`` I could swear it ! '' `` Tut ! '' returned Dick , recovering some sparks of courage . `` He but heard us . He was in fear , poor soul ! An ye were blind , and walked in a perpetual night , ye would start yourself , if ever a twig rustled or a bird cried ` Peep . ' '' `` Dick , good Dick , he saw us , '' repeated Matcham . `` When a man hearkeneth , he doth not as this man ; he doth otherwise , Dick . This was seeing ; it was not hearing . He means foully . Hark , else , if his bell be not stopped ! '' Such was the case . The bell rang no longer . `` Nay , '' said Dick , `` I like not that . Nay , '' he cried again , `` I like that little . What may this betoken ? Let us go , by the mass ! '' `` He hath gone east , '' added Matcham . `` Good Dick , let us go westward straight ; I shall not breathe till I have my back turned upon that leper . '' `` Jack , y ' are too cowardly , '' replied Dick .
`` We shall XXXXX fair for Holywood , or as fair , at least , as I can guide you , and that will be due north . ''
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