[St. George and St. Michael by George MacDonald]@TWC D-Link bookSt. George and St. Michael CHAPTER XXXVI 5/9
There for a moment they saw the whole body of the animal, as he scrambled out of the water up against the steep side of the moat--when suddenly, and most unaccountably to lady Margaret, he disappeared. 'I have it!' cried lord Herbert.
'What an ass I was not to think of it before! Come down with me, my dove, and I will show thee.
Dorothy's Marquis hath got into the drain of the moat! He is a large dog, and beyond a doubt that is where the young roundhead entered.
Who could have dreamed of such a thing! I had no thought it was such a size.' Dorothy, having made the circuit, and arrived again at the brick gate, found lord Herbert waiting there, and pulled up. 'I have seen nothing of him, my lord,' she said, as he came to her side. 'Shall I ride round once more ?' 'Do, prithee, for I see thou dost enjoy it.
But we have already learned all we want to know, so far as goeth to the security of the castle. There is but one marquis in Raglan, and he is, I believe, in the oak parlour.' 'You saw my Marquis make his exit then, my lord ?' 'My lady and I both saw him.' 'What then can have become of him ?--We went very fast, and I suppose he gave up the chase in despair.' 'Thou wilt find him the second round.
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