It hath shown me a fox 's hole . Command me , Master Shelton ; I will not be backward in gratitude , and to begin with , York or Lancaster , true man or thief , I do now set you at freedom . Go , a Mary 's name ! But judge it right that I retain and hang your fellow , Lawless . The crime hath been most open , and it were fitting that some open punishment should follow . '' `` My lord , I make it my first suit to you to spare him also , '' pleaded Dick . `` It is an old , condemned rogue , thief , and vagabond , Master Shelton , '' said the earl . `` He hath been gallows-ripe this score of years . And , whether for one thing or another , whether to-morrow or the day after , where is the great choice ? '' `` Yet , my lord , it was through love to me that he came hither , '' answered Dick , `` and I were churlish and thankless to desert him . '' `` Master Shelton , ye are troublesome , '' replied the earl , severely . `` It is an evil way to prosper in this world . Howbeit , and to be quit of your importunity , I will once more humour you . Go , then , together ; but go warily , and get swiftly out of Shoreby town . For this Sir Daniel -LRB- whom may the saints confound ! -RRB- thirsteth most greedily to have your blood . '' `` My lord , I do now offer you in words my gratitude , trusting at some brief date to pay you some of it in service , '' replied Dick , as he turned from the apartment . CHAPTER VI -- ARBLASTER AGAIN When Dick and Lawless were suffered to steal , by a back way , out of the house where Lord Risingham held his garrison , the evening had already come . They paused in shelter of the garden wall to consult on their best course . The danger was extreme .
If one of Sir XXXXX 's men caught sight of them and raised the view-hallo , they would be run down and butchered instantly .
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