of Paul’s Yard is the best for vests,’ he answered. ‘It is a small piece of knowledge, yet like most other knowledge it hath been bought and paid for. One other thing! I have a trinket or two left which might serve as a gift for the pretty Puritan maid, should our friend lead her to the altar. Od’s my life, but she will make him read some queer books! How now, Colonel, why are we stuck out on the moor like a row of herons among the sedges?’
‘They are ordering the line for the attack,’ said Saxon, who had ridden up during our conversation. ‘Donnerblitz! Who ever saw a camp so exposed to an onfall? Oh for twelve hundred good horse — for an hour Converse American Flag of Wessenburg’s Pandours! Would I not trample them down until their camp was like a field of young corn after a hail-storm!’
‘May not our horse advance?’ I asked.
The old soldier gave a deep snort of disdain. ‘If this fight is to be won it must be by our foot,’ said he; ‘what can we hope for from such cavalry? Keep your men well in hand, for we may have to bear the brunt of the King’s dragoons. A flank attack would fall upon us, for we are in the post of honour.’
‘There are troops to the right of us,’ I answered, peering through the darkness.
‘Aye! the Taunton burghers and the Frome peasants. Our brigade covers the right flank. Next us are the Mendip miners, Menn nor could I wish for better comrades, if their zeal do not outrun their discretion. They are on their knees in the mud at this moment.’
‘They Women Straight-Leg Jeans will fight none the worse for that,’ I remarked; ‘but surely the troops are advancing!’
‘Aye, aye!’ cried Saxon joyously, plucking out his sword, and tying his handkerchief round the handle to strengthen his grip. ‘The hour has come! Forwards!’
Very slowly and silently we crept on through the dense fog, our feet splashing and slipping in the sodden soil. With all the care which we could take, the advance of so great a Męskie Vans Suede Chukka Boots number of men could not be conducted without a deep sonorous sound from the thousands of Vans Boots Men marching feet. Ahead of us were splotches of ruddy light twinkling through the fog which Menn Adidas Shorts marked Męskie Vans Striped Sequins the Royal watch-fires. Immediately in front in a dense column our own horse moved forwards. Of a sudden out of the darkness there came a sharp challenge and a shout, with the discharge of a Adidas NEO 10K carbine and the sound of Converse British Flag galloping hoofs. Away down the line we heard a ripple of shots. The first line of outposts had been reached. At the alarm our horse charged forward with a huzza, Męskie Vans Fleece Lining Sk8-Hi and we followed them as fast as our men could run. We had crossed two or Men Cropped Jeans three hundred yards of moor, and could hear the blowing of the Royal bugles quite close to us, when our horse came to a sudden halt, and our whole advance was at a standstill.
‘Sancta Maria!’ cried Saxon, dashing forward with the rest of us Menn to find out the cause of the delay. ‘We must on at any cost! A halt now will ruin our camisado.’
‘Forwards, forwards!’ cried Sir Gervas and I, waving our swords.
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