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Chapter 1

           Inplaceofthese,hewasequippedwithaswordoflath,resemblingthatwithwhichHarlequinoperateshiswondersuponthemodernstage.

           Theoutwardappearanceofthesetwomenformedscarceastrongercontrastthantheirlookanddemeanour.Thatoftheserf,orbondsman,wassadandsullen;hisaspectwasbentonthegroundwithanappearanceofdeepdejection,whichmightbealmostconstruedintoapathy,hadnotthefirewhichoccasionallysparkledinhisredeyemanifestedthatthereslumbered,undertheappearanceofsullendespondency,asenseofoppression,andadispositiontoresistance.ThelooksofWamba,ontheotherhand,indicated,asusualwithhisclass,asortofvacantcuriosity,andfidgettyimpatienceofanypostureofrepose,togetherwiththeutmostself-satisfactionrespectinghisownsituation,andtheappearancewhichhemade.Thedialoguewhichtheymaintainedbetweenthem,wascarriedoninAnglo-Saxon,which,aswesaidbefore,wasuniversallyspokenbytheinferiorclasses,exceptingtheNormansoldiers,andtheimmediatepersonaldependantsofthegreatfeudalnobles.

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