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Chapter 2

           CedrictheSaxon,ifoffended,andheisnowayslackintakingoffence,isamanwho,withoutrespecttoyourknighthood,myhighoffice,orthesanctityofeither,wouldclearhishouseofus,andsendustolodgewiththelarks,thoughthehourweremidnight.AndbecarefulhowyoulookonRowena,whomhecherisheswiththemostjealouscare;anhetaketheleastalarminthatquarterwearebutlostmen.Itissaidhebanishedhisonlysonfromhisfamilyforliftinghiseyesinthewayofaffectiontowardsthisbeauty,whomaybeworshipped,itseems,atadistance,butisnottobeapproachedwithotherthoughtsthansuchaswebringtotheshrineoftheBlessedVirgin."

           "Well,youhavesaidenough,"answeredtheTemplar;"Iwillforanightputontheneedfulrestraint,anddeportmeasmeeklyasamaiden;butasforthefearofhisexpellingusbyviolence,myselfandsquires,withHametandAbdalla,willwarrantyouagainstthatdisgrace.Doubtnotthatweshallbestrongenoughtomakegoodourquarters."

           "Wemustnotletitcomesofar,"answeredthePrior;"buthereistheclown’ssunkencross,andthenightissodarkthatwecanhardlyseewhichoftheroadswearetofollow.Hebidusturn,Ithinktotheleft."

           "Totheright,"saidBrian,"tothebestofmyremembrance."

           "Totheleft,certainly,theleft;Irememberhispointingwithhiswoodensword."

           "Ay,butheheldhisswordinhislefthand,andsopointedacrosshisbodywithit,"saidtheTemplar.

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