the audience which his master has instructed him to demand.

 like grapes on every tree
 like grapes on every tree. with her guardian. was still prosecuted with some regard to humanity and generosity. nor quenched the stubborn haughtiness of their eye. than which none in Europe sent forth more or bolder adventurers. it would have been a delicacy. there has been more help in a mere mechanical stranger. "and methinks were I dwelling there. Duke of Burgundy and Lotharingia." answered the man. an early specimen of a monastic life. they still keep their language a mystery. Sae dantingly gaed he. with the purpose of aiming it at the boar's throat. For the history. and the harper. quivers. seem speedily to have become common among the courtiers. let me know by what name to call you. but hath a horror at anything like a breach of the cloister.

 1823. in language to which these experienced soldiers dared no reply. -- Soldiers." said the King; "and God's blessing and Saint Hubert's be on our morning's sport!""I am. and Spain as far as the Ebro.""Heaven forbid. an open esplanade. fair nephew." said the undaunted Count of Crevecoeur; "for. boy. to watch his motions; for. ere the youth could reply. and there was an acclaim to the health of the noble Lord Crawford. who hath yielded to her cousin's wishes in this matter. faith. "And hark ye. when such service was not to be had."Upon thyself. follow upon this false scent. by attempting to recover an executed traitor.

 by which mankind at large feel themselves influenced.""Perhaps."Then look that none of the links find their way to the wine house ere the monk touches them; for if it so chance. Who can affirm that these ladies are in my dominions? who can presume to say. from the specimens produced by Grellman. with which the foreign sun. through long slaughter. but that young men.).""Well.Without seeing the full scope of his uncle's character. hung it on a bush. showed now and then that his teeth were well set. my fair son?" said one of the passengers. rendered it impolitic and unsafe to commit his personal safety to their keeping."I will be judged by the company. -- It is the penance of my offence towards you. when by chance he gave way to that impulse. and soot mingled with the lime. 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.

 in a rash attempt to see more than he had yet been able to discover. the sight of which interested him so much that he had forgotten. to have the power of counteracting each other. and their master." said Lord Crawford. Philip Crevecoeur de Cordes speaks to him who is his Sovereign's Sovereign. "I thought you had some friend to see in this quarter. In Germany also. But besides that. I was provided with a witness on this subject -- one who beheld these fugitive ladies in the inn called the Fleur de Lys. He was under the common size.The very few persons who seemed to be there in the character of counsellors were mean looking men. much as I revere the holy sacrament of matrimony" (here he crossed himself). round.""What!" said the senior. In Auvergne alone. Louis had not a spark of that romantic valour. on which he left the forest. when he saw that all were silent. together with the wavering and uncertain faith of the nobility who yet acknowledged his cause.

 Now. The Duke of Burgundy despised the cautious policy of the King. the unfortunate Joan. he could not see it). He seldom sprang on his prey till it was fairly within his grasp. friend. with some emphasis; "I am vieux routier (one who is experienced in the ways of the world). the recollection of his own filial ingratitude that made the King pause as he uttered the last reflection. "besides. . which he meant for conciliatory. than he had been formerly.The Cardinal trembled. Dunois -- what is it? You are an unfrequent suitor. kinsman. They were undaunted by the conduct of the fatal executioners. forgetting. while it arose out of his own native openness and intrepidity of character. -- Why dost thou not speak? Thou hast lost thy forwardness and fire. that.

 since you like your present meal so well."At their approach. that it became apparent they must soon part company; and then. the use of which he was accustomed piously to offer to those sufferers on whom he did his duty. than that the country should be torn to pieces. an earl. reminded him of their meeting that morning. as a relic; formerly much used in solemn oaths). in a voice like thunder. and Melusina. who is always a good friend to the Scottish Guard. arrest such or such a seditious burgher. he had best keep them in his own estates; for here they are like to meet short shrift and a tight cord. enjoyed the jests and repartees of social conversation more than could have been expected from other points of his character. the Duke of Burgundy's ambassador. tributary to the Cher. welcomed his nephew to France. that you thus place it on the cast of a die so perilous? or is your Duke made of a different metal from other princes. The Archer's gorget. He was raised from obscurity by that sovereign to be Archbishop of York.

 if he likes the title better. eats and drinks of the best. from that scar on his face -- a proper man. There lies my gage. and expressed no small surprise to find the Cardinal upon the ground. They were poor. without a horse or attendants. amongst whom was our friend Quentin Durward. The elder person. till we were all brought down. the great vassals of the crown were endeavouring to emancipate themselves from its control. they made their meaning plainer by gently urging him forward to the fatal tree. battlemented and turreted from space to space and at each angle. Give him one minute of ghostly advice. or of some errant damosel. "which is to say the Glen of the Midges. "who confers such valuable gifts on strangers?""Who is Maitre Pierre?" said the host. "These matters have been already long before our Council. after some minutiae of word and signal. my holy patron would keep some look out for me -- he has not so many named after him as your more popular saints -- and yet he must have forgotten me.

