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Chapter 28

           ‘It’sallup,Bill!’criedToby;‘dropthekid,andshow’emyourheels.Withthispartingadvice,Mr.Crackit,preferringthechanceofbeingshotbyhisfriend,tothecertaintyofbeingtakenbyhisenemies,fairlyturnedtail,anddartedoffatfullspeed.Sikesclenchedhisteeth;tookonelookaround;threwovertheprostrateformofOliver,thecapeinwhichhehadbeenhurriedlymuffled;ranalongthefrontofthehedge,asiftodistracttheattentionofthosebehind,fromthespotwheretheboylay;paused,forasecond,beforeanotherhedgewhichmetitatrightangles;andwhirlinghispistolhighintotheair,cleareditatabound,andwasgone.

           ‘Ho,ho,there!’criedatremulousvoiceintherear.‘Pincher!Neptune!Comehere,comehere!’

           Thedogs,who,incommonwiththeirmasters,seemedtohavenoparticularrelishforthesportinwhichtheywereengaged,readilyansweredtothecommand.Threemen,whohadbythistimeadvancedsomedistanceintothefield,stoppedtotakecounseltogether.

           ‘Myadvice,or,leastways,Ishouldsay,myORDERS,is,’saidthefattestmanoftheparty,‘thatwe‘mediatelygohomeagain.

           ‘IamagreeabletoanythingwhichisagreeabletoMr.Giles,’saidashorterman;whowasbynomeansofaslimfigure,andwhowasverypaleintheface,andverypolite:asfrightenedmenfrequentlyare.

           ‘Ishouldn’twishtoappearill-mannered,gentlemen,’saidthethird,whohadcalledthedogsback,‘Mr.Gilesoughttoknow.

           ‘Certainly,’repliedtheshorterman;‘andwhateverMr.

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