BOOK V
CROOKBACK
I. THE SHRILL TRUMPET 261
II. THE BATTLE OF SHOREBY 270
III. THE BATTLE OF SHOREBY ( Concluded ) 279
IV. THE SACK OF SHOREBY 285
V. NIGHT IN THE WOODS: ALICIA RISINGHAM 298
VI. NIGHT IN THE WOODS ( Concluded ): d**k AND JOAN 308
VII. d**k'S REVENGE 320
VIII. CONCLUSION 325
ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING PAGE
"Now, mark me, mine host," Sir Daniel said, "follow but mine orders and I shall be your good lord ever" 26
In the fork, like a mastheaded seaman, there stood a man in a green tabard, spying far and wide 56
Lastly, a little before dawn, a spearman had come staggering to the moat side, pierced by arrows 98
"We must be in the dungeons," d**k remarked 128
The little cockle dipped into the swell and staggered under every gust of wind 174
And Lawless, keeping half a s
