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Chapter 19

           "InthenameofGod!"saidGurth,"howcametheyprisoners?—andtowhom?"

           "Ourmasterwastooreadytofight,"saidtheJester;"andAthelstanewasnotreadyenough,andnootherpersonwasreadyatall.Andtheyareprisonerstogreencassocks,andblackvisors.Andtheyliealltumbledaboutonthegreen,likethecrab-applesthatyoushakedowntoyourswine.AndIwouldlaughatit,"saidthehonestJester,"ifIcouldforweeping."Andheshedtearsofunfeignedsorrow.

           Gurth’scountenancekindled—"Wamba,"hesaid,"thouhastaweapon,andthyheartwaseverstrongerthanthybrain,—weareonlytwo—butasuddenattackfrommenofresolutionwilldomuch—followme!"

           "Whither?—andforwhatpurpose?"saidtheJester.

           "TorescueCedric."

           "Butyouhaverenouncedhisservicebutnow,"saidWamba.

           "That,"saidGurth,"wasbutwhilehewasfortunate—followme!"

           AstheJesterwasabouttoobey,athirdpersonsuddenlymadehisappearance,andcommandedthembothtohalt.Fromhisdressandarms,Wambawouldhaveconjecturedhimtobeoneofthoseoutlawswhohadjustassailedhismaster;but,besidesthatheworenomask,theglitteringbaldricacrosshisshoulder,withtherichbugle-hornwhichitsupported,aswellasthecalmandcommandingexpressionofhisvoiceandmanner,madehim,notwithstandingthetwilight,recogniseLocksleytheyeoman,whohadbeenvictorious,undersuchdisadvantageouscircumstances,inthecontestfortheprizeofarchery.

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