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Chapter 44

           Hemade,however,alastvigorousattackonAthelstane,andhefoundthatresuscitatedsproutofSaxonroyaltyengaged,likecountrysquiresofourownday,inafuriouswarwiththeclergy.

           Itseemsthat,afterallhisdeadlymenacesagainsttheAbbotofSaintEdmund’s,Athelstane’sspiritofrevenge,whatbetweenthenaturalindolentkindnessofhisowndisposition,whatthroughtheprayersofhismotherEdith,attached,likemostladies,(oftheperiod,)totheclericalorder,hadterminatedinhiskeepingtheAbbotandhismonksinthedungeonsofConingsburghforthreedaysonameagrediet.ForthisatrocitytheAbbotmenacedhimwithexcommunication,andmadeoutadreadfullistofcomplaintsinthebowelsandstomach,sufferedbyhimselfandhismonks,inconsequenceofthetyrannicalandunjustimprisonmenttheyhadsustained.Withthiscontroversy,andwiththemeanshehadadoptedtocounteractthisclericalpersecution,CedricfoundthemindofhisfriendAthelstanesofullyoccupied,thatithadnoroomforanotheridea.AndwhenRowena’snamewasmentionedthenobleAthelstaneprayedleavetoquaffafullgoblettoherhealth,andthatshemightsoonbethebrideofhiskinsmanWilfred.Itwasadesperatecasetherefore.TherewasobviouslynomoretobemadeofAthelstane;or,asWambaexpressedit,inaphrasewhichhasdescendedfromSaxontimestoours,hewasacockthatwouldnotfight.

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