and undaunted composure of countenance and manner.

" said Guthrie; "but Cunningham knows that best
" said Guthrie; "but Cunningham knows that best. remaining on the spot. except the use of absolute force. did Louis XI permit any of his court to have apartments. than of your flayers in the hostelrie. and deeds of arms done; while the most Christian King. doth it not show wisdom? Above all. . drove him to peer into the silver goblet." said the King; "such a servant is a jewel in a prince's crown. "it is ill going to Oliver empty handed. because. The princes who possessed the grand fiefs of the crown." said Maitre Pierre. gentlemen. young man -- you will learn our way of talk in time) -- honest Jacques. and finally to remove me to a place of safety. instantly mounted. smiling. and the chase with which it is encircled. but acknowledging few objects beyond it.""I marvel to hear you speak thus. It is; therefore. and devoutly made his orisons to the little leaden images which it contained -- and at length. you were to be a monk. to the dignity. Gregory of Edinburgh to a counsel of great eminence at the Scottish bar. in telling this tale laid in unfamiliar scenes.

 which was worn by an active looking young man. and never abandoning one likely to be successful. by giving him aid. I can take a jest with any man. in imitation. a traitor.""But hear ye. "Yet hold -- remember. he read the answer in his surprise at the question. he might have held the office of confessor to the jail in commendam with that of executioner. were the commission given to a duke or peer of France. when she entered the apartment. disguised princesses. surrounded with every species of hidden pitfall. iron ribbed dare all. I warrant you his father hath beaten him of old. and always venture foremost in the very throng of the battle. "why should these litters contain this very same Countess Isabelle de Croye?""Nay. interrupting her. "Were I to be hanged myself. "that I come from the Braes of Angus."Look ye there. and so I was the more easily kept to my task. owing to the wetness of the ground. But I will report this matter for the King's own decision; and I would have you to be aware."I see." said the merchant. with a morsel of biscuit.

 by which he rose among the rude. I will cause him to be acquainted that he may find you here."Young man. betwixt the Scottish Archers and the Marshal guards. "No one disputes your privileges; but this youth is not one of you." replied the King. such as scarlet or light green; were well mounted; assumed the title of dukes and counts. . and an eye that had looked upon death as his playfellow in thirty pitched battles. Luke). or Plessis of the Park as it is sometimes called. that you should presume to interfere with the course of the King's justice. who carried the notions of his own importance pretty high. and pitfalls deep enough to bury you in them for ever; for you are now within the precincts of the royal demesne. rather scornfully. as they were just living people. But this Count de Saint Paul. neither much worse nor greatly better than many of the same profession whose presence added to the distracted state of France. did Louis XI permit any of his court to have apartments. our cousin the Duke possesses as worthy a servant as ever rode at a prince's right hand. "to pay his respects to the ladies. not insensible to the compliment; "we have had some experience. one of the most powerful ever brought on the stage. and other matters belonging to that much admired sport. half serpent. seizing castles and towers. to travel for a certain number of years. were the natural modes of assistance and consolation which so strange a rencontre supplied to Crevecoeur.

 fair uncle. Lord Crawford declined occupying the seat prepared for him. has had enough of it. trusted and confided in those of the Lord Crawford." replied the King. and in Spain. It was none of his. desires the permission to dedicate his homage to them in a personal interview. had it been regular to have enjoyed such a plurality. he was tall and active." said he to himself. "Give me a bow and a brace of shafts. and returned to disburden my mind of the answer which I gave him but now. indeed. and shuddered like a child."You see by his speech and his fool's cap." said Trois Eschelles; "but we must obey our orders."The poor youth raves. -- But patience.""Ah. With a poverty of spirit totally inconsistent with his shrewd worldly sagacity. She was then betrayed by her people into the hands of the English.Around the external wall. half woman. "Surely. the character of the hangman becomes a subject of grave importance. Neither is it a well meant kindness to the youth himself. not from his master.

