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Chapter 10

           TheDisinheritedKnighthadexchangedhisarmourforthelongrobeusuallywornbythoseofhiscondition,which,beingfurnishedwithahood,concealedthefeatures,whensuchwasthepleasureofthewearer,almostascompletelyasthevisorofthehelmetitself,butthetwilight,whichwasnowfastdarkening,wouldofitselfhaverenderedadisguiseunnecessary,unlesstopersonstowhomthefaceofanindividualchancedtobeparticularlywellknown.

           TheDisinheritedKnight,therefore,steptboldlyforthtothefrontofhistent,andfoundinattendancethesquiresofthechallengers,whomheeasilyknewbytheirrussetandblackdresses,eachofwhomledhismaster’scharger,loadedwiththearmourinwhichhehadthatdayfought.

           "Accordingtothelawsofchivalry,"saidtheforemostofthesemen,"I,BaldwindeOyley,squiretotheredoubtedKnightBriandeBois-Guilbert,makeoffertoyou,stylingyourself,forthepresent,theDisinheritedKnight,ofthehorseandarmourusedbythesaidBriandeBois-Guilbertinthisday’sPassageofArms,leavingitwithyournoblenesstoretainortoransomthesame,accordingtoyourpleasure;forsuchisthelawofarms."

           Theothersquiresrepeatednearlythesameformula,andthenstoodtoawaitthedecisionoftheDisinheritedKnight.

           "Toyoufour,sirs,"repliedtheKnight,addressingthosewhohadlastspoken,"andtoyourhonourableandvaliantmasters,Ihaveonecommonreply.

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