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Chapter 14

           "Weshallthenhaveyourwillingsanction,goodCedric,"saidPrinceJohn,"toconferthisfiefuponapersonwhosedignitywillnotbediminishedbyholdinglandoftheBritishcrown.SirReginaldFront-de-Boeuf,"hesaid,turningtowardsthatBaron,"ItrustyouwillsokeepthegoodlyBaronyofIvanhoe,thatSirWilfredshallnotincurhisfather’sfartherdispleasurebyagainenteringuponthatfief."

           "ByStAnthony!"answeredtheblack-brow’dgiant,"IwillconsentthatyourhighnessshallholdmeaSaxon,ifeitherCedricorWilfred,orthebestthateverboreEnglishblood,shallwrenchfrommethegiftwithwhichyourhighnesshasgracedme."

           "WhoevershallcalltheeSaxon,SirBaron,"repliedCedric,offendedatamodeofexpressionbywhichtheNormansfrequentlyexpressedtheirhabitualcontemptoftheEnglish,"willdotheeanhonourasgreatasitisundeserved."

           Front-de-Boeufwouldhavereplied,butPrinceJohn’spetulanceandlevitygotthestart.

           "Assuredly,"saidbe,"mylords,thenobleCedricspeakstruth;andhisracemayclaimprecedenceoverusasmuchinthelengthoftheirpedigreesasinthelongitudeoftheircloaks."

           "Theygobeforeusindeedinthefieldasdeerbeforedogs,"saidMalvoisin.

           "Andwithgoodrightmaytheygobeforeusforgetnot,"saidthePriorAymer,"thesuperiordecencyanddecorumoftheirmanners."

           "Theirsingularabstemiousnessandtemperance,"saidDeBracy,forgettingtheplanwhichpromisedhimaSaxonbride.

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