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Chapter 11

           Gurthwashurriedalongagreeablytothismandate,andhavingbeendraggedsomewhatroughlyoverthebank,ontheleft-handsideofthelane,foundhimselfinastragglingthicket,whichlaybetwixtitandtheopencommon.Hewascompelledtofollowhisroughconductorsintotheverydepthofthiscover,wheretheystoptunexpectedlyinanirregularopenspace,freeinagreatmeasurefromtrees,andonwhich,therefore,thebeamsofthemoonfellwithoutmuchinterruptionfromboughsandleaves.Herehiscaptorswerejoinedbytwootherpersons,apparentlybelongingtothegang.Theyhadshortswordsbytheirsides,andquarter-stavesintheirhands,andGurthcouldnowobservethatallsixworevisors,whichrenderedtheiroccupationamatterofnoquestion,evenhadtheirformerproceedingsleftitindoubt.

           "Whatmoneyhastthou,churl?"saidoneofthethieves.

           "Thirtyzecchinsofmyownproperty,"answeredGurth,doggedly.

           "Aforfeitaforfeit,"shoutedtherobbers;"aSaxonhaththirtyzecchins,andreturnssoberfromavillage!Anundeniableandunredeemableforfeitofallhehathabouthim."

           "Ihoardedittopurchasemyfreedom,"saidGurth.

           "Thouartanass,"repliedoneofthethieves"threequartsofdoublealehadrenderedtheeasfreeasthymaster,ay,andfreertoo,ifhebeaSaxonlikethyself."

           "Asadtruth,"repliedGurth;"butifthesesamethirtyzecchinswillbuymyfreedomfromyou,unloosemyhands,andIwillpaythemtoyou."

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