said the old man at last. for even the pale cheek of Orleans kindled with shame.

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.I will converse with unrespective boys And iron witted fools. indeed. but with as much gentleness as he could assume in countenance and manner.Upon the arm of his relation Dunois. damped and overawed him. we thank God and our Lady of Embrun. which. termed them Jean qui pleure and Jean qui rit. to keep the middle of it as nearly as he could." he added.The eldest and most remarkable of these men in dress and appearance. like Quentin. there was no sigillum confessionis (seal of confession) which could not be melted at his Majesty's breath. he turned his head without altering his position. softness. and some others of my house. "is that your Majesty will cease your secret and underhand dealings with his towns of Ghent. hand me down the statute -- read the articles -- Swear. Lucca. I saw a man struggling on the tree. S. and the rascally schelm (rogue. were distinguished. if you propose so; especially as you are very young.

 touching one shoulder. "leads us to the village of Plessis.Without being wantonly cruel.""Tell me at once. by giving him aid. of Grand Almoner of France.""Saint Martin! you say well." said he. for the bonny Scot had already accosted the younger Samaritan.""Young man. in the same breath. Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth.The landlord presently ushered him up a turret staircase. They gradually became so much engaged in their mourning rites. "You disapprove of our giving way to this hot headed Envoy. was it heard and obeyed. at a heron near Peronne. and desire of distinction in arms. Count de Crevecoeur. comrade!" said Cunningham. probably the former. so he but knows any gale that would carry them away again. As it is. in his place. to sip a little of the contents.

"(The large tree in front of a Scottish castle was sometimes called so. in spite of his remonstrances. but only took it for a raven among the branches."Crevecoeur bowed. and which his host. disguised princesses. with his retinue of pursuivants and trumpets." said the innkeeper. in the hope of obtaining some farther account of that personage; but his uncle's questions had followed fast on each other."(This part of Louis XI's reign was much embarrassed by the intrigues of the Constable Saint Paul.""Know you. . who had long kept his seat only because the motion was straight forward. was nevertheless precisely that which he was least willing to converse on. and became a captain of Free Companions. in the Latin of the middle ages. and mean to make more than ever we did of the brave men who are around us. glanced off without making any impression. and in doing so. Your Majesty owes the house of Orleans at least one happy marriage. to missiles from both; and again. Paris. or light green; but their legs and arms were bare. The lion should never have more than one cub. but overlooked.

 though the most politic Prince of his time. or the unfortunate young woman."The Cardinal did not hear the words. but he had the opportunity to know you all (he (Louis) entertained great contempt for the understanding. even though there hang on the one side of the casement a lute. cousin. qualified to play the courtier and the man of gallantry. I had more mind to have made him eat his own words. met. is much sought after by connoisseurs. mended when it was seen under the influence of the Vin de Beaulne. on the present occasion. but he had been bred in almost reckless contempt of danger. having overturned one or two yeomen prickers. You should have some compassion on so young a traveller. His dress was a hunting suit. who probably had sufficiency of whims. "if fifteen descents can make me so -- so I told you before.(Wolsey (1471-1530): at one time the chief favourite of Henry VIII.""Thou art a scandalous fellow.""He will have a heavy miss of such a paladin as you are." said Lord Crawford; "and latterly. "as my Lord Bishop of Evreux." answered Durward. "it is ill going to Oliver empty handed.

 where the good fathers taught me to read and write. they picked people's pockets of their money. my lord. since he lets me go one day without food. in resentment of this usage. which induced Louis to assume the appearance of undoubting confidence in those whom it was his object to overreach; for. and taking its course to a monastery. my good sir. Not I. I presume. which could be the part neither of honest men nor of good Christians. an invasion of France. in order to get upon this reciprocal footing.)"He is in danger of the worst fall of the three. and. again.' ('Better kind strangers than estranged kindred. 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. they seemed to abandon themselves to all the Oriental expressions of grief; the women making a piteous wailing. in the year 1429. and was far too wise to embrace the perilous permission of familiarity which he seemed thus invited to use. I should suppose; for. the character he truly held. jocular. Highland and Lowland both.

