceased 6 never 7 ceased 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 dogs 9 and 15 and 10 the 11 dogs 12 whimpered 14 little 12 whimpered 15 and 13 a 14 little 15 and 16 lay 15 and 17 flat 15 and 18 on 18 on 20 leaves 19 the 20 leaves ['] [i] [was] [a] [prince] [.] [yes] [!] [he] [!] such a [little] [prince] [it] [was] [!] 1 such 2 a one eye [he] [kept] [on] [the] [stone-throwing] [moorish] [boys] , [and] [the] [other] [it] [roved] [about] [the] [streets] [looking] [for] [his] [kingdom] [.] 1 one 2 eye 2 eye 10 , yes , [and] [he] [learned] [to] [cry] [softly] when he was hunted [up] [and] [down] [those] [streets] [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 10 he 2 , 9 when 10 he 11 was 11 was 12 hunted he learned to do all things without noise [.] 1 he 2 learned 2 learned 3 to 2 learned 4 do 3 to 4 do 4 do 6 things 4 do 7 without 5 all 6 things 6 things 7 without 7 without 8 noise they came across the mountains , [from] out of all the world , for my [prince] ['s] father was their counsellor [.] 1 they 2 came 2 came 3 across 3 across 5 mountains 4 the 5 mountains 5 mountains 9 of 6 , 9 of 8 out 9 of 9 of 10 all 9 of 13 , 10 all 11 the 10 all 12 world 11 the 12 world 13 , 14 for 13 , 19 was 14 for 18 father 14 for 19 was 15 my 18 father 19 was 21 counsellor 20 their 21 counsellor they came from behind [the] [armies] [of] [sala-ud-din] [:] [from] [rome] [:] [from] [venice] [:] [from] [england] [.] 1 they 2 came 2 came 3 from 3 from 4 behind all over the world the heathen fought each other [.] 1 all 2 over 2 over 4 world 2 over 6 heathen 3 the 4 world 5 the 6 heathen 6 heathen 7 fought 7 fought 9 other 8 each 9 other why not [?] 1 why 2 not how should [the] [foolish] [kings] [know] [that] [while] [they] [fight] [and] [steal] [and] [kill] [?] ['] 1 how 2 should the children 's faces showed that they knew nothing at all as , with open eyes , they trotted and turned beside the long-striding old man [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 's 3 's 4 faces 4 faces 5 showed 5 showed 6 that 6 that 7 they 6 that 20 and 7 they 20 and 8 knew 9 nothing 8 knew 10 at 8 knew 12 as 8 knew 20 and 9 nothing 10 at 10 at 11 all 12 as 18 they 12 as 19 trotted 13 , 14 with 14 with 16 eyes 14 with 17 , 14 with 18 they 15 open 16 eyes 18 they 19 trotted 20 and 21 turned 21 turned 22 beside 21 turned 26 man 22 beside 25 old 23 the 25 old 24 long-striding 25 old ['] [no] [matter] [,] ['] [he] [said] [.] [such] [power] [had] [we] [jews] [among] [the] [gentiles] [.] ah , [my] [little] [prince] [!] 1 ah 2 , do you wonder that he learned quickly [?] 1 do 3 wonder 2 you 3 wonder 3 wonder 4 that 3 wonder 6 learned 4 that 5 he 4 that 6 learned 5 he 6 learned 6 learned 7 quickly why not [?] ['] 1 why 2 not he muttered to himself and went on [:] 1 he 5 and 2 muttered 3 to 2 muttered 5 and 3 to 4 himself 5 and 6 went 6 went 7 on ['] [my] [trade] [was] [that] [of] [a] [physician] [.] [when] [i] [had] [learned] [it] [in] [spain] [i] [went] [to] [the] [east] [to] [find] [my] [kingdom] [.] why not [?] 1 why 2 not a [jew] [is] [as] [free] [as] [a] [sparrow] [or] [a] dog [.] 1 a 11 dog he goes where he is hunted [.] 1 he 2 goes 2 goes 3 where 3 where 4 he 3 where 6 hunted 4 he 5 is 5 is 6 hunted in the [east] [i] [found] [libraries] [where] [men] [dared] [to] [think] [schools] [of] [medicine] [where] [they] [dared] [to] [learn] [.] 