" He
rose from the rushes and, followed by Hugo, went to the horses and put
Fleetfoot once more in leash. Then, each having mounted, he led the way
toward the track they had marked out the day before.
"If the spy be not too lazy, he will doubtless be free of the miry pool
in the morning," observed Humphrey. "And he might as well have dreamed
of being taken by the constable, for if he lacketh not the wit to keep
him from a worse case, I know not the measure of a man's mind. And that
should I know, having observed not only my lord, but the valiant
William Lorimer also."
CHAPTER X
It was the afternoon of this same day in which Walter Skinner had
ventured into the wilds of the Isle of Axholme, there to try to catch
Hugo and Humphrey. At the same time Robert Sadler was galloping on his
way from the town of Chester to the castle, eager to meet the troop,
for his journey was now almost accomplished. Sir Thomas De Lany had
promised him his reward,--a certain sum of money; he had also promised
the troop he had borrowed to help him a reward in addition to the sum
he was to pay to their master, even a share of the plunder of the
castle.
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