`` Nay , Dick , '' replied Sir Daniel , `` y ' are forgiven . Ye know not the world and its calumnious nature . '' `` I was the more to blame , '' added Dick , `` in that the rogues pointed , not directly at yourself , but at Sir Oliver . '' As he spoke , he turned towards the priest , and paused in the middle of the last word . This tall , ruddy , corpulent , high-stepping man had fallen , you might say , to pieces ; his colour was gone , his limbs were relaxed , his lips stammered prayers ; and now , when Dick 's eyes were fixed upon him suddenly , he cried out aloud , like some wild animal , and buried his face in his hands . Sir Daniel was by him in two strides , and shook him fiercely by the shoulder . At the same moment Dick 's suspicions reawakened . `` Nay , '' he said , `` Sir Oliver may swear also . 'T was him they accused . '' `` He shall swear , '' said the knight . Sir Oliver speechlessly waved his arms . `` Ay , by the mass ! but ye shall swear , '' cried Sir Daniel , beside himself with fury . `` Here , upon this book , ye shall swear , '' he continued , picking up the breviary , which had fallen to the ground . `` What ! Ye make me doubt you ! Swear , I say ; swear ! '' But the priest was still incapable of speech . His terror of Sir Daniel , his terror of perjury , risen to about an equal height , strangled him . And just then , through the high , stained-glass window of the hall , a black arrow crashed , and struck , and stuck quivering , in the midst of the long table .
Sir XXXXX , with a loud scream , fell fainting on the rushes ; while the knight , followed by Dick , dashed into the court and up the nearest corkscrew stair to the battlements .
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