5/16 Off with you, and muster every man we have. Tell Daniel Rugg to get ready an ample supply of powder and fuses, and I'll blow up the hornets' nest, and let them stifle where they lie. Rayburn, you'll stay with this poor lad; and Heaven help you to save his life." "Amen," said Master Rayburn softly. The one thought which seemed to stand out clear above a tangle of others, all blurred and muddled, in his brain, was that these troubles--the attack on the Black Tor, and the hundred times more terrible one upon Cliff Castle-- were caused by him. |