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Chapter 32

           Thepriestsofaneighbouringconvent,inexpectationoftheampledonation,or"soul-scat",whichCedrichadpropined,attendeduponthecarinwhichthebodyofAthelstanewaslaid,andsanghymnsasitwassadlyandslowlyborneontheshouldersofhisvassalstohiscastleofConingsburgh,tobetheredepositedinthegraveofHengist,fromwhomthedeceasedderivedhislongdescent.Manyofhisvassalshadassembledatthenewsofhisdeath,andfollowedthebierwithalltheexternalmarks,atleast,ofdejectionandsorrow.Againtheoutlawsarose,andpaidthesamerudeandspontaneoushomagetodeath,whichtheyhadsolatelyrenderedtobeautytheslowchantandmournfulstepofthepriestsbroughtbacktotheirremembrancesuchoftheircomradesashadfallenintheyesterday’sarray.Butsuchrecollectionsdwellnotlongwiththosewholeadalifeofdangerandenterprise,anderethesoundofthedeath-hymnhaddiedonthewind,theoutlawswereagainbusiedinthedistributionoftheirspoil.

           "Valiantknight,"saidLocksleytotheBlackChampion,"withoutwhosegoodheartandmightyarmourenterprisemustaltogetherhavefailed,willitpleaseyoutotakefromthatmassofspoilwhatevermaybestservetopleasureyou,andtoremindyouofthismyTrysting-tree?"

           "Iaccepttheoffer,"saidtheKnight,"asfranklyasitisgiven;andIaskpermissiontodisposeofSirMauricedeBracyatmyownpleasure."

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