But with the tail of his eye he caught a glimpse of the young lad called Master John stealthily creeping from the room . `` Why , '' thought Dick , `` he is a young as I. ` Good boy ' doth he call me ? An I had known , I should have seen the varlet hanged ere I had told him . Well , if he goes through the fen , I may come up with him and pull his ears . '' Half an hour later , Sir Daniel gave Dick the letter , and bade him speed to the Moat House . And , again , some half an hour after Dick 's departure , a messenger came , in hot haste , from my Lord of Risingham . `` Sir Daniel , '' the messenger said , `` ye lose great honour , by my sooth ! The fight began again this morning ere the dawn , and we have beaten their van and scattered their right wing . Only the main battle standeth fast . An we had your fresh men , we should tilt you them all into the river . What , sir knight ! Will ye be the last ? It stands not with your good credit . '' `` Nay , '' cried the knight , `` I was but now upon the march . Selden , sound me the tucket . Sir , I am with you on the instant . It is not two hours since the more part of my command came in , sir messenger . What would ye have ? Spurring is good meat , but yet it killed the charger . Bustle , boys ! ''
By this time the tucket was sounding cheerily in the morning , and from all sides Sir XXXXX 's men poured into the main street and formed before the inn .
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