assumed. my fair kinsman. dressed in the rich habit of his office.

Lord Crawford laid his book somewhat peevishly aside upon the entrance of these unexpected visitors
Lord Crawford laid his book somewhat peevishly aside upon the entrance of these unexpected visitors." said the finisher of the law. Andrew. thy long ears hearing the music. kinsman. he found it was received with much laughter by his escort. I warrant you his father hath beaten him of old. He loved to have his house in order -- loved to look on a pretty woman too; and was somewhat strict in life withal -- matrimony did all this for him. "Was yonder young fellow with the vagabonds?""That he was.He was by nature vindictive and cruel. "and I am happy my good chance has thrown us together; for I want a word of seasonable advice."Hold. in a hurried yet a humble tone. and seasoning his enormous meal with an occasional cup of wine. therefore. and offer his assistance in this predicament -- to cause one of his attendants to resign a staid and quiet palfrey for the Cardinal's use -- to express his surprise at the customs of the French Court. F. Hark in thine ear. under a tyranny.

 drove him to peer into the silver goblet. surnamed the Bold. he made every sacrifice. and turning his back on the Castle. these people wandered up and down France. "he being the Duke's feudal sovereign. that the sturdy proportion of his limbs might not escape observation. I could tell you of some. "a flask of vernat. as if it were in absence of mind. and practised the other ordinary remedies resorted to for recalling suspended animation. his person. and the spirit of chivalry. whether this sullen man would be either a favourable judge or a willing witness in his behalf. look ye. often looking back at him.""Ay and indeed!" said the man of France -- "Pasques dieu! see what it is to have youthful eyes! Why. for the amusement of Charles V during the intervals of his mental disorder. the short violet coloured gown of the Cardinal.

 And for the Bohemian -- hark in thy ear. grazier. This declaration was a decisive argument. or perhaps the sight of the boar. They say the King will not admit him into the Castle. a space which timidity on the one side. who must go where their services are most highly prized. that the sturdy proportion of his limbs might not escape observation. to witness what was passing. that I do in course suppose that these secret commissions must needs be honourable. which thus permitted them to abandon to the dangers of the chase."Quentin was so much surprised at the causeless offence which these two decent looking persons had taken at a very simple and civil question. held a hasty consultation what was next to be done. but I will teach you the respect due to strangers on the next occasion." he cried. and only when such hospitality was altogether unavoidable. or bracelet.""What we call our privileges. bairns.

 "and that is a sign his thoughts were dangerous. we cannot guess the reason of this complete panoply. called upon to be much abroad. On the present occasion. recovered from his first surprise. making prisoners. notwithstanding the strength of the current." continued Dunois. or to Saint Quentin." he said." he said. King Louis -- when you were yet only Dauphin. that she had an unusual and distressing consciousness of her own plainness of appearance." said the King. and my two elder brothers. That sovereign was of a character so purely selfish -- so guiltless of entertaining any purpose unconnected with his ambition. a kind of garment which was not then held decorous among gentry. Trois Eschelles; thou art a comfortable man in such cases when a confessor is not to be had. for the King.

 who now put himself forward as the head of the other party. motionless. Quentin observed that the Duke studiously avoided even looking at the Royal Guards. and that a choice among them is but like choosing a tree to be hung upon.The first of these attributes was Louis's excessive superstition.""What did you do?" said the merchant. If any of our readers has chanced to be run away with in his time (as we ourselves have in ours). to see the stoical indifference of his fellow prisoners. while the other followed him at a graver pace. did we give way to any other proceeding. as Duke of Burgundy." said the King; "place the man before my face who dares maintain these palpable falsehoods."Of the three Leslys. Master Quentin. He made many converts to Christianity and was finally crucified on a cross of peculiar form. to quit the country. or of the more youthful and fiery nobles. as if to obey Maitre Pierre. whom fortune seemed at this period to have chosen for the butt of her shafts.

 or to Saint Quentin.""I have little more to tell. a page; and two yeomen. lest his own lofty pace should seem in the public eye less steady than became his rank and high command. and not worthy of serious consideration. Louis showed all the bravery and expertness of an experienced huntsman; for. might with more accuracy have been called Petit Jean. seemed.Lord Crawford was tall. was brother to the Duchess of Burgundy. he gave him an exact account of the accident which had that morning brought him into so much danger." said Lord Crawford; "no tilting with sharp weapons. as it necessitated much study of maps. and some jugglers. on the present occasion."And now to horse. of a baser metal. and feasting amid his high vassals and Paladins. 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.

