How on earth does it
concern you?”
Annabel laughed hardly. It was a curious sight to see how this extraordinary woman, who, it has been
said, was not less remarkable for the extreme delicacy of her features, and the
faultless symmetry of her figure, than for her wonderful strength and agility,
conducted herself in the present encounter; with what dexterity she parried every
blow aimed against her by her adversary, whose head and face, already marked
by various ruddy streams, showed how successfully her own hits had been made;
—how she drew him hither and thither, now leading him on, now driving him
suddenly back; harassing and exhausting him in every possible way, and making
it apparent that she could at any moment put an end to the fight, and only
delayed the finishing stroke to make his punishment the more severe. Of this man Kneebone resolved to go in pursuit; and
leaving Jack in charge of the constable, he proceeded to the small inn,—which
bore then, as it bears now, the name of the Six Bells,—where, summoning the
hostler, his steed was instantly brought him, and, springing on its back, he rode
away at full speed. "
So saying, he scrambled over the rubbish, and got into the chimney. Kneebone in a conciliatory tone. Manning
leaned forward on the table, talking discursively on the probable brilliance of
their married life.
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