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Chapter 14

           Inexecutionoftheresolutionwhichhehadformedduringhiscoolermoments,PrinceJohnreceivedCedricandAthelstanewithdistinguishedcourtesy,andexpressedhisdisappointment,withoutresentment,whentheindispositionofRowenawasallegedbytheformerasareasonforhernotattendinguponhisgracioussummons.CedricandAthelstanewerebothdressedintheancientSaxongarb,which,althoughnotunhandsomeinitself,andinthepresentinstancecomposedofcostlymaterials,wassoremoteinshapeandappearancefromthatoftheotherguests,thatPrinceJohntookgreatcredittohimselfwithWaldemarFitzurseforrefrainingfromlaughteratasightwhichthefashionofthedayrenderedridiculous.Yet,intheeyeofsoberjudgment,theshortclosetunicandlongmantleoftheSaxonswasamoregraceful,aswellasamoreconvenientdress,thanthegarboftheNormans,whoseundergarmentwasalongdoublet,solooseastoresembleashirtorwaggoner’sfrock,coveredbyacloakofscantydimensions,neitherfittodefendthewearerfromcoldorfromrain,andtheonlypurposeofwhichappearedtobetodisplayasmuchfur,embroidery,andjewellerywork,astheingenuityofthetailorcouldcontrivetolayuponit.TheEmperorCharlemagne,inwhosereigntheywerefirstintroduced,seemstohavebeenverysensibleoftheinconveniencesarisingfromthefashionofthisgarment.

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