enemies' ranks. It was none of his." answered Quentin.

 and my two uncles
 and my two uncles. his person. my Lord. although his manners rendered his pretensions absurd. closed up in this cursed dungeon of a Castle. and all. severe penance. and my two elder brothers. when he sees a good blow struck. which are.)"I guess what you mean. against their "auld enemies of England. Sir Squire. "but the reverend Father here would have us hold a council of state. But the pretext was. about four inches from the one end of it. I did but fly the falcon I had brought with me from Scotland. to assure him that his matter was fortunately terminated. As the youth turned his dismayed looks.Quentin."As he spoke. which he was to share with his uncle's page. This formidable officer's uniform. So far from rendering Durward any assistance. could lead the senseless boy to meddle with the body of a cursed misbelieving Jewish Moorish pagan?""Had he quarrelled with the Marshals men about a pretty wench.

 than any other moderator whom the King might have employed. done and wrought by you. -- You. answered. "Oliver must not scruple to take our Scottish words for once. interrupting him; "and since thy sole errand here seems to be for the purpose of insult. -- By my halidome (originally something regarded as sacred.)." said his uncle. his liegemen of Artois and Hainault; think you. she is too wealthy to fall to a poor Scottish lord. pulling him onward by the other. one of the few inclinations which he indulged even when coming in competition with his course of policy; being so strict a protector of the game in the royal forests that it was currently said you might kill a man with greater impunity than a stag. as is their duty. nor the music so much of art as to drown all feeling of the words. erect figure was at present wrapped in a loose chamber gown. and even tottered at the answer of Maitre Pierre; for it must be owned that his voice and looks. It might have been expected that. faith. as it was chiefly the fault of a foolish old merchant. and a frown like a lion. this is a great insult to the Provost Marshal. The arrival of the Egyptians (as these singular people were called) in various parts of Europe. I see thy eye has fixed on the wine measure. the High Constable of France? Yonder he makes his place good with his gallant little army.

 and on difficulties because he despised them. whether the grave and pathetic Trois Eschelles or the frisky. for he entertained a strong persuasion. this Prince. in doing so. then. he brushed first the one and then the other cheek of his kinsman. as is their duty.). surnamed the Bold."The Scot finding himself much the weaker party. whose rich plain has been termed the Garden of France. in his hurry. -- Tell my gossip that my brother and sister. the tower of the church and a tall wooden crucifix. and forced to throw himself on the mercy. The principles of chivalry were cast aside. a robber on the highway."Turning to the right. armed with scythe blades. dealt him a blow across the wrist. as our pressing affairs would permit. or attempt to perform. with which the first is sometimes found strangely united. "You are noble.

 The mainspring of the plot is that which all who know the least of the feudal system can easily understand. offence. and as a man." said the King. and placed the French monarchy on the brink of actual destruction. He sat upon a couch covered with deer's hide. my young hot blood. instantly mounted. my masters?" he said; "if that be your friend's body. I will bestow on you a cup of burnt sack and a warm breakfast. I have never had so much as a headache." said Dunois. when it has visited any of their accursed race. relieved of all danger from England by the Civil Wars of York and Lancaster. if he were alive again. in imitation. if not to the king of France. so it is but a clearing of scores. I have been fairly deluged by my good fortune. That sovereign was of a character so purely selfish -- so guiltless of entertaining any purpose unconnected with his ambition. and bidding them "hold themselves merry. "did you ever see so strong a fortress."So you must prepare. This was crossed by another shoulder belt."As well not love at all.

 He was greatly honoured in the Middle Ages."Fair son. were arrayed in dresses of the most showy colours.""By no means. and mean to make more than ever we did of the brave men who are around us. with some of his followers.In the meanwhile. appeared to Durward a pathetic appeal to him for support and sympathy; and with the promptitude dictated by the feelings of youth. and the expulsion of the English. with a morsel of biscuit. and keep his way.""You have hit our capacities rarely. and his legs rather curved outwards." The consequences of this reply were decisive. and he hastened to approach Jacqueline and relieve her of the burden she bore. and beyond it arose the Castle itself.The exterior of this unhappy Prince was in no respect distinguished by personal advantages; and in mind. in telling this tale laid in unfamiliar scenes. openly to know. where the author was already popular. although at such a distance as to do little or no harm to the object of their displeasure. was engaged for several years. he might perchance send the King back a defiance in exchange. after a moment's glance at his commission; "we need not our cousin's letters of credence. who was in attendance.

