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One or two , hearing the event had taken place in Sir Godfrey 's wine-cellar , said they thought the Baron had done it , -- and were immediately set down as persons of unsound mind . But nobody mentioned Geoffrey at all , until the Baron 's invitations , requesting the honour of various people 's presence at the marriage of his daughter Elaine to that young man , were received ; and that was about ten o'clock , the ceremony being named for twelve that day in the family chapel . Sir Godfrey intended the burning of the Dragon to take place not one minute later than half-past eleven . Accordingly , besides the invitation to the chapel , all friends and neighbours whose position in the county or whose intimacy with the family entitled them to a recognition less formal and more personal , received a second card which ran as follows : `` Sir Godfrey Disseisin at home Wednesday morning , December the twenty-fifth , from half after eleven until the following day . Dancing ; also a Dragon will be roasted . R. S. V. P. '' The Disseisin crest with its spirited motto , `` Saute qui peult , '' originated by the venerable Primer Disseisin , followed by his son Tortious Disseisin , and borne with so much renown in and out of a hundred battles by a thousand subsequent Disseisins , ornamented the top left-hand corner . `` I think we shall have but few refusals , '' said the Rev. Hucbald to Sir Godfrey .