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"The Lord d'Hymbercourt's honor is beyond reproach," replied the Italian, "but Count Calli must have other proof." Hymbercourt was about to make an angry reply, but he was silenced by the duke's uplifted hand. "We will ourself be surety for this knight," said Charles.
"My Lord d'Hymbercourt's sponsorship proves any man," said the duke, who well knew that Campo-Basso and his friends would commit any crime to avenge an injury, fancied or real. "My Lord Duke, I pray your patience," said Campo-Basso, obsequiously. "No man may impugn my Lord d'Hymbercourt's honesty, but may he not be mistaken? In the face of the evidence against this man, may he not be mistaken?
"His fealty has always been as loud-mouthed as the baying of a wolf." "I am a Burgundian, my lord," said Hymbercourt, ignoring the Italian and addressing Charles. "I receive no pay for my fealty. I am not a foreign mercenary, and I need not defend my loyalty to one who knows me as he knows his own heart." "My Lord d'Hymbercourt's honor needs no defence," said Charles.
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