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Chapter 14

           "Togetherwiththecourageandconduct,"saidBriandeBois-Guilbert,"bywhichtheydistinguishedthemselvesatHastingsandelsewhere."

           While,withsmoothandsmilingcheek,thecourtiers,eachinturn,followedtheirPrince’sexample,andaimedashaftofridiculeatCedric,thefaceoftheSaxonbecameinflamedwithpassion,andheglancedhiseyesfiercelyfromonetoanother,asifthequicksuccessionofsomanyinjurieshadpreventedhisreplyingtotheminturn;or,likeabaitedbull,who,surroundedbyhistormentors,isatalosstochoosefromamongthemtheimmediateobjectofhisrevenge.Atlengthhespoke,inavoicehalfchokedwithpassion;and,addressinghimselftoPrinceJohnastheheadandfrontoftheoffencewhichhehadreceived,"Whatever,"hesaid,"havebeenthefolliesandvicesofourrace,aSaxonwouldhavebeenheldnidering,"(themostemphatictermforabjectworthlessness,)"whoshouldinhisownhall,andwhilehisownwine-cuppassed,havetreated,orsufferedtobetreated,anunoffendingguestasyourhighnesshasthisdaybeheldmeused;andwhateverwasthemisfortuneofourfathersonthefieldofHastings,thosemayatleastbesilent,"herehelookedatFront-de-BoeufandtheTemplar,"whohavewithinthesefewhoursonceandagainlostsaddleandstirrupbeforethelanceofaSaxon."

           "Bymyfaith,abitingjest!"saidPrinceJohn.

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