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Chapter 3

           Hisdresswasatunicofforestgreen,furredatthethroatandcuffswithwhatwascalledminever;akindoffurinferiorinqualitytoermine,andformed,itisbelieved,oftheskinofthegreysquirrel.Thisdoublethungunbuttonedoveraclosedressofscarletwhichsattighttohisbody;hehadbreechesofthesame,buttheydidnotreachbelowthelowerpartofthethigh,leavingthekneeexposed.Hisfeethadsandalsofthesamefashionwiththepeasants,butoffinermaterials,andsecuredinthefrontwithgoldenclasps.Hehadbraceletsofgolduponhisarms,andabroadcollarofthesamepreciousmetalaroundhisneck.Abouthiswaistheworearichly-studdedbelt,inwhichwasstuckashortstraighttwo-edgedsword,withasharppoint,sodisposedastohangalmostperpendicularlybyhisside.Behindhisseatwashungascarletclothcloaklinedwithfur,andacapofthesamematerialsrichlyembroidered,whichcompletedthedressoftheopulentlandholderwhenhechosetogoforth.Ashortboar-spear,withabroadandbrightsteelhead,alsoreclinedagainstthebackofhischair,whichservedhim,whenhewalkedabroad,forthepurposesofastafforofaweapon,aschancemightrequire.

           Severaldomestics,whosedressheldvariousproportionsbetwixttherichnessoftheirmaster’s,andthecoarseandsimpleattireofGurththeswine-herd,watchedthelooksandwaitedthecommandsoftheSaxondignitary.Twoorthreeservantsofasuperiororderstoodbehindtheirmasteruponthedais;therestoccupiedthelowerpartofthehall.

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