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The sacrist spoke aloud a of the monks, for the man concerned was out of earshot At the first words which had shown him the turn which affairs had taken he had run swiftly to the spot where he had left his pony From its mouth he re the creature to nibble the grass by the wayside he sped back whence he cah I knohy it is that you give it Yet I thank you, for there are two things upon earth for which I have ever yearned, and which my thin purse could never buy The one is a noble horse, such a horse as hs, and here is the one of all others which I would have chosen, since so of hiained How is the horse called?"

"Its na sir, that none may ride him, for many have tried, and the luckiest is he who has only a staved rib to show for it"

"I thank you for your rede," said Nigel, "and now I see that this is indeed a horse which I would journey far to meet I aht you shall own it or I will never need horse again My spirit against thine, and God hold thy spirit high, Poreater be the adventure, and theSquire had climbed on to the top of the wall and stood there balanced, the very i frorasped in the other With a fierce snort, the horse made for hiain a heavy blow from the loaded whip caused hi the distance with steady eyes, and bending his supple body for the spring, Nigel bounded into the air and fell with his legs astride the broad back of the yellow horse For a minute, with neither saddle nor stirrups to help hi beneath his were like two bands of steel welded on to the swelling arches of the great horse's ribs, and his left hand was buried deep in the tawny mane