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Dick was astonished at so great a hunger after fame, expressed with
so great vehemence of voice and language, and he answered very
sensibly and quietly, that, for his part, he promised he would do
his duty, and doubted not of victory if everyone did the like.
By this time the horses were well breathed, and the leader holding
up his sword and giving rein, the whole troop of chargers broke
into the gallop and thundered, with their double load of fighting
men, down the remainder of the hill and across the snow-covered
plain that still divided them from Shoreby.
CHAPTER II--THE BATTLE OF SHOREBY
The whole distance to be crossed was not above a quarter of a mile.
But they had no sooner debauched beyond the cover of the trees than
they were aware of people fleeing and screaming in the snowy
meadows upon either hand. Almost at the same moment a great rumour
began to arise, and spread and grow continually louder in the town;
and they were not yet halfway to the nearest house before the bells
began to ring backward from the steeple.
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