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Chapter 14

           When,however,itwasdiscovered,byaseriouscross-examination,thattheThaneofConingsburgh(orFranklin,astheNormanstermedhim)hadnoideawhathehadbeendevouring,andthathehadtakenthecontentsoftheKarum-pieforlarksandpigeons,whereastheywereinfactbeccaficoesandnightingales,hisignorancebroughthiminforanampleshareoftheridiculewhichwouldhavebeenmorejustlybestowedonhisgluttony.

           Thelongfeasthadatlengthitsend;and,whilethegobletcirculatedfreely,mentalkedofthefeatsoftheprecedingtournament,oftheunknownvictorinthearcherygames,oftheBlackKnight,whoseself-denialhadinducedhimtowithdrawfromthehonourshehadwon,andofthegallantIvanhoe,whohadsodearlyboughtthehonoursoftheday.Thetopicsweretreatedwithmilitaryfrankness,andthejestandlaughwentroundthehall.ThebrowofPrinceJohnalonewasovercloudedduringthesediscussions;someoverpoweringcareseemedagitatinghismind,anditwasonlywhenhereceivedoccasionalhintsfromhisattendants,thatheseemedtotakeinterestinwhatwaspassingaroundhim.Onsuchoccasionshewouldstartup,quaffacupofwineasiftoraisehisspirits,andthenmingleintheconversationbysomeobservationmadeabruptlyoratrandom.

           "Wedrinkthisbeaker,"saidhe,"tothehealthofWilfredofIvanhoe,championofthisPassageofArms,andgrievethathiswoundrendershimabsentfromourboardLetallfilltothepledge,andespeciallyCedricofRotherwood,theworthyfatherofasonsopromising."

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