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Chapter 8

           Athelstanetooktheobservationasaseriouscompliment;butCedric,whobetterunderstoodtheJester’smeaning,dartedathimasevereandmenacinglook;andluckyitwasforWamba,perhaps,thatthetimeandplacepreventedhisreceiving,notwithstandinghisplaceandservice,moresensiblemarksofhismaster’sresentment.

           Thepauseinthetournamentwasstilluninterrupted,exceptingbythevoicesoftheheraldsexclaiming"Loveofladies,splinteringoflances!standforthgallantknights,faireyeslookuponyourdeeds!"

           Themusicalsoofthechallengersbreathedfromtimetotimewildburstsexpressiveoftriumphordefiance,whiletheclownsgrudgedaholidaywhichseemedtopassawayininactivity;andoldknightsandnobleslamentedinwhispersthedecayofmartialspirit,spokeofthetriumphsoftheiryoungerdays,butagreedthatthelanddidnotnowsupplydamesofsuchtranscendentbeautyashadanimatedthejoustsofformertimes.PrinceJohnbegantotalktohisattendantsaboutmakingreadythebanquet,andthenecessityofadjudgingtheprizetoBriandeBois-Guilbert,whohad,withasinglespear,overthrowntwoknights,andfoiledathird.

           Atlength,astheSaracenicmusicofthechallengersconcludedoneofthoselongandhighflourisheswithwhichtheyhadbrokenthesilenceofthelists,itwasansweredbyasolitarytrumpet,whichbreathedanoteofdefiancefromthenorthernextremity.Alleyeswereturnedtoseethenewchampionwhichthesesoundsannounced,andnosoonerwerethebarriersopenedthanhepacedintothelists.

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