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Finally, after traversing several courts and passages, they reached the guardroom. Three or four of the "hus-carles" or household guards were here on duty. But in the embrasure of the window, poring over a map, sat one of very different mien from the common soldiers, and whose air and manner, no less than his dress, proclaimed the officer.
There were present Ethelred himself, his irrepressible son, the traitor Edric, the bishop, the sheriff of the shire, and the reeve of the borough, with the captain of the hus-carles, or royal guard.
"You must admit them, or they will batter the door down. Edwy, Elfric! here, hide yourselves behind that curtain, it veils a deep recess." They had scarcely concealed themselves when Dunstan entered, attended by a guard of the royal hus-carles. "What means this insolence?" said Ethelgiva.
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