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Chapter 42

           "Icravetoremindyou,nobleThane,"hesaid,"thatwhenwelastparted,youpromised,fortheserviceIhadthefortunetorenderyou,tograntmeaboon."

           "Itisgrantederenamed,nobleKnight,"saidCedric;"yet,atthissadmoment"

           "Ofthatalso,"saidtheKing,"Ihavebethoughtmebutmytimeisbriefneitherdoesitseemtomeunfit,that,whenclosingthegraveonthenobleAthelstane,weshoulddepositthereincertainprejudicesandhastyopinions."

           "SirKnightoftheFetterlock,"saidCedric,colouring,andinterruptingtheKinginhisturn,"Itrustyourboonregardsyourselfandnoother;forinthatwhichconcernsthehonourofmyhouse,itisscarcefittingthatastrangershouldmingle."

           "NordoIwishtomingle,"saidtheKing,mildly,"unlessinsofarasyouwilladmitmetohaveaninterest.AsyetyouhaveknownmebutastheBlackKnightoftheFetterlockKnowmenowasRichardPlantagenet."

           "RichardofAnjou!"exclaimedCedric,steppingbackwardwiththeutmostastonishment.

           "No,nobleCedricRichardofEngland!whosedeepestinterestwhosedeepestwish,istoseehersonsunitedwitheachother.And,hownow,worthyThane!hastthounokneeforthyprince?"

           "ToNormanblood,"saidCedric,"ithathneverbended."

           "Reservethinehomagethen,"saidtheMonarch,"untilIshallprovemyrighttoitbymyequalprotectionofNormansandEnglish."

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