1 in 2 the i was diligent in my business [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 diligent 3 diligent 4 in 4 in 6 business 5 my 6 business [therefore] [i] [stood] [before] [kings] [.] i have been a brother to [princes] and [a] [companion] [to] [beggars] [,] and [i] [have] [walked] [between] [the] [living] [and] the dead [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 been 3 been 5 brother 3 been 6 to 4 a 5 brother 5 brother 6 to 6 to 14 and 8 and 14 and 14 and 23 dead 22 the 23 dead there was no profit in it [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 profit 2 was 5 in 3 no 4 profit 4 profit 5 in 5 in 6 it i did not [find] [my] [kingdom] [.] 1 i 2 did 2 did 3 not 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 , 8 my 2 , 10 , 10 , 19 , 19 , 23 my 23 my 24 father god had wonderfully preserved my people [.] 1 god 2 had 2 had 4 preserved 3 wonderfully 4 preserved 4 preserved 6 people 5 my 6 people none had been slain [,] [none] [even] [wounded] [,] [and] [only] [a] [few] [scourged] [.] 1 none 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 slain i became once more a son in my father 's house [.] 1 i 2 became 2 became 3 once 2 became 4 more 2 became 6 son 2 became 7 in 5 a 6 son 6 son 7 in 7 in 11 house 8 my 9 father 9 father 10 's 10 's 11 house but [i] [was] not [rich] [not] [very] [rich] [.] 1 but 4 not [therefore] [,] [when] [those] [that] [had] [power] [and] [knowledge] [and] [wealth] [talked] [together] [,] [i] [sat] [in] [the] [shadow] [.] why not [?] 1 why 2 not he cannot do much harm [.] 1 he 2 cannot 2 cannot 3 do 3 do 5 harm 4 much 5 harm if thou doubtest , come with me [to] [bury] [in] [england] and live [as] [i] [live] [.] ["] 1 if 2 thou 1 if 3 doubtest 1 if 4 , 1 if 12 and 2 thou 3 doubtest 5 come 6 with 5 come 12 and 6 with 7 me 12 and 13 live ['] [i] [saw] [my] [mother] ['s] [face] [across] [the] [candle] [flame] [,] [and] [i] [said] [,] ["] [i] [will] [come] [with] [thee] [to] [bury] [.] [maybe] [my] [kingdom] [shall] [be] [there] [.] ["] ['] [so] [i] [sailed] [with] [elias] [to] [the] [darkness] [and] [the] [cruelty] [of] [bury] [in] [england] [,] [where] [there] [are] [no] [learned] [men] [.] how can a man be wise [if] [he] hate [?] 1 how 2 can 2 can 4 man 2 can 5 be 3 a 4 man 5 be 9 hate 6 wise 9 hate [at] [bury] [i] [kept] [his] [accounts] [for] [elias] [,] [and] [i] [saw] [men] [kill] [jews] [there] [by] [the] [tower] [.] [no] [none] [laid] [hands] [on] [elias] [.] he [lent] [money] [to] [the] [king] [,] [and] [the] [king] ['s] [favour] was about him [.] 1 he 13 was 13 was 14 about 14 about 15 him a [king] [will] [not] [take] [the] life [so] [long] [as] [there] [is] [any] [gold] [.] 1 a 7 life [this] [king] [yes] [,] [john] [oppressed] [his] [people] [bitterly] [because] [they] [would] [not] [give] [him] [money] [.] yet his land was a good land [.] 1 yet 3 land 2 his 3 land 3 land 4 was 4 was 7 land 5 a 6 good 5 a 7 land 6 good 7 land if he had only given it rest he might have [cropped] [it] [as] [a] [christian] [crops] [his] [beard] [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 5 given 1 if 8 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 5 given 4 only 5 given 5 given 6 it 5 given 7 rest 8 he 9 might 9 might 10 have [therefore] [his] [people] [turned] [against] [us] [jews] [,] [who] [are] [all] [people] ['s] [dogs] [.] why not [?] 1 why 2 not [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 3 then 2 joined 3 then 3 then 12 slay 4 , 5 as 5 as 7 and 5 as 10 join 6 cats 7 and 7 and 8 pigs 7 and 9 will 9 will 10 join 10 join 11 to 11 to 12 slay 12 slay 14 snake 13 a 14 snake i kept the accounts [,] [and] [i] [watched] [all] [these] [things] [,] [for] [i] [remembered] [the] [prophecy] [.] 