Ay , keep it so , and look upon me grimly . '' `` What meaneth this ? '' asked Dick . `` Why , my master , if I steal you across , it must be under force or fear , '' replied the ferryman ; `` for else , if John Fenne got wind of it , he were like to prove my most distressful neighbour . '' `` Do these churls ride so roughly ? '' Dick inquired . `` Do they command Sir Daniel 's own ferry ? '' `` Nay , '' whispered the ferryman , winking . `` Mark me ! Sir Daniel shall down . His time is out . He shall down . Mum ! '' And he bent over his oars . They pulled a long way up the river , turned the tail of an island , and came softly down a narrow channel next the opposite bank . Then Hugh held water in midstream . `` I must land you here among the willows , '' he said . `` Here is no path but willow swamps and quagmires , '' answered Dick . `` Master Shelton , '' replied Hugh , `` I dare not take ye nearer down , for your own sake now . He watcheth me the ferry , lying on his bow .
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