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Chapter 43

           "Laugh,ifyelist,"saidFriarTuck;"butanyecatchmesingingonsuchatheme,maythenextghostordevilcarrymeoffwithhimheadlong!No,noIinstantlyformedthepurposeofassistingatsomegoodwork,suchastheburningofawitch,ajudicialcombat,orthelikematterofgodlyservice,andthereforeamIhere."

           Astheythusconversed,theheavybellofthechurchofSaintMichaelofTemplestowe,avenerablebuilding,situatedinahamletatsomedistancefromthePreceptory,brokeshorttheirargument.Onebyonethesullensoundsfellsuccessivelyontheear,leavingbutsufficientspaceforeachtodieawayindistantecho,eretheairwasagainfilledbyrepetitionoftheironknell.Thesesounds,thesignaloftheapproachingceremony,chilledwithawetheheartsoftheassembledmultitude,whoseeyeswerenowturnedtothePreceptory,expectingtheapproachoftheGrandMaster,thechampion,andthecriminal.

           Atlengththedrawbridgefell,thegatesopened,andaknight,bearingthegreatstandardoftheOrder,salliedfromthecastle,precededbysixtrumpets,andfollowedbytheKnightsPreceptors,twoandtwo,theGrandMastercominglast,mountedonastatelyhorse,whosefurniturewasofthesimplestkind.BehindhimcameBriandeBois-Guilbert,armedcap-a-pieinbrightarmour,butwithouthislance,shield,andsword,whichwerebornebyhistwoesquiresbehindhim.

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