Jousting is a competition between two knights on horse-back, wherein each knight tries to knock the other off his mount. Jousting was popular in medieval times, although it is still performed in Renaissance fairs[?]. The knghts are each equipped with three weapons; a lance, a one handed sword, and a rondel[?]. When one knight knocks the other off of his mount, he is declared the winner of the round. If both knights are knocked off their mounts at the same time, it is considered a tie; they then engage in sword combat, and the last standing is victorious. The knights usually jousted in a best out of three situation. The reward of the tournament was the hand of his choice of lady.
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petrified, crushed, without a word or a tear; then fever had seized her,
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It is true the history of good people is often monotonous or painful.
silent. The evening of his father's funeral the Abbe Constantin took him
by the fireside; the priest was reading his breviary opposite him. Old
scarcely believe that he heard aright.
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"I asked if my father left me some money?"
"Yes; he must have left you some."
"A good deal, don't you think? I have often heard people say that my
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to you afterward why I ask that."
"Well, they say your father had 200,000 or 300,000 francs."
"And is that much?"
"Yes, it is a great deal."
"And it is all mine?"
"Yes, it is all yours."
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in Longueval--old Clemence, you know; and they killed, too, the brother
since I am rich and they are poor, I will divide with Clemence and
him into his arms. The white head rested on the fair one. Two large
cheeks, and were lost in the furrows of his face.
However, the Cure was obliged to explain to Jean that, though he was his
would. There would be a family council, and a guardian would be
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