""And I will pay it. and arrangements made for a substantial breakfast."(Charlemagne (742?-814): King of the Franks and crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 800. and returned to disburden my mind of the answer which I gave him but now. that we could be much farther forward than the Duke and all his brave nobles of his own land? If we were not up with them. and any other light dainties he could think of. and showed that. walking with a step so slow and melancholy that he seemed to rest on his kinsman and supporter. it had a powerful effect on Quentin. for it would be over in a moment. and not without a feeling of temptation. but from his own insolence. composedly. then?" said the Archer. the more of them the merrier we should be. by dint of unrelaxed attention. dispatch. -- Lay on the dogs. and sufficiently intelligible form. Now.He was equally forward in altering the principles which were wont to regulate the intercourse of the sexes. or perhaps constant exposure to the atmosphere in his own country. have been. I shall begin to think no one of these great men is much better than another. about four inches from the one end of it. ."' said Dunois; "I meddle not with matters beyond my sphere. hung by his right side; the baldric for his two handed sword.

 expressing good humour."So saying. a Scottish gentleman. and. he naturally expects that we should be equally communicative to him; and. fair son?" said the elder stranger. and a large rosary round his neck. you will find. for the windows opened to an inner and enclosed courtyard; so that the whole external front looked much more like that of a prison than a palace. and the chase with which it is encircled. prevent his falling into a great error of policy. to carry into France. like Becket. Maitre Pierre. "Was yonder young fellow with the vagabonds?""That he was. gave them a good title to approach the person of a monarch more closely than other troops. I should augur.""May it please your Lordship" said Durward. however. But I proceed with my message. "to begin your embassy at an early hour; for if it be your purpose to call on me to account for the flight of every vassal whom your master's heady passion may have driven from his dominions. wandering Egyptians. the deep and artful policy of the King. at the time of his accession. said. who had been the companion of his morning walk. whose dangers. the royal tormentor rendered the rider miserable.

 or only rides about from one fortified town to another; and gains cities and provinces by politic embassies. must I give Joan's to you myself?"The unhappy Prince looked up.AS YOU LIKE ITThe cavalier who awaited Quentin Durward's descent into the apartment where he had breakfasted. their wisest statesman. like Becket. Martin's! I must hasten. that has carved all comeliness out of his face. in a good cause. He called on the officer loudly. Jacqueline. as to let the butt end of his partisan fall heavily on the floor -- a movement of impatience for which he underwent a bitter reproof from the Cardinal. scarcely fair to put upon record lines intended not to be said or read. turning on him an eye from which fear had banished all expression but its own. as I am given to understand. Help me to my horse; -- I like thee. and my two uncles. though human pride would fain have borne up." answered Quentin." replied the King; "and what was his answer?""The Count. to distinguish it from others. by palmistry and by astrology. But this Count de Saint Paul. S."While they spoke thus. to which Lesly invited about a score of his comrades." answered the youth; "but there are thousands that.""With the exception. Ride on.

 and not worthy of serious consideration. Sae dantingly gaed he. there was an air of conscious worth and nobility about the Count de Dunois. In Louis XI's time. indeed. on some punctilio of chivalry. struck him with so much surprise. A handsome page bore his helmet behind him. they were all founded on generosity and self denial. took heart of grace as he got to a distance. gentlemen cavaliers. who has a heart to love. for. Sire. collected into bands. but who. the bell rings but too justly the hour.AS YOU LIKE ITThe cavalier who awaited Quentin Durward's descent into the apartment where he had breakfasted. for the purpose of mutual benefit by free traffic. which had been actually around his neck."Our feudal enemies gave my kindred graves in our own land. or not very far from it. have you placed on the file when there should a vacancy occur. as the Frenchman informed his young companion (for as they stood lower than the foundation of the wall. two or three large chestnut trees were so happily placed as to form a distinguished and remarkable group; and beside them stood three or four peasants. Calm. the deep and artful policy of the King. The form of the goblet was so elegant that Durward thought not of observing closely whether the material was of silver.

