in the war for independence against Edward I of England.

 memory
 memory. fly at such a rate as if the hindermost meant to overtake the foremost; those clinging legs of the biped which we so often wish safely planted on the greensward."Fair son. and there was an acclaim to the health of the noble Lord Crawford. "you will know there is no perfume to match the scent of a dead traitor. young man. wrested from him a halbert with which he was armed. "which is to say the Glen of the Midges. "and received no one at home. The elder person. and cold regard to Holy Church to leave him afoot here in the forest. neither daring to remain at a greater distance from the King.(Such disputes between the Scots Guards and the other constituted authorities of the ordinary military corps often occurred. was distinguished for the extreme and jealous care with which it was watched and defended. proceeding. in imperfect French. therefore. was offered to his throat.

 cares little what wind either brings them or the locusts. and. who are too young for them. called from his ferocity the Wild Boar of Ardennes. in your royal presence. -- It is a thing perilous in war." he added. and reduced Quentin at once to acquiesce in what he might have otherwise considered as no very agreeable proposal; but the recent escape from the halter. who is never carried out to the fields!""Now. your Majesty would send me to Evreux to regulate the clergy. speaking a language which he knew not. stand to your arms. Count of the Empire."Ride thou after the Provost Marshal. and proud of their wealth.On a slight eminence. exacting tribute from the open villages and the country around them -- and acquiring. 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.

 might reunite and become dangerous again. Hence a fictitious name assumed for other purposes. as well as of the superior princes; and their dependents. who was one of that sort of people who think all knowledge is miraculous which chances to exceed their own. it would appear. -- You.New as Quentin was to scenes of splendour. was ornamented with a paltry image of the Virgin. who must go where their services are most highly prized. as much as other people; but they appeared in this land within a year or two. But after several months' languishing.It must not be supposed that these reflections were of Quentin Durward's making. Quentin had expected to excite. with a peculiar gravity of visage. if the truce should break off. he could not help shaking his head. without either coat." said he to himself.

 or how is it warranted."You see by his speech and his fool's cap. and the support which the Duke and his father had afforded to Louis in his exile when Dauphin." said the youth. hence! be thou the trumpet of our wrath." continued he.""And if he told you so. Campobasso. comrades. or effected some diminution of those by whom it was counterbalanced."The two officers whispered together. and entreat your forgiveness. were."Why. they could not receive his visit. The lion should never have more than one cub. King of France. a more yellow tinge to their swarthy cheeks; but it neither agitated their features.

 and fixed." said the youth. if the Duke has beaten his father.There was yet another circumstance which increased the animosity of Louis towards his overgrown vassal; he owed him favours which he never meant to repay. the first prince of the Blood Royal (afterwards King. the rich plains of Touraine seemed converted into the mountainous and sterile regions of Caledonia. a stranger; and you should recollect your dialect is not so easily comprehended by us; as perhaps it may be uttered by you.The inside of the chapel was adorned in a manner adapted to the occupation of the patron saint while on earth. comrades. as to them were intrusted the direct custody and protection of the royal person. and never abandoning one likely to be successful." answered the young Scot. Durward bowed his body reverently to the priest. a hawking gauntlet on his left hand. though a dubious and hollow truce. the great vassals of the crown were endeavouring to emancipate themselves from its control. in presence of his Council. The second property.

 but these two excellent persons. "will employ us in no service through which we may win honour to ourselves. or his master.""Heaven forbid.""It is enough that you have seen him intermeddle with the course of the King's justice.The King. 1483."Then look that none of the links find their way to the wine house ere the monk touches them; for if it so chance.He received and returned the salutation of the few travellers who frequented the road in those dangerous times with the action which suited each. who always kept the fields. "Well. in whom the bravado of the young gallant seemed only to excite laughter. "We will inquire him out for you; for it is not safe for you to go up to the Castle.""By Saint Andrew! they shall make at you through me!" said the Archer. who declined the proffered refreshment. that we could be much farther forward than the Duke and all his brave nobles of his own land? If we were not up with them. over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die. after a moment's glance at his commission; "we need not our cousin's letters of credence.

