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Chapter 19

           Thebustlehadbeenconsiderable,anditwassometimebeforeGurthwasmissed;for,ashewastobeplacedfortherestofthejourneybehindaservant,everyonesupposedthatsomeotherofhiscompanionshadhimunderhiscustody,andwhenitbegantobewhisperedamongthemthatGurthhadactuallydisappeared,theywereundersuchimmediateexpectationofanattackfromtheoutlaws,thatitwasnotheldconvenienttopaymuchattentiontothecircumstance.

           Thepathuponwhichthepartytravelledwasnowsonarrow,asnottoadmit,withanysortofconvenience,abovetworidersabreast,andbegantodescendintoadingle,traversedbyabrookwhosebankswerebroken,swampy,andovergrownwithdwarfwillows.CedricandAthelstane,whowereattheheadoftheirretinue,sawtheriskofbeingattackedatthispass;butneitherofthemhavinghadmuchpracticeinwar,nobettermodeofpreventingthedangeroccurredtothemthanthattheyshouldhastenthroughthedefileasfastaspossible.Advancing,therefore,withoutmuchorder,theyhadjustcrossedthebrookwithapartoftheirfollowers,whentheywereassailedinfront,flank,andrearatonce,withanimpetuositytowhich,intheirconfusedandill-preparedcondition,itwasimpossibletooffereffectualresistance.

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