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be as a star upon my path," said he. Then, carrying over the
their usual game before they sought their rooms for the night.
But a sudden and rude interruption broke in upon their gentle
growling to the door.html">door. And then there came a sharp clash of arms.html">arms.html">arms,
from without summoned them to open in the King's name. The old
overturned and their chessmen scattered among the rushes. Nigel's
arm.
"Nay, fair son! Have you not heard that it is in the King's
and let his messenger in!"
Nigel undid the bolt, and the heavy wooden door swung outward upon
caps and fierce bearded faces, with the glimmer of drawn swords
their way into the room. At their head were the gaunt sacrist of
breeches much stained and mottled with mud and clay. He bore a
held aloft as he entered.
"I call.html">call on Nigel Loring!" he cried. "I, the officer of the King's
Nigel Loring!"
"I am he."
"Yes, it is he!" cried the sacrist. "Archers, do as you were
on a stag. Desperately Nigel strove to gain his sword which lay
from the spirit rather than from the body, he bore them all in
place, and the rest dragged the writhing Squire to the ground and
the summoner. "I pray you, one of you, prick off these great dogs
King! Watkin, come betwixt me and these creatures who have as
others of the household who were equally ready to show their teeth
their quarters there emerged the pitiful muster of Nigel's
men-at-arms and two hundred archers would march behind the scarlet
lay bound in his own hall, there mustered at his call the page
Swire the aged man-at-arms with a formidable ax swung over his
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