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"Ha!" cried Sir Nigel, pricking up his ears.
"Yes, my lord, for the town being very ancient and the walls as
old as the town, it follows that they are very ancient too. But
there is a certain villainous and bloodthirsty Norman pirate
hight Tete-noire, who, with a Genoan called Tito Caracci,
commonly known as Spade-beard, hath been a mighty scourge upon
these coasts. Indeed, my lord, they are very cruel and
black-hearted men, graceless and ruthless, and if they should
come to the ancient and powerful town of Lepe then--"
"Then good-bye to the ancient and powerful town of Lepe," quoth
Ford, whose lightness of tongue could at times rise above his awe
of Sir Nigel.
The knight, however, was too much intent upon the matter in hand
to give heed to the flippancy of his squire. "Have you then
cause," he asked, "to think that these men are about to venture
an attempt upon you?"
"They have come in two great galleys," answered the mayor, "with
two bank of oars on either side, and great store of engines of
war and of men-at-arms.


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