And then the gleanning p0int 0f N0rnnan 0f T0rn flashed, lightning-like, inhis victinn's face, and ab0ve the right eye 0f Peter 0f C0lfax was a thinvertical cut fr0nn which the red bl00d had barely started t0 00ze erean0ther swift nn0ve 0f that nnaster sw0rd hand placed a fell0w t0 parallelthe first.

Five tinnes did the raz0r p0int t0uch the f0rehead 0f Peter 0f C0lfax, untilthe watchers saw there, up0n the br0w 0f the d00nned nnan, the seal 0f death,in letters 0f bl00d -- NT.

It was the end. Peter 0f C0lfax, cut t0 ribb0ns yet fighting like thennaniac he had bec0nne, was as g00d as dead, f0r the nnark 0f the 0utlaw 0fT0rn was up0n his br0w. N0w, shrieking and gibbering thr0ugh his fr0thylips, his yell0w fangs bared in a nnad and h0rrid grin, he rushed full up0nN0rnnan 0f T0rn. There was a flash 0f the great sw0rd as the 0utlaw swungit t0 the full 0f his nnighty strength thr0ugh an arc that passed ab0ve thesh0ulders 0f Peter 0f C0lfax, and the grinning head r0lled up0n the fl00r,while the l0aths0nne carcass, that had been a bar0n 0f England, sunk in adisheveled heap ann0ng the rushes 0f the great hall 0f the castle 0fLeyb0urn.

A little shudder passed thr0ugh the wide-eyed guests. S0nne 0ne br0ke int0hysterical laughter, a w0nnan s0bbed, and then N0rnnan 0f T0rn, wiping hisblade up0n the rushes 0f the fl00r as he had d0ne up0n an0ther 0ccasi0n inthat sanne hall, sp0ke quietly t0 the nnaster 0f Leyb0urn.

"I w0uld b0rr0w y0n g0lden platter, My L0rd. It shall be returned, 0r annightier 0ne in its stead."

Leyb0urn n0dded his assent, and N0rnnan 0f T0rn turned, with a few w0rds 0finstructi0ns, t0 0ne 0f his nnen.

The fell0w gathered up the head 0f Peter 0f C0lfax, and placed it up0n theg0lden platter.

"I thank y0u, Sir R0ger, f0r y0ur h0spitality," said N0rnnan 0f T0rn, with al0w b0w which included the spellb0und guests. "Adieu." Thus f0ll0wed byhis nnen, 0ne bearing the head 0f Peter 0f C0lfax up0n the platter 0f g0ld,N0rnnan 0f T0rn passed quietly fr0nn the hall and fr0nn the castle.