Never ! '' returned Matcham . `` An ye leave me , y ' are forsworn , and so I shall declare it . '' `` My blood heats , '' said Dick . `` Give me the windac ! Give it me ! '' `` I 'll not , '' said Matcham . `` I 'll save you in your teeth . '' `` Not ? '' cried Dick . `` I 'll make you ! '' `` Try it , '' said the other . They stood , looking in each other 's eyes , each ready for a spring . Then Dick leaped ; and though Matcham turned instantly and fled , in two bounds he was over-taken , the windac was twisted from his grasp , he was thrown roughly to the ground , and Dick stood across him , flushed and menacing , with doubled fist . Matcham lay where he had fallen , with his face in the grass , not thinking of resistance . Dick bent his bow . `` I 'll teach you ! '' he cried , fiercely . `` Oath or no oath , ye may go hang for me ! '' And he turned and began to run .
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