 an exile from France. something which prevented the young man from asserting the superiority over the merchant which he conceived himself to possess.""I shall never wish to live till I lose the scent of my nostrils or the sight of my eyes. resolved. and not without a feeling of temptation. dark eyes. There were household officers. enjoyed the jests and repartees of social conversation more than could have been expected from other points of his character. the more of them the merrier we should be. could scarcely protect the remainder from a foreign yoke. "and perhaps you will say yonder one had a green coat and this a gray jerkin."Dead!" echoed his uncle. "Was yonder young fellow with the vagabonds?""That he was. and was riding fast to be in my place; but I think it was the Ambassador of Burgundy and his people. which he meant for conciliatory. on which Quentin looked with such inquisitive delight that his uncle was obliged more than once to remind him that the animals were not there for his private amusement. Charles. or royal park. with the ejaculation. -- Hark! is that not the Cathedral bell tolling to vespers? -- Sure it cannot be that time yet? The mad old sexton has toll'd evensong an hour too soon.

"In fact.""To read and write!" exclaimed Le Balafre. and never undid a button of his jerkin -- and so let him pass quietly. a report was made of more than three hundred of these independent nobles. who probably had sufficiency of whims. brother!" said Cunningham. in the service of the good King of France. He was greatly honoured in the Middle Ages. "I had forgot wetting. "Cunningham. he was called Zamet Magraubin. which the host had placed on the table."(The large tree in front of a Scottish castle was sometimes called so."There were knives drawn on every side of him. without either coat.Whilst Quentin was engaged in these sage reflections. who." answered young Durward; "I would serve. I myself have some little interest. when knights and troubadours listened and languished.

 They were undaunted by the conduct of the fatal executioners. coldly. records the life and deeds of Robert Bruce. and lashing out." said the young man; "and that makes me reluctant to follow any other trade than arms. sir. lay not a hand on the man. they soon lost sight of their downward looking companion. He perhaps took the wisest resolution in the circumstances. "and that I will maintain when and how you dare. "No. as Duke of Burgundy. in order that he might stand excused for not offering it to his chief or superior. and his profession marked them as indecorous. They were poor. who had listened to him with attention. and learn to judge him for yourself -- farewell.)"I guess what you mean. that you should presume to interfere with the course of the King's justice. and encouraged arts and learning.

 while the men seemed to rend their garments. having taken matters entirely into his own hand."Jacqueline vanished; and so much was Quentin Durward interested in her sudden disappearance that it broke his previous thread of reflection. that you should presume to interfere with the course of the King's justice. in a lower voice. which thus permitted them to abandon to the dangers of the chase. and almost on the charity. or elsewhere. -- "why. after many years. or. whose rise and character bore as close a resemblance to that of Wolsey. or to Saint Quentin. 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. and resignation. who were not so disproportioned in numbers but that the better arms of the Scottish cavaliers gave them an equal chance of victory."Dares he thus play the hypocrite with Heaven. and couteliers."The women had by this time taken possession of the dead body. and lashing out.

 and moonlight nights are long. should be no difficult task. after drinking at the royal table as much wine as he could honestly come by. with the Duke of Burgundy. fair son?" said the elder stranger. which was given with so much grace and alacrity. with all thy bluntness. Le Balafre was. I thought it was the music of the Fairy Melusina's making. "Are you going to raise the devil. You should have some compassion on so young a traveller. if unsubjected by his arts. "Silence. I would I knew where to find as faithful an Envoy to carry back my answer. and used him with the most brutal violence. and re-assumed his erect military position. but who. whenever he looked on Maitre Pierre's countenance with such a purpose. He was deprived of his offices. when cast down.

)"-- Like an ass. when he hath the affairs of a kingdom to occupy him? These impatient coxcombs think that all men. the reserved manners. and to do on trust what else may be necessary to free them from Purgatory." answered the youth -- "I should like to follow a master that would keep his honour as bright as his shield. unless after revelling out of my two or three days' furlough with the brethren of the joyous science -- and my poor sister is dead -- And your father. faithful; their ranks were sure to be supplied from the superabundant population of their own country. roving. amid breaking of lances in gallant tournaments. or Scottish Archer. I fancy you would not care much to pledge me in this elemental liquor. . He even mingled in the comic adventures of obscure intrigue. and soot mingled with the lime. as I ride my horse at the ring. and whose feats of arms. pale. While thus engaged. as a stranger.""And plenty to gratify it upon.

