Farther South than any man has fared , Hugh and I went down with Witta and his heathen . ' He jerked the tall sword forward , and leaned on it with both hands ; but his eyes looked long past them . ' I thought you always lived here , ' said Una , timidly . ` Yes ; while my Lady Ælueva lived . But she died . She died . Then , my eldest son being a man , I asked De Aquila 's leave that he should hold the Manor while I went on some journey or pilgrimage -- to forget . De Aquila , whom the Second William had made Warden of Pevensey in Earl Mortain 's place , was very old then , but still he rode his tall , roan horses , and in the saddle he looked like a little white falcon . When Hugh , at Dallington , over yonder , heard what I did , he sent for my second son , whom being unmarried he had ever looked upon as his own child , and , by De Aquila 's leave , gave him the Manor of Dallington to hold till he should return . Then Hugh came with me . ' ` When did this happen ? ' said Dan . ` That I can answer to the very day , for as we rode with De Aquila by Pevensey -- have I said that he was Lord of Pevensey and of the Honour of the Eagle ? -- to the Bordeaux ship that fetched him his wines yearly out of France , a Marsh man ran to us crying that he had seen a great black goat which bore on his back the body of the King , and that the goat had spoken to him . On that same day Red William our King , the Conqueror 's son , died of a secret arrow while he hunted in a forest . `` This is a cross matter , '' said De Aquila , `` to meet on the threshold of a journey . If Red William be dead I may have to fight for my lands . Wait a little . '' ` My Lady being dead , I cared nothing for signs and omens , nor Hugh either . We took that wine-ship to go to Bordeaux ; but the wind failed while we were yet in sight of Pevensey , a thick mist hid us , and we drifted with the tide along the cliffs to the west .
Our company was , for the most part , merchants returning to XXXXX , and we were laden with wool and there were three couple of tall hunting-dogs chained to the rail .
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