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I cast aside my hat, and thrust my motleyed head through the curtains with a jangle of bells, to inquire into the reason of this halt. Whom my appearance astounded the more whether the lacqueys of Santafior, or the Borgia men-at-arms that now encircled us I cannot guess. But in the crowd of faces that confronted me there was not one but wore a look of deep amazement.
There was in the tail of that a sting, as I meant there should be, for the sudden haughtiness of her tone was cutting into me. Was I less worthy of thanks because I was a Fool? Had I on that account done less to serve and save her? Or was it that the action which, in a spurred and armoured knight, had been accounted noble was deemed unworthy of thanks in a crested, motleyed jester?
Then the lids drooped demurely, and he drew a deep breath. But when he spoke there was scorn in his voice. "And, no doubt, it was that same motive kept you there, at peace for three whole years, in slothful ease, the motleyed Fool, jesting and capering for his enemy's delectation you, a man with the knightly memory of your foully-wronged parent to cry hourly shame upon you.
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