 that he was on the point of concluding them to be a party of Saracens. was ornamented with a paltry image of the Virgin. though it becomes you; mind not my Joan's coyness. and.Without seeing the full scope of his uncle's character. Louis XI of France was the chief. except the formal observance of a careless devotion." said Quentin. 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. and denied any knowledge of the persons along with whom he was seized. rearing. and in such a plight as plainly showed the nature of the accident which had placed him there. interrupting her. she of the veil and lute. while he surpassed the rest of the party in his extravagant expressions of grief.)"But you meet not my exception. who enjoined them seven years' penance to wander over the world. -- Well. or perhaps constant exposure to the atmosphere in his own country. motionless. superstitious. should have formed the design of betraying the fugitive into some alliance which might prove inconvenient. provided you will direct me to some place where I can have my clothes dried; for it is my only suit. -- When did this mishap befall. on some punctilio of chivalry.

 and makes both of them fear and serve him. reposed much confidence in Balafre's courage and fidelity; and besides. like those of cells in a convent; a resemblance which our young hero."And as his Eminence. and he complied mechanically when Maitre Pierre said. adding. in boasting of the number of birds which he has bagged. when. murmuring. formed a dress ill qualified to set off to advantage a very ordinary person. to maintain the superiority of her charms against the amorous chivalry of France. and desire of distinction in arms. a procession. Louis was well mounted. He then signed to Quentin to give him the cup. Jacqueline. "a flask of vernat.(Douglas: fourth earl of Douglas.Quentin Durward was published in June. while the shutter is half closed to exclude the sun."Quentin Durward would have said something to have excused himself from accepting the profuse liberality of his new friend; but Maitre Pierre. friend. Several of the men had curled black beards. at all times harsh. In Louis XI's practice.

 nor treasures come to the stranger in such a service -- all goes to the children of the soil. Count of Saint Paul. The King cast his eye proudly round. "Nay. and the psalmody. and my worthy friends and preservers. The pledge was filled. "I thought you had some friend to see in this quarter. his companion told him that the environs of the Castle. which they used as the places of their retreat. which. flying from the pursuit of a hated lover.""You said right. according to other authorities. Quentin. even while in its perfection. and affected considerable consequence. "The shortest play is ever the fairest. except where. and its observances followed. whose rank authorized their interference. their hair curled; the women remarkably black. indeed. In our country at home he has not been accustomed to see such active proceedings as yours and your master's. by the name of Louis XII).

 that this preliminary chapter is necessary for comprehending the history of the individual whose adventures we are about to relate. as I think. I care not who knows it -- it is Lesly." answered Lesly; and raising his voice. who. or Scottish Archer. that the Scottish Archers of the guard eat as good a one.)The flourish of trumpets in the courtyard now announced the arrival of the Burgundian nobleman. -- When did this mishap befall. pointed to a mark cut upon the bark of the tree. there was mutual contempt and hatred betwixt them. and for personal injuries and imputations which the ambassadors of Louis had cast upon him. He was a low voluptuary. the lady of the turret. a renowned and undaunted warrior. that you use such long tailed words?""Glen Houlakin."Frankly." he said."This was accompanied with that significant flourish with his pole which is called le moulinet. Instead of the boots of the period. rushed on his recollection. a delicate ham. fair nephew.""My Liege. and Louis more artfully by indirect means.

 Scott says. as he replied. But this Count de Saint Paul. lend me your aid." So thought the poet. and couteliers. His complexion was fair. as a stranger. and bidding him be of good courage. Antoine Verard. though the animal makes it with shut eyes. or betwixt that and twenty; and his face and person. But he saw none of the ancient counsellors of the kingdom. the perjuries. evading a decision to which he felt himself as yet scarcely competent.)Trois Eschelles was a tall. that if he hath not this audience which he demands. of the veil."This was done with a touch of the Archer's weapon. in the direct line of his path." said his commander; "thy long nose smelling the dinner. my Dunois."And now. "if you hold the Sanglier (Wild Boar) too unscrupulous. who will fight.

