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Chapter 32

           Theplaceofrendezvouswasanagedoak;nothoweverthesametowhichLocksleyhadconductedGurthandWambaintheearlierpartofthestory,butonewhichwasthecentreofasilvanamphitheatre,withinhalfamileofthedemolishedcastleofTorquilstone.HereLocksleyassumedhisseatathroneofturferectedunderthetwistedbranchesofthehugeoak,andthesilvanfollowersweregatheredaroundhim.HeassignedtotheBlackKnightaseatathisrighthand,andtoCedricaplaceuponhisleft.

           "Pardonmyfreedom,noblesirs,"hesaid,"butinthesegladesIammonarchtheyaremykingdom;andthesemywildsubjectswouldreckbutlittleofmypower,wereI,withinmyowndominions,toyieldplacetomortalman.Now,sirs,whohathseenourchaplain?whereisourcurtalFriar?AmassamongstChristianmenbestbeginsabusymorning."NoonehadseentheClerkofCopmanhurst."Overgodsforbode!"saidtheoutlawchief,"Itrustthejollypriesthathbutabiddenbythewine-potathoughttoolate.Whosawhimsincethecastlewasta’en?"

           "I,"quoththeMiller,"markedhimbusyaboutthedoorofacellar,swearingbyeachsaintinthecalendarhewouldtastethesmackofFront-de-Boeuf’sGascoignewine."

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