CHAPTER V--"BLOODY AS THE HUNTER" 

The lads lay quiet till the last footstep had melted on the wind. Then they arose, and with many an ache, for they were weary with constraint, clambered through the ruins, and recrossed the ditch upon the rafter. Matcham had picked up the windac and went first, Dick following stiffly, with his cross-bow on his arm. 

"And now," said Matcham, "forth to Holywood." 

"To Holywood!" cried Dick, "when good fellows stand shot? Not I! I would see you hanged first, Jack!" 

"Ye would leave me, would ye?" Matcham asked. 

"Ay, by my sooth!" returned Dick. "An I be not in time to warn these lads, I will go die with them. What! would ye have me leave my own men that I have lived among. I trow not! Give me my windac." 

But there was nothing further from Matcham's mind. 

"Dick," he said, "ye sware before the saints that ye would see me safe to Holywood. Would ye be forsworn? Would you desert me--a perjurer?" 

"Nay, I sware for the best," returned Dick. "I meant it too; but now! But look ye, Jack, turn again with me. Let me but warn these men, and, if needs must, stand shot with them; then shall all be clear, and I will on again to Holywood and purge mine oath." 

"Ye but deride me," answered Matcham. "These men ye go to succour are the I same that hunt me to my ruin." 

Dick scratched his head. 

"I cannot help it, Jack," he said. "Here is no remedy. What would ye? Ye run no great peril, man; and these are in the way of death. Death!" he added. "Think of it! What a murrain do ye keep me here for? Give me the windac. Saint George! shall they all die?"  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Which person scratched his head?
2. What person scratched his head?
3. 
Q2:
1. What is the name of the chapter?
2. What is the chapter called?
3. 
Q3:
1. Which person was Dick talking to?
2. Who was Dick speaking to?
3. 
Q4:
1. Which person spoke first?
2. Which person talked first?
3. 
Q5:
1. What was said by Matcham?
2. What did Matcham speak of?
3. 
Q6:
1. Was the invitation accepted?
2. 
3. 
Q7:
1. What was the reason for the invite not to be accepted?
2. For what reason was the invite not accepted?
3. 
Q8:
1. Did Dick request anything?
2. Was a request made by Dick?
3. 
Q9:
1. What was asked to be given by Dick?
2. What did Dick ask for?
3. 
Q10:
1. What was carried by Dick?
2. What was Dick carrying?
3. 
