MD3PAD 592-594

[Toby G Levy]

        Dixon continues his tale about the Lambton worm.

        As he approaches the castle, Lambton sends a runner to let
Lambton's father know tat after he hears a blast from a hunting horn,
to release one of their hounds. This will be the first living creature
Lambton will see and he will sacrifice it.

        Lambton then rides to the village of Washington (Where George
Washington's ancestors come from) and consults with the men who made his
armor. He has prepared a suit that has hundreds of sword blades
protruding from it.

        He spends the night before his battle on the worm's home island
and at dawn puts on the new suit of armor. The worm approaches him and
the battle begins. It is long and bloody. It lasts most of the day.
Finally the worm is overcome and dies, it's body falling into the river
in pieces and carried out to the north sea.

vw#125: oliphant - An ancient horn, made of ivory.

        Lambton blows his horn but the dogs are so agitated that the
servants do not dare approach them.  Lambton's father runs out the door
of the castle to congratulate his son.  Lambton cannot kill his father.
He breaks his oath and thereby incurs a gypsy's curse, that for nine
generations, no Lord of Lambton will die in bed. Dixon received a letter
while he was in South Africa that the ninth Lord died while crossing
Lambton bridge in his carriage.

        Mason, Dixon, Shelby and Wicks discuss the meaning of the tale
of the worm.

Toby