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Chapter 29

           "Itisoverforthetime,"answeredRebecca;"ourfriendsstrengthenthemselveswithintheoutworkwhichtheyhavemastered,anditaffordsthemsogoodashelterfromthefoemen’sshot,thatthegarrisononlybestowafewboltsonitfromintervaltointerval,asifrathertodisquietthaneffectuallytoinjurethem."

           "Ourfriends,"saidWilfred,"willsurelynotabandonanenterprisesogloriouslybegunandsohappilyattained.Ono!Iwillputmyfaithinthegoodknightwhoseaxehathrentheart-of-oakandbarsofiron.Singular,"heagainmutteredtohimself,"iftherebetwowhocandoadeedofsuchderring-do!afetterlock,andashackleboltonafieldsablewhatmaythatmean?seestthounoughtelse,Rebecca,bywhichtheBlackKnightmaybedistinguished?"

           "Nothing,"saidtheJewess;"allabouthimisblackasthewingofthenightraven.NothingcanIspythatcanmarkhimfurtherbuthavingonceseenhimputforthhisstrengthinbattle,methinksIcouldknowhimagainamongathousandwarriors.Herushestothefrayasifheweresummonedtoabanquet.Thereismorethanmerestrength,thereseemsasifthewholesoulandspiritofthechampionweregiventoeveryblowwhichhedealsuponhisenemies.Godassoilizehimofthesinofbloodshed!itisfearful,yetmagnificent,tobeholdhowthearmandheartofonemancantriumphoverhundreds."

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