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Chapter 19

           Shortwasplyingthequarter-stavesvigorouslyandknockingthecharactersinthefuryofthecombatagainstthesidesoftheshow,thepeoplewerelookingonwithlaughingfaces,andMrCodlinhadrelaxedintoagrimsmileashisrovingeyedetectedhandsgoingintowaistcoatpocketsandgropingsecretlyforsixpences.Iftheywereevertogetawayunseen,thatwastheverymoment.Theyseizedit,andfled.

           Theymadeapaththroughboothsandcarriagesandthrongsofpeople,andneveroncestoppedtolookbehind.Thebellwasringingandthecoursewasclearedbythetimetheyreachedtheropes,buttheydashedacrossitinsensibletotheshoutsandscreechingthatassailedthemforbreakinginuponitssanctity,andcreepingunderthebrowofthehillataquickpace,madefortheopenfields.

           

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