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Chapter 26

           Takeafool’sadvicenow,andyouwillnotbeherelong."

           "Howmean’stthou,knave?"answeredtheSaxon.

           "Eventhus,"repliedWamba;"takethouthisfrockandcord,whicharealltheordersIeverhad,andmarchquietlyoutofthecastle,leavingmeyourcloakandgirdletotakethelongleapinthystead."

           "Leavetheeinmystead!"saidCedric,astonishedattheproposal;"why,theywouldhangthee,mypoorknave."

           "E’enletthemdoastheyarepermitted,"saidWamba;"ItrustnodisparagementtoyourbirththatthesonofWitlessmayhanginachainwithasmuchgravityasthechainhunguponhisancestorthealderman."

           "Well,Wamba,"answeredCedric,"foronethingwillIgrantthyrequest.Andthatis,ifthouwiltmaketheexchangeofgarmentswithLordAthelstaneinsteadofme."

           "No,byStDunstan,"answeredWamba;"therewerelittlereasoninthat.Goodrightthereis,thatthesonofWitlessshouldsuffertosavethesonofHereward;butlittlewisdomtherewereinhisdyingforthebenefitofonewhosefatherswerestrangerstohis."

           "Villain,"saidCedric,"thefathersofAthelstaneweremonarchsofEngland!"

           "Theymightbewhomsoevertheypleased,"repliedWamba;"butmyneckstandstoostraightuponmyshoulderstohaveittwistedfortheirsake.Wherefore,goodmymaster,eithertakemyprofferyourself,orsuffermetoleavethisdungeonasfreeasIentered."

           "Lettheoldtreewither,"continuedCedric,"sothestatelyhopeoftheforestbepreserved.

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