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side, one challenged the other, and they soon got 

 into line in the hollow, the fox leading. Stragglers 

 got to the scent, and off they went by the burnt 

 houses, where the Squire's horse rolled over into 

 a sand-pit. The fox made for the Severn, but 

 turned in the direction of Buildwas, and was run 

 into in the moonlight, among the ivied ruins of the 

 Abbey." 



