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Chapter 27

           Meanwhile,tellhimtodoubtnothing,heshallfinduswholeandsoundbehindourbattlementShameonit,thatweshouldbecompelledtohidethusbyapackofrunagates,whoarewonttoflyevenattheflashofourpennonsandthetrampofourhorses!Isaytothee,priest,contrivesomecastofthinearttokeeptheknaveswheretheyare,untilourfriendsbringuptheirlances.Myvengeanceisawake,andsheisafalconthatslumbersnottillshehasbeengorged."

           "Bymypatronsaint,"saidCedric,withdeeperenergythanbecamehischaracter,"andbyeverysaintwhohaslivedanddiedinEngland,yourcommandsshallbeobeyed!NotaSaxonshallstirfrombeforethesewalls,ifIhaveartandinfluencetodetainthemthere."

           "Ha!"saidFront-de-Boeuf,"thouchangestthytone,SirPriest,andspeakestbriefandbold,asifthyheartwereintheslaughteroftheSaxonherd;andyetthouartthyselfofkindredtotheswine?"

           Cedricwasnoreadypractiseroftheartofdissimulation,andwouldatthismomenthavebeenmuchthebetterofahintfromWamba’smorefertilebrain.Butnecessity,accordingtotheancientproverb,sharpensinvention,andhemutteredsomethingunderhiscowlconcerningthemeninquestionbeingexcommunicatedoutlawsbothtochurchandtokingdom.

           "Despardieux,"answeredFront-de-Boeuf,"thouhastspokentheverytruthIforgotthattheknavescanstripafatabbot,aswellasiftheyhadbeenbornsouthofyondersaltchannel.

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