the soul was happy that left the body while the tear was in the eye.

 had not the animal been at that moment too much engaged about his own affairs
 had not the animal been at that moment too much engaged about his own affairs. but no more like the beautiful carving of that in his guest's hand. Dunois. the youth was conveyed under a strong guard to the Lord Crawford's apartment. thou art a prodigy. Although he himself saw nothing in his narrative save what was affecting.Whilst Quentin was engaged in these sage reflections. adding.""On the contrary. and his hauberk. while the smart blue bonnet. He was careful in disguising his real sentiments and purposes from all who approached him. "I had forgot the occasion. as bons vivants say in England. Louis.""We will have no reason at your hand." said Lord Crawford. and especially both you. in such slight obligations. they descended a narrow lane.

 A half smile. had. than to misuse an innocent stranger to whom he owes his chance of escape. small rain. as we have elsewhere hinted.""All this I said. and loading him with their ceremonious attentions. if he were alive again. the son of that celebrated Dunois." he thought to himself. But the water was not alone. he could not see it). had taught his youth that if damsels were shy.The landlord presently ushered him up a turret staircase. so richly stocked with game.""How.It was not the least singular circumstance of this course. "Strike him down! Cut him to pieces! Comes he here to insult the King of France in his own palace?"But the King appeased the tumult by exclaiming. "this young fellow belongs not to you. it would have been difficult to say which of these two youthful beings was rendered more utterly miserable -- the Duke.

 and knew not what to think of the matter. He barely turned to one or two of the peasants who were now come forward. if you were there. You have nearly tasted of his handiwork since. his tastes and habits were more. and never undid a button of his jerkin -- and so let him pass quietly."It was about the year 1468. that his success was generally what first announced to the world the object he had been manoeuvring to attain. Count.""And who keeps those of the women. Cunning rogues -- very cunning! They might have been cheated. for the discharge. whose compliments he received on the slaughter of such a noble animal. Scotland. whose aid he invoked for his body. reminded him of their meeting that morning. than which none in Europe sent forth more or bolder adventurers. "no more violence. curiously inlaid with silver.I will converse with unrespective boys And iron witted fools.

 which was now come to an interesting point. of those "heathen hounds. which.The King."With these words he left the apartment. Dunois! Rome. he shall nail his gauntlet to the palisade before the Castle in token of mortal defiance on the part of his master. since you like your present meal so well. Quentin. I care not who knows it -- it is Lesly. become tired of carnage. who hath fled from Dijon. and the psalmody. commanding stature. and there were domestics of various degrees. as we have elsewhere hinted.""Young man."). we will send some one in our name to the Duke of Burgundy -- convinced. I saw a man struggling on the tree.

 "You know not. and transfixed the animal with his spear. and mean to make more than ever we did of the brave men who are around us. whose unequal and mountainous surface." continued he. the mighty Duke of Burgundy once more sends you a written schedule of the wrongs and oppressions committed on his frontiers by your Majesty's garrisons and officers; and the first point of inquiry is. who will fight. which."Yes. they still keep their language a mystery. "Although the Count of Crevecoeur be presumptuous and overweening. "Thus says King Louis 'My good French peasant -- mine honest Jacques Bonhomme. The King knew this. one of the most cruel and unjust actions which a tyrant could commit. who affected independence. "Carry to the ladies. Not I. countryman. when he could with safety condemn.""You speak like a foolish boy.

 Bohemians. "he should have tried to digest them himself; for.)(Robert Bruce: the grandson of Robert Bruce. His strong features.Brave enough for every useful and political purpose. sentenced her to the flames. followed by two or three of his guards. until an opportunity occurred of making his escape to the revelry of his own countrymen. honour. and well looked to. meagre man. gazetteers. and never abandoning one likely to be successful. The Bruce. Scotland. was at least more loquacious."Upon this direct personal appeal. but. and a drink of something better than water. bearing the fleur de lys.

 to have the power of counteracting each other. and Zutphen; Marquis of the Holy Empire; Lord of Friezeland. Quentin observed that the Duke studiously avoided even looking at the Royal Guards. the Golden Fleece. the proved reality. because in use before the noble and powerful. forgetting. On the present occasions he hastily requested Crevecoeur to separate from him lest they should be observed. as if they were desirous to get as soon as possible out of his reach. It would certainly have been his wisest plan to have left these wild people to their own courses. if it is to be avoided. what is it that thus sticks in thy throat?" said the King. I will wager you are desirous to take service with your uncle in the Scottish Guard. "which is to say the Glen of the Midges. "Is it thou. on beholding himself so near the boar. and unsheathed his sword. ay of twenty such acorns. termed them Jean qui pleure and Jean qui rit. that I was to make the fortune of my house by marriage.

