[The Brethren by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookThe Brethren CHAPTER Twelve: The Lord of Death 10/20
If you are victor, we will talk of the matter of the lady for whom you bargained as a wife." "My lord, my lord," answered Lozelle, "who can lay a lance on that terrible place in moonlight? Is it thus that you keep faith with me ?" "I can and will!" cried Wulf.
"Dog, I would fight you in the gates of hell, with my soul on the hazard." "Keep faith with yourself," said Sinan, "who said that you accepted the challenge of this knight and made no conditions, and when you have proved upon his body that his quarrel is not just, then speak of my faith with you.
Nay, no more words; when this fight is done we will speak again, and not before.
Let him be led to the outer castle and there given of our best.
Let my great black horse be brought to him that he may gallop it to and fro upon the bridge, or where he will within the circuit of the walls, by day or by night; but see that he has no speech with this lady whom he has betrayed into my power, or with these knights his foes, nor suffer him to come into my presence.
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