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shoved aside and swept out of the way, till presently she felt a hand laid on her shoulder, and found it was the Carline, who spake: Come out now amidst all this hubbub ere some one think of it to shut the gates. Come speedily. And they came outside the gate, and found none there, but two horses, and saddle-bags and a pack upon each. And the Carline said: Mount now, and we will go as thy dead friend bade us; for none may stay us now, and these horses are our very own. Now will we ride away, to-night it may be as far as the Grey Sisters, but to-morrow further.