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Chapter 30

           BytheMotherofHeaven,IamabetterChristianmanthanthouandthyfellowship;forthebruitgoethshrewdlyout,thatthemostholyOrderoftheTempleofZionnursethnotafewhereticswithinitsbosom,andthatSirBriandeBois-Guilbertisofthenumber."

           "Carenotthouforsuchreports,"saidtheTemplar;"butletusthinkofmakinggoodthecastle.Howfoughtthesevillainyeomenonthyside?"

           "Likefiendsincarnate,"saidDeBracy."Theyswarmedcloseuptothewalls,headed,asIthink,bytheknavewhowontheprizeatthearchery,forIknewhishornandbaldric.AndthisisoldFitzurse’sboastedpolicy,encouragingthesemalapertknavestorebelagainstus!HadInotbeenarmedinproof,thevillainhadmarkedmedownseventimeswithaslittleremorseasifIhadbeenabuckinseason.Hetoldeveryrivetonmyarmourwithacloth-yardshaft,thatrappedagainstmyribswithaslittlecompunctionasifmyboneshadbeenofironButthatIworeashirtofSpanishmailundermyplate-coat,Ihadbeenfairlysped."

           "Butyoumaintainedyourpost?"saidtheTemplar."Welosttheoutworkonourpart."

           "Thatisashrewdloss,"saidDeBracy;"theknaveswillfindcovertheretoassaultthecastlemoreclosely,andmay,ifnotwellwatched,gainsomeunguardedcornerofatower,orsomeforgottenwindow,andsobreakinuponus.Ournumbersaretoofewforthedefenceofeverypoint,andthemencomplainthattheycannowhereshowthemselves,buttheyarethemarkforasmanyarrowsasaparish-buttonaholydayeven.

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