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Chapter 21

           Front-de-Boeuf,whosecharacterplacedhimoftenatfeudwithhisenemies,hadmadeconsiderableadditionstothestrengthofhiscastle,bybuildingtowersupontheoutwardwall,soastoflankitateveryangle.Theaccess,asusualincastlesoftheperiod,laythroughanarchedbarbican,oroutwork,whichwasterminatedanddefendedbyasmallturretateachcorner.

           CedricnosoonersawtheturretsofFront-de-Boeuf’scastleraisetheirgreyandmoss-grownbattlements,glimmeringinthemorningsunabovethewoodbywhichtheyweresurrounded,thanheinstantlyauguredmoretrulyconcerningthecauseofhismisfortune.

           "Ididinjustice,"hesaid,"tothethievesandoutlawsofthesewoods,whenIsupposedsuchbandittitobelongtotheirbands;ImightasjustlyhaveconfoundedthefoxesofthesebrakeswiththeraveningwolvesofFrance.Tellme,dogsisitmylifeormywealththatyourmasteraimsat?IsittoomuchthattwoSaxons,myselfandthenobleAthelstane,shouldholdlandinthecountrywhichwasoncethepatrimonyofourrace?Putusthentodeath,andcompleteyourtyrannybytakingourlives,asyoubeganwithourliberties.IftheSaxonCedriccannotrescueEngland,heiswillingtodieforher.Tellyourtyrannicalmaster,IdoonlybeseechhimtodismisstheLadyRowenainhonourandsafety.Sheisawoman,andheneednotdreadher;andwithuswilldieallwhodarefightinhercause."

           Theattendantsremainedasmutetothisaddressastotheformer,andtheynowstoodbeforethegateofthecastle.

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