And he turned from the archer , and once more scanned anxiously the market-place . It lay empty as before . `` I like not this quietude , '' he said . `` Doubtless they prepare us some surprise . '' And , as if in answer to his remark , the archers began once more to advance against the barricade , and the arrows to fall thick . But there was something hesitating in the attack . They came not on roundly , but seemed rather to await a further signal . Dick looked uneasily about him , spying for a hidden danger . And sure enough , about half way up the little street , a door was suddenly opened from within , and the house continued , for some seconds , and both by door and window , to disgorge a torrent of Lancastrian archers . These , as they leaped down , hurriedly stood to their ranks , bent their bows , and proceeded to pour upon Dick 's rear a flight of arrows . At the same time , the assailants in the market-place redoubled their shot , and began to close in stoutly upon the barricade . Dick called down his whole command out of the houses , and facing them both ways , and encouraging their valour both by word and gesture , returned as best he could the double shower of shafts that fell about his post . Meanwhile house after house was opened in the street , and the Lancastrians continued to pour out of the doors and leap down from the windows , shouting victory , until the number of enemies upon Dick 's rear was almost equal to the number in his face . It was plain that he could hold the post no longer ; what was worse , even if he could have held it , it had now become useless ; and the whole Yorkist army lay in a posture of helplessness upon the brink of a complete disaster . The men behind him formed the vital flaw in the general defence ; and it was upon these that Dick turned , charging at the head of his men . So vigorous was the attack , that the Lancastrian archers gave ground and staggered , and , at last , breaking their ranks , began to crowd back into the houses from which they had so recently and so vaingloriously sallied . Meanwhile the men from the market-place had swarmed across the undefended barricade , and fell on hotly upon the other side ; and Dick must once again face about , and proceed to drive them back . Once again the spirit of his men prevailed ; they cleared the street in a triumphant style , but even as they did so the others issued again out of the houses , and took them , a third time , upon the rear . The Yorkists began to be scattered ; several times Dick found himself alone among his foes and plying his bright sword for life ; several times he was conscious of a hurt . And meanwhile the fight swayed to and fro in the street without determinate result .
Suddenly XXXXX was aware of a great trumpeting about the outskirts of the town .
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