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Chapter 12

           TheSaxon,indeed,hadremonstratedstronglywithhisfriendupontheinjudiciouschoicehehadmadeofhisparty;buthehadonlyreceivedthatsortofanswerusuallygivenbythosewhoaremoreobstinateinfollowingtheirowncourse,thanstronginjustifyingit.

           Hisbest,ifnothisonlyreason,foradheringtothepartyofBriandeBois-Guilbert,Athelstanehadtheprudencetokeeptohimself.ThoughhisapathyofdispositionpreventedhistakinganymeanstorecommendhimselftotheLadyRowena,hewas,nevertheless,bynomeansinsensibletohercharms,andconsideredhisunionwithherasamatteralreadyfixedbeyonddoubt,bytheassentofCedricandherotherfriends.IthadthereforebeenwithsmothereddispleasurethattheproudthoughindolentLordofConingsburghbeheldthevictoroftheprecedingdayselectRowenaastheobjectofthathonourwhichitbecamehisprivilegetoconfer.Inordertopunishhimforapreferencewhichseemedtointerferewithhisownsuit,Athelstane,confidentofhisstrength,andtowhomhisflatterers,atleast,ascribedgreatskillinarms,haddeterminednotonlytodeprivetheDisinheritedKnightofhispowerfulsuccour,but,ifanopportunityshouldoccur,tomakehimfeeltheweightofhisbattle-axe.

           DeBracy,andotherknightsattachedtoPrinceJohn,inobediencetoahintfromhim,hadjoinedthepartyofthechallengers,Johnbeingdesiroustosecure,ifpossible,thevictorytothatside.

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