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Chapter 4

           "Igrieve,"hesaid,"reverendPrior,thatmyvowbindsmetoadvancenofartheruponthisfloorofmyfathers,eventoreceivesuchguestsasyou,andthisvaliantKnightoftheHolyTemple.Butmystewardhasexpoundedtoyouthecauseofmyseemingdiscourtesy.Letmealsopray,thatyouwillexcusemyspeakingtoyouinmynativelanguage,andthatyouwillreplyinthesameifyourknowledgeofitpermits;ifnot,IsufficientlyunderstandNormantofollowyourmeaning."

           "Vows,"saidtheAbbot,"mustbeunloosed,worthyFranklin,orpermitmerathertosay,worthyThane,thoughthetitleisantiquated.VowsaretheknotswhichtieustoHeaventheyarethecordswhichbindthesacrificetothehornsofthealtar,andaretherefore,asIsaidbefore,tobeunloosenedanddischarged,unlessourholyMotherChurchshallpronouncethecontrary.Andrespectinglanguage,Iwillinglyholdcommunicationinthatspokenbymyrespectedgrandmother,HildaofMiddleham,whodiedinodourofsanctity,littleshort,ifwemaypresumetosayso,ofhergloriousnamesake,theblessedSaintHildaofWhitby,Godbegracioustohersoul!"

           WhenthePriorhadceasedwhathemeantasaconciliatoryharangue,hiscompanionsaidbrieflyandemphatically,"IspeakeverFrench,thelanguageofKingRichardandhisnobles;butIunderstandEnglishsufficientlytocommunicatewiththenativesofthecountry."

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