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--"And who
will vouch for the honour of Saladin, in a case when bad faith
would rid him at once of his most powerful adversary?"
"I myself," replied Sir Kenneth, "will be his guarantee, with
honour, life, and fortune."
"Strange!" again ejaculated De Vaux; "the North vouches for the
South--the Scot for the Turk! May I crave of you, Sir Knight,
how you became concerned in this affair?"
"I have been absent on a pilgrimage, in the course of which,"
replied Sir Kenneth "I had a message to discharge towards the
holy hermit of Engaddi."
"May I not be entrusted with it, Sir Kenneth, and with the answer
of the holy man?"
"It may not be, my lord," answered the Scot.
"I am of the secret council of England," said the Englishman
haughtily.
"To which land I owe no allegiance," said Kenneth. "Though I
have voluntarily followed in this war the personal fortunes of
England's sovereign, I was dispatched by the General Council of
the kings, princes, and supreme leaders of the army of the
Blessed Cross, and to them only I render my errand.


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