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VI. IN WHICH LADY ERMYNTRUDE OPENS THE IRON COFFER
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AS in a dream Nigel heard these stupendous and incredible words. As in a dream also he had a vision of a smiling and conciliatory Abbot, of an obsequious1 sacrist, and of a band of archers3 who cleared a path for him and for the King's messenger through the motley crowd who had choked the entrance of the Abbey court. A minute later he was walking by the side of Chandos through the peaceful cloister4, and in front in the open archway of the great gate was the broad yellow road between its borders of green meadow-land. The spring air was the sweeter and the more fragrant5 for that chill dread6 of dishonor and captivity7 which had so recently frozen his ardent8 heart. He had already passed the portal when a hand plucked at his sleeve and he turned to find himself confronted by the brown honest face and hazel eyes of the archer2 who had interfered9 in his behalf.
“Well,” said Aylward, “what have you to say to me, young sir?”
“What can I say, my good fellow, save that I thank you with all my heart? By Saint Paul! if you had been my blood brother you could not have stood by me more stoutly10.”
Nigel colored with vexation, and the more so as Chandos was listening with his critical smile to their conversation. “If you had heard what was said in the court,” said he, “you would understand that I am not blessed at this moment with much of this world's gear. The black death and the
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nay
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crave
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loyalty
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undone
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fretted
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dame
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warrior
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scotch
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northward
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smolder
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thigh
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hawk
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bounty
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craftiest
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calf
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fowls
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shrilly
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bracelet
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rubies
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goblet
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