Occasionally the invitation would be accepted, but the sword players always proved too skilful for the rough soldiers, who retired discomfited, amid the jeers of their comrades.
More than one party of musicians played what seemed to Dick most discordant music, but which was appreciated by the soldiers, as was evident from the plaudits and the number of small coins thrown to the players.

In the great open space, by the side of the market, the crowd was thickest.

Here were large numbers of booths, gay with lamps.

In one were arranged, on tables, trays of cheap trinkets, calicoes, cloths, blankets, shoes, and other articles of dress.

In another were arms, matchlocks, pistols, tulwars, and daggers.