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Chapter 20

           "Heavenforgiveyou,SirTraveller!"saidthehermit,whoseownnoise,andperhapshisnocturnalpotations,preventedfromrecognisingaccentswhichweretolerablyfamiliartohim"Wendonyourway,inthenameofGodandSaintDunstan,anddisturbnotthedevotionsofmeandmyholybrother."

           "Madpriest,"answeredthevoicefromwithout,"opentoLocksley!"

           "All’ssafeall’sright,"saidthehermittohiscompanion.

           "Butwhoishe?"saidtheBlackKnight;"itimportsmemuchtoknow."

           "Whoishe?"answeredthehermit;"Itelltheeheisafriend."

           "Butwhatfriend?"answeredtheknight;"forhemaybefriendtotheeandnoneofmine?"

           "Whatfriend?"repliedthehermit;"that,now,isoneofthequestionsthatismoreeasilyaskedthananswered.Whatfriend?why,heis,nowthatIbethinkmealittle,theverysamehonestkeeperItoldtheeofawhilesince."

           "Ay,ashonestakeeperasthouartapioushermit,"repliedtheknight,"Idoubtitnot.Butundothedoortohimbeforehebeatitfromitshinges."

           Thedogs,inthemeantime,whichhadmadeadreadfulbayingatthecommencementofthedisturbance,seemednowtorecognisethevoiceofhimwhostoodwithout;for,totallychangingtheirmanner,theyscratchedandwhinedatthedoor,asifintercedingforhisadmission.Thehermitspeedilyunboltedhisportal,andadmittedLocksley,withhistwocompanions.

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