Chapter 34 THE HUE AND CRY

Six gentlemen upon the road

Thus seeing Gilpin fly,

With postboy scampering in the rear,

They raised the hue and cry:

Stop thief! stop thief! a highwayman!

Not one of them was mute;

And all and each that passed that way

Did join in the pursuit.

John Gilpin.

Arrived at the brow of the hill, whence such a beautiful view of