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Chapter 43

           Thisexplanationwassatisfactory,toAlbert’sgreatjoy;forthewilyknighthadforeseenthegreatdifficulty,orratherimpossibility,ofprevailinguponBriandeBois-Guilberttotakesuchanoathbeforetheassembly,andhadinventedthisexcusetoescapethenecessityofhisdoingso.

           TheGrandMaster,havingallowedtheapologyofAlbertMalvoisin,commandedtheheraldtostandforthanddohisdevoir.Thetrumpetsthenagainflourished,andaherald,steppingforward,proclaimedaloud,"Oyez,oyez,oyez.HerestandeththegoodKnight,SirBriandeBois-Guilbert,readytodobattlewithanyknightoffreeblood,whowillsustainthequarrelallowedandallottedtotheJewessRebecca,totrybychampion,inrespectoflawfulessoineofherownbody;andtosuchchampionthereverendandvalorousGrandMasterherepresentallowsafairfield,andequalpartitionofsunandwind,andwhateverelseappertainstoafaircombat."Thetrumpetsagainsounded,andtherewasadeadpauseofmanyminutes.

           "Nochampionappearsfortheappellant,"saidtheGrandMaster."Go,herald,andaskherwhethersheexpectsanyonetodobattleforherinthishercause."TheheraldwenttothechairinwhichRebeccawasseated,andBois-Guilbertsuddenlyturninghishorse’sheadtowardthatendofthelists,inspiteofhintsoneithersidefromMalvoisinandMont-Fitchet,wasbythesideofRebecca’schairassoonastheherald.

           "Isthisregular,andaccordingtothelawofcombat?"saidMalvoisin,lookingtotheGrandMaster.

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