1 i 2 kept 2 kept 4 accounts 3 the 4 accounts if he swore to keep those [laws] [,] they would allow him a little money [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 swore 1 if 9 they 2 he 3 swore 3 swore 4 to 3 swore 5 keep 4 to 5 keep 5 keep 6 those 9 they 10 would 10 would 11 allow 11 allow 12 him 11 allow 14 little 11 allow 15 money 13 a 14 little that was [the] [king] ['s] [god] [money] [to] [waste] [.] 1 that 2 was [they] [showed] [us] [the] [roll] [of] [the] [new] [laws] [.] why not [?] 1 why 2 not we had lent them money [.] 1 we 2 had 2 had 3 lent 3 lent 4 them 3 lent 5 money we knew all [their] [counsels] [we] [jews] [shivering] [behind] [our] [doors] [in] [bury] [.] ['] 1 we 2 knew 2 knew 3 all he threw out his hands suddenly [.] 1 he 2 threw 2 threw 3 out 2 threw 5 hands 2 threw 6 suddenly 4 his 5 hands ['] [we] [did] [not] [seek] [to] [be] [paid] [all] [in] [money] [.] [we] [sought] [power] [power] [power] [!] that is [our] [god] in our captivity [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 5 in 5 in 7 captivity 6 our 7 captivity power [to] use [!] 1 power 3 use ['] [i] [said] [to] [elias] [:] ["] [these] [new] [laws] [are] [good] [.] [lend] [no] [more] [money] [to] [the] [king] [:] [so] [long] [as] [he] [has] [money] [he] [will] [lie] [and] [slay] [the] [people] [.] ["] " ['] [nay] [,] " [said] [elias] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [i] [know] [this] [people] [.] they are madly cruel [.] 1 they 2 are 2 are 3 madly 2 are 4 cruel better one [king] [than] [a] [thousand] [butchers] [.] 1 better 2 one i have [lent] a little [money] to [the] [barons] , or they would torture us [,] [but] [my] [most] [i] [will] [lend] [to] [the] [king] [.] 1 i 11 or 2 have 11 or 4 a 5 little 5 little 7 to 7 to 10 , 10 , 11 or 11 or 14 torture 12 they 13 would 13 would 14 torture 14 torture 15 us he [hath] [promised] [me] [a] [place] [near] [him] [at] [court] [,] [where] [my] [wife] [and] [i] shall be [safe] [.] ["] 1 he 17 shall 17 shall 18 be if we lend he will fight again [.] ["] 1 if 2 we 1 if 3 lend 1 if 4 he 2 we 3 lend 4 he 5 will 5 will 6 fight 6 fight 7 again " ['] [who] [made] [thee] [a] [lawgiver] [in] [england] [?] " [said] [elias] [.] 1 " 11 " ["] [i] [know] [this] [people] [.] let the dogs tear one another [!] 1 let 3 dogs 1 let 4 tear 2 the 3 dogs 4 tear 6 another 5 one 6 another i will [lend] [the] [king] [ten] [thousand] pieces of [gold] , and [he] [can] fight [the] [barons] [at] [his] [pleasure] [.] ["] 1 i 12 and 2 will 12 and 8 pieces 9 of 9 of 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 15 fight ['] [oh] [!] ['] [said] [dan] [.] ['] [pevensey] [again] [!] ['] [and] [looked] [at] [una] [,] [who] [nodded] [and] [skipped] [.] they called [him] [joseph] , and threw torches at his wet head [.] 1 they 6 and 2 called 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 threw 7 threw 8 torches 7 threw 9 at 8 torches 9 at 9 at 12 head 10 his 12 head 11 wet 12 head why not [?] ['] 1 why 2 not ['] [why] [,] [of] [course] [!] ['] [cried] [dan] [.] ['] [didn't] [you] [know] [it] [was] ['] [puck] [held] [up] [his] [hand] [to] [stop] [him] [,] [and] [kadmiel] [,] [who] [never] [noticed] [,] [went] [on] [.] some wicked treasure of the old days put away , and the secret cut off by the sword [.] 