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Chapter 32

           "Hethreatenssafelywhothreatensaprisoner,"saidDeBracy;"butwhenhadaSaxonanytouchofcourtesy?"

           Thenretiringtwostepsbackward,hepermittedtheladytomoveon.

           Cedric,eretheydeparted,expressedhispeculiargratitudetotheBlackChampion,andearnestlyentreatedhimtoaccompanyhimtoRotherwood.

           "Iknow,"hesaid,"thatyeerrantknightsdesiretocarryyourfortunesonthepointofyourlance,andrecknotoflandorgoods;butwarisachangefulmistress,andahomeissometimesdesirableeventothechampionwhosetradeiswandering.ThouhastearnedoneinthehallsofRotherwood,nobleknight.Cedrichaswealthenoughtorepairtheinjuriesoffortune,andallhehasishisdeliverer’sCome,therefore,toRotherwood,notasaguest,butasasonorbrother."

           "Cedrichasalreadymademerich,"saidtheKnight,"hehastaughtmethevalueofSaxonvirtue.ToRotherwoodwillIcome,braveSaxon,andthatspeedily;but,asnow,pressingmattersofmomentdetainmefromyourhalls.PeradventurewhenIcomehither,Iwillasksuchaboonaswillputeventhygenerositytothetest."

           "Itisgrantederespokenout,"saidCedric,strikinghisreadyhandintothegauntletedpalmoftheBlackKnight,"itisgrantedalready,wereittoaffecthalfmyfortune."

           "Gagenotthypromisesolightly,"saidtheKnightoftheFetterlock;"yetwellIhopetogaintheboonIshallask.Meanwhile,adieu.

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