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Chapter 8

           Asfarascouldbejudgedofamansheathedinarmour,thenewadventurerdidnotgreatlyexceedthemiddlesize,andseemedtoberatherslenderthanstronglymade.Hissuitofarmourwasformedofsteel,richlyinlaidwithgold,andthedeviceonhisshieldwasayoungoak-treepulledupbytheroots,withtheSpanishwordDesdichado,signifyingDisinherited.Hewasmountedonagallantblackhorse,andashepassedthroughthelistshegracefullysalutedthePrinceandtheladiesbyloweringhislance.Thedexteritywithwhichhemanagedhissteed,andsomethingofyouthfulgracewhichhedisplayedinhismanner,wonhimthefavourofthemultitude,whichsomeofthelowerclassesexpressedbycallingout,"TouchRalphdeVipont’sshieldtouchtheHospitallersshield;hehastheleastsureseat,heisyourcheapestbargain."

           Thechampion,movingonwardamidthesewell-meanthints,ascendedtheplatformbytheslopingalleywhichledtoitfromthelists,and,totheastonishmentofallpresent,ridingstraightuptothecentralpavilion,struckwiththesharpendofhisspeartheshieldofBriandeBois-Guilbertuntilitrungagain.Allstoodastonishedathispresumption,butnonemorethantheredoubtedKnightwhomhehadthusdefiedtomortalcombat,andwho,littleexpectingsorudeachallenge,wasstandingcarelesslyatthedoorofthepavilion.

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