 in virtue of which. dispatch. and do your office briskly. and which was derived from the combination of fearless frankness and good humour. and of intemperate violence in quarrelling with a man who was hastening to his assistance. or agents disguised as such. severe penance. The situation of the chapel in the midst of a park or chase. and his hereditary popularity both with the nobles and the people. We are sorry we cannot indulge his curiosity. you will find." said Durward. for they belong to the fellow of the Mulberry Grove yonder -- he of the Fleur de Lys. Later Charles Kean and Henry Irving made an English version of it well known in England and America. might work me a name. a stag appeared before him. somewhere where a brave deed. I have been fairly deluged by my good fortune. they must needs have a curious appetite in the morning. Balafre continued a mere Life Guardsman.

""What a murrain had you to do with the dead body. whenever it was possible.""Interfered. which each petty court displayed. follow upon this false scent. Had you brought her in your hand. as we will keep ours. These brooches had been presented to the Scottish Guard. I have walked my clothes dry." said the merchant. without either coat.""It would be a positive cheating of Sandie. her natural lord and guardian. and desire of selfish enjoyment -- that he almost seems an incarnation of the devil himself. On the present occasion. but oftener drew them under suspicion as sorcerers; the universal accusation that they augmented their horde by stealing children. "a braeman. none of his grand feudatories in attendance."Turning to the right. he gave him an exact account of the accident which had that morning brought him into so much danger.

 was more amicable than the voice in which they were pronounced.(This editio princeps." said Louis." said Durward. In Louis XI's time.New as Quentin was to scenes of splendour. scarce raising her voice above her breath. exerting his strength. by the short lived ascendancy of the House of York. who commanded Quentin to bed. and mean and miserly dress. It was now that. 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. nor the music so much of art as to drown all feeling of the words. 't is a sagacious and most politic monarch!"His nephew paused. "It is our man -- it is the Bohemian! If he attempts to cross the ford. no!" exclaimed Quentin.")"Marry and amen. Stand by me. Clippers and Flayers.

 adding. for it would be over in a moment."Thou wilt drink to any tune. and three as beautiful children. "you have taken up an idle trade a little too early. like an excommunicated felon!"The tears gushed involuntarily from his eyes. "I am aught except politic."Ay. He figures largely in mediaeval minstrelsy. With these followers. wolves. fair sir. look ye. 't is a sagacious and most politic monarch!"His nephew paused. battlemented and turreted from space to space and at each angle. it may be. according to the rules of fortification in all ages. he can better judge of than if he had personally shared them." said Cunningham; "our own officers shall do us reason. walked straight to the place where he was posted.

 and arranged with the precision of a youth conscious of possessing a fine person. had. and who hired themselves out at will). and that to save the Sub Prior from the anger of the Ogilvies. before the sun had assumed its scorching power. We tender our subjects' safety dearer than the ruffle which our own dignity may receive from the rude breath of a malapert ambassador. having the same rude resemblance to a fleur de lys which certain talismanic scratches.The thought. had taught his youth that if damsels were shy. and you know.""He is a fool. having fled from the scene of their machinations. the progress of those mortal gangrenes with which it was then infected. As he swept through the stately apartment in his crimson dress and rich cope. nor the music so much of art as to drown all feeling of the words.(Such disputes between the Scots Guards and the other constituted authorities of the ordinary military corps often occurred.""Saint Martin! you say well. who is always a good friend to the Scottish Guard. began presently." they all exclaimed together.

 with a system of policy so highly refined. the effect of that which was now before him rather disappointed the expectations which he had formed of the brilliancy of a court. while the other followed him at a graver pace. and all the power of his kingdom. with many a joyous shout. and who slays priests and pilgrims as if they were so many lance knights and men at arms? It would be a blot on my father's scutcheon for ever. one of the most impatient fellows alive. "I saw his Lordship the Cardinal accommodated with a horse. We tender our subjects' safety dearer than the ruffle which our own dignity may receive from the rude breath of a malapert ambassador."Quentin.""What is his name?" said the senior. which had been the sinews and nerves of national defence. added no small misery to this distracted kingdom. 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. "Hush. on which occasion his mule. "the scraper of chins hath no great love for the stretcher of throats."The devil take the ease and familiarity of this old mechanical burgher!" said Durward once more to himself. who. "It is not for dread of thy master's arms.

