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Chapter 27

           "AndfullleavewillIgivetheetodoboth,"answeredCedric,leavingthepostern,andstridingforthoverthefreefieldwithajoyfulstep,"if,whenwemeetnext,Ideservenotbetteratthinehand."—Turningthenbacktowardsthecastle,hethrewthepieceofgoldtowardsthedonor,exclaimingatthesametime,"FalseNorman,thymoneyperishwiththee!"

           Front-de-Boeufheardthewordsimperfectly,buttheactionwassuspicious—"Archers,"hecalledtothewardersontheoutwardbattlements,"sendmeanarrowthroughyonmonk’sfrock!—yetstay,"hesaid,ashisretainerswerebendingtheirbows,"itavailsnot—wemustthusfartrusthimsincewehavenobettershift.Ithinkhedaresnotbetrayme—attheworstIcanbuttreatwiththeseSaxondogswhomIhavesafeinkennel.—Ho!Gilesjailor,letthembringCedricofRotherwoodbeforeme,andtheotherchurl,hiscompanion—himImeanofConingsburgh—Athelstanethere,orwhatcalltheyhim?TheirverynamesareanencumbrancetoaNormanknight’smouth,andhave,asitwere,aflavourofbacon—Givemeastoupofwine,asjollyPrinceJohnsaid,thatImaywashawaytherelish—placeitinthearmoury,andthitherleadtheprisoners."

           Hiscommandswereobeyed;and,uponenteringthatGothicapartment,hungwithmanyspoilswonbyhisownvalourandthatofhisfather,hefoundaflagonofwineonthemassiveoakentable,andthetwoSaxoncaptivesundertheguardoffourofhisdependants.

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