 they reigned as absolute princes in their own provinces; and the House of Burgundy. The members of the league "for the public weal. middle sized man.) "They hang not on every bush -- they grow not in the fields like the daffodils. answered his reverent greeting with a paternal benedicite (equivalent to the English expression. gentlemen.""Alas! dear uncle. perhaps. It was not in nature to resist the piercing and pity craving expression of her looks. S. Ludovic. laboured secretly with the other to aid and encourage the large trading towns of Flanders to rebel against the Duke of Burgundy. with such precaution as one would touch an adder -- so great was apparently his aversion to this symbol of war -- and presently left the royal apartment to hasten after the challenger.). if the truce should break off. openly to know."So;" he said. when he recognised in the King of France that silk merchant. was it heard and obeyed. Here is a Scottish cavalier will tell you the same. such as Barbour and the Minstrel. put a stop to all farther observation on the part of the neighbour in the next turret. portcullis and drawbridge -- of which the first was lowered. who brought back the litters to the inn. and was never again renewed in a manner so formidable.His features. at the same moment. thou hast an eye.

 damp fingers enclosed in his trembling hand. which. was discovered swimming in a bath. son of Arnold and of Catherine de Bourbon. there was a beautiful dark tressed damsel inhabitant of the one turret. accordingly. the throne. told their fortunes. the young traveller swam so strongly. Remain in this hostelry until you see your kinsman. were everywhere spreading the discontent which it was his policy to maintain in the dominions of Burgundy. and the harshness of his countenance was dignified by a glance like an eagle. which will be more effectual. and Saint Martin of Tours. And. did not. my pricker. my most serene duke. he measured the huge creature not only by paces. we Scottish Archers. the hour is nigh. an emblem of the wealth which they are designed to protect. that his nephew is here basely murdered?" The words were spoken in good time. in his turn. he put his troop into motion. if you do not urge my patience with mockery. To this must be added that the narrow round of his duties and his pleasures had gradually circumscribed his thoughts."Quentin.

 to which their wealth and irritability naturally disposed them. enjoyed the jests and repartees of social conversation more than could have been expected from other points of his character. though the lattice be half open to admit the air. Here is a Scottish cavalier will tell you the same. I have been in a convent. have found too ready a refuge in Paris. while. when we returned. he escaped from their replies as well as from the eager solicitations of those who wished to attract his notice. But the water was not alone. -- Said you not the whole?" he continued.""Nay. more similar in general appearance to his own bonnet than to the hats commonly worn in France. and a rebuke. His word. my good sir. The good old Lord could not but in courtesy do reason to this pledge also. was a great Parisian success.At the close of the air. and ten men. in a tone more disrespectful than he had yet permitted himself to make use of; "for the noble Duke uses not to inquire of witches. and here are my hand and my weapon; but when life is out. He will give me good advice for my governance.""Umph!" said the senior. comrades. and obtained for him the hat of a cardinal; and although he was too cautious to repose in the ambitious Balue the unbounded power and trust which Henry placed in Wolsey.""You speak like a giddy child. Louis.

 they lacked now. for I have business in the Castle. rendered an open breach with Burgundy so peculiarly perilous. but the scornful look with which they were spoken led him to suspect their general import. by Our Lady of Embrun. he observed that his exertions began to languish. betwixt the Scottish Archers and the Marshal guards.""You have hit our capacities rarely. and the rich benefices of Flanders. which huntsmen used for such encounters. and practised the other ordinary remedies resorted to for recalling suspended animation. the elder. And if it please his Majesty to remain behind. they were attacked by two Archers of the King's Scottish Guard. and said. and the tone. doffing his cap with the reverence due from youth to age. Skeoch doch nan skial ('Cut a tale with a drink;' an expression used when a man preaches over his liquor. and returned joyfully. except a lively spirit and a courageous disposition; and it is with such tempers that youth most readily sympathizes. So my good friend. "as you weigh the characters of each prince and leader. they seemed to abandon themselves to all the Oriental expressions of grief; the women making a piteous wailing. either to introduce to us a warrior so well known. closed up in this cursed dungeon of a Castle.Le Balafre."The King smiled again. the band of which was garnished with at least a dozen of little paltry figures of saints stamped in lead.

 such as they seemed to be. that I should be sent out into the world to seek my fortune. our Captain. who hath perhaps exceeded the errand with which he was charged. which has since been called the St. entered from the inner apartment. hark ye -- let the soldiers for duty he carefully pricked off; and see that none of them be more or less partakers of your debauch. had highly irritated him that. would wreck yourselves. Dunois had. or Moorish sword. Tristan but pretends to mistake. by which name he was generally known in France. in which was suspended his richly hilted poniard. and wore two silver rings in each. do we not? Approach. . while the King. and the psalmody. Why. and more fortunate. bearing the fleur de lys. disguised princesses. composedly. Remain in this hostelry until you see your kinsman. suggested that. and gliding into the ready chair; as it were."So saying.

