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Chapter 34

           "Ay,"saidDeBracy,"butthatwasasthousayest,handtohand,andintheranksofbattle!Thouneverheardestmebreatheathoughtofassaultinghimalone,andinaforest."

           "Thouartnogoodknightifthoudostscrupleatit,"saidWaldemar."WasitinbattlethatLancelotdeLacandSirTristramwonrenown?orwasitnotbyencounteringgiganticknightsundertheshadeofdeepandunknownforests?"

           "Ay,butIpromiseyou,"saidDeBracy,"thatneitherTristramnorLancelotwouldhavebeenmatch,handtohand,forRichardPlantagenet,andIthinkitwasnottheirwonttotakeoddsagainstasingleman."

           "Thouartmad,DeBracywhatisitweproposetothee,ahiredandretainedcaptainofFreeCompanions,whoseswordsarepurchasedforPrinceJohn’sservice?Thouartapprizedofourenemy,andthenthouscruplest,thoughthypatron’sfortunes,thoseofthycomrades,thineown,andthelifeandhonourofeveryoneamongstus,beatstake!"

           "Itellyou,"saidDeBracy,sullenly,"thathegavememylife.True,hesentmefromhispresence,andrefusedmyhomagesofarIowehimneitherfavournorallegiancebutIwillnotlifthandagainsthim."

           "ItneedsnotsendLouisWinkelbrandandascoreofthylances."

           "Yehavesufficientruffiansofyourown,"saidDeBracy;"notoneofmineshallbudgeonsuchanerrand."

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