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Chapter 25

           "ByStMichael,"answeredFront-de-Boeuf,"Iwouldthoucouldststandthewholebruntofthisadventurethyself,DeBracy.Thesefellowsdarednothaveactedwithsuchinconceivableimpudence,hadtheynotbeensupportedbysomestrongbands.Thereareenoughofoutlawsinthisforesttoresentmyprotectingthedeer.Ididbuttieonefellow,whowastakenredhandedandinthefact,tothehornsofawildstag,whichgoredhimtodeathinfiveminutes,andIhadasmanyarrowsshotatmeastherewerelaunchedagainstyondertargetatAshby.Here,fellow,"headded,tooneofhisattendants,"hastthousentouttoseebywhatforcethispreciouschallengeistobesupported?"

           "Thereareatleasttwohundredmenassembledinthewoods,"answeredasquirewhowasinattendance.

           "Hereisapropermatter!"saidFront-de-Boeuf,"thiscomesoflendingyoutheuseofmycastle,thatcannotmanageyourundertakingquietly,butyoumustbringthisnestofhornetsaboutmyears!"

           "Ofhornets?"saidDeBracy;"ofstinglessdronesrather;abandoflazyknaves,whotaketothewood,anddestroythevenisonratherthanlabourfortheirmaintenance."

           "Stingless!"repliedFront-de-Boeuf;"fork-headedshaftsofacloth-yardinlength,andtheseshotwithinthebreadthofaFrenchcrown,arestingenough."

           "Forshame,SirKnight!"saidtheTemplar."Letussummonourpeople,andsallyforthuponthem.Oneknightay,oneman-at-arms,wereenoughfortwentysuchpeasants."

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