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Chapter 7

           Beforeeachpavilionwassuspendedtheshieldoftheknightbywhomitwasoccupied,andbesideitstoodhissquire,quaintlydisguisedasasalvageorsilvanman,orinsomeotherfantasticdress,accordingtothetasteofhismaster,andthecharacterhewaspleasedtoassumeduringthegame.

           Thecentralpavilion,astheplaceofhonour,hadbeenassignedtoBrianbeBois-Guilbert,whoserenowninallgamesofchivalry,nolessthanhisconnexionswiththeknightswhohadundertakenthisPassageofArms,hadoccasionedhimtobeeagerlyreceivedintothecompanyofthechallengers,andevenadoptedastheirchiefandleader,thoughhehadsorecentlyjoinedthem.OnonesideofhistentwerepitchedthoseofReginaldFront-de-BoeufandRicharddeMalvoisin,andontheotherwasthepavilionofHughdeGrantmesnil,anoblebaroninthevicinity,whoseancestorhadbeenLordHighStewardofEnglandinthetimeoftheConqueror,andhissonWilliamRufus.RalphdeVipont,aknightofStJohnofJerusalem,whohadsomeancientpossessionsataplacecalledHeather,nearAshby-de-la-Zouche,occupiedthefifthpavilion.Fromtheentranceintothelists,agentlyslopingpassage,tenyardsinbreadth,leduptotheplatformonwhichthetentswerepitched.Itwasstronglysecuredbyapalisadeoneachside,aswastheesplanadeinfrontofthepavilions,andthewholewasguardedbymen-at-arms.

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