Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . he same acclamations were bestowed uponPrince John, although he was indebted for themrather to the splendor of his appearance and trainthan to the popularity of his character. A more sincere and more general, as well as abetter merited acclamation, attended the victor ofthe day, until, anxious to withdraw himself frompopular notice, he accepted the accommodation ofone of those j^avilions jDitched at the extremitiesof the lists, the use of which was courteously ten-dered him by
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . he same acclamations were bestowed uponPrince John, although he was indebted for themrather to the splendor of his appearance and trainthan to the popularity of his character. A more sincere and more general, as well as abetter merited acclamation, attended the victor ofthe day, until, anxious to withdraw himself frompopular notice, he accepted the accommodation ofone of those j^avilions jDitched at the extremitiesof the lists, the use of which was courteously ten-dered him by the marshals of the field. On hisretiring to his tent, many who had lingered in the The Tournament 69 lists, to look ii])on and form conjectures concerninghim, also {lisi)ersed. The signs and sounds of a tumultuous concourseof men lately crowded together in one place, andagitated by the same passing events, were nowexchanged for the distant hum of voices of differentgroups retreating in all directions, and these speed-ily died away in silence. No other sounds wereheard save the voices of the menials who stripped. THE ARMOUR MAKERS the galleries of their cushions and tapestry, in orderto put them in safety for the night, and wrangledamong themselves for half-used bottles of wine andrelics of the refreshments which had been servedround to the spectators. Beyond the precincts of the lists more than oneforge was erected; and these now began to glimmerthrough the twilight, announcing the toil of thearmorers, which was to continue through the wholenight, in order to repair or alter the suits of armorto be used again on the morrow. A strong guard of men-at-arms, renewed at inter-vals, from two hours to two hours, surrounded thelists, and kept watch during the night. 70 The Tournament The Disinherited Knight had no sooner reachedhis paviHon than squires and pages in abundancetendered their services to disarm him, to bring freshattire, and to offer him the refreshment of the
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