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Chapter 21

           "Itmaybeso,"answeredCedric;"butIcannotlookonthatstainedlatticewithoutitsawakeningotherreflectionsthanthosewhichconcernthepassingmoment,oritsprivations.Whenthatwindowwaswrought,mynoblefriend,ourhardyfathersknewnottheartofmakingglass,orofstainingitTheprideofWolfganger’sfatherbroughtanartistfromNormandytoadornhishallwiththisnewspeciesofemblazonment,thatbreaksthegoldenlightofGod’sblesseddayintosomanyfantastichues.Theforeignercameherepoor,beggarly,cringing,andsubservient,readytodoffhiscaptothemeanestnativeofthehousehold.Hereturnedpamperedandproud,totellhisrapaciouscountrymenofthewealthandthesimplicityoftheSaxonnoblesafolly,oh,Athelstane,forebodedofold,aswellasforeseen,bythosedescendantsofHengistandhishardytribes,whoretainedthesimplicityoftheirmanners.Wemadethesestrangersourbosomfriends,ourconfidentialservants;weborrowedtheirartistsandtheirarts,anddespisedthehonestsimplicityandhardihoodwithwhichourbraveancestorssupportedthemselves,andwebecameenervatedbyNormanartslongerewefellunderNormanarms.

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