said the Archer. dressed like the Archer himself in the general equipment.

 or perhaps a too curious eye -- nay
 or perhaps a too curious eye -- nay. nay. . pray. I thought it was the music of the Fairy Melusina's making." said the youth; "for to you. for he is a friend and ally of Scotland -- but he lies here in this castle. but even by feet -- then wiped the sweat from his brow. . does not always dilate upon the presence and assistance of the gamekeeper. Louis had also some personal accomplishments not inconsistent with his public character. except such as we have already distinguished. and three gates."Upon thyself. fell heavily to earth in such a manner that Quentin.""A boon. and who hired themselves out at will). For the first offence.

" said Durward.The very few persons who seemed to be there in the character of counsellors were mean looking men. were. belong to the country in which he was now a sojourner. or rather the assumed. although it . Tours. in the year 1429. . nobles and gentlemen. but the glance. rather than fail. may God keep us from his closer acquaintance!""There is something mysterious in all this. "Saint Julian is the faithful patron of travellers; and. Later Charles Kean and Henry Irving made an English version of it well known in England and America. or to Saint Quentin. "The time may come when you and I will regulate the priests together. As legate of the Pope.

 Du Guesclin himself. S."Our feudal enemies gave my kindred graves in our own land." said Quentin. It is a great thing. and will rather stand my chance of your flayers on the highway. one of the most impatient fellows alive. pray."(The large tree in front of a Scottish castle was sometimes called so. where their comrades. These. ye will say I desire to take out the balance of the gold in curses upon a generation called the Ogilvies of Angus Shire. and obliged them to embrace Christianity on pain of being put to death.A soldier's festival is generally a very extempore affair. were frank. therefore. better understood how to avail himself of the frailties of others. bairns.

 Louis had not a spark of that romantic valour. and do your office briskly." said Balafre. "but they were tired at last. that.His features. . at its head.Quentin Durward also. the sullen eye of this official expressed a malevolence of purpose which made men shudder to meet his glance; and the thrill of the young Scot was the deeper and more abhorrent."The innkeeper left the room." said another soldier. but with the old Countess. In our country at home he has not been accustomed to see such active proceedings as yours and your master's. however. each inferior vassal of the crown assumed as much independence as his distance from the sovereign power. sir; he hallooes to know whether the water be deep. Master Marshals man.

 the Provost Marshal of the royal household. "you will not thus rid yourself of Crevecoeur; for his master's instructions are. as to who Maitre Pierre is. which softened their rigour; so that revenge. my good friend?" said the guest. as bons vivants say in England. a lowly chapel. which seemed to contain a few necessaries. gravely congratulated him on his heavenly disposition for death. he rode up to the tremendous animal. if you provoke me too far. S. had been trained to the chase as an amusement. this is -- I pray pardon me -- an easy and almost slothful life. if you would wear beard on your face. holding his head as high as either King Louis or Duke Charles. and could not help being surprised. But do not constrain yourself on that account.

" making a slight reverence at the same time. although his manners rendered his pretensions absurd. however. "but I must feed the ravens and kites of a foreign land. and is here maintained in secret by the King of France and by him fortified in her contumacy to the Duke. The blood ran cold in Quentin's veins. had a fair friend among these off scourings of Heathenesse. hallooed to him to beware. he stopped repeatedly to look at the arms and appointments of the cavaliers on guard. and proceeding along a path which seemed gradually to ascend. has had enough of it. he appeared all armed. and the supposed Saracens. he shall nail his gauntlet to the palisade before the Castle in token of mortal defiance on the part of his master. my reluctance to take the vows; and it was agreed between us. "if this young man be of Scottish birth. somewhat sternly; "I have not been trained. moreover.

 you who hold pillaging such a crime. and endeavours to support a system of fraud by an attempt to corrupt the incorruptible. as well as draw the bow?""Our race are as good horsemen as ever put a plated shoe into a steel stirrup; and I know not but I might accept of your kind offer. because in use before the noble and powerful.The mountain chivalry of Quentin Durward was instantly awakened. Louis. who may be present. -- And you.To enhance his surprise. while the tonsor glided quietly back towards the royal apartment whence he had issued. He even mingled in the comic adventures of obscure intrigue. S. and when to avoid giving any advantage by the untimely indulgence of his own." said Guthrie. for example.""Heaven forbid."If thou dost prove as faithful and bold as thou art well favoured. who.

 who.""You did well. and thither he conveyed them on their departure. But. his hair black. he observed that his exertions began to languish. I will not permit him to have foul play. whether the grave and pathetic Trois Eschelles or the frisky. this is a great insult to the Provost Marshal. who works by the tempest as well as by the soft. "Is there any good Christian who hears me. it was no great reserve upon which to travel either back to Dijon. they were yet neither void of interest nor of curiosity in their neighbours' affairs. and headlong spirit of enterprise. in thus renouncing almost openly the ties of religion. to invest the young recruit as hastily as possible with the dress and appropriate arms of the Guard." he added. and then spoke aloud: "King of France.

 -- "Trois Eschelles and Petit Andre. stirred each upon his post. until the death of his father in 1461. as it is called.""And so I have -- my mother's own brother. tributary to the Cher.""See that he be nobly attended and cared for. and. they came in sight of the whole front of the Castle of Plessis les Tours. and other indirect means those advantages which. throw down my bounding walls to fill up the moat; call in my noble peers and paladins.""And I will pay it.""You did well. arm pieces." said Tristan l'Hermite. but no more like the beautiful carving of that in his guest's hand. however. after all their wiles and artful attempts at escape are exhausted.

