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Chapter 51

           ThethoughtpromptedtheGalwegiantoimmediateaction;and,blowingoutthecandle,soastoconcealhismovements,hestolesoftlyoutofthehut.

           Hedidnotgobythedoor.Themoonwasshiningonthegrass-platinfront.Thesavagesmightstillbethere.

           Hefoundmeansofexitattheback,bypullingoneofthehorsehidesfromitsplace,andsqueezinghimselfthroughthestockadewall.

           Onceoutside,heskulkedoffundertheshadowofthetrees.

           Hehadnotgonefarwhenaclumpofdarkobjectsappearedbeforehim.Therewasasound,asofhorseschampingtheirbitts,andtheoccasionalstrikingofahoof.Hepausedinhissteps,screeninghisbodybehindthetrunkofacypress.

           Ashortobservationconvincedhim,thatwhathesawwasagroupofhorses.Thereappearedtobefourofthem;nodoubtbelongingtothefourwarriors,whohadturnedthemustanger’shutintoagaming-house.Theanimalsappearedtobetiedtoatree,butforallthat,theirownersmightbebesidethem.

           Havingmadethisreflection,hewasabouttoturnbackandgotheotherway;butjustatthatmomentheheardvoicesintheoppositedirectionthevoicesofseveralmenspeakingintonesofmenaceandcommand.

           Thencameshort,quickcriesofaffright,followedbythebayingofahound,andsucceededbysilence,atintervalsinterruptedbyaswishingnoise,orthesnappingofabranchasifseveralmenwereretreatingthroughtheunderwoodinscaredconfusion!

           Ashecontinuedtolisten,thenoisessoundednearer.Themenwhomadethemwereadvancingtowardsthecypresstree.

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