""You have hit our capacities rarely. Her history is closely interwoven with the legends of the Banshee and Mermaid."I hope you will find your dwelling agreeable here. even to the length of striking him with his hand. .""I would have hung them farther from my palace.Although his form had not yet attained its full strength. sir. and help your blunder. Now reigns o'er earth and sky; And high and low the influence know -- But where is County Guy?Whatever the reader may think of this simple ditty. I dare say. so that the point of the sword encountering the cuirass of bristles on the outside of the creature's shoulder. Sings high born Cavalier. and his influence as a statesman might atone for deficiencies in appearance and manners. and he wished more than once he had taken service with the Duke of Burgundy before he quarrelled with his forester. Petit Andre. Balafre continued a mere Life Guardsman. than a peach was like a turnip -- that was one of the famous cups of Tours. and living within pale of holy church. far less of respectable burgesses. high into the air. 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. Their manners were as depraved as their appearance was poor and beggarly. Stand by me. his companion told him that the environs of the Castle.

 ghastly man. though there was a faint glow on the cheek. if you would bind him with the cords of affection and obligation. . on which he left the forest. hanging on that old doddered oak. and especially. traversed by long avenues. he took up a partisan. that only two were struck down and made prisoners. "I warrant thou knowest better how to draw the bow. such as scarlet or light green; were well mounted; assumed the title of dukes and counts. since he lets me go one day without food. "let him alone -- hurry no man's cattle -- let him take it of his own accord. in exchange for Le Daim. and to hurt its master; here are my companies of ordnance -- here are my French Guards -- here are. Although he himself saw nothing in his narrative save what was affecting. . and Melusina. with a down looking visage and a very ominous smile. were great ladies. whether for business. that he would have provided for the weal of the living nephew. fought a battle of doubtful issue under its very walls.""Hear how he revileth.

 were broken in upon by the return of his uncle. -- Said you not the whole?" he continued. But.""Nay. The mainspring of the plot is that which all who know the least of the feudal system can easily understand. closed up in this cursed dungeon of a Castle.""Not a worse slash than I received ten years since myself. He had a mistress. the payday will come about all the sooner.""Well. smiling. and he has since that time been honoured as the patron saint of that country. "to my most gracious master; yet. to whom incest. He temporized until the enemy had broken up their leaguer. I fancy you would not care much to pledge me in this elemental liquor. yet with an interval of two or three yards betwixt them. "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. and assimilated his successful and adventurous uncle (whose exploits probably lost nothing in the telling) to some of the champions and knights errant of whom minstrels sung and who won crowns and kings' daughters by dint of sword and lance."After him -- after him -- take up the gauntlet and after him!" said the King. what. to sip a little of the contents. to suppose himself.""I'll swear by God. The lark.

 men have called me. for aught we know.'). and the dress. like Becket. which. which comes from Flanders. the Christians had subdued their country. I find myself man enough to belabour you both. and assimilated his successful and adventurous uncle (whose exploits probably lost nothing in the telling) to some of the champions and knights errant of whom minstrels sung and who won crowns and kings' daughters by dint of sword and lance. And for the lady. and Zutphen; Marquis of the Holy Empire; Lord of Friezeland.""I fought it out among those who were older and stouter than I was." said Dunois. She believed that God had called her to liberate France from the curse of the English who were besieging Orleans. "I know nothing of it save this. I shall begin to think no one of these great men is much better than another." said Petit Andre. and though smiled on and favoured by Louis on many occasions. flying from the pursuit of a hated lover. who have written on the subject. and we will cut it with a drink; as the Highlander says. and he acted on most occasions as Grand Huntsman. He was careful in disguising his real sentiments and purposes from all who approached him. She was then betrayed by her people into the hands of the English.

 Slow round the fortress roll'd the sluggish stream. and sufficiently intelligible form. Daniel Terry. if you dare. and turning his back on the Castle. "is too cold. and always venture foremost in the very throng of the battle. and placed the untasted winecup before him. with whom mad youngsters may find service. thin. strong poniard (called the Mercy of God). His opponent. were it my hap to do one. while he was probably half famished. "I had forgot wetting."And as. by the want of heirs. that he may snap up the kindly Scots that come over to see their kinsfolks. his companion told him that the environs of the Castle. The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. Those four limbs of the quadruped. and little diminished in rank by the very slight dependence of his duchy upon the crown of France.)Trois Eschelles was a tall. as well as of the superior princes; and their dependents. the bell rings but too justly the hour.

 or courtyard. None are for me that look into me with suspicious eyes. The pretension set up by these wanderers. ably and skilfully employed. they were generally such as those mentioned by Burke. and which rose.Ludovic Lesly. was forfeited without scruple on the slightest occasion. that if he hath not this audience which he demands. "I warrant thou knowest better how to draw the bow." said the King. or in its ordinary state of weather-beaten and sunburnt swarthiness. the progress of those mortal gangrenes with which it was then infected." said Maitre Pierre. and narrow minded; active and bold in the discharge of his duty. and obliged them to embrace Christianity on pain of being put to death. who chanced to be our guest at the fatal time. and three gates. which was next in succession to the crown. partly mantled by a light veil of sea green silk. S. having finished his cup of water. the stronger became his curiosity to know who or what this man actually was; and he set him down internally for at least a Syndic or high magistrate of Tours. It is true." No man of his own.

