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"
It
is
well
,
"
said
Prince
John
,
haughtily
;
"
although
unused
to
such
refusals
,
we
will
endeavour
to
digest
our
banquet
as
we
may
,
though
ungraced
by
the
most
successful
in
arms
,
and
his
elected
Queen
of
Beauty
.
"
So
saying
,
he
prepared
to
leave
the
lists
with
his
glittering
train
,
and
his
turning
his
steed
for
that
purpose
,
was
the
signal
for
the
breaking
up
and
dispersion
of
the
spectators
.
Yet
,
with
the
vindictive
memory
proper
to
offended
pride
,
especially
when
combined
with
conscious
want
of
desert
,
John
had
hardly
proceeded
three
paces
,
ere
again
,
turning
around
,
he
fixed
an
eye
of
stern
resentment
upon
the
yeoman
who
had
displeased
him
in
the
early
part
of
the
day
,
and
issued
his
commands
to
the
men-at-arms
who
stood
near
--
"
On
your
life
,
suffer
not
that
fellow
to
escape
.
"
The
yeoman
stood
the
angry
glance
of
the
Prince
with
the
same
unvaried
steadiness
which
had
marked
his
former
deportment
,
saying
,
with
a
smile
,
"
I
have
no
intention
to
leave
Ashby
until
the
day
after
to-morrow
--
I
must
see
how
Staffordshire
and
Leicestershire
can
draw
their
bows
--
the
forests
of
Needwood
and
Charnwood
must
rear
good
archers
.
"
"
I
,
"
said
Prince
John
to
his
attendants
,
but
not
in
direct
reply
,
--
"
I
will
see
how
he
can
draw
his
own
;
and
woe
betide
him
unless
his
skill
should
prove
some
apology
for
his
insolence
!
"
"
It
is
full
time
,
"
said
De
Bracy
,
"
that
the
outrecuidance
of
these
peasants
should
be
restrained
by
some
striking
example
.
"
Waldemar
Fitzurse
,
who
probably
thought
his
patron
was
not
taking
the
readiest
road
to
popularity
,
shrugged
up
his
shoulders
and
was
silent
.
Prince
John
resumed
his
retreat
from
the
lists
,
and
the
dispersion
of
the
multitude
became
general
.
In
various
routes
,
according
to
the
different
quarters
from
which
they
came
,
and
in
groups
of
various
numbers
,
the
spectators
were
seen
retiring
over
the
plain
.
By
far
the
most
numerous
part
streamed
towards
the
town
of
Ashby
,
where
many
of
the
distinguished
persons
were
lodged
in
the
castle
,
and
where
others
found
accommodation
in
the
town
itself
.
Among
these
were
most
of
the
knights
who
had
already
appeared
in
the
tournament
,
or
who
proposed
to
fight
there
the
ensuing
day
,
and
who
,
as
they
rode
slowly
along
,
talking
over
the
events
of
the
day
,
were
greeted
with
loud
shouts
by
the
populace
.
The
same
acclamations
were
bestowed
upon
Prince
John
,
although
he
was
indebted
for
them
rather
to
the
splendour
of
his
appearance
and
train
,
than
to
the
popularity
of
his
character
A
more
sincere
and
more
general
,
as
well
as
a
better-merited
acclamation
,
attended
the
victor
of
the
day
,
until
,
anxious
to
withdraw
himself
from
popular
notice
,
he
accepted
the
accommodation
of
one
of
those
pavilions
pitched
at
the
extremities
of
the
lists
,
the
use
of
which
was
courteously
tendered
him
by
the
marshals
of
the
field
.
On
his
retiring
to
his
tent
,
many
who
had
lingered
in
the
lists
,
to
look
upon
and
form
conjectures
concerning
him
,
also
dispersed
.
The
signs
and
sounds
of
a
tumultuous
concourse
of
men
lately
crowded
together
in
one
place
,
and
agitated
by
the
same
passing
events
,
were
now
exchanged
for
the
distant
hum
of
voices
of
different
groups
retreating
in
all
directions
,
and
these
speedily
died
away
in
silence
.
No
other
sounds
were
heard
save
the
voices
of
the
menials
who
stripped
the
galleries
of
their
cushions
and
tapestry
,
in
order
to
put
them
in
safety
for
the
night
,
and
wrangled
among
themselves
for
the
half-used
bottles
of
wine
and
relics
of
the
refreshment
which
had
been
served
round
to
the
spectators
.
