Nay , there shall come a day between us ; he shall smart for all ! '' `` Would ye shoot at the moon with a hand-gun ? '' said Dick . '' 'T is a valiant knight , and hath a hand of iron . An he guessed I had made or meddled with your flight , it would go sore with me . '' `` Ay , poor boy , '' returned the other , `` y ' are his ward , I know it . By the same token , so am I , or so he saith ; or else he hath bought my marriage -- I wot not rightly which ; but it is some handle to oppress me by . '' `` Boy again ! '' said Dick . `` Nay , then , shall I call you girl , good Richard ? '' asked Matcham . `` Never a girl for me , '' returned Dick . `` I do abjure the crew of them ! '' `` Ye speak boyishly , '' said the other . `` Ye think more of them than ye pretend . '' `` Not I , '' said Dick , stoutly . `` They come not in my mind . A plague of them , say I ! Give me to hunt and to fight and to feast , and to live with jolly foresters . I never heard of a maid yet that was for any service , save one only ; and she , poor shrew , was burned for a witch and the wearing of men 's clothes in spite of nature . ''
Master XXXXX crossed himself with fervour , and appeared to pray .
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