Y had secured it in her pocket, she turned upon him angrily, upbraiding him and his for allowing such outrages to be committed. "But there," she cried, when quite out of breath, "it's of no use to speak: there are no men now, and no boys. When I was young, they'd have routed out those wretches and hung them before they knew where they were. But only let them come here again, and they shall know what boiling water is." "They'll be well punished before long," said Ralph, as soon as he could get in a word. "I don't believe it," cried the old woman. "Don't tell me! I want to know what my boy, Nick, is about for not making his master do something. It's shameful. But I see how it is: I shall have to go and do it myself." Ralph was not sorry to get away from the ungracious old dame, who stood at her door, shouting messages to his father about his duty and her intentions, till the lad was out of sight, when he could not help seeing the comic side of the matter, and wondered, laughingly, what his father would say to her if she kept her word, and came up to the castle to ask him why he and her son, Nick, did not go and punish those wicked men for coming and stealing her bag of meal. "I should like to be there," said Ralph, half-aloud, as he tramped on: and then his thoughts took a serious turn again, and he began to ponder upon the possibilities of his father and their men attacking Captain Purlrose, and the chances of success. "It ought to be done," thought Ralph, as he began to climb the path leading to the shelf upon which Master Rayburn's cottage was built, half-a-mile farther on, "so as to take them by surprise when part of the men are away. It can hardly be called cowardly with men like them. Then we could hide in the cavern, and wait till the rest came back, and take them prisoners too. What's that?" He listened, and made out the
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