Only grown-ups do n't always understand . ' ' `` He hath done this day by day before our very face ? '' said De Aquila . ' `` Nay , hour by hour , '' said Hugh . `` When De Aquila spoke even now , in the Hall , of Saxons and Normans , I saw Gilbert write on a parchment , which he kept beside the Manor-roll , that De Aquila said soon there would be no Normans left in England if his men-at-arms did their work aright . '' ' `` Bones of the Saints ! '' said De Aquila . `` What avail is honour or a sword against a pen ? Where did Gilbert hide that writing ? He shall eat it . '' ' `` In his breast when he ran out , '' said Hugh . `` Which made me look to see where he kept his finished stuff . When Odo scratched at this stone here , I saw his face change . So I was sure . '' ' `` He is bold , '' said De Aquila . `` Do him justice . In his own fashion , my Gilbert is bold . '' ' `` Overbold , '' said Hugh . `` Hearken here , '' and he read : `` Upon the Feast of St Agatha , our Lord of Pevensey , lying in his upper chamber , being clothed in his second fur gown reversed with rabbit -- '' ' `` Pest on him ! He is not my tire-woman ! ''
said De Aquila , and XXXXX and I laughed . '
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