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Chapter 5

           "Iwillwearthebraceletforyou,ifyouwill,friendPalmer,"saidWamba.

           "Thefirstinhonourasinarms,inrenownasinplace,"saidthePilgrim,"wasthebraveRichard,KingofEngland."

           "Iforgivehim,"saidCedric;"IforgivehimhisdescentfromthetyrantDukeWilliam."

           "TheEarlofLeicesterwasthesecond,"continuedthePilgrim;"SirThomasMultonofGilslandwasthethird."

           "OfSaxondescent,heatleast,"saidCedric,withexultation.

           "SirFoulkDoillythefourth,"proceededthePilgrim.

           "Saxonalso,atleastbythemother’sside,"continuedCedric,wholistenedwiththeutmosteagerness,andforgot,inpartatleast,hishatredtotheNormans,inthecommontriumphoftheKingofEnglandandhisislanders."Andwhowasthefifth?"hedemanded.

           "ThefifthwasSirEdwinTurneham."

           "GenuineSaxon,bythesoulofHengist!"shoutedCedric"Andthesixth?"hecontinuedwitheagerness"hownameyouthesixth?"

           "Thesixth,"saidthePalmer,afterapause,inwhichheseemedtorecollecthimself,"wasayoungknightoflesserrenownandlowerrank,assumedintothathonourablecompany,lesstoaidtheirenterprisethantomakeuptheirnumberhisnamedwellsnotinmymemory."

           "SirPalmer,"saidSirBriandeBois-Guilbertscornfully,"thisassumedforgetfulness,aftersomuchhasbeenremembered,comestoolatetoserveyourpurpose.

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