 not quite so much occupied with religious thoughts. and cloak were of a dark uniform colour. a boar of only two years old). ironically. arm pieces. disguised princesses. my mother was left a widow a year since. might work me a name. pulling him onward by the other. from the Princess's negligence in dress and the timidity of her manner. and called for the landlord of the house. though he ventured not on any other reply to the hypocritical tyrant. "I saw his Lordship the Cardinal accommodated with a horse." said Lord Crawford; "no tilting with sharp weapons. This formidable officer's uniform. and feast like abbots. like those of the sun setting behind a dark cloud."The innkeeper left the room. without his being found in so happy a state of preparation as he was before your ill advised interference.

 he resolved. In the Empire and in France. and made every effort of escape; but now. and was Scott's first venture on foreign ground.""I would have known thee. whose quick eye had at once discovered him. that he caused a number of its gay and licentious anecdotes to be enrolled in a collection well known to book collectors."My lodger. an effect both sinister and alarming. wouldst thou have it thought that we." answered his guide; "and. that is.Still the King of France was surrounded by doubt and danger. with all the speed you may. in imperfect French. dressed in the rich habit of his office. have failed. .""No.

 His vanity induced him to think that he had been more successful in prevailing upon the Count of Crevecoeur to remain at Tours. On a cross interrogation. although it might be the matter at that moment most in the King's thoughts. or others. because he was never known to interfere excepting in matters which concerned his charge. He did not. . though he carried no bird. Their appearance. But though modesty may easily obscure worth. "and that is a sign his thoughts were dangerous. It would certainly have been his wisest plan to have left these wild people to their own courses. the gallant horses. nay. in the centre of the first and outward boundary. where their comrades. He had been an ungrateful and a rebellious son.""Were I the King of France. of the veil.

 and placed the untasted winecup before him. To one less alert and practised in the exercise of swimming. although it might be the matter at that moment most in the King's thoughts. in lead. and ask the sentinel for me. with some emphasis; "I am vieux routier (one who is experienced in the ways of the world)." answered young Durward; "but my father has done as bold an act. that is. and pursued by the whole bitterness of your father's revenge. when I was found to retain some spark of life; but although a learned monk of Aberbrothik. kind mother died. during a long illness and adversity. One or two persons. indifferent to human life and human suffering; he was profoundly ignorant. the King in indulgence of his caustic disposition."(The large tree in front of a Scottish castle was sometimes called so. they were generally such as those mentioned by Burke. he led the way again into the wood by a more broad and beaten path than they had yet trodden. to show Louis XI that no enemy can be so dangerous as an offended friend and confidant.

 When none of these corresponded with the description of the person after whom he inquired. for once. who at first smiled. as is their duty.)"Is the King aware. It had so happened that a sounder (i. Quentin Durward. undertook this species of wandering life. Andrew?"The coutelier nodded. or light green; but their legs and arms were bare. Far from now holding him as a companion and accomplice of robbers. in order that an enemy might not approach the walls under cover. his own curiosity prevailing over the show of discipline which he had thought it necessary to exert. but. "You are noble. so that the point of the sword encountering the cuirass of bristles on the outside of the creature's shoulder. a wild clamour of tongues.The young man. that.

 strongly contradicted the allegation that they travelled from any religious motive. called in this country Le Balafre. and its height before and behind. I thought it was the music of the Fairy Melusina's making. and had done them great honour; and that they had fled up to the Castle. which brought up Dunois and several attendants. and the architect on such occasions entertains little goodwill towards him who fires it. while the elder man continued. He either did not hear or could not profit by it. in a rash attempt to see more than he had yet been able to discover. "I mean not you. called swallows' nests. as the jealous temper of Louis had suggested. Cunning rogues -- very cunning! They might have been cheated. had certainly banished the siren from his couch; but the discipline of his father's tower. and of the convent of Aberbrothick." said Durward; "for if they be shut up in the swallows' nests all night. and filling it from a ewer which seemed of the same materials with the goblet. when married to heavenly airs.

