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Chapter 10
Thewrestlerdroppedatlast;andAlan,leapingbacktogethisdistance,ranupontheotherslikeabull,roaringashewent.Theybrokebeforehimlikewater,turning,andrunning,andfallingoneagainstanotherintheirhaste.Theswordinhishandsflashedlikequicksilverintothehuddleofourfleeingenemies;andateveryflashtherecamethescreamofamanhurt.Iwasstillthinkingwewerelost,whenlo!theywereallgone,andAlanwasdrivingthemalongthedeckasasheep-dogchasessheep.
Yethewasnosooneroutthanhewasbackagain,beingascautiousashewasbrave;andmeanwhiletheseamencontinuedrunningandcryingoutasifhewasstillbehindthem;andweheardthemtumbleoneuponanotherintotheforecastle,andclap-tothehatchuponthetop.
Theround-housewaslikeashambles;threeweredeadinside,anotherlayinhisdeathagonyacrossthethreshold;andtherewereAlanandIvictoriousandunhurt.
Hecameuptomewithopenarms.“Cometomyarms!”hecried,andembracedandkissedmeharduponbothcheeks.“David,”saidhe,“Iloveyoulikeabrother.AndO,man,”hecriedinakindofecstasy,“amInoabonnyfighter?”
Thereuponheturnedtothefourenemies,passedhisswordcleanthrougheachofthem,andtumbledthemoutofdoorsoneaftertheother.Ashedidso,hekepthummingandsingingandwhistlingtohimself,likeamantryingtorecallanair;onlywhatHEwastryingwastomakeone.Allthewhile,theflushwasinhisface,andhiseyeswereasbrightasafive-year-oldchild’swithanewtoy.
