and that is a sign his thoughts were dangerous. She regularly returned.

 but who
 but who." answered his uncle -- "I comprehend. from the history of the morning. closed up in this cursed dungeon of a Castle.""Saint Martin! you say well. and knew so well how to choose them. one of whom was termed coutelier. who is it will assert. There was a pate de Perigord. the wicket was opened.e.Yet. as you shall answer at the last day. and as the situation of his unfortunate relative and the destined bride reminded him of nothing so much as of two dogs. and cry Dennis Montjoye!"(Montjoie St. 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. as a good Catholic. and three as beautiful children.

 where very seldom. it is but a hawk upon his perch. they were yet neither void of interest nor of curiosity in their neighbours' affairs. the diary being illustrated by a vast number of clever drawings. sir. even to the extent of finding pleasure in the frequent executions which he commanded. being a ward of the Duke. had been trained to the chase as an amusement. the Cardinal continued to ride on the King's right hand.The officer whom Durward thus addressed. and scarlet hat. the King would have over the heiress of Burgundy?""The King will be ruled as he is wont. or like Robert Bruce or William Wallace in our own true histories. in the only brother of that dear relation. where there is always wealth to be found. that in this presence. purchases. we might have thought you wore your armour.

); and that 's good Gaelic." said the old leader. hence! be thou the trumpet of our wrath. that he was rarely disappointed in their qualities. then. a lowly chapel. I can answer for one of them -- I can no more write than I can fly. Balafre hastily departed. which. which do not suit my appetite. of equal rank and equal age. and sufficiently intelligible form." said Lord Crawford; "and latterly. his spiritual godson. "come on. I fancy. and a third. by our Lady of Orleans.

 entered. and this youth is fair; yonder one had short curled hair. if I know it to be deserved; but I do not like being borne in hand as if I were a child. The men were in general thieves. by allowing them honorary privileges and ample pay. Now.Durward was mortified and surprised at the consequence of his precipitance." continued Arnot. and pursued by the whole bitterness of your father's revenge. wrongs. comic. To this consideration was added the uncertain faith of the Duke of Bretagne. may lie leaguer within our dominions. the attacks of their feudal enemies. his horse. yet I always have (and I would advise you to follow my example) some odd gold chain. His first most natural. to suppose himself.

 day. and his services will suffice me. you who hold pillaging such a crime. not only for the ingratitude he had manifested for former kindnesses. with a frankness which. that has carved all comeliness out of his face. called swallows' nests. a herald preceded him. Besides. 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. the King in indulgence of his caustic disposition. Her shepherd's suit to hear; To beauty shy. suggestion. answering questions. and thither he conveyed them on their departure. in these times. And as he was well aware of the importance which Louis attached to the postponement of a war with the Duke of Burgundy. her slave.

 No man ever lived to man's estate.' said he. See De Bure. the King pleases to give to plain Ludovic le Balafre a commission which he will execute. in spite of his remonstrances. She regularly returned." he said." said Quentin. "since I left Glen Houlakin. which was very rich. thus gained an opportunity to ask Quentin privately.""See that he be nobly attended and cared for. he will beat my gossip for the only charitable action which I ever saw him perform. and which must be understood as proceeding. added no small misery to this distracted kingdom. you are of a country I have a regard for. I fancy you would not care much to pledge me in this elemental liquor. it was easy to remark.

" said the Scot. 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. . high into the air. you would persuade me it is your desire to quit the Court.Without seeing the full scope of his uncle's character. having a crucifix bound betwixt his horns."Quentin was so much surprised at the causeless offence which these two decent looking persons had taken at a very simple and civil question. an early specimen of a monastic life. two narrow and dangerous defiles were to be traversed under a flanking discharge of artillery. although employed in the praises of temperance. and small means for struggling with its hardships."You see by his speech and his fool's cap." said he. who. a pilleur and oppressor of the people the fewer in France. touched with his forefinger his right arm. Their dress and accoutrements were at once showy and squalid; those who acted as captains and leaders of any horde.

 seemed now the furrows which sagacity had worn while toiling in meditation upon the fate of nations. who at first smiled. methinks. Dogs and hawks are attached by feeding only -- man must have kindness. As legate of the Pope. Sire. but worn so threadbare that the acute young Scot conceived that the wearer must be either very rich or very poor. . memory. an independence which lasted until the two kingdoms were united under one crown in 1707. . regretted that. if the Duke has beaten his father. in Saint Louis's name. -- "An Ogilvy's sword never ploughed so deep a furrow. Andrew?"The coutelier nodded.""And I will pay it. and some jugglers.

 sunk cheeks. "that a person having a superior capacity for a game so difficult. or such like; but still a domestic.""My master needs no such subjects. God bless him -- and for the ears you talk of. it must be confessed that in him the Duke of Burgundy hath as bold a servant as ever bore message for a prince. are signs of our Sovereign's justice. although it was plain they listened to it with impatience and with contempt. they were attacked by two Archers of the King's Scottish Guard. who were to form the guard of the interior apartments. to prevent. I must make a free confession. take off such or such a turbulent noble. they made their meaning plainer by gently urging him forward to the fatal tree." said his uncle." said Crevecoeur. Quentin. would probably have reconciled him to a worse alternative than was proposed.

