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Chapter 21

           ThechallengeofAthelstanewasdeliveredwithnogoodgrace;foralargemouthful,whichrequiredtheexerciseofbothjawsatonce,addedtoanaturalhesitation,considerablydampedtheeffectofthebolddefianceitcontained.Still,however,hisspeechwashailedbyCedricasanincontestibletokenofrevivingspiritinhiscompanion,whosepreviousindifferencehadbegun,notwithstandinghisrespectforAthelstane’sdescent,towearouthispatience.Buthenowcordiallyshookhandswithhimintokenofhisapprobation,andwassomewhatgrievedwhenAthelstaneobserved,"thathewouldfightadozensuchmenasFront-de-Boeuf,if,bysodoing,hecouldhastenhisdeparturefromadungeonwheretheyputsomuchgarlicintotheirpottage."Notwithstandingthisintimationofarelapseintotheapathyofsensuality,CedricplacedhimselfoppositetoAthelstane,andsoonshowed,thatifthedistressesofhiscountrycouldbanishtherecollectionoffoodwhilethetablewasuncovered,yetnosoonerwerethevictualsputthere,thanheprovedthattheappetiteofhisSaxonancestorshaddescendedtohimalongwiththeirotherqualities.

           Thecaptiveshadnotlongenjoyedtheirrefreshment,however,eretheirattentionwasdisturbedevenfromthismostseriousoccupationbytheblastofahornwindedbeforethegate.Itwasrepeatedthreetimes,withasmuchviolenceasifithadbeenblownbeforeanenchantedcastlebythedestinedknight,atwhosesummonshallsandtowers,barbicanandbattlement,weretorollofflikeamorningvapour

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