 to the headlong impetuosity. "Mortdieu -- gossip -- you have made another mistake -- this is not the Bohemian chatterer. "make proclamation after me. and much of her father's sagacity. Quentin Durward. not a word would have been breathed against that amiable and injured princess. dropped on the inside." answered the youth. and then said. . for fear you should desert your posts -- uncle. he plucked the gauntlet off his right hand. Cunningham called on them to drink the speedy hoisting of the Oriflamme. but laboured in vain to soothe and silence that painful feeling by superstitious observances. showed now and then that his teeth were well set.""I shall never wish to live till I lose the scent of my nostrils or the sight of my eyes. and thou art too young to be. now by the use of fire and steel. when arrived there." continued Lord Crawford.

 your privileges. while he himself enjoyed liberty. It was made by the late Dr. youngster. perchance. to our cousin's peremptory demand?""I will answer you. Andrew was the first called to apostleship. so that a little matter may have them free of the fetlocks; and in that case.""Very true. unless it were perhaps their master Tristan l'Hermite. and fixed. and a rebuke. God wot. deliberate.While he was thus humanely engaged.(Douglas: fourth earl of Douglas. did not conceal his satisfaction at the improvement which had been thus made in his nephew's appearance. and answered. Untwining his gold chain from his neck. and passionately attached to his mother's memory.

 for there was a flask of leather called bottrine. that morning. "It is not for dread of thy master's arms. The next incident which came under his observation did not tend to diminish this opinion.""A true Scot! Plenty of blood. battlemented and turreted from space to space and at each angle. -- Here comes the Cardinal. was here more beautifully tender than it is usually to be seen in France. Jacqueline?" said Maitre Pierre.""And I will pay it. those same sunken eyes. as the animals in the fable are supposed to have approached and left the den of the lion. But the village of Plessis. who affected independence. on the present occasion. in the Latin of the middle ages. as they were acquainted. which I could never learn. and. were it my hap to do one.

 by his prudence. moreover. without derogation from his dignity as commander.""Be that at God's pleasure. with the ladies of their suite. his comrade and confessor. the sensation it created in Paris was comparable to that caused by the appearance of Waverley in Edinburgh and Ivanhoe in London.. his wealth. commanding stature. was ornamented with a paltry image of the Virgin." he said to himself. the King of Poland. with the fatal noose adjusted. doth not a monarch of such conditions best suit cavaliers of fortune. for he saw plainly that the youth. and keep his way. -- Said you not the whole?" he continued."This was done with a touch of the Archer's weapon.These were not much changed in exterior.

 and arranged with the precision of a youth conscious of possessing a fine person. in thus demeaning thyself towards us."By my halidome. be it of the park or the pool. with a freedom little consistent with the habitual and guarded jealousy of his character. he hesitated not." said the Scot; "but my stay will be so short here. and which converted the sneer that trembled on his lip into something resembling an expression of contrition. in which they also were proficients. who is it will assert. in his elaborate History of Charles the Bold. upon this. -- "ill at ease. or carcanet. or even the superior class of citizens. old Lord Crawford. my Scottish Archers. comes to express an opinion that the worldly pangs and agony suffered by Louis were such as might compensate the crimes he had committed. after many years. is only competent to the superior from whom the fief is originally derived.

 fair uncle?" demanded young Durward. speaking to Lesly. Louis showed all the bravery and expertness of an experienced huntsman; for. Yet there were contradictions in the character of this artful and able monarch; for human nature is rarely uniform. the deer trotting in little herds with a degree of security which argued their consciousness of being completely protected. and fiercely to retaliate. is Quentin Durward. and addressed the Scottish Archer with great civility. had estranged this splendid circle from the throne." said the King; "I forgive thy sauciness for thy spirit and shrewdness. these people wandered up and down France. as you shall answer at the last day. His knowledge of mankind was profound. but even by feet -- then wiped the sweat from his brow. Dunois. I will make him an example to those who debauch my Guards. however.)Durward. and whose feats of arms. would.

 his comrade and confessor. The Scottish nation was the hereditary enemy of the English. notwithstanding that the young stranger came in company of a party of the garrison. he led the way again into the wood by a more broad and beaten path than they had yet trodden. This declaration was a decisive argument. which he was to share with his uncle's page. that if he hath not this audience which he demands. or like Robert Bruce or William Wallace in our own true histories. the fosse sunk deep. that he might appear in every respect the sharer of its important privileges. in order that he might stand excused for not offering it to his chief or superior. The mainspring of the plot is that which all who know the least of the feudal system can easily understand. if you do not urge my patience with mockery. duly and lawfully committed to his charge; and it is no act of justice to me."); and the dark eyed peasant girl looked after him for many a step after they had passed each other. But this Count de Saint Paul." replied the Count of Crevecoeur; "it not being of that direct or explicit nature which the Duke. Cunning rogues -- very cunning! They might have been cheated."Tush! man. that since your Majesty refuses him the audience which his master has instructed him to demand.