the door openopen, he heldholdhis breath so that he might not be discovered ; but a violent hand pulledpullaway a chair and the cushions fellfalldown .
Another time I rememberrememberhearinghearhim callcallthe village rat-catcher by sayingsay, " Come hither , thou three-days-and-three-nights , thou , " alludingallude, as I afterwards learnedlearn, to the rat-catcher 's periods of intoxication ; but I will tell no more of such trifles .
That day , while it was yet light , and he was diggingdigin a moist white-bordered wash for water , he was broughtbringsharply up by hearinghearthe crackcrackof hard hoofs on stone .