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During
this
discourse
,
Prince
John
had
gradually
awakened
from
the
stupor
into
which
he
had
been
thrown
by
the
unexpected
intelligence
,
and
had
been
attentive
to
the
conversation
which
passed
betwixt
his
followers
.
"
They
fall
off
from
me
,
"
he
said
to
himself
,
"
they
hold
no
more
by
me
than
a
withered
leaf
by
the
bough
when
a
breeze
blows
on
it
!
--
Hell
and
fiends
!
can
I
shape
no
means
for
myself
when
I
am
deserted
by
these
cravens
?
"
--
He
paused
,
and
there
was
an
expression
of
diabolical
passion
in
the
constrained
laugh
with
which
he
at
length
broke
in
on
their
conversation
.
"
Ha
,
ha
,
ha
!
my
good
lords
,
by
the
light
of
Our
Lady
's
brow
,
I
held
ye
sage
men
,
bold
men
,
ready-witted
men
;
yet
ye
throw
down
wealth
,
honour
,
pleasure
,
all
that
our
noble
game
promised
you
,
at
the
moment
it
might
be
won
by
one
bold
cast
!
"
"
I
understand
you
not
,
"
said
De
Bracy
.
"
As
soon
as
Richard
's
return
is
blown
abroad
,
he
will
be
at
the
head
of
an
army
,
and
all
is
then
over
with
us
.
I
would
counsel
you
,
my
lord
,
either
to
fly
to
France
or
take
the
protection
of
the
Queen
Mother
.
"
"
I
seek
no
safety
for
myself
,
"
said
Prince
John
,
haughtily
;
"
that
I
could
secure
by
a
word
spoken
to
my
brother
.
But
although
you
,
De
Bracy
,
and
you
,
Waldemar
Fitzurse
,
are
so
ready
to
abandon
me
,
I
should
not
greatly
delight
to
see
your
heads
blackening
on
Clifford
's
gate
yonder
.
Thinkest
thou
,
Waldemar
,
that
the
wily
Archbishop
will
not
suffer
thee
to
be
taken
from
the
very
horns
of
the
altar
,
would
it
make
his
peace
with
King
Richard
?
And
forgettest
thou
,
De
Bracy
,
that
Robert
Estoteville
lies
betwixt
thee
and
Hull
with
all
his
forces
,
and
that
the
Earl
of
Essex
is
gathering
his
followers
?
If
we
had
reason
to
fear
these
levies
even
before
Richard
's
return
,
trowest
thou
there
is
any
doubt
now
which
party
their
leaders
will
take
?
Trust
me
,
Estoteville
alone
has
strength
enough
to
drive
all
thy
Free
Lances
into
the
Humber
.
"
--
Waldemar
Fitzurse
and
De
Bracy
looked
in
each
other
's
faces
with
blank
dismay
.
--
"
There
is
but
one
road
to
safety
,
"
continued
the
Prince
,
and
his
brow
grew
black
as
midnight
;
"
this
object
of
our
terror
journeys
alone
--
He
must
be
met
withal
.
"
"
Not
by
me
,
"
said
De
Bracy
,
hastily
;
"
I
was
his
prisoner
,
and
he
took
me
to
mercy
.
I
will
not
harm
a
feather
in
his
crest
.
"
"
Who
spoke
of
harming
him
?
"
said
Prince
John
,
with
a
hardened
laugh
;
"
the
knave
will
say
next
that
I
meant
he
should
slay
him
!
--
No
--
a
prison
were
better
;
and
whether
in
Britain
or
Austria
,
what
matters
it
?
--
Things
will
be
but
as
they
were
when
we
commenced
our
enterprise
--
It
was
founded
on
the
hope
that
Richard
would
remain
a
captive
in
Germany
--
Our
uncle
Robert
lived
and
died
in
the
castle
of
Cardiffe
.
"
"
Ay
,
but
,
"
said
Waldemar
,
"
your
sire
Henry
sate
more
firm
in
his
seat
than
your
Grace
can
.
I
say
the
best
prison
is
that
which
is
made
by
the
sexton
--
no
dungeon
like
a
church-vault
!
I
have
said
my
say
.
"
"
Prison
or
tomb
,
"
said
De
Bracy
,
"
I
wash
my
hands
of
the
whole
matter
.
"
"
Villain
!
"
said
Prince
John
,
"
thou
wouldst
not
bewray
our
counsel
?
"
"
Counsel
was
never
bewrayed
by
me
,
"
said
De
Bracy
,
haughtily
,
"
nor
must
the
name
of
villain
be
coupled
with
mine
!
"
