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It took him a few minutes to recall what had happened and his whereabouts . Then he made his way to the canal , which was close by , washed the blood from his face , and set out to walk to Birmingham . He was too shaken and bruised to make much progress , and after walking for a while crept into the shelter of a haystack , and went off to sleep for many hours . After it was dusk in the evening he started again , and made his way to his lodgings at ten o'clock that night . It was a fortnight before he could leave his room , so bruised and cut was his face , and a month before the last sign of the struggle was obliterated , and he felt that he could return to Stokebridge without his appearance being noticed . There , great changes had taken place . The military had found the splintered door , the hose , and the still steaming water in the yard , and the particulars of the occurrence which had taken place had been pretty accurately judged .