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Chapter 31

           "Yieldthee,DeBracy,"saidtheBlackChampion,stoopingoverhim,andholdingagainstthebarsofhishelmetthefatalponiardwithwhichtheknightsdispatchedtheirenemies,(andwhichwascalledthedaggerofmercy,)"yieldthee,MauricedeBracy,rescueornorescue,orthouartbutadeadman."

           "Iwillnotyield,"repliedDeBracyfaintly,"toanunknownconqueror.Tellmethyname,orworkthypleasureonmeitshallneverbesaidthatMauricedeBracywasprisonertoanamelesschurl."

           TheBlackKnightwhisperedsomethingintotheearofthevanquished.

           "Iyieldmetobetrueprisoner,rescueornorescue,"answeredtheNorman,exchanginghistoneofsternanddeterminedobstinacyforoneofdeepthoughsullensubmission.

           "Gotothebarbican,"saidthevictor,inatoneofauthority,"andtherewaitmyfurtherorders."

           "Yetfirst,letmesay,"saidDeBracy,"whatitimportstheetoknow.WilfredofIvanhoeiswoundedandaprisoner,andwillperishintheburningcastlewithoutpresenthelp."

           "WilfredofIvanhoe!"exclaimedtheBlackKnight"prisoner,andperish!ThelifeofeverymaninthecastleshallansweritifahairofhisheadbesingedShowmehischamber!"

           "Ascendyonderwindingstair,"saidDeBracy;"itleadstohisapartmentWiltthounotacceptmyguidance?"headded,inasubmissivevoice.

           "No.Tothebarbican,andtherewaitmyorders.Itrusttheenot,DeBracy."

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