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Chapter 3

           ButIwillbeavenged,"headded,startingfromhischairinimpatienceatthesupposedinjury,andcatchingholdofhisboar-spear;"Iwillgowithmycomplainttothegreatcouncil;Ihavefriends,Ihavefollowers—mantomanwillIappealtheNormantothelists;lethimcomeinhisplateandhismail,andallthatcanrendercowardicebold;Ihavesentsuchajavelinasthisthroughastrongerfencethanthreeoftheirwarshields!—Haplytheythinkmeold;buttheyshallfind,aloneandchildlessasIam,thebloodofHerewardisintheveinsofCedric.—Ah,Wilfred,Wilfred!"heexclaimedinalowertone,"couldstthouhaveruledthineunreasonablepassion,thyfatherhadnotbeenleftinhisagelikethesolitaryoakthatthrowsoutitsshatteredandunprotectedbranchesagainstthefullsweepofthetempest!"Thereflectionseemedtoconjureintosadnesshisirritatedfeelings.Replacinghisjavelin,heresumedhisseat,benthislooksdownward,andappearedtobeabsorbedinmelancholyreflection.

           Fromhismusing,Cedricwassuddenlyawakenedbytheblastofahorn,whichwasrepliedtobytheclamorousyellsandbarkingofallthedogsinthehall,andsometwentyorthirtywhichwerequarteredinotherpartsofthebuilding.Itcostsomeexerciseofthewhitetruncheon,wellsecondedbytheexertionsofthedomestics,tosilencethiscanineclamour.

           "Tothegate,knaves!"saidtheSaxon,hastily,assoonasthetumultwassomuchappeasedthatthedependantscouldhearhisvoice.

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