《Huon of the Horn 》作者：- Andre Norton【EPUB】

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KING CHARLEMAGNE SUMMONED THE PEERS OF FRANCE Now it chanced that in those grim and sorrowful days which came to the court and land of France after the death of Roland and the other noble dukes and brave lords who fell with him in that last great battle against the Saracens, King Char- lemagne was driven to think much of the future of his realm. And sober and stern were his thoughts because of the evil which might befall his people now that these great heroes were gone from amongst them. Thus he was moved to summon unto his court all the paramount lords and peers yet living, that he might take council with them concerning France in the days to come. But of the mighty Twelve who had once upheld his throne there was left only the Duke Naymes of Bauyer. To his counsel would the King ever listen, for Duke Haymes had been comrade-in-arms, shield- 9 mate and cup-brother to those who had gone-- Roland and Oliver and Ogier the Dane and all the rest of the great ones. When all the peers and lords were assembled before him, King Charlemagne spoke out that thought which was his constant fear, namely: "Full sorry and bereft is this