1 some 3 treasure 2 wicked 3 treasure 3 treasure 4 of 3 treasure 8 put 3 treasure 11 and 4 of 7 days 5 the 7 days 6 old 7 days 8 put 9 away 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 secret 11 and 14 cut 12 the 13 secret 14 cut 15 off 14 cut 16 by 16 by 18 sword 17 the 18 sword i have heard the like before [.] ['] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 heard 3 heard 5 like 3 heard 6 before 4 the 5 like 5 like 6 before ['] [so] [have] [we] [,] ['] [una] [whispered] [.] ['] [but] [it] [wasn't] [wicked] [a] [bit] [.] ['] the [great] [store] of [it] [still] [remained] , and by long brooding he had come to look on it as his own [.] 1 the 4 of 4 of 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 13 he 10 by 12 brooding 10 by 13 he 11 long 12 brooding 13 he 14 had 14 had 15 come 15 come 16 to 16 to 17 look 17 look 18 on 17 look 20 as 18 on 19 it 20 as 22 own 21 his 22 own yet when we thought [how] we should lift and convey it , we saw no way [.] 1 yet 13 we 2 when 3 we 2 when 4 thought 2 when 12 , 2 when 13 we 3 we 4 thought 4 thought 6 we 4 thought 9 and 6 we 7 should 7 should 9 and 8 lift 9 and 9 and 10 convey 10 convey 11 it 13 we 14 saw 14 saw 16 way 15 no 16 way this [was] [before] [the] [word] [of] [the] [lord] had come to me [.] 1 this 9 had 9 had 10 come 10 come 11 to 11 to 12 me [a] [walled] [fortress] [possessed] [by] [normans] [;] [in] [the] [midst] [a] [forty-foot] [tide-well] [out] [of] [which] [to] [remove] [secretly] [many] [horse-loads] [of] [gold] [!] [hopeless] [!] [so] [elias] [wept] [.] adah , his wife , wept too [.] 1 adah 4 wife 1 adah 6 wept 2 , 4 wife 3 his 4 wife 4 wife 5 , 6 wept 7 too why not [?] 1 why 2 not she was born in [england] an odious woman [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 born 3 born 4 in 4 in 8 woman 6 an 7 odious 6 an 8 woman 7 odious 8 woman [wherefore] [the] [king] [in] [his] [camp] [stopped] [his] [ears] [against] [the] [barons] [and] [the] [people] [.] wherefore men died daily [.] 1 wherefore 2 men 2 men 3 died 3 died 4 daily why not [?] 1 why 2 not [this] [elias] [refused] [to] [do] [,] [for] [he] [looked] [on] [the] [gold] [as] [his] [own] [.] [elias] [and] [adah] [went] [to] [their] [chamber] [.] ['] kadmiel laughed scornfully in his beard [.] 1 kadmiel 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 scornfully 2 laughed 4 in 4 in 6 beard 5 his 6 beard the shots across the valley stopped as the shooting party changed their ground for the last beat [.] 1 the 2 shots 2 shots 3 across 2 shots 6 stopped 3 across 5 valley 4 the 5 valley 6 stopped 7 as 6 stopped 14 for 7 as 10 party 7 as 11 changed 8 the 10 party 9 shooting 10 party 10 party 11 changed 11 changed 13 ground 12 their 13 ground 13 ground 14 for 14 for 17 beat 15 the 16 last 15 the 17 beat ['] [what] [terms] [?] ['] [said] [puck] [quickly] [.] ['] [the] [fortieth] [of] [the] [great] [charter] [says] [:] ["] [to] [none] [will] [we] [sell] [,] [refuse] [,] [or] [delay] [right] [or] [justice] [.] ["] ['] ['] [true] [,] [but] [the] [barons] [had] [written] [first] [:] [to] [no] [free] [man] [.] it cost me two hundred broad pieces of gold to change those narrow words [.] 1 it 2 cost 2 cost 3 me 2 cost 7 pieces 2 cost 10 to 2 cost 11 change 4 two 5 hundred 5 hundred 7 pieces 6 broad 7 pieces 7 pieces 8 of 8 of 9 gold 10 to 11 change 11 change 14 words 12 those 14 words 13 narrow 14 words langton , the priest , understood [.] 1 langton 4 priest 1 langton 6 understood 2 , 4 priest 3 the 4 priest 4 priest 5 , then he went out stealthily [,] [as] [men] [do] [who] [deal] [with] [israel] by [night] [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 went 3 went 4 out 3 went 5 stealthily 3 went 14 by i think he spent my gift upon his altar [.] 