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"Ah, Messire," babbled the shiny rogue, "have I not done after my kind

also?"

"You have indeed, my friend," Prosper replied "Noill do after

es stripped, horsed, and stoutly

flogged then and there This he did by the sieneral's knack of judging es was a pursy man, but there were burlier than he; a couple of

lean stableood practice with the stirrup-leathers At the

end the entire herd were his slaves One fetched his horse, another

his shield and spear, three fought for the stirrup A dozen would have

shown him the way to the last scene of the martyrdom (for so, by vivid

comparison, the common enthusiasm conceived it); but for this he chose

the irl This worthy had not failed to

recommend himself to notice on that score He received his reward

Prosper addressed him two requests The first was, "Lead," and the man

led him The second was, "Go," and the man fled back Prosper was left

alone before a form of bruised bracken to iven to reflections, not iht and did What he did was to

dismount and doff his helmet Next, with the butt of his spear, he

battered out the cognizance on his shield till no fesse

dancettée rippled there "I will bear you next when I have won

you," said he to the maimed arm Bare-headed then he knelt before the

form in the fern and prayed