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and on the left Belvoir Castle. The prospect however 

 which interfered, so far as Turpin was concerned, with 

 these scenic surroundings, took the form of a gibbet on 

 the round point of hill which is a landmark to the whole 

 plain of Belvoir : and to complete the disillusionment, 

 two " scarecrow objects covered with rags and rusty links 





Newark Castle. 



of chains depended from the tree." I need not mention 

 I hope that on being confronted with this coup de tJicdtre 

 prepared for him on a highway, Turpin looked up with 

 an involuntary shudder^and remarked, " Will this be my 

 lot, I wonder ? " any more than I need recount with 

 detail the immediate springing from beside a tuft of 

 briars that skirted the blasted heath, of a crouching 



