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Chapter 12

           Butwhenthefieldbecamethinbythenumbersoneithersidewhohadyieldedthemselvesvanquished,hadbeencompelledtotheextremityofthelists,orbeenotherwiserenderedincapableofcontinuingthestrife,theTemplarandtheDisinheritedKnightatlengthencounteredhandtohand,withallthefurythatmortalanimosity,joinedtorivalryofhonour,couldinspire.Suchwastheaddressofeachinparryingandstriking,thatthespectatorsbrokeforthintoaunanimousandinvoluntaryshout,expressiveoftheirdelightandadmiration.

           ButatthismomentthepartyoftheDisinheritedKnighthadtheworst;thegiganticarmofFront-de-Boeufontheoneflank,andtheponderousstrengthofAthelstaneontheother,bearingdownanddispersingthoseimmediatelyexposedtothem.Findingthemselvesfreedfromtheirimmediateantagonists,itseemstohaveoccurredtoboththeseknightsatthesameinstant,thattheywouldrenderthemostdecisiveadvantagetotheirparty,byaidingtheTemplarinhiscontestwithhisrival.Turningtheirhorses,therefore,atthesamemoment,theNormanspurredagainsttheDisinheritedKnightontheoneside,andtheSaxonontheother.Itwasutterlyimpossiblethattheobjectofthisunequalandunexpectedassaultcouldhavesustainedit,hadhenotbeenwarnedbyageneralcryfromthespectators,whocouldnotbuttakeinterestinoneexposedtosuchdisadvantage.

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