In that quarter , also , one or two houses had been fired , and the smoke towered high in the frosty sunlight , and blew off to sea in voluminous folds . Already close upon the margin of the woods , and somewhat in the line of Holywood , one particular clump of fleeing horsemen riveted the attention of the young watcher on the tower . It was fairly numerous ; in no other quarter of the field did so many Lancastrians still hold together ; thus they had left a wide , discoloured wake upon the snow , and Dick was able to trace them step by step from where they had left the town . While Dick stood watching them , they had gained , unopposed , the first fringe of the leafless forest , and , turning a little from their direction , the sun fell for a moment full on their array , as it was relieved against the dusky wood . `` Murrey and blue ! '' cried Dick . `` I swear it -- murrey and blue ! '' The next moment he was descending the stairway . It was now his business to seek out the Duke of Gloucester , who alone , in the disorder of the forces , might be able to supply him with a sufficiency of men . The fighting in the main town was now practically at an end ; and as Dick ran hither and thither , seeking the commander , the streets were thick with wandering soldiers , some laden with more booty than they could well stagger under , others shouting drunk . None of them , when questioned , had the least notion of the duke 's whereabouts ; and , at last , it was by sheer good fortune that Dick found him , where he sat in the saddle directing operations to dislodge the archers from the harbour side . `` Sir Richard Shelton , ye are well found , '' he said . `` I owe you one thing that I value little , my life ; and one that I can never pay you for , this victory . Catesby , if I had ten such captains as Sir Richard , I would march forthright on London . But now , sir , claim your reward . '' `` Freely , my lord , '' said Dick , `` freely and loudly . One hath escaped to whom I owe some grudges , and taken with him one whom I owe love and service . Give me , then , fifty lances , that I may pursue ; and for any obligation that your graciousness is pleased to allow , it shall be clean discharged . '' `` How call ye him ? '' inquired the duke .
`` Sir Daniel Brackley , '' answered XXXXX .
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