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THE KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS.
so he put on the earth the end of the crossbow from which he had shot before, drew it in a twinkle till the iron hoop squeaked, then, wishing to show that he knew court customs, he knelt on one knee and gave it to Yagenka.
The girl, instead of taking it from his hands, blushed suddenly without herself knowing why, and drew up around her neck the coarse linen shirt which had opened from swift riding through the forest.
