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Chapter 5

           Allturnedtowardthespotfromwhencethisunexpectedasseverationwasheard.

           "Isay,"repeatedthePilgriminafirmandstrongvoice,"thattheEnglishchivalryweresecondtoNONEwhoeverdrewswordindefenceoftheHolyLand.Isaybesides,forIsawit,thatKingRichardhimself,andfiveofhisknights,heldatournamentafterthetakingofStJohn-de-Acre,aschallengersagainstallcomers.Isaythat,onthatday,eachknightranthreecourses,andcasttothegroundthreeantagonists.Iadd,thatsevenoftheseassailantswereKnightsoftheTempleandSirBriandeBois-GuilbertwellknowsthetruthofwhatItellyou."

           ItisimpossibleforlanguagetodescribethebitterscowlofragewhichrenderedyetdarkertheswarthycountenanceoftheTemplar.Intheextremityofhisresentmentandconfusion,hisquiveringfingersgripedtowardsthehandleofhissword,andperhapsonlywithdrew,fromtheconsciousnessthatnoactofviolencecouldbesafelyexecutedinthatplaceandpresence.Cedric,whosefeelingswereallofarightonwardandsimplekind,andwereseldomoccupiedbymorethanoneobjectatonce,omitted,inthejoyousgleewithwhichheheardofthegloryofhiscountrymen,toremarktheangryconfusionofhisguest;"Iwouldgivetheethisgoldenbracelet,Pilgrim,"hesaid,"couldstthoutellmethenamesofthoseknightswhoupheldsogallantlytherenownofmerryEngland."

           "ThatwillIdoblithely,"repliedthePilgrim,"andwithoutguerdon;myoath,foratime,prohibitsmefromtouchinggold."

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