[Guy Fawkes by William Harrison Ainsworth]@TWC D-Link bookGuy Fawkes CHAPTER XX 19/20
"They are here," he cried, reining in his steed. "Where is Viviana ?" vociferated his companion, who was no other than Humphrey Chetham. "Here--here," replied Guy Fawkes. With the quickness of thought, the young merchant was by her side, and in another moment she was placed on the saddle before him, and borne at a headlong pace across the drawbridge. "Follow me," cried Catesby.
"I will clear a passage for you.
Once across the drawbridge, you are safe.
A hundred yards down the avenue, on the right, you will find a couple of horses tied to a tree.
Quick! quick!" As he spoke, a shot whizzed past his head, and a tumultuous din in the rear told that their pursuers were close upon them.
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