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Chapter 40

           "Takeit,then,unasked,"saidRichard;"thelionpreysnotonprostratecarcasses.Takethylife,butwiththiscondition,thatinthreedaysthoushaltleaveEngland,andgotohidethineinfamyinthyNormancastle,andthatthouwiltnevermentionthenameofJohnofAnjouasconnectedwiththyfelony.IfthouartfoundonEnglishgroundafterthespaceIhaveallottedthee,thoudiestorifthoubreathestaughtthatcanattaintthehonourofmyhouse,bySaintGeorge!notthealtaritselfshallbeasanctuary.Iwillhangtheeouttofeedtheravens,fromtheverypinnacleofthineowncastle.Letthisknighthaveasteed,Locksley,forIseeyouryeomenhavecaughtthosewhichwererunningloose,andlethimdepartunharmed."

           "ButthatIjudgeIlistentoavoicewhosebehestsmustnotbedisputed,"answeredtheyeoman,"Iwouldsendashaftaftertheskulkingvillainthatshouldsparehimthelabourofalongjourney."

           "ThoubearestanEnglishheart,Locksley,"saidtheBlackKnight,"andwelldostjudgethouartthemoreboundtoobeymybehestIamRichardofEngland!"

           Atthesewords,pronouncedinatoneofmajestysuitedtothehighrank,andnolessdistinguishedcharacterofCoeur-de-Lion,theyeomenatoncekneeleddownbeforehim,andatthesametimetenderedtheirallegiance,andimploredpardonfortheiroffences.

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