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Chapter 34

           WaldemarbroughttherumourtoPrinceJohn,announcing,thathefeareditstruththemorethattheyhadsetoutwithasmallattendance,forthepurposeofcommittinganassaultontheSaxonCedricandhisattendants.AtanothertimethePrincewouldhavetreatedthisdeedofviolenceasagoodjest;butnow,thatitinterferedwithandimpededhisownplans,heexclaimedagainsttheperpetrators,andspokeofthebrokenlaws,andtheinfringementofpublicorderandofprivateproperty,inatonewhichmighthavebecomeKingAlfred.

           "Theunprincipledmarauders,"hesaid"wereIevertobecomemonarchofEngland,Iwouldhangsuchtransgressorsoverthedrawbridgesoftheirowncastles."

           "ButtobecomemonarchofEngland,"saidhisAhithophelcoolly,"itisnecessarynotonlythatyourGraceshouldendurethetransgressionsoftheseunprincipledmarauders,butthatyoushouldaffordthemyourprotection,notwithstandingyourlaudablezealforthelawstheyareinthehabitofinfringing.Weshallbefinelyhelped,ifthechurlSaxonsshouldhaverealizedyourGrace’svision,ofconvertingfeudaldrawbridgesintogibbets;andyonderbold-spiritedCedricseemethonetowhomsuchanimaginationmightoccur.YourGraceiswellaware,itwillbedangeroustostirwithoutFront-de-Boeuf,DeBracy,andtheTemplar;andyetwehavegonetoofartorecedewithsafety."

           PrinceJohnstruckhisforeheadwithimpatience,andthenbegantostrideupanddowntheapartment."

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