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Chapter 4

           Cedricdartedatthespeakeroneofthosehastyandimpatientglances,whichcomparisonsbetweenthetworivalnationsseldomfailedtocallforth;but,recollectingthedutiesofhospitality,hesuppressedfurthershowofresentment,and,motioningwithhishand,causedhisgueststoassumetwoseatsalittlelowerthanhisown,butplacedclosebesidehim,andgaveasignalthattheeveningmealshouldbeplacedupontheboard.

           WhiletheattendantshastenedtoobeyCedric’scommands,hiseyedistinguishedGurththeswineherd,who,withhiscompanionWamba,hadjustenteredthehall."Sendtheseloiteringknavesuphither,"saidtheSaxon,impatiently.Andwhentheculpritscamebeforethedais,"Howcomesit,villains!thatyouhaveloiteredabroadsolateasthis?Hastthoubroughthomethycharge,sirrahGurth,orhastthouleftthemtorobbersandmarauders?"

           "Theherdissafe,sopleaseye,"saidGurth.

           "Butitdoesnotpleaseme,thouknave,"saidCedric,"thatIshouldbemadetosupposeotherwisefortwohours,andsitheredevisingvengeanceagainstmyneighboursforwrongstheyhavenotdoneme.Itellthee,shacklesandtheprison-houseshallpunishthenextoffenceofthiskind."

           Gurth,knowinghismaster’sirritabletemper,attemptednoexculpation;buttheJester,whocouldpresumeuponCedric’stolerance,byvirtueofhisprivilegesasafool,repliedforthemboth;"Introth,uncleCedric,youareneitherwisenorreasonableto-night.

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