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Chapter 12

           "Beware!beware!SirDisinherited!"wasshoutedsouniversally,thattheknightbecameawareofhisdanger;and,strikingafullblowattheTemplar,hereinedbackhissteedinthesamemoment,soastoescapethechargeofAthelstaneandFront-de-Boeuf.Theseknights,therefore,theiraimbeingthuseluded,rushedfromoppositesidesbetwixttheobjectoftheirattackandtheTemplar,almostrunningtheirhorsesagainsteachothereretheycouldstoptheircareer.Recoveringtheirhorseshowever,andwheelingthemround,thewholethreepursuedtheirunitedpurposeofbearingtotheearththeDisinheritedKnight.

           Nothingcouldhavesavedhim,excepttheremarkablestrengthandactivityofthenoblehorsewhichhehadwonontheprecedingday.

           Thisstoodhiminthemorestead,asthehorseofBois-Guilbertwaswounded,andthoseofFront-de-BoeufandAthelstanewerebothtiredwiththeweightoftheirgiganticmasters,cladincompletearmour,andwiththeprecedingexertionsoftheday.ThemasterlyhorsemanshipoftheDisinheritedKnight,andtheactivityofthenobleanimalwhichhemounted,enabledhimforafewminutestokeepatsword’spointhisthreeantagonists,turningandwheelingwiththeagilityofahawkuponthewing,keepinghisenemiesasfarseparateashecould,andrushingnowagainsttheone,nowagainsttheother,dealingsweepingblowswithhissword,withoutwaitingtoreceivethosewhichwereaimedathiminreturn.

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