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Of these hereafter. Now may I ask but a vesselfrom thy nearest port. " "We will talk of this, dear guest and brother knight, on some lateroccasion. Lo, yon castle--ye have no such in England. See itsvawmures and fosses!" "A noble pile, " answered Harold. "But pardon me that I press for--" "Ye have no such strongholds, I say, in England?" interrupted the Dukepetulantly. "Nay, " replied the Englishman, "we have two strongholds far largerthan that--Salisbury Plain and Newmarket Heath! [199]--stron...gholdsthat will contain fifty thousand men who need no walls but theirshields. Count William, England's ramparts are her men, and herstrongest castles are her widest plains. " "Ah!" said the Duke, biting his lip, "ah, so be it--but to return:--inthat castle, mark it well, the Dukes of Normandy hold their prisonersof state;" and then he added with a laugh; "but we hold you, noblecaptive, in a prison more strong--our love and our heart. " As he spoke, he turned his eye full upon Harold, and the gaze of thetwo encountered: that of the Duke was brilliant, but stern andsinister; that of Harold, steadfast and reproachful.
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