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Of twenty-four arrows, shot in succession, ten were fixed in the target, and the others ranged so near it, that, considering the distance of the mark, it was accounted good archery. Of the ten shafts which hit the target, two within the inner ring were shot by Hubert, a forester in the service of Malvoisin, who was accordingly pronounced victorious. Drew a long bow at Hastings.
This time, however, the Disinherited Knight did not escape unscathed, as the front foot of the adversary's steed made a dismal rent in her umbrella shield. Malvoisin alone remained, and he in turn took his stand against the redoubtable champion. But Malvoisin, contrary to history as Patricia knew it, proved the most stubborn adversary of the three.
"Hath the maiden acknowledged her guilt?" he demanded of Bois-Guilbert; "or is she resolute in her denial?" "She is indeed resolute," said Bois-Guilbert. "Then," said Malvoisin, "must thou, noble brother, resume thy place to attend the issue The shades are changing on the circle of the dial Come, brave Bois-Guilbert come, thou hope of our holy Order, and soon to be its head."
Nay, by the rood, not half so well for there be those in such state, who can lay down life like a cast-off garment. By Heaven, Malvoisin, yonder girl hath well-nigh unmanned me. I am half resolved to go to the Grand Master, abjure the Order to his very teeth, and refuse to act the brutality which his tyranny has imposed on me."
It was, however, the general belief that no one could or would appear for a Jewess, accused of sorcery; and the knights, instigated by Malvoisin, whispered to each other, that it was time to declare the pledge of Rebecca forfeited. At this instant a knight, urging his horse to speed, appeared on the plain advancing towards the lists. A hundred voices exclaimed, "A champion! a champion!"
"The purpose you can best guess," said the Pilgrim; "but rely on this, that when the Templar crossed the hall yesternight, he spoke to his Mussulman slaves in the Saracen language, which I well understand, and charged them this morning to watch the journey of the Jew, to seize upon him when at a convenient distance from the mansion, and to conduct him to the castle of Philip de Malvoisin, or to that of Reginald Front-de-Boeuf."
"There is yet spirit in him," said Malvoisin apart to Mont-Fitchet, "were it well directed but, like the Greek fire, it burns whatever approaches it." The Judges had now been two hours in the lists, awaiting in vain the appearance of a champion.
Here at Tinchebray it is the east end, where the castle hill rises boldly enough over the little stream of the Noireau, the Norman Blackwater, which gives a surname to that Condé which became the seat of princes. On the opposite side of the narrow and grassy valley rise higher hills on which King Henry may well have planted his Malvoisin.
"I do," said the Preceptor, "nor do I scruple to do aught for advancement of the Order but there is little time to find engines fitting." "Malvoisin, they MUST be found," said Conrade; "well will it advantage both the Order and thee.
The other time we had outwitted them and gained many privileges of which they knew nothing, and Malvoisin had cheered me through the dark hours. Here there was no Malvoisin, no reading-crack, no friends, nothing to save us. They had us! We had staked the little bit of freedom we had on the chance of getting full freedom. It was a long chance, but we had taken it and lost!
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