`` And now , Sir Richard , '' he continued , `` if that ye see Lord Risingham , send me an express upon the instant . Were it your last man , let me hear of it incontinently . I had rather venture the post than lose my stroke at him . For mark me , all of ye , '' he added , raising his voice , `` if Earl Risingham fall by another hand than mine , I shall count this victory a defeat . '' `` My lord duke , '' said one of his attendants , `` is your grace not weary of exposing his dear life unneedfully ? Why tarry we here ? '' `` Catesby , '' returned the duke , `` here is the battle , not elsewhere . The rest are but feigned onslaughts . Here must we vanquish . And for the exposure -- if ye were an ugly hunchback , and the children gecked at you upon the street , ye would count your body cheaper , and an hour of glory worth a life . Howbeit , if ye will , let us ride on and visit the other posts . Sir Richard here , my namesake , he shall still hold this entry , where he wadeth to the ankles in hot blood . Him can we trust . But mark it , Sir Richard , ye are not yet done . The worst is yet to ward . Sleep not . '' He came right up to young Shelton , looking him hard in the eyes , and taking his hand in both of his , gave it so extreme a squeeze that the blood had nearly spurted . Dick quailed before his eyes . The insane excitement , the courage , and the cruelty that he read therein filled him with dismay about the future . This young duke 's was indeed a gallant spirit , to ride foremost in the ranks of war ; but after the battle , in the days of peace and in the circle of his trusted friends , that mind , it was to be dreaded , would continue to bring forth the fruits of death .
CHAPTER III -- THE BATTLE OF SHOREBY -LRB- Concluded -RRB- XXXXX , once more left to his own counsels , began to look about him .
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