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Chapter 42

           Therewereassembledinthisapartment,aroundalargeoakentable,aboutadozenofthemostdistinguishedrepresentativesoftheSaxonfamiliesintheadjacentcounties.Theywereallold,or,atleast,elderlymen;fortheyoungerrace,tothegreatdispleasureoftheseniors,had,likeIvanhoe,brokendownmanyofthebarrierswhichseparatedforhalfacenturytheNormanvictorsfromthevanquishedSaxons.Thedowncastandsorrowfullooksofthesevenerablemen,theirsilenceandtheirmournfulposture,formedastrongcontrasttothelevityoftherevellersontheoutsideofthecastle.Theirgreylocksandlongfullbeards,togetherwiththeirantiquetunicsandlooseblackmantles,suitedwellwiththesingularandrudeapartmentinwhichtheywereseated,andgavetheappearanceofabandofancientworshippersofWoden,recalledtolifetomournoverthedecayoftheirnationalglory.

           Cedric,seatedinequalrankamonghiscountrymen,seemedyet,bycommonconsent,toactaschiefoftheassembly.UpontheentranceofRichard(onlyknowntohimasthevalorousKnightoftheFetterlock)hearosegravely,andgavehimwelcomebytheordinarysalutation,"Waeshael",raisingatthesametimeagoblettohishead.TheKing,nostrangertothecustomsofhisEnglishsubjects,returnedthegreetingwiththeappropriatewords,"Drinchael",andpartookofacupwhichwashandedtohimbythesewer.

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