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Chapter 9

           Therewerealsosomewhodroppedtheirveilsovertheircharms;but,astheWardourManuscriptsaysthesewerefaironesoftenyearsstanding,itmaybesupposedthat,havinghadtheirfullshareofsuchvanities,theywerewillingtowithdrawtheirclaim,inordertogiveafairchancetotherisingbeautiesoftheage.

           AtlengththechampionpausedbeneaththebalconyinwhichtheLadyRowenawasplaced,andtheexpectationofthespectatorswasexcitedtotheutmost.

           Itmustbeowned,thatifaninterestdisplayedinhissuccesscouldhavebribedtheDisinheritedKnight,thepartofthelistsbeforewhichhepausedhadmeritedhispredilection.CedrictheSaxon,overjoyedatthediscomfitureoftheTemplar,andstillmoresoatthemiscarriageofhistwomalevolentneighbours,Front-de-BoeufandMalvoisin,had,withhisbodyhalfstretchedoverthebalcony,accompaniedthevictorineachcourse,notwithhiseyesonly,butwithhiswholeheartandsoul.TheLadyRowenahadwatchedtheprogressofthedaywithequalattention,thoughwithoutopenlybetrayingthesameintenseinterest.EventheunmovedAthelstanehadshownsymptomsofshakingoffhisapathy,when,callingforahugegobletofmuscadine,hequaffedittothehealthoftheDisinheritedKnight.Anothergroup,stationedunderthegalleryoccupiedbytheSaxons,hadshownnolessinterestinthefateoftheday.

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