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Chapter 19

           OfallthetrainnoneescapedexceptWamba,whoshowedupontheoccasionmuchmorecouragethanthosewhopretendedtogreatersense.Hepossessedhimselfofaswordbelongingtooneofthedomestics,whowasjustdrawingitwithatardyandirresolutehand,laiditabouthimlikealion,drovebackseveralwhoapproachedhim,andmadeabravethoughineffectualattempttosuccourhismaster.Findinghimselfoverpowered,theJesteratlengththrewhimselffromhishorse,plungedintothethicket,and,favouredbythegeneralconfusion,escapedfromthesceneofaction.YetthevaliantJester,assoonashefoundhimselfsafe,hesitatedmorethanoncewhetherheshouldnotturnbackandsharethecaptivityofamastertowhomhewassincerelyattached.

           "Ihaveheardmentalkoftheblessingsoffreedom,"hesaidtohimself,"butIwishanywisemanwouldteachmewhatusetomakeofitnowthatIhaveit."

           Ashepronouncedthesewordsaloud,avoiceverynearhimcalledoutinalowandcautioustone,"Wamba!"and,atthesametime,adog,whichherecognisedtobeFangs,jumpedupandfawneduponhim."Gurth!"answeredWamba,withthesamecaution,andtheswineherdimmediatelystoodbeforehim.

           "Whatisthematter?"saidheeagerly;"whatmeanthesecries,andthatclashingofswords?"

           "Onlyatrickofthetimes,"saidWamba;"theyareallprisoners."

           "Whoareprisoners?"exclaimedGurth,impatiently.

           "Mylord,andmylady,andAthelstane,andHundibert,andOswald."

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