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Chapter 14

           "Andnow,sirs,"saidPrinceJohn,whobegantobewarmedwiththewinewhichhehaddrank,"havingdonejusticetoourSaxonguests,wewillprayofthemsomerequitaltoourcourtesy.WorthyThane,"hecontinued,addressingCedric,"mayweprayyoutonametoussomeNormanwhosementionmayleastsullyyourmouth,andtowashdownwithagobletofwineallbitternesswhichthesoundmayleavebehindit?"

           FitzursearosewhilePrinceJohnspoke,andglidingbehindtheseatoftheSaxon,whisperedtohimnottoomittheopportunityofputtinganendtounkindnessbetwixtthetworaces,bynamingPrinceJohn.TheSaxonrepliednottothispoliticinsinuation,but,risingup,andfillinghiscuptothebrim,beaddressedPrinceJohninthesewords:"YourhighnesshasrequiredthatIshouldnameaNormandeservingtoberememberedatourbanquet.This,perchance,isahardtask,sinceitcallsontheslavetosingthepraisesofthemasteruponthevanquished,whilepressedbyalltheevilsofconquest,tosingthepraisesoftheconqueror.YetIwillnameaNormanthefirstinarmsandinplacethebestandthenoblestofhisrace.Andthelipsthatshallrefusetopledgemetohiswell-earnedfame,Itermfalseanddishonoured,andwillsomaintainthemwithmylife.IquaffthisgoblettothehealthofRichardtheLion-hearted!"

           PrinceJohn,whohadexpectedthathisownnamewouldhaveclosedtheSaxon’sspeech,startedwhenthatofhisinjuredbrotherwassounexpectedlyintroduced.

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