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 he 2 think 4 spent 3 he 4 spent 4 spent 6 gift 4 spent 7 upon 5 my 6 gift 6 gift 7 upon 7 upon 9 altar 8 his 9 altar why not [?] 1 why 2 not i have spoken [with] [langton] [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 spoken he [was] [such] [a] [man] [as] [i] might have been [if] if we [jews] had been a people [.] 1 he 8 might 8 might 9 have 9 have 10 been 10 been 12 if 12 if 13 we 12 if 16 been 13 we 15 had 15 had 16 been 16 been 18 people 17 a 18 people but [yet] , in many things , a child [.] 1 but 3 , 1 but 7 , 3 , 4 in 4 in 6 things 5 many 6 things 7 , 9 child 8 a 9 child [therefore] [i] [saw] [that] [the] [gold] [must] [be] [put] [away] [from] [the] [reach] [of] [any] [man] [.] kadmiel halted , all black against the pale green sky beyond the wood a huge robed figure , like [the] [moses] [in] [the] [picture-bible] [.] 1 kadmiel 4 all 2 halted 3 , 2 halted 4 all 4 all 18 , 5 black 6 against 5 black 11 beyond 5 black 17 figure 5 black 18 , 6 against 10 sky 7 the 9 green 8 pale 9 green 9 green 10 sky 10 sky 11 beyond 11 beyond 13 wood 12 the 13 wood 14 a 15 huge 14 a 17 figure 15 huge 17 figure 16 robed 17 figure 18 , 19 like ['] [i] [rose] [.] i answered : " there is no need [.] 1 i 2 answered 2 answered 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 5 there 3 : 6 is 5 there 6 is 6 is 8 need 7 no 8 need the [lord] is [with] [me] [.] ["] 1 the 3 is ['] [in] [that] [hour] [the] [lord] [gave] [me] [full] [understanding] [of] [all] [that] [i] [must] [do] [;] [and] [his] [hand] [covered] [me] [in] [my] [ways] [.] [first] [i] [went] [to] [london] [,] [to] [a] [physician] [of] [our] [people] [,] [who] [sold] [me] [certain] [drugs] [that] [i] [needed] [.] you shall see why [.] 1 you 2 shall 2 shall 3 see 3 see 4 why [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 [that] [also] [god] [showed] [me] [.] ['] he was as calm as though he were speaking of [some] [stranger] , and his voice filled the little bare wood with rolling music [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 as 2 was 5 as 3 as 4 calm 5 as 7 he 5 as 8 were 6 though 7 he 7 he 8 were 8 were 9 speaking 9 speaking 10 of 10 of 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 16 voice 14 and 17 filled 15 his 16 voice 16 voice 17 filled 17 filled 22 with 17 filled 24 music 18 the 19 little 19 little 20 bare 20 bare 21 wood 21 wood 22 with 22 with 23 rolling [nay] [,] [i] [did] [no] [harm] [.] the more we [physicians] know , the less [do] we do [.] 1 the 2 more 2 more 3 we 2 more 5 know 2 more 6 , 2 more 8 less 3 we 5 know 7 the 8 less 8 less 11 do 10 we 11 do only the fool says [:] ["] [i] [dare] [.] ["] 1 only 3 fool 2 the 3 fool 3 fool 4 says i caused a blotched [and] itching rash to break out upon their skins [,] [but] [i] [knew] [it] [would] [fade] [in] [fifteen] [days] [.] 1 i 2 caused 2 caused 7 rash 2 caused 8 to 2 caused 9 break 3 a 7 rash 4 blotched 7 rash 6 itching 7 rash 8 to 9 break 9 break 10 out 10 out 11 upon 11 upon 13 skins 12 their 13 skins i did not stretch out my hand against their life [.] 1 i 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 stretch 3 not 4 stretch 4 stretch 5 out 4 stretch 7 hand 4 stretch 8 against 6 my 7 hand 7 hand 8 against 8 against 10 life 9 their 10 life they [in] [the] [castle] thought it was [the] [plague] , and they ran out , taking with them their very dogs [.] 