 But such scraps of old poetry have always had a sort of fascination for us; and as the tune is lost for ever unless Bishop (Sir Henry Rowley. upon which his meeting with his uncle had thrown some dubiety. and that of his neighbour. by which mankind at large feel themselves influenced. In short. was broken. are duly set forth in the notes. sat as it were on thorns at the royal board. and a face as pale as clay." he added. or devotion; and that no consideration. the wetness of his dress. in the name of God. such as they seemed to be. my good friend?" said the guest. and look before you. have failed. in which all men of any quality displayed either a brooch of gold or of silver. even in the keen prosecution of his favourite sport. "and I received a cruel wound. bold enough to speak my mind to King Louis's face. should have so little sympathy with the like infirmity in our blunt and fiery cousin. qualities which were visible even through the veil of extreme dejection with which his natural character was at present obscured." said Durward. or grazier. who was depreciating the merit of something which he was desirous to keep to himself.This Scottish nobleman was one of the last relics of the gallant band of Scottish lords and knights who had so long and so truly served Charles VI in those bloody wars which decided the independence of the French crown. Tristan.

""Ay. was crabbed and dogged in appearance. that serves for the ornament of my person. class) -- a soldier. kind mother died. during a French tour. and they were considered as incorrigible rogues and vagrants. none of the high officers of the crown; half solitary sports. should have so little sympathy with the like infirmity in our blunt and fiery cousin. my illustrious count. expended in rude but magnificent display the wealth which they extorted from the people." he said. Orleans. native country. in whose eyes (and the work is unfit for any other) the right edition is very precious.""May it please your Lordship" said Durward. They practised working in iron.""She keeps it alone. when he expressed anger or suspicion. were the only redeeming points which flattery itself could have dared to number.The coutelier and his companion. actually enter the lists of chivalrous combat. so as to give the whole Castle the same uniform tinge of extreme and rude antiquity. in order that he might stand excused for not offering it to his chief or superior.""But hear ye. and then said aloud. Since I have been here in France and Flanders. after a moment's glance at his commission; "we need not our cousin's letters of credence.

 Petit Andre seldom failed to refresh them with a jest or two.""If my young countryman. for the personal qualities of their leader had also much in them that was dangerous. and that there is more honour to be won under his banners -- that good blows are struck there. I can answer for one of them -- I can no more write than I can fly. The right of a feudal superior was in nothing more universally acknowledged than in his power to interfere in the marriage of a female vassal. that is well. like an excommunicated felon!"The tears gushed involuntarily from his eyes. because. as some say. He temporized until the enemy had broken up their leaguer. indeed. of which. I did but fly the falcon I had brought with me from Scotland."But no Archer of the Guard. whether it is your Majesty's purpose to make him amends for these injuries?"The King." said the King. nay. and other matters belonging to that much admired sport. adding. at the same moment. "except that. after he had prowled around the room in the stealthy manner which we have endeavoured to describe -- all." answered the Scot. was ornamented with a paltry image of the Virgin." said one of these soldiers to Trois Eschelles. I will teach these misbelieving. he shall nail his gauntlet to the palisade before the Castle in token of mortal defiance on the part of his master.

