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A woodpigeon rose with a sudden crash of sound , Alapping away against the branches . My pulse was dancing with delight - my heart , too . It was like a game of hide - and - seek , and yet it was life at last .
A woodpigeon rose with a sudden crash of sound , Alapping away against the branches . My pulse was dancing with delight - my heart , too . It was like a game of hide - and - seek , and yet it was life at last .
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From down the long hill came a small sound of horses ' hoofs — a sound like the beating of the heart , intermittent - a muffled thud on turf , and a faint clink of iron . It seemed to die away unheard by the runner beside me .
From down the long hill came a small sound of horses ' hoofs — a sound like the beating of the heart , intermittent - a muffled thud on turf , and a faint clink of iron . It seemed to die away unheard by the runner beside me .
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The approaching horses had turned off the turf on to the hard road ; the steps of first one and then another sounded out down the silent hill . I knew it was the Free Traders from that ; for except between banks they kept to the soft ...
The approaching horses had turned off the turf on to the hard road ; the steps of first one and then another sounded out down the silent hill . I knew it was the Free Traders from that ; for except between banks they kept to the soft ...
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The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came to our ears . “ We're in for it , " Lillywhite grunted . “ D - n this county of Kent . ” Thoms never loosed his hold of my collar . At the steep of the hill the men and horses came into ...
The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came to our ears . “ We're in for it , " Lillywhite grunted . “ D - n this county of Kent . ” Thoms never loosed his hold of my collar . At the steep of the hill the men and horses came into ...
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I caught a moment's sound of whispering . ... of the crowd upon a very rough , descending path ; Rangsley had called out , “ Now , then , the rest of you be off ; we've got enough here " ; and the hoofs of heavy horses sounded again .
I caught a moment's sound of whispering . ... of the crowd upon a very rough , descending path ; Rangsley had called out , “ Now , then , the rest of you be off ; we've got enough here " ; and the hoofs of heavy horses sounded again .
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