1 they 5 thought 5 thought 6 it 5 thought 11 and 6 it 11 and 7 was 11 and 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 ran 12 they 13 ran 13 ran 16 taking 13 ran 17 with 14 out 15 , 14 out 16 taking 17 with 18 them 17 with 21 dogs 19 their 20 very 19 their 21 dogs ['] [a] [christian] [physician] [,] [seeing] [that] [i] [was] [a] [jew] [and] [a] [stranger] [,] [vowed] [that] [i] [had] [brought] [the] [sickness] [from] [london] [.] this is the [one] [time] [i] [have] [ever] [heard] [a] [christian] [leech] [speak] truth of any disease [.] 1 this 2 is 2 is 14 truth 3 the 14 truth 14 truth 15 of 15 of 17 disease 16 any 17 disease [thereupon] [the] [people] [beat] [me] [,] [but] [a] [merciful] [woman] [said] [:] ["] [do] [not] [kill] [him] [now] [.] why not [?] 1 why 2 not they drove [me] [across] [the] [drawbridge] [of] [the] [castle] [,] and [fled] [back] to their booths [.] 1 they 2 drove 2 drove 14 to 11 and 14 to 14 to 16 booths 15 their 16 booths [thus] [i] [came] [to] [be] [alone] [with] [the] [treasure] [.] ['] ['] [but] [did] [you] [know] [this] [was] [all] [going] [to] [happen] [just] [right] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [my] [prophecy] [was] [that] [i] [should] [be] [a] [lawgiver] [to] [a] [people] [of] [a] [strange] [land] [and] [a] [hard] [speech] [.] i [knew] [i] should not die [.] 1 i 4 should 4 should 5 not 4 should 6 die i washed my cuts [.] 1 i 2 washed 2 washed 4 cuts 3 my 4 cuts i found [the] [tide-well] [in] [the] [wall] , [and] [from] [sabbath] [to] [sabbath] [i] [dove] and [dug] [there] [in] that [empty] , [christian-smelling] [fortress] [.] 1 i 8 , 2 found 8 , 8 , 16 and 16 and 20 that 16 and 22 , [he] [!] [i] [spoiled] [the] [egyptians] [!] [he] [!] [if] [they] [had] [only] [known] [!] [i] [drew] [up] [many] [good] [loads] [of] [gold] [,] [which] [i] [loaded] [by] [night] [into] [my] [boat] [.] there had been gold dust too [,] [but] [that] [had] [been] [washed] [out] [by] [the] [tides] [.] ['] 1 there 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 5 dust 3 been 6 too 4 gold 5 dust puck shook his head and pursed his lips [.] 1 puck 5 and 2 shook 4 head 2 shook 5 and 3 his 4 head 5 and 6 pursed 6 pursed 8 lips 7 his 8 lips ['] [often] [;] [for] [the] [gold] [was] [new] [to] [me] [,] ['] [kadmiel] [replied] [.] ['] [i] [know] [the] [golds] [.] i [can] [judge] [them] [in] [the] [dark] [;] [but] [this] was heavier and redder than any we deal in [.] 1 i 11 was 11 was 13 and 12 heavier 13 and 13 and 14 redder 14 redder 15 than 15 than 16 any 16 any 17 we 16 any 18 deal 17 we 18 deal 18 deal 19 in perhaps it was [the] [very] gold [of] [parvaim] [.] 1 perhaps 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 6 gold [eh] [,] [why] [not] [?] ['] [oh] [,] [marvel] [!] ['] [said] [puck] [,] [beneath] [his] [breath] [,] [rustling] [in] [the] [dead] [leaves] [.] i went [out] [by] [the] [little] [gate] [where] [the] [castle] ['s] [refuse] [is] [thrown] [.] 1 i 2 went ['] [weren't] [you] [afraid] [?] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [why] [?] [there] [were] [no] [christians] [in] [the] [boat] [.] at [sunrise] [i] [made] [my] [prayer] [,] [and] [cast] [the] [gold] all [all] [that] [gold] [into] [the] [deep] [sea] [!] 1 at 12 all [a] [king] ['s] [ransom] [no] [,] [the] [ransom] [of] [a] [people] [!] ['] [but] [you] [hadn't] [,] ['] [said] [una] [.] ['] [oh] [,] [yes] [!] i see [!] 1 i 2 see you meant that [king] [john] [might] [have] [spent] [it] [on] [that] [?] ['] 1 you 2 meant 2 meant 3 that ['] [even] [so] [,] ['] [said] [kadmiel] [.] the firing broke out again close behind them [.] 1 the 2 firing 2 firing 3 broke 3 broke 4 out 3 broke 5 again 3 broke 6 close 6 close 7 behind 7 behind 8 them the pheasants poured over the top of a belt of tall firs [.] 