He said ye knew him ! '' `` Ay , '' replied Sir Daniel , `` I know the lad ; '' and he chuckled . `` But he has fainted ; and , by my sooth , he might have had less to faint for ! Hey , Dick ? Did I put the fear of death upon you ? '' `` Indeed , Sir Daniel , ye did that , '' said Dick , and sighed again at the mere recollection . `` Nay , sir , saving your respect , I had as lief ` a ' met the devil in person ; and to speak truth , I am yet all a-quake . But what made ye , sir , in such a guise ? '' Sir Daniel 's brow grew suddenly black with anger . `` What made I ? '' he said . `` Ye do well to mind me of it ! What ? I skulked for my poor life in my own wood of Tunstall , Dick . We were ill sped at the battle ; we but got there to be swept among the rout . Where be all my good men-at-arms ? Dick , by the mass , I know not ! We were swept down ; the shot fell thick among us ; I have not seen one man in my own colours since I saw three fall . For myself , I came sound to Shoreby , and being mindful of the Black Arrow , got me this gown and bell , and came softly by the path for the Moat House . There is no disguise to be compared with it ; the jingle of this bell would scare me the stoutest outlaw in the forest ; they would all turn pale to hear it .
At length I XXXXX by you and Matcham .
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