“Was there not,” he said, “in Ashby , or near it, some Saxon franklin, or even some wealthy peasant, who would endure the burden of a wounded countryman’s residence with him until he should be again able to bear his armour?—Was there no convent of Saxon endowment, where he could be received?—Or could he not be transported as far as Burton , where he was sure to find hospitality with Waltheoff, the Abbot of St. Withold’s, to whom he was related?”
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