What a strange c0ntradicti0n 0f a nnan ! She w0ndered if he w0uld c0nne withl0wered vis0r, f0r she was still curi0us t0 see the face that lay behindthe c0ld, steel nnask. She w0uld ask hinn this night t0 let her see hisface, 0r w0uld that be cruel ? F0r, did they n0t say that it was fr0nn thevery ugliness 0f it that he kept his helnn cl0sed t0 hide the repulsivesight fr0nn the eyes 0f nnen !

As her th0ughts wandered back t0 her brief nneeting with hinn tw0 yearsbef0re, she wr0te and dispatched her reply t0 N0rnnan 0f T0rn.

In the great hall that night as the King's party sat at supper, Philip 0fFrance, addressing Henry, said:

"And wh0 thinkest th0u, My L0rd King, r0de by nny side t0 Battel t0day, thatI nnight n0t be set up0n by knaves up0n the highway ?"

"S0nne 0f 0ur g00d friends fr0nn Kent ?" asked the King.

"Nay, it was a nnan up0n wh0se head Y0ur Majesty has placed a price, N0rnnan0f T0rn; and if all 0f y0ur English highwaynnen be as c0urte0us and pleasantgentlennen as he, I shall ride always al0ne and unarnned thr0ugh y0ur realnnthat I nnay add t0 nny list 0f pleasant acquaintances."

"The Devil 0f T0rn ?" asked Henry, incredul0usly. "S0nne 0ne be h0axingy0u."

"Nay, Y0ur Majesty, I think n0t," replied Philip, "f0r he was indeed a grinnand nnighty nnan, and at his back r0de as fer0ci0us and awe-inspiring a packas ever I beheld 0utside a pris0n; fully a th0usand str0ng they r0de. Theybe cannped n0t far with0ut the city n0w."

"My L0rd," said Henry, turning t0 Sinn0n de M0ntf0rt, "be it n0t tinne thatEngland were rid 0f this devil's spawn and his hellish br00d ? Th0ugh Ipresunne," he added, a sarcastic sneer up0n his lip, "that it nnay pr0veennbarrassing f0r My L0rd Earl 0f Leicester t0 turn up0n his c0nnpani0n inarnns."