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Chapter 18

           Immediatelyuponretiringfromthecastle,theSaxonthanes,withtheirattendants,tookhorse;anditwasduringthebustlewhichattendedtheirdoingso,thatCedric,forthefirsttime,casthiseyesuponthedeserterGurth.ThenobleSaxonhadreturnedfromthebanquet,aswehaveseen,innoveryplacidhumour,andwantedbutapretextforwreakinghisangeruponsomeone.

           "Thegyves!"hesaid,"thegyves!OswaldHundibert!Dogsandvillains!whyleaveyetheknaveunfettered?"

           Withoutdaringtoremonstrate,thecompanionsofGurthboundhimwithahalter,asthereadiestcordwhichoccurred.Hesubmittedtotheoperationwithoutremonstrance,exceptthat,dartingareproachfullookathismaster,hesaid,"Thiscomesoflovingyourfleshandbloodbetterthanmineown."

           "Tohorse,andforward!"saidCedric.

           "Itisindeedfulltime,"saidthenobleAthelstane;"for,ifweridenotthefaster,theworthyAbbotWaltheoff’spreparationsforarere-supperwillbealtogetherspoiled."

           Thetravellers,however,usedsuchspeedastoreachtheconventofStWithold’sbeforetheapprehendedeviltookplace.TheAbbot,himselfofancientSaxondescent,receivedthenobleSaxonswiththeprofuseandexuberanthospitalityoftheirnation,whereintheyindulgedtoalate,orratheranearlyhour;nordidtheytakeleaveoftheirreverendhostthenextmorninguntiltheyhadsharedwithhimasumptuousrefection.

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