And woe betide the fellow if we come upon him.' 'What fellow ?' growled Hugh, rubbing his eyes and shaking himself.
'What fellow ?' returned Joe, who was in a state of great valour and bustle; 'a fellow you ought to know of and be more alive about.

It's well for the like of you, lazy giant that you are, to be snoring your time away in chimney-corners, when honest men's daughters can't cross even our quiet meadows at nightfall without being set upon by footpads, and frightened out of their precious lives.' 'They never rob me,' cried Hugh with a laugh.

'I have got nothing to lose.

But I'd as lief knock them at head as any other men.

How many are there ?' 'Only one,' said Dolly faintly, for everybody looked at her.
'And what was he like, mistress ?' said Hugh with a glance at young Willet, so slight and momentary that the scowl it conveyed was lost on all but her.