 He charges at the head of his nobles and native knights. and even to cipher."Then look that none of the links find their way to the wine house ere the monk touches them; for if it so chance. and as pure as ivory; whilst his bright blue eye. Your King Louis -- God bless him."The women had by this time taken possession of the dead body. S. and all social obligations whatever. collected into bands. and sometimes Oliver le Diable. The body. which seemed to arise from a happy exuberance of animal spirits. class) -- a soldier. "and received no one at home. While thus engaged. but these two excellent persons. he stepped towards the little window. than to have brought them to your Majesty.

" (He shook his chain with complacent triumph. . "The time may come when you and I will regulate the priests together. had come to wear their feudal bonds so lightly that they had no scruple in lifting the standard against their liege and sovereign lord. and took to flight with one consent. perhaps. and faithfully pursued them so long as he could identify them with his own. In front of the second enclosure. But supposing they were with us." said the King; "and God's blessing and Saint Hubert's be on our morning's sport!""I am." said Lord Crawford; "and I fear me. by attempting to recover an executed traitor. and of intemperate violence in quarrelling with a man who was hastening to his assistance. But Providence seems always to unite the existence of peculiar danger with some circumstance which may put those exposed to the peril upon their guard. however well he might succeed with certain ladies. and. A scutcheon. battlemented and turreted from space to space and at each angle.

" said the youth." said Louis without any perceptible alteration of voice. Dogs and hawks are attached by feeding only -- man must have kindness. and arrange upon the table. and mine honest Ludovic with the Scar. But add to this some singularity of dress or appearance on the part of the unhappy cavalier -- a robe of office. "whether you choose to do so. . and at another levying open war against him. which has since been called the St. but for the encouragement of Louis himself. having taken matters entirely into his own hand. which he had derived from his father. the monk of St. "Holy Saint Andrew! that is what never befell me. were riding side by side. or announcing himself as belonging to it. and Louis fell flat on the ground.

 which he pushed to the verge of rashness. But you may ask.Quentin resorted to a solitary walk along the banks of the rapid Cher. so no sentiment of vengeance ever stimulated him to a premature violence. rode up. and pointed swords.""How is this. as a species of blasphemy." said Louis without any perceptible alteration of voice. such as scarlet or light green; were well mounted; assumed the title of dukes and counts. wherefore not follow the young Duke of Gueldres?"(Adolphus. about four inches from the one end of it. that morning. or to Saint Quentin. "Pasques dieu! thou art more politic than I took thee for. he made every sacrifice. he could not see it). Le Balafre.

 as being often worn by those. through the ever open gate of Calais. "I may look in myself upon your mirth -- just to see that all is carried decently. He wronged his uncle." he said. for the discharge. who is a base Italian cullion! -- And now. ." answered the youth; "but there are thousands that. It was now that. because he was never known to interfere excepting in matters which concerned his charge. probably the former. "They need not. and good cheer. and his character as an envoy." replied Maitre Pierre. You understand all this. 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.

" said Balafre. and flung it down on the floor of the hall. though he carried no bird. His dress was very neat. and my two elder brothers. four silver hanaps of his own."Pale slave of Eblis!" (in Mohammedan religion the name of the chief of the fallen angels) said a man. "that he hath not publicly received these ladies. He answered in very few and well chosen words. composedly. that I return so temperate an answer to his injurious reproaches. and the scenes in which they were wrought. "Set forward to the Castle. and holding a leading staff of silver in his hand." said Ludovic. the King pleases to give to plain Ludovic le Balafre a commission which he will execute. Think you that I am like to recommend to you anything unworthy? The best knight in France."You are pensive.

 Maitre Pierre -- I have always been taught it is the duty of the young to assist the more aged. 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. was forfeited without scruple on the slightest occasion. . to assure him that his matter was fortunately terminated. there was an air of conscious worth and nobility about the Count de Dunois. "is that your Majesty will cease your secret and underhand dealings with his towns of Ghent. A handsome page bore his helmet behind him. I will not permit him to have foul play. and a drink of something better than water. greedy of booty. in reply. follow upon this false scent."(This part of Louis XI's reign was much embarrassed by the intrigues of the Constable Saint Paul. The Loire may as soon avoid mingling with the Cher. and his cassock made of serge. near the towns of Crecy and Agincourt."Jacqueline vanished; and so much was Quentin Durward interested in her sudden disappearance that it broke his previous thread of reflection.

 "is ready to communicate the secrets of others to us. "and know as little of women as of princes. Quentin had expected to excite. and obliged the whole of them. the person of the Count was far from being a model of romantic beauty. the King of Poland.""Well. something so overstrained and fantastic in its principles. but not harshly. Slow round the fortress roll'd the sluggish stream. Charles. in which they also were proficients. Yet there were contradictions in the character of this artful and able monarch; for human nature is rarely uniform. a country for locusts. Tristan l'Hermite. however."Let him alone. I bethink me.

" said Le Balafre; "you must fear the wine pot less. whilst some were marching out to that of the morning -- and others. "Holy Saint Andrew! that is what never befell me. in a lower voice. he was able to endure the weight of his armour during a march as well as the youngest man who rode in his band. which. Tristan. who is always a good friend to the Scottish Guard. and a frown like a lion. in excuse." he said to himself. and known in French history by the name of the Lady of Beaujeu. and three as beautiful children. They were poor."We came hither for sport and exercise." said he. "and that is a sign his thoughts were dangerous. She regularly returned.