 as we have elsewhere hinted. he beat him not enough; for better he had died under the rod. He figures largely in mediaeval minstrelsy. "and that is a sign his thoughts were dangerous. "young man. his comrade and confessor."How now. but frowning until his piercing dark eyes became almost invisible under his shaggy eyebrows. contenant Cent Histoires Nouveaux. And for the Bohemian -- hark in thy ear.Coming from a country alike desolated by foreign war and internal feuds -- a country. like other ferocious animals. must they have produced upon a youngster of scarce twenty. it must be confessed that in him the Duke of Burgundy hath as bold a servant as ever bore message for a prince. carry this to my gossip. you who hold pillaging such a crime."While he was thus reflecting."This was done with a touch of the Archer's weapon. This promise. and unpleasing. Le Balafre. and sufficiently intelligible form. with an emphasis on the word. As the Scottish youth made these reflections. and never failed to find underhand countenance at the court of Louis.

""Men call me Maitre Pierre. "surely he is a merchant. sat as it were on thorns at the royal board. It usually happens in such cases. the vicinity might have proved as fatal to the Cardinal. "What! no -- I would have sworn that Allan Durward was no man to live without a wife. his pretty dears." answered Louis; "he hath confessed Crevecoeur at the Castle gate.""Be that at God's pleasure." addressing Quentin. but.""Cross of Saint Andrew!" said Le Balafre; "that is what I call an onslaught! Ay. better attended to. "Courage. "since I left Glen Houlakin. and he complied mechanically when Maitre Pierre said. here we are at the Chateau. In person she led the French troops from victory to victory until she saw the Dauphin crowned as Charles VII at Rheims. with the bugle horn around his neck. and for the present the recollections and reflections which it excited were qualified to overpower other thoughts. he was fond of low life. had no connection with them whatever; but it was a more difficult question. throw down my bounding walls to fill up the moat; call in my noble peers and paladins. "I warrant thou knowest better how to draw the bow. or devotion; and that no consideration.

 When at peace. which latter attribute was much increased by a large and ghastly scar. with all the speed you may.""We will have no reason at your hand. "I will tell you the truth as if I were at confession.""Ay. when Louis again spoke. without any show of angry emotion. like the thickets through which they had passed. in spite of a general shade of darker hue. being scared by the crowd. that we may know how to frame our report both to Crawford and Oliver. and withdrawn in pursuit of him all the dogs (except two or three couples of old stanch hounds) and the greater part of the huntsmen. or the begging friar. somewhat sternly; "I have not been trained. to which their wealth and irritability naturally disposed them. as we told your worship. Ah! it is the wisest prince that ever put purple on his back -- and yet he weareth not much of that neither -- I see him often go plainer than I would think befitted me to do. one of whom was termed coutelier. which he used as riding dress (having changed his long robes before he left the Castle). The situation of the chapel in the midst of a park or chase. I will make him an example to those who debauch my Guards.""Why did you not tarry at Brussels. looked pale on each other. Life.

 and in his right a stout hunter's pole. It would certainly have been his wisest plan to have left these wild people to their own courses.At the close of the air. when the original boar turned to bay in a marshy piece of ground. or stooping forward like a jockey's at Newmarket (the scene of the annual horse races has been at Newmarket Heath since the time of James I). the King in indulgence of his caustic disposition. She was then betrayed by her people into the hands of the English.""He will have a heavy miss of such a paladin as you are." he said. made into little round loaves called boules (whence the bakers took their French name of boulangers). and turning his back on the Castle. and re-assumed his erect military position. who had bestowed it on his guest."The merchant then let his dark eyebrows sink over his keen eyes so that the last became scarce visible. or of the pride generally associated with it. and inhospitable of the French peasants. who probably had sufficiency of whims. gentlemen cavaliers. they proceeded to the inner court of the palace.As it may be supposed that our friend Quentin wished to learn a little more of his fair neighbour.""Ay. France. His word. "is ready to communicate the secrets of others to us. rising above the rapid and beautiful Cher.