1 the 2 pheasants 2 pheasants 3 poured 3 poured 4 over 4 over 6 top 5 the 6 top 6 top 7 of 7 of 9 belt 8 a 9 belt 9 belt 10 of 10 of 12 firs 11 tall 12 firs ['] [but] [what] [did] [elias] [of] [bury] [do] [?] ['] puck demanded [.] 1 puck 2 demanded ['] [he] [had] [promised] [money] [to] [the] [king] [.] ['] kadmiel smiled grimly [.] 1 kadmiel 2 smiled 2 smiled 3 grimly ['] [i] [sent] [him] [word] [from] [london] [that] [the] [lord] [was] [on] [my] [side] [.] he [and] [adah] [hurried] [to] [lewes] [and] asked me [for] [an] [accounting] [.] 1 he 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 3 looked 7 as 4 on 6 gold 5 the 6 gold 7 as 9 own 8 his 9 own i told [them] [where] [i] [had] laid [it] , and [i] gave them [full] [leave] to pick it up [....y] 1 i 10 and 2 told 10 and 7 laid 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 gave 12 gave 13 them 12 gave 16 to 16 to 17 pick 17 pick 18 it 17 pick 19 up eh , well [!] 1 eh 2 , 1 eh 3 well the curses of a fool and the dust of a journey are two things no wise man can escape [....y] 1 the 2 curses 2 curses 3 of 2 curses 12 are 3 of 6 and 4 a 5 fool 5 fool 6 and 6 and 8 dust 6 and 9 of 7 the 8 dust 9 of 11 journey 10 a 11 journey 12 are 14 things 13 two 14 things 14 things 17 man 14 things 19 escape 15 no 17 man 16 wise 17 man 17 man 18 can 18 can 19 escape [but] [i] [pitied] [elias] [!] [they] [took] [ship] [from] [lewes] [to] [spain] [.] that was wise [!] ['] 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 wise ['] [and] [you] [?] did you see [the] [signing] [of] [the] [law] at [runnymede] [?] ['] [said] [puck] , as [kadmiel] [laughed] [noiselessly] [.] 1 did 2 you 2 you 3 see 3 see 9 at 9 at 15 , 15 , 16 as ['] [nay] [.] [who] [am] [i] [to] [meddle] [with] [things] [too] [high] [for] [me] [?] i returned to [bury] , and lent money on the autumn crops [.] 1 i 6 and 2 returned 3 to 2 returned 6 and 3 to 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 lent 7 lent 8 money 7 lent 9 on 8 money 9 on 9 on 12 crops 10 the 12 crops 11 autumn 12 crops why not [?] ['] 1 why 2 not there was [a] crackle overhead [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 crackle 2 was 5 overhead 4 crackle 5 overhead a cock-pheasant that had sheered aside after being hit spattered down almost on top of them , driving up the dry leaves like a shell [.] 1 a 2 cock-pheasant 2 cock-pheasant 3 that 2 cock-pheasant 5 sheered 2 cock-pheasant 19 up 3 that 4 had 4 had 5 sheered 5 sheered 6 aside 5 sheered 7 after 5 sheered 12 almost 7 after 8 being 7 after 10 spattered 8 being 9 hit 8 being 10 spattered 10 spattered 11 down 12 almost 15 of 13 on 14 top 14 top 15 of 15 of 17 , 16 them 17 , 17 , 18 driving 19 up 22 leaves 19 up 23 like 20 the 22 leaves 21 dry 22 leaves 22 leaves 23 like 23 like 25 shell 24 a 25 shell ['] [well] [,] ['] [said] [puck] [calmly] [,] ['] [what] [did] [you] [think] [of] [it] [?] [weland] [gave] [the] [sword] [!] [the] [sword] [gave] [the] [treasure] [,] [and] [the] [treasure] [gave] [the] [law] [.] it 's as natural as an oak growing [.] ['] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 natural 3 as 4 natural 4 natural 5 as 5 as 7 oak 6 an 7 oak 7 oak 8 growing ['] [i] [don't] [understand] [.] didn't he know it [was] [sir] [richard] 's old [treasure] [?] ['] [said] [dan] [.] 