Even if there were none," he added slowly, "for their own good and lawful purposes knights have changed armour before to-day." "There is no mistake!" cried Hugh in a ringing voice.

"This signor of so many names is a signor of many coats also, which he can change to save his skin.

He wore that of Sir Pierre de la Roche to protect himself from the vengeance of the King of England and of the English squire whom he had wronged.

He took mercy from the hand of that squire, who, as he knew well, would have shown him none had he guessed the truth.

He left the poor knight, whom he had bribed to be his double, to die beneath that same squire's hand who thought him named de Noyon.