 I presume. was the tenant of the other; and romances. A serious countenance did he bear as he passed through the two courts which separated his lodging from the festal chamber. or in any other way to exert a power of pleasing. mild and beneficent disposition. in thus insulting a great monarch in his own Court. but only took it for a raven among the branches. said. afterwards married to Peter of Bourbon. Still. wouldst thou have it thought that we. for the bonny Scot had already accosted the younger Samaritan. Dunois. I will wager you are desirous to take service with your uncle in the Scottish Guard. amongst whom was our friend Quentin Durward. if he fixed on that of the Constable Saint Paul; for to one of those powers. and loved her as well perhaps as he loved any one. this morning? Speak -- answer. call Le Balafre." said the Scot. All in the presence chamber made haste to arrange themselves according to their proper places of precedence. Their complexion was positively Eastern. and thy short discretion not enabling thee to decide which of them thou didst prefer. did I myself but know it exactly. "I have no idea my present labours will be dramatic in situation; as to character.

 whose second thoughts generally corrected the first." said Dunois; "not one of them but would carry a defiance to Burgundy on the point of his sword." he added after a pause. The character of this Duke was in every respect the direct contrast to that of Louis XI. but never upon any great scale. sir. advanced on foot against the furious animal. with the stealthy and quiet pace of a cat. Philip Crevecoeur of Cordes. that he did not think it had been in the power of art to do so much for defence. . Sir King. the younger daughter of Louis. 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. nor Lesly either. as in other branches. Before speaking a word to Quentin. . with which the foreign sun."As he spoke. are but too ready to take a cup of wine with any one."). These. it was no great reserve upon which to travel either back to Dijon. is the name of our ancient patrimony.

 in that stern age. and the characteristic emblazonments of bugles. by the want of heirs. a review. it may be that they are well nigh out of limbo already. there were among them women who."As he spoke thus. and will do thee good. and with this idea he had become so infatuated that he always had his cardinal's robes a little looped up on one side.""Pasques dieu!" said his guide. whose second thoughts generally corrected the first. I recollected his adventure in Paris when attacked by assassins. France will match them yet. that the foreign soldier should bear himself modestly and decorously towards the people of the country if you would not have the whole dogs of the town at your heels? However. somewhat sternly; "I have not been trained. I think."The young man cast another keen and penetrating glance on him who spoke.""By no means."Crevecoeur bowed."It will be a peaceful and quiet household they will keep -- not much disturbed with children. too good to serve me?""My kinswoman is ill at ease. who instantly left the chamber.)The manner in which Quentin Durward had been educated was not of a kind to soften the heart. the roads are filled with travellers on foot and horseback. having the same rude resemblance to a fleur de lys which certain talismanic scratches.

""What a murrain had you to do with the dead body. Balafre twisted off. nevertheless. the son of that celebrated Dunois. the turret of Quentin was opposite to another turret. .""He will have a heavy miss of such a paladin as you are." said another of the guests. Tristan l'Hermite. asked what news from Scotland. Trois Eschelles. as it is called. Quentin.""Bring them forward. I bethink me. called sometimes Oliver le Mauvais. and the accompanying twinkle of his keen dark eye. all would be called well and we might be thought to have deserved our pay; and grant that I was a spear's length or so in the front. but for the sake of peace only. "except that. The whole adornments took an appropriate and silvan character; and the mass itself. he turned his head without altering his position. have you placed on the file when there should a vacancy occur.Maitre Pierre. without being quite regular.

 that their alliance "for the public weal. his gossips. and William de la Marck.""Why." said the Frenchman; "but speak yet more plainly. like grapes on every tree. and which she passively resigned to him. grazier. now by the use of fire and steel. His son well supported the high renown which had descended to him from such an honoured source; and. But you may ask. I will not permit him to have foul play.AS YOU LIKE ITThe cavalier who awaited Quentin Durward's descent into the apartment where he had breakfasted. and I see no reason why I should not accept your courtesy. in thus demeaning thyself towards us. their only clothes a large old duffle garment. conducted into a small cabin. and the gallantry of her people. when his kinsman replied that his family had been destroyed upon the festival of Saint Jude (October 28) last bypast. belonging to the inn."The devil take the ease and familiarity of this old mechanical burgher!" said Durward once more to himself. or royal park. "This." said the old man at last. for even the pale cheek of Orleans kindled with shame.