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Chapter 15

           "Andshouldbelongtonone,"saidDeBracy;"theworkoftheConquestshouldbecompleted."

           "Thisisnotimeforitatleast,"saidFitzurse"theapproachingcrisisrendersthefavourofthemultitudeindispensable,andPrinceJohncannotrefusejusticetoanyonewhoinjurestheirfavourites."

           "Lethimgrantit,ifhedare,"saidDeBracy;"hewillsoonseethedifferencebetwixtthesupportofsuchalustylotofspearsasmine,andthatofaheartlessmobofSaxonchurls.YetImeannoimmediatediscoveryofmyself.SeemInotinthisgarbasboldaforesteraseverblewhorn?TheblameoftheviolenceshallrestwiththeoutlawsoftheYorkshireforests.IhavesurespiesontheSaxon’smotionsTo-nighttheysleepintheconventofSaintWittol,orWithold,orwhatevertheycallthatchurlofaSaxonSaintatBurton-on-Trent.Nextday’smarchbringsthemwithinourreach,and,falcon-ways,weswooponthematonce.PresentlyafterIwillappearinmineownshape,playthecourteousknight,rescuetheunfortunateandafflictedfaironefromthehandsoftheruderavishers,conducthertoFront-de-Boeuf’sCastle,ortoNormandy,ifitshouldbenecessary,andproducehernotagaintoherkindreduntilshebethebrideanddameofMauricedeBracy."

           "Amarvellouslysageplan,"saidFitzurse,"and,asIthink,notentirelyofthineowndevice.Come,befrank,DeBracy,whoaidedtheeintheinvention?andwhoistoassistintheexecution?for,asIthink,thineownbandliesasfaroffasYork."

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