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Chapter 18

           Hemaystriketheheadfrommehemayscourgemehemayloadmewithironsbuthenceforthheshallnevercompelmeeithertoloveortoobeyhim.Gotohim,then,andtellhimthatGurththesonofBeowulphrenounceshisservice."

           "Assuredly,"saidWamba,"foolasIam,Ishallnotdoyourfool’serrand.Cedrichathanotherjavelinstuckintohisgirdle,andthouknowesthedoesnotalwaysmisshismark."

           "Icarenot,"repliedGurth,"howsoonhemakesamarkofme.YesterdayheleftWilfred,myyoungmaster,inhisblood.To-dayhehasstriventokillbeforemyfacetheonlyotherlivingcreaturethatevershowedmekindness.ByStEdmund,StDunstan,StWithold,StEdwardtheConfessor,andeveryotherSaxonsaintinthecalendar,"(forCedricneversworebyanythatwasnotofSaxonlineage,andallhishouseholdhadthesamelimiteddevotion,)"Iwillneverforgivehim!"

           "Tomythinkingnow,"saidtheJester,whowasfrequentlywonttoactaspeace-makerinthefamily,"ourmasterdidnotproposetohurtFangs,butonlytoaffrighthim.For,ifyouobserved,heroseinhisstirrups,astherebymeaningtoovercastthemark;andsohewouldhavedone,butFangshappeningtoboundupattheverymoment,receivedascratch,whichIwillbeboundtohealwithapenny’sbreadthoftar."

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