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Chapter 9

           Amoresincereandmoregeneral,aswellasabetter-meritedacclamation,attendedthevictoroftheday,until,anxioustowithdrawhimselffrompopularnotice,heacceptedtheaccommodationofoneofthosepavilionspitchedattheextremitiesofthelists,theuseofwhichwascourteouslytenderedhimbythemarshalsofthefield.Onhisretiringtohistent,manywhohadlingeredinthelists,tolookuponandformconjecturesconcerninghim,alsodispersed.

           Thesignsandsoundsofatumultuousconcourseofmenlatelycrowdedtogetherinoneplace,andagitatedbythesamepassingevents,werenowexchangedforthedistanthumofvoicesofdifferentgroupsretreatinginalldirections,andthesespeedilydiedawayinsilence.Noothersoundswereheardsavethevoicesofthemenialswhostrippedthegalleriesoftheircushionsandtapestry,inordertoputtheminsafetyforthenight,andwrangledamongthemselvesforthehalf-usedbottlesofwineandrelicsoftherefreshmentwhichhadbeenservedroundtothespectators.

           Beyondtheprecinctsofthelistsmorethanoneforgewaserected;andthesenowbegantoglimmerthroughthetwilight,announcingthetoilofthearmourers,whichwastocontinuethroughthewholenight,inordertorepairoralterthesuitsofarmourtobeusedagainonthemorrow.

           Astrongguardofmen-at-arms,renewedatintervals,fromtwohourstotwohours,surroundedthelists,andkeptwatchduringthenight.

           

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