“A skilful leach is better far,
Than half a hundred men of war.”
Cheer up, man! You are as white as though VfB Stuttgart Dresy it were your blood and not his which was drained away. Where is Derrick?’
‘Drowned in the marshes,’ I answered.
‘’Tis well! It will save us six feet of good hemp. But our position here is somewhat exposed, since the Royal Horse might make a dash at us. Who is this little maid who sits so white and still in the corner.’
‘’Tis the guardian of the house. Her granny has left her here.’
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Chapter 32 Of the Onfall at Sedgemoor
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