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-- I said to her: "Lady, vow the journey to my Lord St. Nicholas of Warangeville and I will be his warranty that God will bring you home to France, with the King and your children" -- "Seneschal" -- said she -- "indeed I would gladly do so; but the King is so odd, that if he knew that I had made the promise without him, he would never let me go."
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I settled on a site under the peak called Seneschal, a small granite ledge jutting from a sheer cliff.
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In many respects, changing the role of the Seneschal is a sideshow - for all the implications it has for Guernsey's own role of Bailiff.
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"Seneschal," said he, "Sit you here." which I did, so close to him, that my gown touched his.
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"Seneschal," cried the Count, "let this canaille roar and howl; you and I will yet talk of this day in our lady's chamber."
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The Seneschal is the only one who doesn't underestimate her, and he likes it that way. "
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The Seneschal is the only one who doesn't underestimate her, and he likes it that way. "
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Seneschal, that is not well-loved of all folk, would lose the court for ever more, or his life, so he might be taken, and this would be only right and just. "
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[Footnote 2: 'Seneschal' means steward.] [Illustration: HOW ARTHUR DREW THE SWORD]
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"Seneschal," said he, "it is not he that has served us, but we that have served him, by tolerating him about us, with his bad faults.
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