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Chapter 15

           MostofthemconsentedtoattendtheproposedmeetingatYork,forthepurposeofmakinggeneralarrangementsforplacingthecrownupontheheadofPrinceJohn.

           Itwaslateatnight,when,wornoutandexhaustedwithhisvariousexertions,howevergratifiedwiththeresult,Fitzurse,returningtotheCastleofAshby,metwithDeBracy,whohadexchangedhisbanquetinggarmentsforashortgreenkirtle,withhoseofthesameclothandcolour,aleatherncaporhead-piece,ashortsword,ahornslungoverhisshoulder,alongbowinhishand,andabundleofarrowsstuckinhisbelt.HadFitzursemetthisfigureinanouterapartment,hewouldhavepassedhimwithoutnotice,asoneoftheyeomenoftheguard;butfindinghimintheinnerhall,helookedathimwithmoreattention,andrecognisedtheNormanknightinthedressofanEnglishyeoman.

           "Whatmummeryisthis,DeBracy?"saidFitzurse,somewhatangrily;"isthisatimeforChristmasgambolsandquaintmaskings,whenthefateofourmaster,PrinceJohn,isontheveryvergeofdecision?Whyhastthounotbeen,likeme,amongtheseheartlesscravens,whomtheverynameofKingRichardterrifies,asitissaidtodothechildrenoftheSaracens?"

           "Ihavebeenattendingtomineownbusiness,"answeredDeBracycalmly,"asyou,Fitzurse,havebeenmindingyours."

           "Imindingmineownbusiness!"echoedWaldemar;"IhavebeenengagedinthatofPrinceJohn,ourjointpatron."

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