The Shadow Of Tyburn Tree (1970) - Plot & Excerpts
Had it been a case of steel to steel he would have chosen a rapier every time, but a blow from a heavy cudgel might easily snap a thin blade; moreover, if driven home by a thrust of any force into the muscle of an antagonist it was liable to become gripped there and prove difficult to pull out. As he recovered from the stroke with which he had wounded the man in front of the door, a big fellow in a leather jerkin made a swing at his head. He ducked, and struck sideways at the man’s body. The blow was a glancing one, and the leather turned it, but the man backed away with a grunt. Swivelling round, Roger was only just in time to parry a swipe from a thick-set ruffian, and using the agility which was one of his principal assets in a fight, landed him a sharp kick on the knee. But he was too late to avoid the fourth man’s cudgel. It descended with a dull thud on the back of his left shoulder-blade, knocking him forward, so that he stumbled and nearly fell. His sudden lurch saved him from the big fellow’s second stroke.
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