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READ-MUFF RECOMMENDATION.' S IS SMART ASA VaIaww )&m LATER-. ( ACCORD1N' TO THESE .Y umfbhf" ' (" " IS-StI
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Onr Storu now the time has come
FOR PRINCE VALIANT TO ENTER -THE FOR
BIDDEN KINGDOMS OF THE THREE KINGS
OFCORNWALL.TO DISCOVER IF TREACHERY
I IS AFOOT. - ONCE BEFORE HE HAD PER
FORMED THIS SAME MISSION: -
' DISGUISED AS A WANDERING MIN
STREL HE HAD ENTERTAINED, LISTENED
AND SPREAD RUMORS WITH SUCH
SUCCESS
M'Ss
..THAT THE TREACHEROUS KINGS
TURNED ON THEIR ALLIES, THE SAXONS,
AND THE BATTLES' THAT FOLLOWED LEFT
BOTH SIDES TOO WEAK TO MENACE
KINS ARTHUR.
"FETCH MBA TATTERSD CLOAK AND MY LUTE ."' -CRIE5"
VAL i "I WOULD BE A TROUBADORAfiAIN.' "
"NAY, MASTER, " ANSWERS ALFRED, " IT IS NOT
ARTISTIC TO REPEAT THE SAME PERFORMANCE,
ESPECIALLY WHEH. THE THREE KINS6 REMEMBER A
CERTAIN MINSTREL WHO UPSET THEIR APPLECART.'"
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"SIT DOWN, LAD, " ORDERS HIS HUMBLE SOUiRE.
IV SUPERIOR JUDGMENT THAT A MIDDLE-AGED PALMER.
TCL IN&TALES OFADVEiVTuRSS iN TmE HOLY LAftD, WL
HOT BE SUSPECTED OF MEDDLING IN AFFAIRS CF STATc.
. WHEN VAL SEES WHAT ALFRED'S
SCISSORS HAVE DONE TO HIS MANLY
BEAUT HE MUST BE FORSVEN FOR
A SLIGHT SHOW OF TEMPERS
AS VAL HAS MADE THE PILGRIMAGE
TO THE HOLY LAND HE ISA PALMER
AND ENTITLED TO WEAR THE CROSS
OR CROSSED PALMS. THE PALMER
IS ASSURED A WELCOME ANYWHERE
'AMONG CHRISTIANS. "! - ,
THEY LEAVE TINTAGEL BOLDLY EVEN
THOUGH THEY KNOW FULL WELL
THAT SPIES ARE WATCHING.
- .. next week:-King Duruiin.