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Chapter 31

           Asecondsoldiercaughtfromthehandsofthedyingmantheironcrow,withwhichheheavedatandhadloosenedthestonepinnacle,when,receivinganarrowthroughhishead-piece,hedroppedfromthebattlementsintothemoatadeadman.Themen-at-armsweredaunted,fornoarmourseemedproofagainsttheshotofthistremendousarcher.

           "Doyougiveground,baseknaves!"saidDeBracy;"MountjoyeSaintDennis!Givemethelever!"

           And,snatchingitup,heagainassailedtheloosenedpinnacle,whichwasofweightenough,ifthrowndown,notonlytohavedestroyedtheremnantofthedrawbridge,whichshelteredthetwoforemostassailants,butalsotohavesunktherudefloatofplanksoverwhichtheyhadcrossed.Allsawthedanger,andtheboldest,eventhestoutFriarhimself,avoidedsettingfootontheraft.ThricedidLocksleybendhisshaftagainstDeBracy,andthricedidhisarrowboundbackfromtheknight’sarmourofproof.

           "CurseonthySpanishsteel-coat!"saidLocksley,"hadEnglishsmithforgedit,thesearrowshadgonethrough,anasifithadbeensilkorsendal."Hethenbegantocallout,"Comrades!friends!nobleCedric!bearback,andlettheruinfall."

           Hiswarningvoicewasunheard,forthedinwhichtheknighthimselfoccasionedbyhisstrokesupontheposternwouldhavedrownedtwentywar-trumpets.ThefaithfulGurthindeedsprungforwardontheplankedbridge,towarnCedricofhisimpendingfate,ortoshareitwithhim.

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