`` Lawless , ye but show an ill example ; give us the word , fool jester , '' said the commander of the post . `` And if I had forgotten it ? '' asked the other . `` An ye had forgotten it -- as I know y ' ` ave not -- by the mass , I would clap an arrow into your big body , '' returned the first . `` Nay , an y ' are so ill a jester , '' said Lawless , `` ye shall have your word for me . ` Duckworth and Shelton ' is the word ; and here , to the illustration , is Shelton on my shoulders , and to Duckworth do I carry him . '' `` Pass , Lawless , '' said the sentry . `` And where is John ? '' asked the Grey Friar . `` He holdeth a court , by the mass , and taketh rents as to the manner born ! '' cried another of the company . So it proved . When Lawless got as far up the village as the little inn , he found Ellis Duckworth surrounded by Sir Daniel 's tenants , and , by the right of his good company of archers , coolly taking rents , and giving written receipts in return for them . By the faces of the tenants , it was plain how little this proceeding pleased them ; for they argued very rightly that they would simply have to pay them twice . As soon as he knew what had brought Lawless , Ellis dismissed the remainder of the tenants , and , with every mark of interest and apprehension , conducted Dick into an inner chamber of the inn . There the lad 's hurts were looked to ; and he was recalled , by simple remedies , to consciousness . `` Dear lad , '' said Ellis , pressing his hand , `` y ' are in a friend 's hands that loved your father , and loves you for his sake . Rest ye a little quietly , for ye are somewhat out of case . Then shall ye tell me your story , and betwixt the two of us we shall find a remedy for all . '' A little later in the day , and after Dick had awakened from a comfortable slumber to find himself still very weak , but clearer in mind and easier in body , Ellis returned , and sitting down by the bedside , begged him , in the name of his father , to relate the circumstance of his escape from Tunstall Moat House .
There was something in the strength of XXXXX 's frame , in the honesty of his brown face , in the clearness and shrewdness of his eyes , that moved Dick to obey him ; and from first to last the lad told him the story of his two days ' adventures .
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