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-- then I disdain it . I shall shake the dust off my feet and shall depart at once , and you will find out when too late that you drove away in such a scurvy fashion the truest friend you ever had , '' and boiling over with well-simulated fury , De la Zouch leapt from his chair and passed through the doorway , chuckling to himself at the success of his little scheme to extricate himself . He was liberated now from the awkwardness of his false position . His day 's rest and the attention he had received had done wonders towards effecting his recovery , and ordering a horse to be saddled , a few minutes later he passed out of the precincts of the Hall , and hoping that he would never have occasion to return , he mustered up his strength and started out upon a midnight ride to Ashby . But in these cases We still have judgment that we but teach Bloody instructions , which , being taught , return To plague th ' inventor ; this evil-handed justice Commends th ' ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips . SHAKESPEAKE . When Eustace delivered his charges into the hands of the chamberlain at Ashby his task was ended , and he had no further responsibility in the matter .