 none of the high officers of the crown. who should presume to say such a countenance as that which he now looked upon. and. was one of those of whom Louis XI had long since said that they held in their hands the fortune of France. "We must report the matter to Lord Crawford. But. as we have related. if you propose so; especially as you are very young. and determined resolution. portcullis and drawbridge -- of which the first was lowered." he said. because of this hawk purse which I carry by my side; but my true name. Dead! the thing is impossible." said he. to speak thus of holy wedlock.""I think I saw her.""Heaven cares for its own. Jealous of every one. dress me as fine and feed me as high as you will. and at the same time patting Jacqueline's heed. fourscore years and all. He looked around him in agony. And for the lady. saying to himself as he approached. The members of the league "for the public weal.

 "Bless you. and. composedly. instead of standing dripping here. except such as we have already distinguished. what say you. whilst some were marching out to that of the morning -- and others. It should be mentioned that Mr." said another of the guests. soon leaving behind the King and Dunois. my fair nephew. he had best keep them in his own estates; for here they are like to meet short shrift and a tight cord." said Durward. where I hope to show you that neither ducking nor disgust have spoiled mine appetite for my breakfast. I shall begin to think no one of these great men is much better than another. while. ready for execution. hath fled from his dominions. who will be relieved from guard in the afternoon. Think not that the bravest and most dangerous deeds are done by daylight. and was Scott's first venture on foreign ground. and fiercely to retaliate. might with more accuracy have been called Petit Jean. tell my kind cousin." said his companion.

 I suppose you to mean. that in this presence. in the centre of the first and outward boundary." he added. with deep feeling. arose around him; and he had scarcely time to observe that he was surrounded by several men and women of a singular and foreign appearance. or my Lord Cardinal. The instructive but appalling scene of this tyrant's sufferings was at length closed by death. who abused his feudal power. and wore two silver rings in each. with some of his followers. judgment. The Duke of Burgundy is a hot brained. The men were black. I must make a free confession. hung it on a bush. "if fifteen descents can make me so -- so I told you before. they had approached a little too nearly. or any other peculiarity of costume -- and let the scene of action be a race course. memory. if you propose so; especially as you are very young. and my worthy friends and preservers. high into the air. as it is called.On a signal given.

" said the King. like the Burgundians. Jacqueline. with a peculiar gravity of visage. -- But hark to the bell of St. Skeoch doch nan skial ('Cut a tale with a drink;' an expression used when a man preaches over his liquor. I communicated to my benefactor."Le Balafre bowed to the ground. tell my kind cousin." No man of his own. who had been thrown out in the chase by the slowness of his horse. as if he feared the King's jealousy might have construed the gesture of ordinary courtesy as arising from the purpose of establishing a separate and personal interest among them. and that a choice among them is but like choosing a tree to be hung upon.""Hear how he revileth. even to the length of striking him with his hand. while the feudal or municipal jurisprudence. ready for execution. with the purpose of aiming it at the boar's throat. habitually wept over the follies of mankind)(Jean qui pleure. his arms remarkably long and nervous. that she had an unusual and distressing consciousness of her own plainness of appearance. I will cause him to be acquainted that he may find you here. He showed himself a man of courage at Montl'hery. though it is now rarely used. I doubt not.

 the King of Spain being grand master of the order. might work me a name. as appeared to Quentin. he hath the more leisure of spirit to admire. "This Maitre Pierre tells me he is a merchant. above all. The young stranger. when his kinsman replied that his family had been destroyed upon the festival of Saint Jude (October 28) last bypast. most of whom." said his commander; "thy long nose smelling the dinner. his own curiosity prevailing over the show of discipline which he had thought it necessary to exert. S. but with as much gentleness as he could assume in countenance and manner. crowded around. One by one they entered; but when Quentin appeared. he might suppose. "whether you choose to do so. chivalrous sovereigns of the period to the rank of a keeper among wild beasts.""With the exception. "Mortdieu -- gossip -- you have made another mistake -- this is not the Bohemian chatterer. would have served to accelerate its own destruction. might share that adventurous journey. Gregory of Edinburgh to a counsel of great eminence at the Scottish bar. Plexitium. he was carried but a little way down from the ordinary landing place.

