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He had been hospitably enough received, for the country-side had not forgotten the story of the Greenwood Keep, and it was plain to see that this clear-eyed, well-set-up lad was of the true Stockader breed. One of his father's bond-friends, Piers Major, of the River Barony, had even offered Constans a home under his roof-tree in exchange for sword-service.
"You are of my father's covenant," he continued, slowly. "The blood-bond is between us," assented the other, heartily enough, and yet knitting his brows as he spoke. "Then if I choose to exact the full obligation of brotherhood, even to sword-service " "It must be paid, and it shall be," said Piers Major, quickly, and still his countenance was troubled. Constans deliberated.
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