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It
was
to
this
person
,
such
as
we
have
described
him
,
that
the
Prince
addressed
his
imperious
command
to
make
place
for
Isaac
and
Rebecca
.
Athelstane
,
utterly
confounded
at
an
order
which
the
manners
and
feelings
of
the
times
rendered
so
injuriously
insulting
,
unwilling
to
obey
,
yet
undetermined
how
to
resist
,
opposed
only
the
"
vis
inertiae
"
to
the
will
of
John
;
and
,
without
stirring
or
making
any
motion
whatever
of
obedience
,
opened
his
large
grey
eyes
,
and
stared
at
the
Prince
with
an
astonishment
which
had
in
it
something
extremely
ludicrous
.
But
the
impatient
John
regarded
it
in
no
such
light
.
"
The
Saxon
porker
,
"
he
said
,
"
is
either
asleep
or
minds
me
not
--
Prick
him
with
your
lance
,
De
Bracy
,
"
speaking
to
a
knight
who
rode
near
him
,
the
leader
of
a
band
of
Free
Companions
,
or
Condottieri
;
that
is
,
of
mercenaries
belonging
to
no
particular
nation
,
but
attached
for
the
time
to
any
prince
by
whom
they
were
paid
.
There
was
a
murmur
even
among
the
attendants
of
Prince
John
;
but
De
Bracy
,
whose
profession
freed
him
from
all
scruples
,
extended
his
long
lance
over
the
space
which
separated
the
gallery
from
the
lists
,
and
would
have
executed
the
commands
of
the
Prince
before
Athelstane
the
Unready
had
recovered
presence
of
mind
sufficient
even
to
draw
back
his
person
from
the
weapon
,
had
not
Cedric
,
as
prompt
as
his
companion
was
tardy
,
unsheathed
,
with
the
speed
of
lightning
,
the
short
sword
which
he
wore
,
and
at
a
single
blow
severed
the
point
of
the
lance
from
the
handle
.
The
blood
rushed
into
the
countenance
of
Prince
John
.
He
swore
one
of
his
deepest
oaths
,
and
was
about
to
utter
some
threat
corresponding
in
violence
,
when
he
was
diverted
from
his
purpose
,
partly
by
his
own
attendants
,
who
gathered
around
him
conjuring
him
to
be
patient
,
partly
by
a
general
exclamation
of
the
crowd
,
uttered
in
loud
applause
of
the
spirited
conduct
of
Cedric
.
The
Prince
rolled
his
eyes
in
indignation
,
as
if
to
collect
some
safe
and
easy
victim
;
and
chancing
to
encounter
the
firm
glance
of
the
same
archer
whom
we
have
already
noticed
,
and
who
seemed
to
persist
in
his
gesture
of
applause
,
in
spite
of
the
frowning
aspect
which
the
Prince
bent
upon
him
,
he
demanded
his
reason
for
clamouring
thus
.
"
I
always
add
my
hollo
,
"
said
the
yeoman
,
"
when
I
see
a
good
shot
,
or
a
gallant
blow
.
"
"
Sayst
thou
?
"
answered
the
Prince
;
"
then
thou
canst
hit
the
white
thyself
,
I
'll
warrant
.
"
"
A
woodsman
's
mark
,
and
at
woodsman
's
distance
,
I
can
hit
,
"
answered
the
yeoman
.
"
And
Wat
Tyrrel
's
mark
,
at
a
hundred
yards
,
"
said
a
voice
from
behind
,
but
by
whom
uttered
could
not
be
discerned
.
This
allusion
to
the
fate
of
William
Rufus
,
his
Relative
,
at
once
incensed
and
alarmed
Prince
John
.
He
satisfied
himself
,
however
,
with
commanding
the
men-at-arms
,
who
surrounded
the
lists
,
to
keep
an
eye
on
the
braggart
,
pointing
to
the
yeoman
.
"
By
St
Grizzel
,
"
he
added
,
"
we
will
try
his
own
skill
,
who
is
so
ready
to
give
his
voice
to
the
feats
of
others
!
"
"
I
shall
not
fly
the
trial
,
"
said
the
yeoman
,
with
the
composure
which
marked
his
whole
deportment
.
