so loud , that they all ranrunback in a fright ; and some of them , as I was afterwards toldtell, were hurthurtwith the fallsfallthey got by leapingleapfrom my sides upon the ground .
Six or eight men leapedleaptheir horses clean over , close upon the dogs .
It was only that afternoon that May Welland had letlethim guessguessthat she " cared " ( New York 's consecrated phrase of maiden avowal ) , and already his imagination , leapingleapahead of the engagement ring , the betrothal kiss and the march from Lohengrin , picturedpictureher at his side in some scene of old European witchery .