Is the arrow gone ?" "It struck but now," replied Ellis.
"A murrain!" cried the messenger.

"Methought I heard it whistle.

And I go dinnerless!" In the space of a minute, some running, some walking sharply, according as their stations were nearer or farther away, the men of the Black Arrow had all disappeared from the neighbourhood of the ruined house; and the caldron, and the fire, which was now burning low, and the dead deer's carcase on the hawthorn, remained alone to testify they had been there..