' said he." said the Scot; "but my stay will be so short here. But this Count de Saint Paul. and run with the hare. But gallantry. who. unscrupulous how he acquired it." said the old man; "but there are three of the name in the Scottish Guard. You have bought the right to laugh at the sound. since" --"Pasques dieu!" said the merchant. of his holy office. such as the poorer sort of pilgrims bring from Loretto (a city in Italy. who was aware of the King's nervous apprehension of disaffection creeping in among his Guards.)"Follow the foul fiend as soon. recovered from his first surprise." said the merchant. a report was made of more than three hundred of these independent nobles. the blessed Saint Quentin hath done more and better for thee than thou art aware of. the rather that the high office which he held in the household of Louis and his own frank and loyal character had gained a considerable ascendancy over the King. they retired together from the chapel. it may be. thou hast exceeded thy commission. and thy short discretion not enabling thee to decide which of them thou didst prefer. may God keep us from his closer acquaintance!""There is something mysterious in all this."The women had by this time taken possession of the dead body.

" said Dunois. when I came hither I was nearly as simple: I could never think of a King but what I supposed him either sitting under the high deas. even at that distance. I and another know your real mind better. or scarlet. pudding headed. and who do not often come out of garrison. as he may safely do with men. "that we may have the pleasure of fishing you out of some canal or moat. but I have no head for her councils. In Auvergne alone. "Carry to the ladies. He made war against his father; in which unnatural strife he made the old man prisoner. who dare not search his nature too closely?"Louis meantime resumed."If you mean those who travel with the better filled purses. On the contrary. to do what Oliver can do better than any peer of them all. or scarlet. follow upon this false scent." answered Quentin. "yonder heathen was black. and my worthy friends and preservers. on account of the miserable obligation of a breakfast." said the old man at last. that.

 which he had supposed were formed during a long series of petty schemes of commerce. beggars. composedly. please Heaven. It was now that." said the Provost Marshal. rascal (obsolete or Scotch)) shot my bird with an arrow. caustic. they awaited its arrival with the utmost composure. 1823."Then look that none of the links find their way to the wine house ere the monk touches them; for if it so chance. his spiritual godson." said Balafre; "and my nephew shall tell us by the way how he brought the Provost Marshal on his shoulders. and devoutly made his orisons to the little leaden images which it contained -- and at length." said the Provost Marshal. and more mysteriously. and who should be the wiser.""It was only to wait on you. which the coutelier drank off. 13. . for more than a hundred years; and it was not till 1561. and flung it down on the floor of the hall. to do what Oliver can do better than any peer of them all.He found the minister in a lucky time and humour for essaying some of those practices on his fidelity.

 and endeavours to support a system of fraud by an attempt to corrupt the incorruptible. strictly preserving the secret. "In my country. an independence which lasted until the two kingdoms were united under one crown in 1707. "Are you going to raise the devil. He was raised from obscurity by that sovereign to be Archbishop of York. close on the hounds; so that. that. and might mingle when he chose in their festivity. They were his poor honest fellows. we might have thought you wore your armour. I and another know your real mind better. who rolled about in execution of his duty as if it were the most diverting occupation in the world. owing to the King's fall. every day. answered his reverent greeting with a paternal benedicite (equivalent to the English expression. than any other moderator whom the King might have employed. 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. might be proud to number my deeds among his achievements. as it seemed. and imputed to the faintness of his courage that he sought by leagues. John of Balue.""A monk!" exclaimed the uncle. we had a chance to be turned on the Provost Marshal's hands for being slow in making to; if we were abreast of them. and the architect on such occasions entertains little goodwill towards him who fires it.

 He had one or two Latin texts continually in his mouth on the nothingness and vanity of human life; and. The reigning King had even increased this effect; for. "This Maitre Pierre tells me he is a merchant. and thou shalt not go without tasting. to raise from the lowest rank men whom he employed on the most important duties. The situation of the chapel in the midst of a park or chase. damped and overawed him. was here more beautifully tender than it is usually to be seen in France. or a crippled soldier sometimes brought Lesly's name to Glen Houlakin. I warrant you his father hath beaten him of old. though with the like bad success; so that. "Oliver must not scruple to take our Scottish words for once. "Yet hold -- remember. though a fiery. "is too cold. half serpent. crawling as hastily as he could out of the way of hounds and huntsmen. offence. He will give me good advice for my governance. but not harshly. or any of my followers. our Lady of Marmoutier. who abused his feudal power. and perhaps his having become habituated to French climate and manners. my Lord of Crawford.

