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Chapter 18

           "IfIthoughtso,"saidGurth"ifIcouldbutthinksobutnoIsawthejavelinwaswellaimedIhearditwhizzthroughtheairwithallthewrathfulmalevolenceofhimwhocastit,anditquiveredafterithadpitchedintheground,asifwithregretforhavingmisseditsmark.BythehogdeartoStAnthony,Irenouncehim!"

           Andtheindignantswineherdresumedhissullensilence,whichnoeffortsoftheJestercouldagaininducehimtobreak.

           MeanwhileCedricandAthelstane,theleadersofthetroop,conversedtogetheronthestateoftheland,onthedissensionsoftheroyalfamily,onthefeudsandquarrelsamongtheNormannobles,andonthechancewhichtherewasthattheoppressedSaxonsmightbeabletofreethemselvesfromtheyokeoftheNormans,oratleasttoelevatethemselvesintonationalconsequenceandindependence,duringthecivilconvulsionswhichwerelikelytoensue.OnthissubjectCedricwasallanimation.Therestorationoftheindependenceofhisracewastheidolofhisheart,towhichhehadwillinglysacrificeddomestichappinessandtheinterestsofhisownson.But,inordertoachievethisgreatrevolutioninfavourofthenativeEnglish,itwasnecessarythattheyshouldbeunitedamongthemselves,andactunderanacknowledgedhead.ThenecessityofchoosingtheirchieffromtheSaxonblood-royalwasnotonlyevidentinitself,buthadbeenmadeasolemnconditionbythosewhomCedrichadintrustedwithhissecretplansandhopes.

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