`` Stand back , by ' r Lady ! '' returned Dick , raising his bow . `` Ah , y ' are a brave boy ! '' retorted Matcham . `` Shoot ! '' Dick lowered his weapon in some confusion . `` See here , '' he said . `` Y ' have done me ill enough . Go , then . Go your way in fair wise ; or , whether I will or not , I must even drive you to it . '' `` Well , '' said Matcham , doggedly , `` y ' are the stronger . Do your worst . I shall not leave to follow thee , Dick , unless thou makest me , '' he added . Dick was almost beside himself . It went against his heart to beat a creature so defenceless ; and , for the life of him , he knew no other way to rid himself of this unwelcome and , as he began to think , perhaps untrue companion . `` Y ' are mad , I think , '' he cried . `` Fool-fellow , I am hasting to your foes ; as fast as foot can carry me , go I thither . '' `` I care not , Dick , '' replied the lad . `` If y ' are bound to die , Dick , I 'll die too . I would liever go with you to prison than to go free without you . ''
`` Well , '' XXXXX the other , `` I may stand no longer prating .
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