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Chapter 3

           Saytothem,Hundebert,thatCedricwouldhimselfbidthemwelcome,butheisunderavownevertostepmorethanthreestepsfromthedaisofhisownhalltomeetanywhosharesnotthebloodofSaxonroyalty.Begone!seethemcarefullytended;letthemnotsayintheirpride,theSaxonchurlhasshownatoncehispovertyandhisavarice."

           Themajor-domodepartedwithseveralattendants,toexecutehismaster’scommands.

           "ThePriorAymer!"repeatedCedric,lookingtoOswald,"thebrother,ifImistakenot,ofGilesdeMauleverer,nowlordofMiddleham?"

           Oswaldmadearespectfulsignofassent."Hisbrothersitsintheseat,andusurpsthepatrimony,ofabetterrace,theraceofUlfgarofMiddleham;butwhatNormanlorddothnotthesame?ThisPrioris,theysay,afreeandjovialpriest,wholovesthewine-cupandthebugle-hornbetterthanbellandbook:Good;lethimcome,heshallbewelcome.HownamedyetheTemplar?"

           "BriandeBois-Guilbert."

           "Bois-Guilbert,"saidCedric,stillinthemusing,half-arguingtone,whichthehabitoflivingamongdependantshadaccustomedhimtoemploy,andwhichresembledamanwhotalkstohimselfratherthantothosearoundhim"Bois-Guilbert?thatnamehasbeenspreadwidebothforgoodandevil.Theysayheisvaliantasthebravestofhisorder;butstainedwiththeirusualvices,pride,arrogance,cruelty,andvoluptuousness;ahard-heartedman,whoknowsneitherfearofearth,noraweofheaven.SosaythefewwarriorswhohavereturnedfromPalestine.

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