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Chapter 2

           "True,ReverendSirKnight,"answeredthePalmer,towhomtheappearanceoftheTemplarseemedperfectlyfamiliar;"butwhenthosewhoareunderoathtorecovertheholycity,arefoundtravellingatsuchadistancefromthesceneoftheirduties,canyouwonderthatapeacefulpeasantlikemeshoulddeclinethetaskwhichtheyhaveabandoned?"

           TheTemplarwouldhavemadeanangryreply,butwasinterruptedbythePrior,whoagainexpressedhisastonishment,thattheirguide,aftersuchlongabsence,shouldbesoperfectlyacquaintedwiththepassesoftheforest.

           "Iwasbornanativeoftheseparts,"answeredtheirguide,andashemadethereplytheystoodbeforethemansionofCedric;alowirregularbuilding,containingseveralcourt-yardsorenclosures,extendingoveraconsiderablespaceofground,andwhich,thoughitssizearguedtheinhabitanttobeapersonofwealth,differedentirelyfromthetall,turretted,andcastellatedbuildingsinwhichtheNormannobilityresided,andwhichhadbecometheuniversalstyleofarchitecturethroughoutEngland.

           Rotherwoodwasnot,however,withoutdefences;nohabitation,inthatdisturbedperiod,couldhavebeenso,withouttheriskofbeingplunderedandburntbeforethenextmorning.Adeepfosse,orditch,wasdrawnroundthewholebuilding,andfilledwithwaterfromaneighbouringstream.Adoublestockade,orpalisade,composedofpointedbeams,whichtheadjacentforestsupplied,defendedtheouterandinnerbankofthetrench

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