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Chapter 25

           "Enough,andtoomuch,"saidDeBracy;"Ishouldonlybeashamedtocouchlanceagainstthem."

           "True,"answeredFront-de-Boeuf;"weretheyblackTurksorMoors,SirTemplar,orthecravenpeasantsofFrance,mostvaliantDeBracy;buttheseareEnglishyeomen,overwhomweshallhavenoadvantage,savewhatwemayderivefromourarmsandhorses,whichwillavailuslittleinthegladesoftheforest.Sally,saidstthou?wehavescarcemenenoughtodefendthecastle.ThebestofmineareatYork;soisallyourband,DeBracy;andwehavescarcelytwenty,besidesthehandfulthatwereengagedinthismadbusiness."

           "Thoudostnotfear,"saidtheTemplar,"thattheycanassembleinforcesufficienttoattemptthecastle?"

           "Notso,SirBrian,"answeredFront-de-Boeuf."Theseoutlawshaveindeedadaringcaptain;butwithoutmachines,scalingladders,andexperiencedleaders,mycastlemaydefythem."

           "Sendtothyneighbours,"saidtheTemplar,"letthemassembletheirpeople,andcometotherescueofthreeknights,besiegedbyajesterandaswineherdinthebaronialcastleofReginaldFront-de-Boeuf!"

           "Youjest,SirKnight,"answeredthebaron;"buttowhomshouldIsend?MalvoisinisbythistimeatYorkwithhisretainers,andsoaremyotherallies;andsoshouldIhavebeen,butforthisinfernalenterprise."

           "ThensendtoYork,andrecallourpeople,"saidDeBracy.

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