1 didn't 2 he 1 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 it 4 it 8 's 8 's 9 old ['] [and] [why] [did] [sir] [richard] [and] [brother] [hugh] [leave] [it] [lying] [about] [?] [and] [and] ['] ['] [never] [mind] [,] ['] [said] [una] [politely] [.] ['] [he] ['ll] [let] [us] [come] [and] [go] [and] [look] [and] [know] [another] [time] [.] [won't] [you] [,] [puck] [?] ['] ['] [another] [time] [maybe] [,] ['] [puck] [answered] [.] ['] [brr] [!] it 's cold and late [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 and 3 cold 4 and 4 and 5 late i 'll race you towards home [!] ['] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 race 3 race 4 you 3 race 5 towards 5 towards 6 home they hurried down into the sheltered valley [.] 1 they 2 hurried 2 hurried 3 down 2 hurried 4 into 4 into 7 valley 5 the 7 valley 6 sheltered 7 valley [there] [was] [oak] [and] [ash] [and] [thorn] [enough] [in] [that] [year-end] [shower] [to] [magic] [away] [a] [thousand] [memories] [.] so they trotted to the brook at the bottom of the lawn [,] [wondering] [why] [flora] [and] [folly] [had] [missed] [the] [quarry-hole] [fox] [.] 1 so 2 they 1 so 3 trotted 2 they 3 trotted 3 trotted 4 to 3 trotted 7 at 4 to 6 brook 5 the 6 brook 6 brook 7 at 7 at 9 bottom 8 the 9 bottom 9 bottom 10 of 10 of 12 lawn 11 the 12 lawn [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 6 glimmer 2 saw 7 in 2 saw 10 where 3 his 6 glimmer 4 white 5 smock 5 smock 6 glimmer 6 glimmer 7 in 7 in 9 twilight 8 the 9 twilight 9 twilight 10 where 10 where 11 he 10 where 12 faggoted 11 he 12 faggoted 12 faggoted 14 rubbish 13 the 14 rubbish ['] [winter] [,] [he] ['s] [come] [,] [i] [reckon] [,] [mus] ['] [dan] [,] ['] [he] [called] [.] ['] [hard] [times] [now] [till] [heffle] [cuckoo] [fair] [.] they heard a crash , and a stamp and a splash of water as though a heavy old cow were crossing almost under their noses [.] 1 they 2 heard 2 heard 9 and 2 heard 15 though 3 a 4 crash 4 crash 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 stamp 6 and 9 and 7 a 8 stamp 9 and 11 splash 9 and 12 of 10 a 11 splash 12 of 13 water 14 as 15 though 15 though 19 cow 15 though 20 were 16 a 17 heavy 16 a 19 cow 17 heavy 19 cow 18 old 19 cow 19 cow 20 were 20 were 21 crossing 21 crossing 22 almost 22 almost 23 under 23 under 25 noses 24 their 25 noses hobden ran forward angrily to the ford [.] 1 hobden 2 ran 2 ran 3 forward 2 ran 4 angrily 2 ran 5 to 5 to 7 ford 6 the 7 ford ['] [gleason] ['s] [bull] [again] [,] [playin] ['] [robin] [all] [over] [the] [farm] [!] oh , look [,] [mus] ['] [dan] his great footmark as [big] as a trencher [.] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 look 3 look 10 footmark 3 look 11 as 8 his 10 footmark 9 great 10 footmark 11 as 13 as 13 as 15 trencher 14 a 15 trencher no bounds [to] [his] [impidence] [!] 1 no 2 bounds he might count himself to be a man [or] [or] [somebody] ['] 1 he 2 might 2 might 3 count 3 count 5 to 4 himself 5 to 5 to 6 be 6 be 8 man 7 a 8 man a [voice] [the] [other] [side] [of] [the] brook [boomed] [:] 1 a 8 brook ['] [i] [wonder] [who] [his] [cloak] [would] [turn] [when] [puck] [had] [led] [him] [round] [,] [or] [where] [those] [walking] [fires] [would] [burn] ['] then the children went in [singing] ['] [farewell] , [rewards] and [fairies] ['] [at] [the] [tops] [of] [their] [voices] [.] 1 then 3 children 2 the 3 children 3 children 4 went 4 went 5 in 5 in 9 , 9 , 11 and they had forgotten that they had not [even] [said] [good-night] to [puck] [.] 1 they 2 had 2 had 3 forgotten 3 forgotten 4 that 4 that 5 they 4 that 6 had 5 they 6 had 6 had 11 to 7 not 11 to [the] [children] ['s] [song] end of the [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] of [puck] [of] [pook] ['s] [hill] , [by] [rudyard] [kipling] 1 end 2 of 2 of 13 , 3 the 7 of 7 of 13 ,