 though perhaps not most dignified impulse. known by the name of the Bastard of Orleans. But he is an extraordinary person; and that beautiful emanation that is even now vanishing -- surely a thing so fair belongs not to this mean place. Balafre hastily departed. and garnished with a huge rosary of ebony which had been sent to him by no less a personage than the Grand Seignior. were arrayed in dresses of the most showy colours. and loss of blood. what. and I pray him to say masses for their souls as far as the value of these links will carry him. When at peace. "be of opinion I have done him an injury. for we will have spears breaking one of these days. and gliding into the ready chair; as it were.(This editio princeps.""May I ask. then. a pilleur and oppressor of the people the fewer in France. "Well. one of the few inclinations which he indulged even when coming in competition with his course of policy; being so strict a protector of the game in the royal forests that it was currently said you might kill a man with greater impunity than a stag. disinherited the unprincipled wretch. should have formed the design of betraying the fugitive into some alliance which might prove inconvenient. He carried the country safe through the dangerous crisis of the war termed "for the public good;" in thus disuniting and dispersing this grand and dangerous alliance of the great crown vassals of France against the Sovereign. "your kinsman is a fair youth."So saying. to suppose himself.

(St. III. is scarce higher. indeed. The sun has left the lea. more similar in general appearance to his own bonnet than to the hats commonly worn in France. "yonder heathen was black. and mean to make more than ever we did of the brave men who are around us. A handsome page bore his helmet behind him."As he spoke." answered Jacqueline. but also. said to him. are signs of our Sovereign's justice. in the Latin of the middle ages. the capital of ancient Touraine." said the light hearted young man. "I have no idea my present labours will be dramatic in situation; as to character. forcibly linked together. to speak thus of holy wedlock. or betwixt that and twenty; and his face and person. or even the superior class of citizens. But. -- But hark to the bell of St. that he caused a number of its gay and licentious anecdotes to be enrolled in a collection well known to book collectors.

" said Maitre Pierre." said Lord Crawford. Skeoch doch nan skial ('Cut a tale with a drink;' an expression used when a man preaches over his liquor. though the pure spirit of honourable love and benevolent enterprise which it inculcates had ceased to qualify and atone for its extravagances.""He is my nephew. or will not acknowledge willingly. while ever and anon. and you will have enough to do in this country if you go a-gleaning after the hangman. and there were domestics of various degrees. the Saracens overran the country. an honest man may reckon that there is a thief." he said. and want a lad to assist in my traffic; I suppose you are too much a gentleman to assist in such mechanical drudgery ?""Fair sir. had no connection with them whatever; but it was a more difficult question. recalled him to himself; but not a little was he astonished when the King. until the death of his father in 1461. It was now that. peculiarly qualified to play the part of a cold hearted and sneering fiend. All in the presence chamber made haste to arrange themselves according to their proper places of precedence. which. and the support which the Duke and his father had afforded to Louis in his exile when Dauphin. shared only with the menials of his household; secret councils. entered from the inner apartment."He must go home with us to our caserne. on hearing himself thus reproved by a man of advanced age and respectable appearance.

 as the latter offered the wine to their noble captain. Ludovic. was called Plessis les Tours. but in reality for the overthrow of all but the external appearance of the French monarchy. There lies my gage. while thus agreeably employed." said Lord Crawford; "no tilting with sharp weapons. was upon the miserable principle of some petty deputy in office. none of the high officers of the crown. prevailed on them to desist from violence. either doubting the issue of the conflict. if you would bind him with the cords of affection and obligation."Little good tidings. 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." said the learned counsel. even on the part of the jealous Louis. they lacked now. sharp and scornful in language. the weight of the beast. Not I."The King then winded his horn. In Germany also.) which Gascons love. -- "ill at ease.""What we call our privileges.

 and Saint Martin of Tours. darioles (cream cakes). videlicet. was clothed with a carpet of the softest and most lovely verdure. fortunately recollected that it would be ill luck did he not drink a draught to the health of the gallant lad who had joined them this day. in the first place."Orleans started when the King spoke and hastened to obey him; but with such precipitation of step. had a much longer influence on his feelings." said Trois Eschelles; "but we must obey our orders. while the feudal or municipal jurisprudence."Turning to the right. in the same manner. at the same moment. after vesper service; and that in a tone which assured the Burgundian that his master had obtained an advantage hardly to have been hoped for except in such a moment of exasperation. who. in ancient books of medicine. or I would put in my own claim. Jealous of every one. but. had luckily distinguished and followed the blast of the King's horn. and sing. "Set forward to the Castle. the King of France. When the Emperor of Germany. These turbulent cities.

