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Cedric
,
although
not
greatly
confident
in
Ulrica
's
message
,
omitted
not
to
communicate
her
promise
to
the
Black
Knight
and
Locksley
.
They
were
well
pleased
to
find
they
had
a
friend
within
the
place
,
who
might
,
in
the
moment
of
need
,
be
able
to
facilitate
their
entrance
,
and
readily
agreed
with
the
Saxon
that
a
storm
,
under
whatever
disadvantages
,
ought
to
be
attempted
,
as
the
only
means
of
liberating
the
prisoners
now
in
the
hands
of
the
cruel
Front-de-Boeuf
.
"
The
royal
blood
of
Alfred
is
endangered
,
"
said
Cedric
.
"
The
honour
of
a
noble
lady
is
in
peril
,
"
said
the
Black
Knight
.
"
And
,
by
the
Saint
Christopher
at
my
baldric
,
"
said
the
good
yeoman
,
"
were
there
no
other
cause
than
the
safety
of
that
poor
faithful
knave
,
Wamba
,
I
would
jeopard
a
joint
ere
a
hair
of
his
head
were
hurt
.
"
"
And
so
would
I
,
"
said
the
Friar
;
"
what
,
sirs
!
I
trust
well
that
a
fool
--
I
mean
,
d'ye
see
me
,
sirs
,
a
fool
that
is
free
of
his
guild
and
master
of
his
craft
,
and
can
give
as
much
relish
and
flavour
to
a
cup
of
wine
as
ever
a
flitch
of
bacon
can
--
I
say
,
brethren
,
such
a
fool
shall
never
want
a
wise
clerk
to
pray
for
or
fight
for
him
at
a
strait
,
while
I
can
say
a
mass
or
flourish
a
partisan
.
"
And
with
that
he
made
his
heavy
halberd
to
play
around
his
head
as
a
shepherd
boy
flourishes
his
light
crook
.
"
True
,
Holy
Clerk
,
"
said
the
Black
Knight
,
"
true
as
if
Saint
Dunstan
himself
had
said
it
.
--
And
now
,
good
Locksley
,
were
it
not
well
that
noble
Cedric
should
assume
the
direction
of
this
assault
?
"
"
Not
a
jot
I
,
"
returned
Cedric
;
"
I
have
never
been
wont
to
study
either
how
to
take
or
how
to
hold
out
those
abodes
of
tyrannic
power
,
which
the
Normans
have
erected
in
this
groaning
land
.
I
will
fight
among
the
foremost
;
but
my
honest
neighbours
well
know
I
am
not
a
trained
soldier
in
the
discipline
of
wars
,
or
the
attack
of
strongholds
.
"
"
Since
it
stands
thus
with
noble
Cedric
,
"
said
Locksley
,
"
I
am
most
willing
to
take
on
me
the
direction
of
the
archery
;
and
ye
shall
hang
me
up
on
my
own
Trysting-tree
,
an
the
defenders
be
permitted
to
show
themselves
over
the
walls
without
being
stuck
with
as
many
shafts
as
there
are
cloves
in
a
gammon
of
bacon
at
Christmas
.
"
"
Well
said
,
stout
yeoman
,
"
answered
the
Black
Knight
;
"
and
if
I
be
thought
worthy
to
have
a
charge
in
these
matters
,
and
can
find
among
these
brave
men
as
many
as
are
willing
to
follow
a
true
English
knight
,
for
so
I
may
surely
call
myself
,
I
am
ready
,
with
such
skill
as
my
experience
has
taught
me
,
to
lead
them
to
the
attack
of
these
walls
.
"
