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Chapter 25

           SignedbyusupontheeveofStWithold’sday,underthegreattrystingoakintheHart-hillWalk,theabovebeingwrittenbyaholyman,ClerktoGod,ourLady,andStDunstan,intheChapelofCopmanhurst."

           Atthebottomofthisdocumentwasscrawled,inthefirstplace,arudesketchofacock’sheadandcomb,withalegendexpressingthishieroglyphictobethesign-manualofWamba,sonofWitless.Underthisrespectableemblemstoodacross,statedtobethemarkofGurth,thesonofBeowulph.Thenwaswritten,inroughboldcharacters,thewords,"LeNoirFaineant".And,toconcludethewhole,anarrow,neatlyenoughdrawn,wasdescribedasthemarkoftheyeomanLocksley.

           Theknightsheardthisuncommondocumentreadfromendtoend,andthengazeduponeachotherinsilentamazement,asbeingutterlyatalosstoknowwhatitcouldportend.DeBracywasthefirsttobreaksilencebyanuncontrollablefitoflaughter,whereinhewasjoined,thoughwithmoremoderation,bytheTemplar.Front-de-Boeuf,onthecontrary,seemedimpatientoftheirill-timedjocularity.

           "Igiveyouplainwarning,"hesaid,"fairsirs,thatyouhadbetterconsulthowtobearyourselvesunderthesecircumstances,thangivewaytosuchmisplacedmerriment."

           "Front-de-Boeufhasnotrecoveredhistempersincehislateoverthrow,"saidDeBracytotheTemplar;"heiscowedattheveryideaofacartel,thoughitcomebutfromafoolandaswineherd."

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