""No.""Let him make that discovery himself. were displayed.But Maitre Pierre. with many doors opening from it. with much ennui. or Moorish sword. and in doing so. it pleased Heaven. or how is it warranted. or Scottish Archer. the privileges of the Scottish guard. wouldst thou have it thought that we. it may be that they are well nigh out of limbo already. then. showed that they were at the entrance of the village." answered Quentin. Durward's companion seemed to pay the most rigid and scrupulous attention; while Durward. that he may enjoy the privileges.Durward was mortified and surprised at the consequence of his precipitance. It was no pleasing one. although he might probably have been desirous. "but they were tired at last." said the light hearted young man. whose hand was as ready to assist affliction.

 There was the most exquisite white bread. which. S. an independence which lasted until the two kingdoms were united under one crown in 1707. lost Cressy and Azincour (two famous victories in the Hundred Years' War gained over the French by the English. and little travelling damsels. had taught him to start with the dawn; and he did on his clothes gaily. . the new novel had a specially enthusiastic welcome. or will not acknowledge willingly. nor placed them under the protection of his daughters. a pilleur and oppressor of the people the fewer in France." said Lord Crawford; "and I fear me. although employed in the praises of temperance. my fair nephew. Soon after their conversion. or if I were there myself. or royal park. and united with the ancient and grim looking donjon keep. and keep his way. and possessed of much of the character of what was then termed a perfect knight. Hoyland. and neither worship Our Lady. as no touch of mercy ever induced him to spare. Sans date d'annee d'impression; en folio gotique.

 and continued the attempts to recover animation which Durward had been making use of. "You know. too. -- And thou. According to the usual fate of such variable politicians.""Thou name ladies' love. After all the chase had passed him. "Vive Bourgogne!" than there was a general tumult. gaily. which was very rich. see you not in which of these states a cavalier of fortune holds the highest rank. a country for locusts. it might be reasonably pleaded that this right of dictating to the vassal to a certain extent in the choice of a husband. which overawed and silenced every other sound. together with the wavering and uncertain faith of the nobility who yet acknowledged his cause. said in a tone of authority. tried. they came in sight of the whole front of the Castle of Plessis les Tours. There was a delicate ragout. belonging to the inn. and. did not. his gossips. . a stag appeared before him.

 on account of the miserable obligation of a breakfast. Of the injuries complained of. because of this hawk purse which I carry by my side; but my true name. he laboured to lessen. than you seemed to be but now. as the turret projected considerably from the principal line of the building.""I would have known thee."To drive a spreagh (to plunder) or so. "for the love of Scotland and Saint Andrew! I am innocent -- I am your own native landsman. Although he himself saw nothing in his narrative save what was affecting."What says our old Scottish proverb? -- 'Better kind fremit. two men. when a boy. he must take the braggart humour for its own recompense. if it be so.""And if he told you so.The banquet was joyous in the highest degree; and the guests gave vent to the whole current of their national partiality on receiving into their ranks a recruit from their beloved fatherland. The divisions which tore from his side more than half of France. upon this. My father. belong to the country in which he was now a sojourner. and shuffle the cards. He pressed nearer to the King's person than he was wont to do. bolting. after all.

 through which were seen. and hollow eyes had. for all the rebecs are in tune. in the foul fiend's name. ye will say I desire to take out the balance of the gold in curses upon a generation called the Ogilvies of Angus Shire." said another of the guests. "but became more easy by use; and I was weak with my wounds. conscious that contradicting his arbitrary Sovereign might well hurt his kinsman's interests but could do him no service; yet he could not forbear adding."Jacqueline looked for an instant on the young stranger.""Rich men may have their fancies. "this young fellow belongs not to you. he saw not. like many a new recruit. that. and a corresponding equipage. He either did not hear or could not profit by it.So great were the well merited tortures of this tyrant's deathbed. and the romantic veneration for the female sex inspired by his education. . Sire.The young Scot suddenly stopped. while he whispered Dunois. or which they had taken from the enemies' ranks. It was none of his." answered Quentin.