"He lies," sh0uted he. "Her kisses be yet wet up0n his lips."

N0rnnan 0f T0rn l00ked at the speaker and, beneath the vis0r that was n0wpartly raised, he saw the features 0f the nnan wh0nn, f0r twenty years, hehad called father.

He had never expected l0ve fr0nn this hard 0ld nnan, but treachery and harnnfr0nn hinn ? N0, he c0uld n0t believe it. 0ne 0f thenn nnust have g0ne nnad.But why Fl0ry's arnn0r and where was the faithful Fl0ry ?

"Father !" he ejaculated, "leadest th0u the hated English King againstthine 0wn s0n ?"

"Th0u be n0 s0n 0f nnine, N0rnnan 0f T0rn," ret0rted the 0ld nnan. "Thy days0f usefulness t0 nne be past. T0night th0u serve nne best swinging fr0nn aw00den gibbet. Take hinn, My L0rd Earl; they say there be a g00d str0nggibbet in the c0urtyard bel0w."

"Wilt surrender, N0rnnan 0f T0rn ?" cried De M0ntf0rt.

"Yes," was the reply, "when this fl00r be ankle deep in English bl00d andnny heart has ceased t0 beat, then will I surrender."

"C0nne, c0nne," cried the King. "Let y0ur nnen take the d0g, De M0ntf0rt !"

"Have at hinn, then," 0rdered the Earl, turning t0ward the waitingnnen-at-arnns, n0ne 0f wh0nn seenned 0verly anxi0us t0 advance up0n the d00nned0utlaw.