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The
Abbot
thanked
his
sage
adviser
;
and
the
cavalcade
,
setting
spurs
to
their
horses
,
rode
on
as
men
do
who
wish
to
reach
their
inn
before
the
bursting
of
a
night-storm
.
As
their
horses
'
hoofs
died
away
,
Gurth
said
to
his
companion
,
"
If
they
follow
thy
wise
direction
,
the
reverend
fathers
will
hardly
reach
Rotherwood
this
night
.
"
"
No
,
"
said
the
Jester
,
grinning
,
"
but
they
may
reach
Sheffield
if
they
have
good
luck
,
and
that
is
as
fit
a
place
for
them
.
I
am
not
so
bad
a
woodsman
as
to
show
the
dog
where
the
deer
lies
,
if
I
have
no
mind
he
should
chase
him
.
"
"
Thou
art
right
,
"
said
Gurth
;
"
it
were
ill
that
Aymer
saw
the
Lady
Rowena
;
and
it
were
worse
,
it
may
be
,
for
Cedric
to
quarrel
,
as
is
most
likely
he
would
,
with
this
military
monk
.
But
,
like
good
servants
let
us
hear
and
see
,
and
say
nothing
.
"
We
return
to
the
riders
,
who
had
soon
left
the
bondsmen
far
behind
them
,
and
who
maintained
the
following
conversation
in
the
Norman-French
language
,
usually
employed
by
the
superior
classes
,
with
the
exception
of
the
few
who
were
still
inclined
to
boast
their
Saxon
descent
.
"
What
mean
these
fellows
by
their
capricious
insolence
?
"
said
the
Templar
to
the
Benedictine
,
"
and
why
did
you
prevent
me
from
chastising
it
?
"
"
Marry
,
brother
Brian
,
"
replied
the
Prior
,
"
touching
the
one
of
them
,
it
were
hard
for
me
to
render
a
reason
for
a
fool
speaking
according
to
his
folly
;
and
the
other
churl
is
of
that
savage
,
fierce
,
intractable
race
,
some
of
whom
,
as
I
have
often
told
you
,
are
still
to
be
found
among
the
descendants
of
the
conquered
Saxons
,
and
whose
supreme
pleasure
it
is
to
testify
,
by
all
means
in
their
power
,
their
aversion
to
their
conquerors
.
"
"
I
would
soon
have
beat
him
into
courtesy
,
"
observed
Brian
;
"
I
am
accustomed
to
deal
with
such
spirits
:
Our
Turkish
captives
are
as
fierce
and
intractable
as
Odin
himself
could
have
been
;
yet
two
months
in
my
household
,
under
the
management
of
my
master
of
the
slaves
,
has
made
them
humble
,
submissive
,
serviceable
,
and
observant
of
your
will
.
Marry
,
sir
,
you
must
be
aware
of
the
poison
and
the
dagger
;
for
they
use
either
with
free
will
when
you
give
them
the
slightest
opportunity
.
"
"
Ay
,
but
,
"
answered
Prior
Aymer
,
"
every
land
has
its
own
manners
and
fashions
;
and
,
besides
that
beating
this
fellow
could
procure
us
no
information
respecting
the
road
to
Cedric
's
house
,
it
would
have
been
sure
to
have
established
a
quarrel
betwixt
you
and
him
had
we
found
our
way
thither
.
Remember
what
I
told
you
:
this
wealthy
franklin
is
proud
,
fierce
,
jealous
,
and
irritable
,
a
withstander
of
the
nobility
,
and
even
of
his
neighbors
,
Reginald
Front-de-Boeuf
and
Philip
Malvoisin
,
who
are
no
babies
to
strive
with
.
He
stands
up
sternly
for
the
privileges
of
his
race
,
and
is
so
proud
of
his
uninterrupted
descend
from
Hereward
,
a
renowned
champion
of
the
Heptarchy
,
that
he
is
universally
called
Cedric
the
Saxon
;
and
makes
a
boast
of
his
belonging
to
a
people
from
whom
many
others
endeaver
to
hide
their
descent
,
lest
they
should
encounter
a
share
of
the
vae
victis
,
or
severities
imposed
upon
the
vanquished
.
"
"
Prior
Aymer
,
"
said
the
Templar
,
"
you
are
a
man
of
gallantry
,
learned
in
the
study
of
beauty
,
and
as
expert
as
a
troubadour
in
all
matters
concerning
the
arrets
of
love
;
but
I
shall
expect
much
beauty
in
this
celebrated
Rowena
to
counterbalance
the
self-denial
and
forbearance
which
I
must
exert
if
I
am
to
court
the
favor
of
such
a
seditious
churl
as
you
have
described
her
father
Cedric
.
"
"
Cedric
is
not
her
father
,
"
replied
the
Prior
,
"
and
is
but
of
remote
relation
:
she
is
descended
from
higher
blood
than
even
he
pretends
to
,
and
is
but
distantly
connected
with
him
by
birth
.