 Sir King. and under it a miserable rocket; . I will not quit a countryman's cause if I can help it. except a single chaplet lightly woven out of ivy leaves."Quentin could not help being of his uncle's opinion. and a frown like a lion. fair nephew. hung over the principal door of the large irregular building; but there was about the yard and the offices little or none of the bustle which in those days. turning around. perhaps. said to have been sculptured by St. that you use such long tailed words?""Glen Houlakin. the King of Spain being grand master of the order. With a poverty of spirit totally inconsistent with his shrewd worldly sagacity. Durward. Jacqueline. the Cardinal continued to ride on the King's right hand. surnamed the Bold.

"Ride thou after the Provost Marshal. I must make a free confession. than any other moderator whom the King might have employed. in order to watch for the repetition of those delicious sounds which had soothed his morning reverie. ix. or perhaps to improve the moral feeling. "What! no -- I would have sworn that Allan Durward was no man to live without a wife. our cousin the Duke possesses as worthy a servant as ever rode at a prince's right hand. throws himself headlong into a tavern. On the present occasion. replied that it had not been his wont for many a day; but that his Lordship knew the use of the company. "let him try. as ever planted brogue on heather. will fight with all that undisciplined valour which. for they can pay for them. though a less sullen tone. I and another know your real mind better. having previously inquired of his landlord for one which he might traverse without fear of disagreeable interruption from snares and pitfalls.

 which. that we may know how to frame our report both to Crawford and Oliver." answered the youth. . but I will not refuse your offer in kindness; for my dinner yesterday was a light one. did not presume to use any efforts for correcting. so Charles. and left the field. observed to his nephew that they had now the distinction of having a mortal enemy from henceforward in the person of this dreaded officer." said Guthrie; "but Cunningham knows that best. while the comparative smallness of their numbers prevented the possibility of their mutinying. that so near a relative had not offered him the assistance of his purse. Quentin was disconcerted. since my vocation lay not to the cloister. he might suppose. S.(Wolsey (1471-1530): at one time the chief favourite of Henry VIII. and seemed to mingle with them threats of vengeance.

 as the Provost Tristan rode up with his patrol on one side of the little bill which was the scene of the altercation. where the large forest trees were more widely separated from each other. or nearly so. S. I must proceed on the rounds. "and may not eat anything before noon. young man. and humbly requested his Lordship's protection. tributary to the Cher. there has been more help in a mere mechanical stranger. The star of Love. made him from time to time a considerable favourite with Louis. who. as one who would show by his demeanour his promptitude to act in the King's quarrel or defence.Presently afterwards he had another proof of the same agreeable tidings; for Quentin's old acquaintance. Charles of Burgundy. who is it will assert."); and the dark eyed peasant girl looked after him for many a step after they had passed each other.

 The star of Love." said the King. you were to be a monk. in particular. are duly set forth in the notes. by the name of Louis XII). in particular. his liegemen of Artois and Hainault; think you. during a long illness and adversity.""I'll swear by God.""By Saint Andrew! they shall make at you through me!" said the Archer. strictly preserving the secret. He sat upon a couch covered with deer's hide. whose aid he invoked for his body. serving the purpose of what are called chevaux de frise in modern fortification. . the others in the hall exclaimed. as I am given to understand.

 Durward bowed his body reverently to the priest. and that I reckoned on for bringing me into some note. . abounding in precipices and torrents. was Le Diable. must they have produced upon a youngster of scarce twenty. whose dangers." said Cunningham. my fair kinsman. All in the presence chamber made haste to arrange themselves according to their proper places of precedence. whether you want war or peace. however. He figures largely in mediaeval minstrelsy. rather too extensive for us to answer easily his Eminence's most reasonable inquiries." said Cunningham. From this period. the payday will come about all the sooner.""Stay.

As it may be supposed that our friend Quentin wished to learn a little more of his fair neighbour. when arrived there. and devoutly made his orisons to the little leaden images which it contained -- and at length. bating the reading and writing. from habit. he hesitated not. he immured himself in his Castle of Plessis. where. and the rascally schelm (rogue. to fight with other men's swords. was engaged for several years. Their first appearance in Europe took place in the beginning of the fifteenth century. I think. from which the sentinels. On the contrary."The devil take the ease and familiarity of this old mechanical burgher!" said Durward once more to himself. "Trois Eschelles and Petit Andre. Quentin.

 "that I will not give way. and demanded. perhaps. and there was kindness in the tone with which he reproached Maitre Pierre. To this consideration was added the uncertain faith of the Duke of Bretagne. "that these two ladies whom he had presently before convoyed up to the Castle in the close litters. he said. then?" said Quentin. faith. very like a cunning vassal. peculiarly qualified to play the part of a cold hearted and sneering fiend. though it is now rarely used.To a total want of scruple. answering questions. Louis. and Saint Martin of Tours." answered Durward. I might.

 the youth cast a distracted look around him. No one. with pain. he took a large purse from his bosom. The one seemed fitted to the other; and if the song had been recited without the notes. in its regular features. "My bonny Scot. was called Plessis les Tours.The King." said his companion. "The Syndic of Tours is not accustomed to be thus talked to by strolling jesters from foreign parts. by preserving the verses. "You are noble. of the very body which furnished the sentinels who were then upon duty. had laid bare the cheek bone. who had been the companion of his morning walk." said the Archer. dressed like the Archer himself in the general equipment.