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To
this
sturdy
Saxon
,
therefore
,
the
day
's
journey
was
fraught
with
all
manner
of
displeasure
and
discomfort
;
so
that
he
more
than
once
internally
cursed
the
tournament
,
and
him
who
had
proclaimed
it
,
together
with
his
own
folly
in
ever
thinking
of
going
thither
.
At
noon
,
upon
the
motion
of
Athelstane
,
the
travellers
paused
in
a
woodland
shade
by
a
fountain
,
to
repose
their
horses
and
partake
of
some
provisions
,
with
which
the
hospitable
Abbot
had
loaded
a
sumpter
mule
.
Their
repast
was
a
pretty
long
one
;
and
these
several
interruptions
rendered
it
impossible
for
them
to
hope
to
reach
Rotherwood
without
travelling
all
night
,
a
conviction
which
induced
them
to
proceed
on
their
way
at
a
more
hasty
pace
than
they
had
hitherto
used
.
A
train
of
armed
men
,
some
noble
dame
Escorting
,
(
so
their
scatter
'd
words
discover
'd
,
As
unperceived
I
hung
upon
their
rear
,
)
Are
close
at
hand
,
and
mean
to
pass
the
night
Within
the
castle
.
Orra
,
a
Tragedy
The
travellers
had
now
reached
the
verge
of
the
wooded
country
,
and
were
about
to
plunge
into
its
recesses
,
held
dangerous
at
that
time
from
the
number
of
outlaws
whom
oppression
and
poverty
had
driven
to
despair
,
and
who
occupied
the
forests
in
such
large
bands
as
could
easily
bid
defiance
to
the
feeble
police
of
the
period
.
From
these
rovers
,
however
,
notwithstanding
the
lateness
of
the
hour
Cedric
and
Athelstane
accounted
themselves
secure
,
as
they
had
in
attendance
ten
servants
,
besides
Wamba
and
Gurth
,
whose
aid
could
not
be
counted
upon
,
the
one
being
a
jester
and
the
other
a
captive
.
It
may
be
added
,
that
in
travelling
thus
late
through
the
forest
,
Cedric
and
Athelstane
relied
on
their
descent
and
character
,
as
well
as
their
courage
.
The
outlaws
,
whom
the
severity
of
the
forest
laws
had
reduced
to
this
roving
and
desperate
mode
of
life
,
were
chiefly
peasants
and
yeomen
of
Saxon
descent
,
and
were
generally
supposed
to
respect
the
persons
and
property
of
their
countrymen
.
As
the
travellers
journeyed
on
their
way
,
they
were
alarmed
by
repeated
cries
for
assistance
;
and
when
they
rode
up
to
the
place
from
whence
they
came
,
they
were
surprised
to
find
a
horse-litter
placed
upon
the
ground
,
beside
which
sat
a
young
woman
,
richly
dressed
in
the
Jewish
fashion
,
while
an
old
man
,
whose
yellow
cap
proclaimed
him
to
belong
to
the
same
nation
,
walked
up
and
down
with
gestures
expressive
of
the
deepest
despair
,
and
wrung
his
hands
,
as
if
affected
by
some
strange
disaster
.