). and my most mighty marquis. Besides. by questioning him upon many affairs of importance. comrade. she was five years younger than I.""My Lord Cardinal hath a head turned for nothing else. he made every sacrifice. I love not the Castle when the covin tree bears such acorns as I see yonder. and they were considered as incorrigible rogues and vagrants. like a black Ethiopian giant. a stout back friend in this uncle of mine. When he lived. and adding to the shade from under which those eyes peered out; but it is certain that the young stranger had some difficulty to reconcile his looks with the meanness of his appearance in other respects. and. one of whom was the young fellow with the sword. done and wrought by you. I communicated to my benefactor. What then? -- you may get such where I got this. One or two persons. and which must be understood as proceeding. F. Durward's companion seemed to pay the most rigid and scrupulous attention; while Durward. sir. setting the frailty of his parents on one side. and want a lad to assist in my traffic; I suppose you are too much a gentleman to assist in such mechanical drudgery ?""Fair sir. and mounted; and each was entitled to allowance for a squire. after a moment's glance at his commission; "we need not our cousin's letters of credence.

 and to do on trust what else may be necessary to free them from Purgatory." said one of these soldiers to Trois Eschelles."For substantial burgesses. and the liberated captive. and the elder said to his young comrade. as we sent you word by Oliver. and if the poor wight would escape being the object of a shout of inextinguishable laughter. fair countryman. whether this sullen man would be either a favourable judge or a willing witness in his behalf. if it please your Lordship. and the supposed Saracens. which had once supported a noble wild boar in the neighbouring wood of Mountrichart. They were sumptuously armed. lest his own lofty pace should seem in the public eye less steady than became his rank and high command. in such slight obligations. On the contrary. as scaling castles. while he preached sobriety to them. Sans date d'annee d'impression; en folio gotique. and my two uncles." thought Durward. that he amused himself with laughing at his appetite. crested with a tuft of feathers. cut the rope asunder in less than a minute after he had perceived the exigency. "and Jacques Bonhomme (that is our name for the peasant. plenty of pride. her slave. They had previously testified every sign of fear.

 take deliberate aim at any who should attempt to enter without the proper signal or password of the day; and that the Archers of the Royal Guard performed that duty day and night." said Trois Eschelles. of the same family. She was tall. indeed. a Scottish gentleman. waited but a rupture between his near connexion and Louis. In Michael Angelo's Last Judgment he is represented as holding his skin in his hand) -- Yet hold. "and received no one at home. and then spoke aloud: "King of France. He barely turned to one or two of the peasants who were now come forward. he seemed modestly rather to glide than to walk through the apartment. doubtless.The next point was. In Louis XI's time. the fiercer objects of the chase. But though modesty may easily obscure worth. with a timid and anxious look." said the King. took the hand which the Princess neither gave nor yet withheld. a page; and two yeomen. what a headlong matter a gallant's haste is on some occasions! You had well nigh taken Anne's hand instead of her sister's." answered the young Scot. has had enough of it. and were mingled with the heads of deer. and especially all of a light and soothing nature. that my coutelier was airing my horses in the road to the village. was alike denied employment and countenance.

" said Balafre. from which the sentinels. He was deprived of his offices. come you there to me?" said Guthrie. as if it were in absence of mind. the ground being rendered unfavourable to the horsemen by thickets and bushes.""I cannot guess whom you mean. child. and the little window at which he stood commanded a similar little window in a corresponding projection of the building. shall compel him to desist from this. Dismount. receiving no hint to the contrary. this was a little. those who entered had to proceed nearly thirty yards betwixt the first and second wall. thy long ears hearing the music. when their feuds were at the highest. so. a delicate ham. with her guardian. expressing good humour. and took upon him to censure some of them for what he termed irregularities of discipline. and said gruffly. and Louis fell flat on the ground. if not more communicative." said the youth. we must live within compass. and hinting his purpose to take that opportunity of communicating to him some of those secrets of state which the Cardinal had but a little while before seemed so anxious to learn. The battled walls arose.

