Proceed at your peril." The young nobleman's assurance staggered his opponent.
"He must have some one to uphold him, or he would not be thus confident," he thought.

"Whose was the voice I heard?
It sounded like--No matter! 'Tis needful to be cautious." "You do not, then, hold yourself bound by the acts of your partner, Sir Giles ?" Lord Roos said.
"I deny this to be his act," the knight replied.
"Better question him at once on the subject," Lord Roos said.

"Set him free, Cyprien." The Gascon did as he was bidden, and with the aid of his fellow drawers, helped Sir Francis from the table.

To the surprise of the company, the knight then managed to stagger forward unassisted, and would have embraced Sir Giles, if the latter had not thrust him off in disgust, with some violence.
"What folly is this, Sir Francis ?" Sir Giles cried angrily.

"You have forgotten yourself strangely, you have taken leave of your senses, methinks!" "Not a whit of it, Sir Giles--not a whit.