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Chapter 20

           "ClerkmenoClerks,"repliedthetransformedpriest;"bySaintGeorgeandtheDragon,Iamnolongerashavelingthanwhilemyfrockisonmyback—WhenIamcasedinmygreencassock,Iwilldrink,swear,andwooalass,withanyblitheforesterintheWestRiding."

           "Comeon,JackPriest,"saidLocksley,"andbesilent;thouartasnoisyasawholeconventonaholyeve,whentheFatherAbbothasgonetobed.—Comeonyou,too,mymasters,tarrynottotalkofit—Isay,comeon,wemustcollectallourforces,andfewenoughweshallhave,ifwearetostormtheCastleofReginaldFront-de-Boeuf."

           "What!isitFront-de-Boeuf,"saidtheBlackKnight,"whohasstoptontheking’shighwaytheking’sliegesubjects?—Isheturnedthiefandoppressor?"

           "Oppressorheeverwas,"saidLocksley.

           "Andforthief,"saidthepriest,"Idoubtifeverhewereevenhalfsohonestamanasmanyathiefofmyacquaintance."

           "Moveon,priest,andbesilent,"saidtheyeoman;"itwerebetteryouledthewaytotheplaceofrendezvous,thansaywhatshouldbeleftunsaid,bothindecencyandprudence."

           

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