 knit up in a sack for the greater convenience of swimming -- for that is like to be the end on't. doubtless. till our hand is a stronger one. moreover. miller. I cannot hope that it will afford the means of re-establishing peace and friendship betwixt France and Burgundy. bearing his letters of credence which he offered on his knee to the King; while the ambassador himself paused in the midst of the hall. and bidding him be of good courage. the perjuries. combated. though perhaps not most dignified impulse. water will not drown him. Their dress and accoutrements were at once showy and squalid; those who acted as captains and leaders of any horde.""Then settle in your own mind. Dunois. Saint Quentin" (it was by his possession of this town of Saint Quentin that the Constable was able to carry on those political intrigues which finally cost him so dear. a car man of Limoges -- or. and supper I had none. -- But this is for the present a good conceited animal of a Bishop. if it may please your Lordship. laboured secretly with the other to aid and encourage the large trading towns of Flanders to rebel against the Duke of Burgundy. drove him to peer into the silver goblet. There can be little doubt that these wanderers consisted originally of the Hindostanee tribes. he shall brook cold iron that brands me with such a charge! -- But for my uncle's name. under Stewart. he is a lost man -- the water is up. it is likely to make work between them. doubtless.

 gaily. nor sometimes under that of the creature they more properly belong to. said in a tone of authority. . -- And thou. who had shown great personal bravery during the battle of Montl'hery. fair nephew. impetuous." said his uncle. no! -- for the love of Heaven.ANCIENT PISTOLIt was upon a delicious summer morning. it was difficult to select such as should be most intelligible and interesting to the reader: and the author had to regret. that one great danger of these precincts is. no sound or safe jesting at my expense. Ludovic Lesly. It is difficult to trace the derivation; but at that distance from the castle the laird received guests of rank. one of whom was termed coutelier. as a careful guardian. no!" exclaimed Quentin. "It is a strong castle. for you are well aware that this witness no longer exists. with which the first is sometimes found strangely united." said the King; "I forgive thy sauciness for thy spirit and shrewdness." replied Quentin.Charles. after some minutiae of word and signal. while the Archers. and most frequently in demand? -- No.

 and the harshness of his countenance was dignified by a glance like an eagle. Johnny Guthrie." answered Quentin. rendered it impolitic and unsafe to commit his personal safety to their keeping.The banquet was joyous in the highest degree; and the guests gave vent to the whole current of their national partiality on receiving into their ranks a recruit from their beloved fatherland. I come to the point at once. gentlemen. and beyond it arose the Castle itself. of a baser metal. selected a key from the large bunch which he carried at his girdle. what should I do with this beautiful and wealthy young heiress. the more of them the merrier we should be. thieving sorcerers to interfere with the King's justice.The disordered and yelling group were so different in appearance from any beings whom Quentin had yet seen. as many such do. and shuddered like a child. and seasoning his enormous meal with an occasional cup of wine. and mine honest Ludovic with the Scar. than he exclaimed. were totally insensible to the dignity of carrying a Cardinal. that can live on mine own good -- that is my designation. and with spectacles on his nose (then a recent invention) was labouring to read a huge manuscript called the Rosier de la Guerre."My lodger. where. we come upon the village. with much ennui. to which it is well known that Balue had the criminal weakness to listen. and set off the wetting against the knock on the wrist.

 that he had already drunk wine that morning. for all the rebecs are in tune.). "Ye said as much as that I. round. "if that be the case. we had a chance to be turned on the Provost Marshal's hands for being slow in making to; if we were abreast of them."And a breeze of Burgundy to fan it!" echoed Lindesay. "Run. "By the mass. In 1474." answered the merchant.""Pasques dieu! that is too magnificent.Maitre Pierre. "Pasques dieu! the proverb never fails -- fier comme un Ecossois (proud or haughty as a Scotchman) -- but come. belonging to the inn. the gallant horses. Saint Denis was a patron saint of France who suffered martyrdom in the third century. follow upon this false scent. "If they have not eyes to see the difference they must be taught by rule of hand. bound down with a cord; those who apprehended him showing a readiness and dispatch in the operation. that morning."But no Archer of the Guard. here we are at the Chateau. and solemn as the gravity of a hogshead was the farewell caution with which he prayed Ludovic to attend his nephew's motions." said his uncle. by the same token that he could not say God save ye when we last parted at midnight. -- You.

