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Chapter 26

           "What!"saidtheTemplar,whocameintothehallthatmoment,"musterthewaspssothickhere?itistimetostiflesuchamischievousbrood."ThentakingFront-de-Boeufaside"Knowestthouthepriest?"

           "Heisastrangerfromadistantconvent,"saidFront-de-Boeuf;"Iknowhimnot."

           "Thentrusthimnotwiththypurposeinwords,"answeredtheTemplar."LethimcarryawrittenordertoDeBracy’scompanyofFreeCompanions,torepairinstantlytotheirmaster’said.Inthemeantime,andthattheshavelingmaysuspectnothing,permithimtogofreelyabouthistaskofpreparingtheseSaxonhogsfortheslaughter-house."

           "Itshallbeso,"saidFront-de-Boeuf.AndheforthwithappointedadomestictoconductWambatotheapartmentwhereCedricandAthelstanewereconfined.

           TheimpatienceofCedrichadbeenratherenhancedthandiminishedbyhisconfinement.Hewalkedfromoneendofthehalltotheother,withtheattitudeofonewhoadvancestochargeanenemy,ortostormthebreachofabeleagueredplace,sometimesejaculatingtohimself,sometimesaddressingAthelstane,whostoutlyandstoicallyawaitedtheissueoftheadventure,digesting,inthemeantime,withgreatcomposure,theliberalmealwhichhehadmadeatnoon,andnotgreatlyinterestinghimselfaboutthedurationofhiscaptivity,whichheconcluded,would,likeallearthlyevils,findanendinHeaven’sgoodtime.

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