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Chapter 8

           "Ientertainedyou,sir,"saidJohn,reininguphispalfreyhaughtily,"formyfollower,butnotformycounsellor."

           "ThosewhofollowyourGraceinthepathswhichyoutread,"saidWaldemar,butspeakinginalowvoice,"acquiretherightofcounsellors;foryourinterestandsafetyarenotmoredeeplygagedthantheirown."

           Fromthetoneinwhichthiswasspoken,Johnsawthenecessityofacquiescence"Ididbutjest,"hesaid;"andyouturnuponmelikesomanyadders!Namewhomyouwill,inthefiend’sname,andpleaseyourselves."

           "Nay,nay,"saidDeBracy,"letthefairsovereign’sthroneremainunoccupied,untiltheconquerorshallbenamed,andthenlethimchoosetheladybywhomitshallbefilled.Itwilladdanothergracetohistriumph,andteachfairladiestoprizetheloveofvaliantknights,whocanexaltthemtosuchdistinction."

           "IfBriandeBois-Guilbertgaintheprize,"saidthePrior,"IwillgagemyrosarythatInametheSovereignofLoveandBeauty."

           "Bois-Guilbert,"answeredDeBracy,"isagoodlance;butthereareothersaroundtheselists,SirPrior,whowillnotfeartoencounterhim."

           "Silence,sirs,"saidWaldemar,"andletthePrinceassumehisseat.Theknightsandspectatorsarealikeimpatient,thetimeadvances,andhighlyfititisthatthesportsshouldcommence."

           PrinceJohn,thoughnotyetamonarch,hadinWaldemarFitzursealltheinconveniencesofafavouriteminister,who,inservinghissovereign,mustalwaysdosoinhisownway.

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