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Chapter 11

           Ontheveryvergeofthethickettwomenspoketohisconductors,andreceivingananswerinawhisper,withdrewintothewood,andsufferedthemtopassunmolested.ThiscircumstanceinducedGurthtobelieveboththatthegangwasstronginnumbers,andthattheykeptregularguardsaroundtheirplaceofrendezvous.

           Whentheyarrivedontheopenheath,whereGurthmighthavehadsometroubleinfindinghisroad,thethievesguidedhimstraightforwardtothetopofalittleeminence,whencehecouldsee,spreadbeneathhiminthemoonlight,thepalisadesofthelists,theglimmeringpavilionspitchedateitherend,withthepennonswhichadornedthemflutteringinthemoonbeams,andfromwhichcouldbeheardthehumofthesongwithwhichthesentinelswerebeguilingtheirnight-watch.

           Herethethievesstopt.

           "Wegowithyounofarther,"saidthey;"itwerenotsafethatweshoulddoso.Rememberthewarningyouhavereceivedkeepsecretwhathasthisnightbefallenyou,andyouwillhavenoroomtorepentitneglectwhatisnowtoldyou,andtheTowerofLondonshallnotprotectyouagainstourrevenge."

           "Goodnighttoyou,kindsirs,"saidGurth;"Ishallrememberyourorders,andtrustthatthereisnooffenceinwishingyouasaferandanhonestertrade."

           Thustheyparted,theoutlawsreturninginthedirectionfromwhencetheyhadcome,andGurthproceedingtothetentofhismaster,towhom,notwithstandingtheinjunctionhehadreceived,hecommunicatedthewholeadventuresoftheevening

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