Had enough to do without.
But we whipped them, Master Rayburn, and made the beggars run." "Where was this ?" cried the old man.
"In the vale at the foot of Ergles.

They came down from the cave there." "Were they a set of disbanded soldiers--those who came up to Cliff Castle, Ralph ?" "Yes, and to the Black Tor, too," cried Mark.
"I thought as much," said the old man eagerly.

"Then this accounts for the witches seen on the mountain, and the thefts that have taken place." "Too late, Master Rayburn," cried Mark, laughing.

"We caught that fish first .-- Didn't we, Darley ?" "Yes; we said that was it," replied Ralph.
"Then I am too late; and I had made up my mind to go out that way, after I had taken home my fish--after dark--and watch.

So you had to run for it ?" "Well, I don't know about that," said Mark bluntly.