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Chapter 3

           Well;itisbutforonenight;heshallbewelcometoo.Oswald,broachtheoldestwine-cask;placethebestmead,themightiestale,therichestmorat,themostsparklingcider,themostodoriferouspigments,upontheboard;fillthelargesthornsTemplarsandAbbotslovegoodwinesandgoodmeasure.Elgitha,letthyLadyRowena,knowweshallnotthisnightexpectherinthehall,unlesssuchbeherespecialpleasure."

           "Butitwillbeherespecialpleasure,"answeredElgitha,withgreatreadiness,"forsheiseverdesiroustohearthelatestnewsfromPalestine."

           Cedricdartedattheforwarddamselaglanceofhastyresentment;butRowena,andwhateverbelongedtoher,wereprivilegedandsecurefromhisanger.Heonlyreplied,"Silence,maiden;thytongueoutrunsthydiscretion.Saymymessagetothymistress,andletherdoherpleasure.Here,atleast,thedescendantofAlfredstillreignsaprincess."Elgithalefttheapartment

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