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Chapter 8

           Hisfirsthadonlybornethegeneraldeviceofhisrider,representingtwoknightsridingupononehorse,anemblemexpressiveoftheoriginalhumilityandpovertyoftheTemplars,qualitieswhichtheyhadsinceexchangedforthearroganceandwealththatfinallyoccasionedtheirsuppression.Bois-Guilbert’snewshieldborearaveninfullflight,holdinginitsclawsaskull,andbearingthemotto,"GareleCorbeau".

           Whenthetwochampionsstoodopposedtoeachotheratthetwoextremitiesofthelists,thepublicexpectationwasstrainedtothehighestpitch.FewauguredthepossibilitythattheencountercouldterminatewellfortheDisinheritedKnight,yethiscourageandgallantrysecuredthegeneralgoodwishesofthespectators.

           Thetrumpetshadnosoonergiventhesignal,thanthechampionsvanishedfromtheirpostswiththespeedoflightning,andclosedinthecentreofthelistswiththeshockofathunderbolt.Thelancesburstintoshiversuptotheverygrasp,anditseemedatthemomentthatbothknightshadfallen,fortheshockhadmadeeachhorserecoilbackwardsuponitshaunches.Theaddressoftheridersrecoveredtheirsteedsbyuseofthebridleandspur;andhavingglaredoneachotherforaninstantwitheyeswhichseemedtoflashfirethroughthebarsoftheirvisors,eachmadeademi-volte,and,retiringtotheextremityofthelists,receivedafreshlancefromtheattendants.

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