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Chapter 27

           "GilesClementdogsandvarlets!"exclaimedthefuriousNorman,"whathaveyoubroughtmehere?"

           "IthinkIcantellyou,"saidDeBracy,whojustenteredtheapartment."ThisisCedric’sclown,whofoughtsomanfulaskirmishwithIsaacofYorkaboutaquestionofprecedence."

           "Ishallsettleitforthemboth,"repliedFront-de-Boeuf;"theyshallhangonthesamegallows,unlesshismasterandthisboarofConingsburghwillpaywellfortheirlives.Theirwealthistheleasttheycansurrender;theymustalsocarryoffwiththemtheswarmsthatarebesettingthecastle,subscribeasurrenderoftheirpretendedimmunities,andliveunderusasserfsandvassals;toohappyif,inthenewworldthatisabouttobegin,weleavethemthebreathoftheirnostrils.Go,"saidhetotwoofhisattendants,"fetchmetherightCedrichither,andIpardonyourerrorforonce;theratherthatyoubutmistookafoolforaSaxonfranklin."

           "Ay,but,"saidWamba,"yourchivalrousexcellencywillfindtherearemorefoolsthanfranklinsamongus."

           "Whatmeanstheknave?"saidFront-de-Boeuf,lookingtowardshisfollowers,who,lingeringandloath,falteredforththeirbelief,thatifthiswerenotCedricwhowasthereinpresence,theyknewnotwhatwasbecomeofhim.

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