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Chapter 7

           Hisfriends,andhehadmany,who,aswellasCedric,werepassionatelyattachedtohim,contendedthatthissluggishtemperarosenotfromwantofcourage,butfrommerewantofdecision;othersallegedthathishereditaryviceofdrunkennesshadobscuredhisfaculties,neverofaveryacuteorder,andthatthepassivecourageandmeekgood-naturewhichremainedbehind,weremerelythedregsofacharacterthatmighthavebeendeservingofpraise,butofwhichallthevaluablepartshadflownoffintheprogressofalongcourseofbrutaldebauchery.

           Itwastothisperson,suchaswehavedescribedhim,thatthePrinceaddressedhisimperiouscommandtomakeplaceforIsaacandRebecca.Athelstane,utterlyconfoundedatanorderwhichthemannersandfeelingsofthetimesrenderedsoinjuriouslyinsulting,unwillingtoobey,yetundeterminedhowtoresist,opposedonlythe"visinertiae"tothewillofJohn;and,withoutstirringormakinganymotionwhateverofobedience,openedhislargegreyeyes,andstaredatthePrincewithanastonishmentwhichhadinitsomethingextremelyludicrous.ButtheimpatientJohnregardeditinnosuchlight.

           "TheSaxonporker,"hesaid,"iseitherasleepormindsmenotPrickhimwithyourlance,DeBracy,"speakingtoaknightwhorodenearhim,theleaderofabandofFreeCompanions,orCondottieri;thatis,ofmercenariesbelongingtonoparticularnation,butattachedforthetimetoanyprincebywhomtheywerepaid.

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