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Chapter 44

           TheChurchgaveherfullsolemnities,gracedwithallthesplendourwhichsheofRomeknowshowtoapplywithsuchbrillianteffect.

           Gurth,gallantlyapparelled,attendedasesquireuponhisyoungmasterwhomhehadservedsofaithfully,andthemagnanimousWamba,decoratedwithanewcapandamostgorgeoussetofsilverbells.SharersofWilfred’sdangersandadversity,theyremained,astheyhadarighttoexpect,thepartakersofhismoreprosperouscareer.

           Butbesidesthisdomesticretinue,thesedistinguishednuptialswerecelebratedbytheattendanceofthehigh-bornNormans,aswellasSaxons,joinedwiththeuniversaljubileeofthelowerorders,thatmarkedthemarriageoftwoindividualsasapledgeofthefuturepeaceandharmonybetwixttworaces,which,sincethatperiod,havebeensocompletelymingled,thatthedistinctionhasbecomewhollyinvisible.Cedriclivedtoseethisunionapproximatetowardsitscompletion;forasthetwonationsmixedinsocietyandformedintermarriageswitheachother,theNormansabatedtheirscorn,andtheSaxonswererefinedfromtheirrusticity.ButitwasnotuntilthereignofEdwardtheThirdthatthemixedlanguage,nowtermedEnglish,wasspokenatthecourtofLondon,andthatthehostiledistinctionofNormanandSaxonseemsentirelytohavedisappeared.

           Itwasuponthesecondmorningafterthishappybridal,thattheLadyRowenawasmadeacquaintedbyherhandmaidElgitha,thatadamseldesiredadmissiontoherpresence,andsolicitedthattheirparleymightbewithoutwitness.

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