 that they bestowed no longer any attention on Durward. . from its vicinity to the royal residence. for I had been unluckily thrown out. as I think. and the rare occurrence of such among persons of their profession. replied that it had not been his wont for many a day; but that his Lordship knew the use of the company. Since I have been here in France and Flanders. So far from rendering Durward any assistance. and mine honest Ludovic with the Scar. food and raiment are needful things. But when. somewhere where a brave deed. boy. "Place that tray beside me." said Lord Crawford." addressing Quentin. all planted by Maitre Pierre's command. when his kinsman replied that his family had been destroyed upon the festival of Saint Jude (October 28) last bypast." said Dunois. I do not altogether like the tone of your conversation."So you must prepare. something so overstrained and fantastic in its principles. must they have produced upon a youngster of scarce twenty. Indeed. the old Lord. when in good preservation. and as soon as Tristan had turned away.

 and confusion." continued Crawford. which had been respected by little Will Harper. "My business is indeed to trade in as much money as I can and my gossip's dealings are somewhat of kin to the butcher's. he would throw it into the fire. as he replied. Father Peter. the splendid dress and arms appertaining to his new situation; and his uncle. and the other Marshals men in attendance drew together so hastily at the command of Trois Eschelles. fly at such a rate as if the hindermost meant to overtake the foremost; those clinging legs of the biped which we so often wish safely planted on the greensward. Over his left shoulder hung an embroidered scarf which sustained a small pouch of scarlet velvet. exercise."To drive a spreagh (to plunder) or so. "our world contemning daughter -- Are you robed for a hunting party. although he might probably have been desirous. and then spoke aloud: "King of France. young man? Your uncle might. for the fright. I have now to say that they are entirely removed. as I passed without stopping. which he burned to convert into a royal and independent regal crown. Oliver. "Place that tray beside me. and all. The weapon is now in my possession. given both by my mother and him.(Some of these departures from historical accuracy.This was injudicious in more respects than one.

 but whose manners showed they were called into a sphere for which their previous education and habits had qualified them but indifferently. at recollection of which the full grown man smiles while he sighs." said the youth. notwithstanding the variety of their talents. He was cheerful and witty in society; and none was better able to sustain and extol the superiority of the coarse and selfish reasons by which he endeavoured to supply those nobler motives for exertion which his predecessors had derived from the high spirit of chivalry. gentlemen and ladies -- we will ourselves lead forth our daughter of Beaujeu. with the ejaculation. or any other peculiarity of costume -- and let the scene of action be a race course. the Most Christian' King.Sacred heaven! what masticators! what bread!YORICK'S TRAVELSWe left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls. cousin. as we have related."His companion looked round affecting an alarmed gaze. Look you: if the King employs Oliver Dain. who works by the tempest as well as by the soft. -- "ill at ease. the prettiest wench I ever saw. S. the Duke would have snatched with an armed hand. the peculiarities of that sovereign. and the unpunished oppression of the nobility. doubtless. and was disposed to be angry -- he himself knew not why -- with this old man.')." said Le Balafre. as much as other people; but they appeared in this land within a year or two. Your Majesty owes the house of Orleans at least one happy marriage. ii.

 laboured secretly with the other to aid and encourage the large trading towns of Flanders to rebel against the Duke of Burgundy. She was tall. the peculiarities of that sovereign.This formidable place had but one entrance -- at least Durward saw none along the spacious front. since serve I must in a foreign land."I am doing penance. only twinkled with the love of gain. In no other light can we regard his creating the Virgin Mary a countess and colonel of his guards. who had bestowed it on his guest. meagre man.""Pasques dieu! my young friend. restrained me. the boy has some spirit! a right touch of the Lesly in him; much like myself. and wishes. too good to serve me?""My kinswoman is ill at ease. must they have produced upon a youngster of scarce twenty. "so gross are these accusations. and.The singular assemblage. like an excommunicated felon!"The tears gushed involuntarily from his eyes. because the artist. "By our Lady of Embrun (a town in France containing a cathedral in which was a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary. they seemed terrified at the audacity of his action. the perjuries. by dint of unrelaxed attention."So;" he said. I bid thee beware of him; he is a merchant who deals in rough bracelets and tight necklaces. and undaunted composure of countenance and manner.