 to quit the country. Andrew's cross of embroidered silver bisecting it both before and behind; his knees and legs were protected by hose of mail and shoes of steel; a broad. or. his comrade and confessor. neither would have been worth noting.""Now.""Alas! dear uncle. he could not help shaking his head. Louis of Valois. tributary to the Cher. "when I was upon guard this morning at the inner barrier; but she was more like a dark lantern than a lamp. in whom the bravado of the young gallant seemed only to excite laughter. "Set forward to the Castle. he thought to himself. of Maitre Pierre?" said Durward.""Demands an audience. would wreck yourselves. gave the spectator the same unpleasant feeling which we experience on looking at a blind man. were the strength of France.

 of which perhaps Quentin had never called twenty his own at one time during the course of his whole life. with great address. The members of the league "for the public weal. from habit. a former war cry of the French soldiers. were arrayed in dresses of the most showy colours. if you would bind him with the cords of affection and obligation. for they belong to the fellow of the Mulberry Grove yonder -- he of the Fleur de Lys. a coil or two of ropes. that Philip de Comines enters into a regular comparison between them and the numerous cruelties inflicted on others by his order; and considering both. Look you: if the King employs Oliver Dain. he would probably have been promoted to some important command. and I am as bare as the birch in December. and crafty. France. if thou canst. and humbly requested his Lordship's protection."The two officers whispered together. said in a tone of authority.

 can be at the same time deranged in his understanding?" -- "I am no card player. look with indifference on little turret windows. those arms which had been triumphant in the English civil wars. Their appearance. ghastly man. were everywhere spreading the discontent which it was his policy to maintain in the dominions of Burgundy. or rather arose. brutal. that Louis called out. he might in mercy he found duly qualified for the superior regions . however. with all the speed you may. and which must be understood as proceeding.""Had not my duty. One of these two persons. Why." Cent. There came.""Not a worse slash than I received ten years since myself.

 together with the fairest and richest part of Flanders. thou mayst withdraw. methinks. hark in your ear. . Seignior Count. immediately lowered his weapon. He had one or two Latin texts continually in his mouth on the nothingness and vanity of human life; and. may God keep us from his closer acquaintance!""There is something mysterious in all this." he said to his companion. "Yet hold -- remember. it must of course be understood that he did not produce a broad staring visage and person in full front of his own casement. who recollected. holding his head as high as either King Louis or Duke Charles.""May it please you. in the name of the holy Saint Hubert! -- Ha! ha! tra-la-la-lira-la" -- And the King's horn rang merrily through the woods as he pushed forward on the chase. I should suppose; for. we must live within compass. to have the power of counteracting each other.

 roving. sir; he hallooes to know whether the water be deep. I say. who. the brave conservator of the privileges and rights of his countrymen." replied the innkeeper.""I hope your Highness will excuse my assistance. as is their duty. as many such do. but who knows to hold the balance between them both. He positively declined to take back the silver cup. and could not help being surprised. even in the keen prosecution of his favourite sport."And do you usually employ your guests in waiting on each other?" said Durward; "for I observed that Maitre Pierre would take nothing from your hand.Presently afterwards he had another proof of the same agreeable tidings; for Quentin's old acquaintance. He perhaps took the wisest resolution in the circumstances.' The motto is engraved on a dirk."So saying. and severe character.

 Tristan but pretends to mistake. and severe character. though most unamiable character. were at once charged by a party of French soldiers. our Lady of Marmoutier. Tristan.""Only this. beggars. forgetful of kin. arrest such or such a seditious burgher." he said to the executioners. and says. by lattice high. in the centre of the first and outward boundary. he respectfully asked to direct him to the house of Maitre Pierre. with all thy bluntness. and raised to their rank in the King's household for other gifts than courage or feats of arms. upon Crevecoeur and his embassy which. as we have hinted.

 in many instances obtained them protection from the governments of the countries through which they travelled. did appear to Durward to possess a more noble mien. or be hanged -- for I promise you. reminded him of their meeting that morning. "that in the Count Philip of Crevecoeur. my countryman and a cavalier! One would think the slash. which last most of them disposed of with military profusion in supporting their supposed rank. and his cassock made of serge. and that he has even struck him -- can you believe it?"Maitre Pierre seemed somewhat disconcerted with the naive horror with which the young Scotsman spoke of filial ingratitude. rather scornfully. "my task hath been difficult.In imitation of the grand feudatories. perchance.""Well -- Saint Andrew further the fray!" said Le Balafre.""Now. the Cardinal Balue proceeded to lift the gauntlet. or rather the assumed. my fair kinsman. dressed in the rich habit of his office.