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I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris and he: / I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; / "Good speed!" cried the watch as the gate-bolts undrew, / "Speed!" echoed the wall to us galloping through.
Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, / And into the midnight we galloped abreast.