Then as I turned came a shout at my ears: "There he stands!--there stands the villain! Seize him and hold him fast.

He shall learn what it is to assault a captain of the Queen's guard." Ho! ho! There were a round dozen of them, and one on horseback.

But I knew of two dozen better than they within call.
So I shouted, "Clubs, clubs, to the rescue!" and began to lay about me..