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Chapter 1

           Hehadthinsilverbraceletsuponhisarms,andonhisneckacollarofthesamemetalbearingtheinscription,"Wamba,thesonofWitless,isthethrallofCedricofRotherwood."Thispersonagehadthesamesortofsandalswithhiscompanion,butinsteadoftherollofleatherthong,hislegswerecasedinasortofgaiters,ofwhichonewasredandtheotheryellow.Hewasprovidedalsowithacap,havingarounditmorethanonebell,aboutthesizeofthoseattachedtohawks,whichjingledasheturnedhisheadtoonesideorother;andasheseldomremainedaminuteinthesameposture,thesoundmightbeconsideredasincessant.Aroundtheedgeofthiscapwasastiffbandeauofleather,cutatthetopintoopenwork,resemblingacoronet,whileaprolongedbagarosefromwithinit,andfelldownononeshoulderlikeanold-fashionednightcap,orajelly-bag,orthehead-gearofamodernhussar.Itwastothispartofthecapthatthebellswereattached;whichcircumstance,aswellastheshapeofhishead-dress,andhisownhalf-crazed,half-cunningexpressionofcountenance,sufficientlypointedhimoutasbelongingtotheraceofdomesticclownsorjesters,maintainedinthehousesofthewealthy,tohelpawaythetediumofthoselingeringhourswhichtheywereobligedtospendwithindoors.Hebore,likehiscompanion,ascrip,attachedtohisbelt,buthadneitherhornnorknife,beingprobablyconsideredasbelongingtoaclasswhomitisesteemeddangeroustointrustwithedge-tools.

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