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Chapter 9

           Lookathimmoreclosely,"hecontinued,"yourhighnesswillseethathewantsthreeinchesofKingRichard’sheight,andtwiceasmuchofhisshoulder-breadth.Theveryhorsehebacks,couldnothavecarriedtheponderousweightofKingRichardthroughasinglecourse."

           Whilehewasyetspeaking,themarshalsbroughtforwardtheDisinheritedKnighttothefootofawoodenflightofsteps,whichformedtheascentfromtheliststoPrinceJohn’sthrone.Stilldiscomposedwiththeideathathisbrother,somuchinjured,andtowhomhewassomuchindebted,hadsuddenlyarrivedinhisnativekingdom,eventhedistinctionspointedoutbyFitzursedidnotaltogetherremovethePrince’sapprehensions;andwhile,withashortandembarrassedeulogyuponhisvalour,hecausedtobedeliveredtohimthewar-horseassignedastheprize,hetrembledlestfromthebarredvisorofthemailedformbeforehim,ananswermightbereturned,inthedeepandawfulaccentsofRichardtheLion-hearted.

           ButtheDisinheritedKnightspokenotawordinreplytothecomplimentofthePrince,whichheonlyacknowledgedwithaprofoundobeisance.

           Thehorsewasledintothelistsbytwogroomsrichlydressed,theanimalitselfbeingfullyaccoutredwiththerichestwar-furniture;which,however,scarcelyaddedtothevalueofthenoblecreatureintheeyesofthosewhowerejudges.

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