There will be two dogs, at least, or devils in dog's hides." "Then we must kill two instead of one.

The moment they are dead, into the coppice again, and go right back." "That is a good thought, Gerard," said Martin, plucking up heart.
"Hush! the men are in the wood." Gerard now gave his orders in a whisper.
"Stand you with your bow by the side of the coppice--there, in the ditch.

I will go but a few yards to yon oak-tree, and hide behind it; the dogs will follow me, and, as they come out, shoot as many as you can, the rest will I brain as they come round the tree." Martin's eye flashed.

They took up their places.
The hooping and hallooing came closer and closer, and soon even the rustling of the young wood was heard, and every now and then the unerring bloodhound gave a single bay.
It was terrible! the branches rustling nearer and nearer, and the inevitable struggle for life and death coming on minute by minute, and that death-knell leading it.

A trembling hand was laid on Gerard's shoulder.