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Chapter 27

           Yet,donotconfineyourexertionstoanyonespot,noblefriends!wemustthisdaybeeverywhere,andmultiplyourselves,wereitpossible,soastocarrybyourpresencesuccourandreliefwherevertheattackishottest.Ournumbersarefew,butactivityandcouragemaysupplythatdefect,sincewehaveonlytodowithrascalclowns."

           "But,nobleknights,"exclaimedFatherAmbrose,amidstthebustleandconfusionoccasionedbythepreparationsfordefence,"willnoneofyehearthemessageofthereverendfatherinGodAymer,PriorofJorvaulx?Ibeseechtheetohearme,nobleSirReginald!"

           "Gopatterthypetitionstoheaven,"saidthefierceNorman,"forweonearthhavenotimetolistentothem.Ho!there,AnselmIseethatseethingpitchandoilarereadytopourontheheadsoftheseaudacioustraitorsLookthatthecross-bowmenlacknotbolts.Flingabroadmybannerwiththeoldbull’sheadtheknavesshallsoonfindwithwhomtheyhavetodothisday!"

           "But,noblesir,"continuedthemonk,perseveringinhisendeavourstodrawattention,"considermyvowofobedience,andletmedischargemyselfofmySuperior’serrand."

           "Awaywiththispratingdotard,"saidFront-deBoeuf,"lockhimupinthechapel,totellhisbeadstillthebroilbeover.ItwillbeanewthingtothesaintsinTorquilstonetohearavesandpaters;theyhavenotbeensohonoured,Itrow,sincetheywerecutoutofstone."

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