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--

Meantime

,

let

him

be

assured

,

that

I

hold

him

not

as

one

of

his

companions

,

with

whom

I

can

with

pleasure

exchange

courtesies

;

but

rather

as

one

with

whom

I

stand

upon

terms

of

mortal

defiance

.

"

"

My

master

,

"

answered

Baldwin

,

"

knows

how

to

requite

scorn

with

scorn

,

and

blows

with

blows

,

as

well

as

courtesy

with

courtesy

.

Since

you

disdain

to

accept

from

him

any

share

of

the

ransom

at

which

you

have

rated

the

arms

of

the

other

knights

,

I

must

leave

his

armour

and

his

horse

here

,

being

well

assured

that

he

will

never

deign

to

mount

the

one

nor

wear

the

other

.

"

"

You

have

spoken

well

,

good

squire

,

"

said

the

Disinherited

Knight

,

"

well

and

boldly

,

as

it

beseemeth

him

to

speak

who

answers

for

an

absent

master

.

Leave

not

,

however

,

the

horse

and

armour

here

.

Restore

them

to

thy

master

;

or

,

if

he

scorns

to

accept

them

,

retain

them

,

good

friend

,

for

thine

own

use

.

So

far

as

they

are

mine

,

I

bestow

them

upon

you

freely

.

"

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Baldwin

made

a

deep

obeisance

,

and

retired

with

his

companions

;

and

the

Disinherited

Knight

entered

the

pavilion

.

"

Thus

far

,

Gurth

,

"

said

he

,

addressing

his

attendant

,

"

the

reputation

of

English

chivalry

hath

not

suffered

in

my

hands

.

"

"

And

I

,

"

said

Gurth

,

"

for

a

Saxon

swineherd

,

have

not

ill

played

the

personage

of

a

Norman

squire-at-arms

.

"

"

Yea

,

but

,

"

answered

the

Disinherited

Knight

,

"

thou

hast

ever

kept

me

in

anxiety

lest

thy

clownish

bearing

should

discover

thee

.

"

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"

Tush

!

"

said

Gurth

,

"

I

fear

discovery

from

none

,

saving

my

playfellow

,

Wamba

the

Jester

,

of

whom

I

could

never

discover

whether

he

were

most

knave

or

fool

.

Yet

I

could

scarce

choose

but

laugh

,

when

my

old

master

passed

so

near

to

me

,

dreaming

all

the

while

that

Gurth

was

keeping

his

porkers

many

a

mile

off

,

in

the

thickets

and

swamps

of

Rotherwood

.

If

I

am

discovered

--

"

"

Enough

,

"

said

the

Disinherited

Knight

,

"

thou

knowest

my

promise

.

"

"

Nay

,

for

that

matter

,

"

said

Gurth

,

"

I

will

never

fail

my

friend

for

fear

of

my

skin-cutting

.

I

have

a

tough

hide

,

that

will

bear

knife

or

scourge

as

well

as

any

boar

's

hide

in

my

herd

.

"

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