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Chapter 4

           Nothingcouldbemoregracefullymajesticthanhisstepandmanner,hadtheynotbeenmarkedbyapredominantairofhaughtiness,easilyacquiredbytheexerciseofunresistedauthority.

           Thesetwodignifiedpersonswerefollowedbytheirrespectiveattendants,andatamorehumbledistancebytheirguide,whosefigurehadnothingmoreremarkablethanitderivedfromtheusualweedsofapilgrim.Acloakormantleofcoarseblackserge,envelopedhiswholebody.Itwasinshapesomethinglikethecloakofamodernhussar,havingsimilarflapsforcoveringthearms,andwascalleda"Sclaveyn",or"Sclavonian".Coarsesandals,boundwiththongs,onhisbarefeet;abroadandshadowyhat,withcockle-shellsstitchedonitsbrim,andalongstaffshodwithiron,totheupperendofwhichwasattachedabranchofpalm,completedthepalmer’sattire.Hefollowedmodestlythelastofthetrainwhichenteredthehall,and,observingthatthelowertablescarceaffordedroomsufficientforthedomesticsofCedricandtheretinueofhisguests,hewithdrewtoasettleplacedbesideandalmostunderoneofthelargechimneys,andseemedtoemployhimselfindryinghisgarments,untiltheretreatofsomeoneshouldmakeroomattheboard,orthehospitalityofthestewardshouldsupplyhimwithrefreshmentsintheplacehehadchosenapart.

           Cedricrosetoreceivehisguestswithanairofdignifiedhospitality,and,descendingfromthedais,orelevatedpartofhishall,madethreestepstowardsthem,andthenawaitedtheirapproach.

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