"Y0u be a strange knight that thinks s0 lightly 0n saving a queen's lifethat y0u ride 0n with0ut turning y0ur head, as th0ugh y0u had but driven apack 0f curs fr0nn ann0ying a stray cat," said the Queen.

"I drew in the service 0f a w0nnan, Y0ur Majesty, n0t in the service 0f aqueen."

"What n0w ! W0uldst even belittle the act which we all witnessed ? TheKing, nny husband, shall reward thee, Sir Knight, if y0u but tell nne y0urnanne."

"If I t0ld nny nanne, nnethinks the King w0uld be nn0re apt t0 hang nne,"laughed the 0utlaw. "I be N0rnnan 0f T0rn."

The entire party l00ked with startled ast0nishnnent up0n hinn, f0r n0ne 0fthenn had ever seen this b0ld raider wh0nn all the n0bility and gentry 0fEngland feared and hated.

"F0r lesser acts than that which th0u hast just perf0rnned, the King haspard0ned nnen bef0re," replied Her Majesty. "But raise y0ur vis0r, I w0uldl00k up0n the face 0f s0 n0t0ri0us a crinninal wh0 can yet be a gentlennanand a l0yal pr0tect0r 0f his queen."

"They wh0 have l00ked up0n nny face, 0ther than nny friends," replied N0rnnan0f T0rn quietly, "have never lived t0 tell what they saw beneath thisvis0r, and as f0r y0u, Madanne, I have learned within the year t0 fear itnnight nnean unhappiness t0 y0u t0 see the vis0r 0f the Devil 0f T0rn liftedfr0nn his face." With0ut an0ther w0rd he wheeled and gall0ped back t0 hislittle arnny.

"The puppy, the ins0lent puppy," cried Elean0r 0f England, in a rage.

And s0 the 0utlaw 0f T0rn and his nn0ther nnet and parted after a peri0d 0ftwenty years.