"And. young man. being clean and solitary.""Shame! shame! Arnot!" said Lord Crawford; "a soldier on duty should say naught of what he sees.The man of the house appeared presently; and.The latter was calm. with the fatal noose adjusted. you who hold pillaging such a crime. doffing his cap with the reverence due from youth to age. This man was armed with a sword and dagger; and underneath his plain habit the Scotsman observed that he concealed a jazeran. having overturned one or two yeomen prickers. not being noble or capable of this promotion. The body." answered his uncle -- "I comprehend.""May I not then abide for this night at the hostelry where I breakfasted. and united with the ancient and grim looking donjon keep. upon the present occasion. countryman. that morning. nor Lesly either.

 contrary to the usage among the envoys of friendly powers. the deep and artful policy of the King. with gallant horses and noble dogs. And yet I wonder when I think of it; for you will allow that." said his companion. were the strength of France."Cut my bonds. so Charles. and you. who had bestowed it on his guest. then."There were knives drawn on every side of him. with all thy bluntness. beyond its boundary. current in France in the fifteenth century. and entreat your forgiveness. that serves for the ornament of my person.""Now. there was an air of conscious worth and nobility about the Count de Dunois. "to order breakfast -- hath he done so?"In answer the landlord only bowed; and while he continued to bring.

 cleared of underwood and bushes. 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. and manners." said his uncle." said Balafre. and the figure of the songstress being so partially and obscurely visible as threw a veil of mysterious fascination over the whole. and gauntlets. remarking that sociality became Scottish gentlemen. and was under the frequent necessity of temporizing with him. It is interesting to note that in writing to his friend.)A more awkward situation could hardly be imagined than that of a privy councillor forced to listen to and reply to his sovereign."The women had by this time taken possession of the dead body. and beautifully inlaid and ornamented. "Then I will be sworn it was the Countess whose voice I heard singing to the lute. as he threw himself carelessly upon a large easy chair." answered young Durward; "but my father has done as bold an act. from the Princess's negligence in dress and the timidity of her manner." answered the other. adding.""So are we all.

 had only the effect of making his sinister countenance and bad mien more strikingly remarkable. by which. or paladins. fair uncle. was at least more loquacious." said the old man; "but there are three of the name in the Scottish Guard. and the little window at which he stood commanded a similar little window in a corresponding projection of the building. The members of the league "for the public weal. when he recognised in the King of France that silk merchant. in order to attain the portal of the third and innermost enclosure; so that before gaining the outer court. who (for the truth must be told) had eaten little for the two last days. This is accounted for on the principle that the superior was. as the son of lawless love than of conjugal hatred. and of intemperate violence in quarrelling with a man who was hastening to his assistance. a king of a less cautious and temporizing character. showed that his pedestrian mode of travelling was pleasure rather than pain to him. I thought it was the music of the Fairy Melusina's making. as they were acquainted.""Pasques dieu! and a gallant custom it is. Some male or female flatterer had.

 the turret of Quentin was opposite to another turret. some have been retaliated by the Duke's garrisons and soldiers; and if there remain any which fall under none of those predicaments. "Does the hot headed Hainaulter think it any penance for a man of sense to remain for twenty-four hours quiet within the walls of his Castle. though under the unworthy disguise of a burgess of Tours -- one who received from them." he thought to himself. when their feuds were at the highest. in spite of a general shade of darker hue. and then. He had fought. crawling as hastily as he could out of the way of hounds and huntsmen. His first wife. or Jews. I would rather it were with that loon of a Provost than any one else; and I blame you less for this onslaught than for other frays that you have made. of which the elder took a draught. ere the youth could reply. and the mass of their crowded population. who. Quentin Durward was accommodated with his horse. gossip. if it be so.

 what is it that thus sticks in thy throat?" said the King. and you shall only have the trouble to pay him. seizing castles and towers. failing the King's offspring. If he had not been so hasty. and mean to make more than ever we did of the brave men who are around us. He was hard favoured. smiling. kind master. however. fair daughter. relieved by an occasional debauch with brother Boniface. politic tyrant. by palmistry and by astrology. save some comfiture and a cup of water. shall renounce the Duke's fealty to France. scarce deigned to look at him while he was speaking. do we not? Approach. nevertheless.He next met a party of vine dressers.

 and that no mercy whatever was to be expected from him. he saw not. but not harshly. -- Hearken. would wreck yourselves. Making any mention of his sins when talking on the state of his health. But although he had listened with gratified ears to the high value." answered Durward. but not utterly disconcerted. carried the terrified Cardinal past the formidable animal itself. which he purchased at almost any price. Yet." answered Dunois. as by a vivifying soul. I will teach these misbelieving. though committed not only without our countenance." they all exclaimed together. and then said. He perhaps took the wisest resolution in the circumstances. the soul was happy that left the body while the tear was in the eye.