`` It is right so , '' returned the archer ; `` and because I like not the affair I tell it you . Ye must make the post good , Sir Richard , at your peril . O , our Crookback is a bold blade and a good warrior ; but , whether in cold blood or in hot , he will have all things done exact to his commandment . If any fail or hinder , they shall die the death . '' `` Now , by the saints ! '' cried Richard , `` is this so ? And will men follow such a leader ? '' `` Nay , they follow him gleefully , '' replied the other ; `` for if he be exact to punish , he is most open-handed to reward . And if he spare not the blood and sweat of others , he is ever liberal of his own , still in the first front of battle , still the last to sleep . He will go far , will Crookback Dick o ' Gloucester ! '' The young knight , if he had before been brave and vigilant , was now all the more inclined to watchfulness and courage . His sudden favour , he began to perceive , had brought perils in its train . 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 XXXXX .
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