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Chapter 27

           TheslaveWambahasthisdaysavedthelifeofmyfatherCedricIwilllosemineereahairofhisheadbeinjured."

           "Thyaffiancedbride?TheLadyRowenatheaffiancedbrideofavassallikethee?"saidDeBracy;"Saxon,thoudreamestthatthedaysofthysevenkingdomsarereturnedagain.Itellthee,thePrincesoftheHouseofAnjouconfernottheirwardsonmenofsuchlineageasthine."

           "Mylineage,proudNorman,"repliedAthelstane,"isdrawnfromasourcemorepureandancientthanthatofabeggarlyFrenchman,whoselivingiswonbysellingthebloodofthethieveswhomheassemblesunderhispaltrystandard.Kingsweremyancestors,stronginwarandwiseincouncil,whoeverydayfeastedintheirhallmorehundredsthanthoucanstnumberindividualfollowers;whosenameshavebeensungbyminstrels,andtheirlawsrecordedbyWittenagemotes;whoseboneswereinterredamidtheprayersofsaints,andoverwhosetombsminstershavebeenbuilded."

           "Thouhastit,DeBracy,"saidFront-de-Boeuf,wellpleasedwiththerebuffwhichhiscompanionhadreceived;"theSaxonhathhittheefairly."

           "Asfairlyasacaptivecanstrike,"saidDeBracy,withapparentcarelessness;"forhewhosehandsaretiedshouldhavehistongueatfreedom.Butthyglibnessofreply,comrade,"rejoinedhe,speakingtoAthelstane,"willnotwinthefreedomoftheLadyRowena."

           TothisAthelstane,whohadalreadymadealongerspeechthanwashiscustomtodoonanytopic,howeverinteresting,returnednoanswer.

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