Lads

Hasten, my lads!

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The two lads who slept in the chaff-cutting loft above the harness-room were quickly aroused.

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Tom sneaked out and had a few pints with the lads.

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At night the savage cry of the wolf too often disturbed the rest of the scattered dwellers in that vast forest, and made a belated traveller look well to the sharpness of his weapons and the temper of his bowstring; but by day and in the sunlight the forest was beautiful and quiet enough—something too quiet, perhaps, for the taste of the two handsome lads who were pacing the dim aisles together, their arms entwined and their curly heads in close proximity as they walked and talked.

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