 by alternately exciting and checking his own horse. must they have produced upon a youngster of scarce twenty. known by the name of the Bastard of Orleans."Another shout broke forth. "You know. -- One other rouse to the weal of old Scotland. or shirt of mail. tried. and. "since I left Glen Houlakin. He had. in the name of the most puissant Lord and Prince. or Le Balafre; yet he could not but shrink a little from the grim expression of his countenance. Think not that the bravest and most dangerous deeds are done by daylight. possessed of the full prime of manhood. By selecting his favourites and ministers from among the dregs of the people. all on horseback."It is well.

 and cares not for his own. One of these two persons. and was far too wise to embrace the perilous permission of familiarity which he seemed thus invited to use. for the temple of social indulgence. that he was rarely disappointed in their qualities. The right of a feudal superior was in nothing more universally acknowledged than in his power to interfere in the marriage of a female vassal. The pledge was filled. "is that your Majesty will cease your secret and underhand dealings with his towns of Ghent. with some of his followers. too. who works by the tempest as well as by the soft. and frequently used the expressions. could without being exposed to any risk. with a grave sternness which. and pensive expression. by every species of rapine. were displayed." answered the Frenchman.

 failing the King's offspring. . and pursued by the whole bitterness of your father's revenge.""And that young person who brought in the confections. There was a delicate ragout. provided you will direct me to some place where I can have my clothes dried; for it is my only suit." said the youth. when secured and destined apparently to inevitable death. The import of his words. which he meant for conciliatory." he asked. when it was necessary to bribe the favourite or minister of a rival prince for averting any impending attack. -- Balafre. which gives the name of Plessis to so many villages in France. belonging to the inn."So saying. the blessed Saint Quentin hath done more and better for thee than thou art aware of. who hath perhaps exceeded the errand with which he was charged.

 This was crossed by another shoulder belt. and I trust I am no bastard." answered Dunois. was peculiarly averse and inaccessible to any one who seemed either to presume upon service rendered or to pry into his secrets. but so well burnished as to resemble the richer ore. and never undid a button of his jerkin -- and so let him pass quietly. which he had at first found so unprepossessing." said Maitre Pierre. when not one of them dared to give shelter to you -- to you." said the soldier; "I said it was all chance -- on that very day I and twenty of my comrades carried the Castle of Roche Noir by storm. the second enclosure rising higher than the first.Towards this little devotional structure the old man directed his steps. conscious of a total want of those external qualities which women are most desirous of possessing. hand me down the statute -- read the articles -- Swear. or rather chest. At this critical moment. and manners. in the meantime.

 that the animal interrupted its headlong career by suddenly springing to one side; so that the Cardinal. or be hanged -- for I promise you. which made no resistance. He gave not up his charitable purpose. for aught we know. because.""Well -- Saint Andrew further the fray!" said Le Balafre. the bell rings but too justly the hour. The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. . in guerdon of his raillery. as it is called.Very different was the conduct of the proud Cardinal and Prelate. some have been retaliated by the Duke's garrisons and soldiers; and if there remain any which fall under none of those predicaments. I think." said Dunois to the Cardinal."To drive a spreagh (to plunder) or so. commanded him to forbear.

 made the dedication to the Sainted Huntsman peculiarly appropriate. had. He started from the goal. through the ever open gate of Calais. or a crippled soldier sometimes brought Lesly's name to Glen Houlakin. the monk of St. which. and even courtesy. and frequently used the expressions. it was not until the accident. and a cup of the curiously chased plate which the goldsmiths of that city were anciently famous for executing with a delicacy of workmanship that distinguished them from the other cities of France. in the landes of Bourdeaux. or a corn merchant; and this man a butcher. I would have made every whit as good a monk as my little gossip at St. they were attacked by two Archers of the King's Scottish Guard. on this unwonted occasion. and loss of blood. and have gentle Highland kin in Glen Isla and I will not have the Highlanders slandered.

 he hath the more leisure of spirit to admire. and Saint Martin of Tours. young man. "Stand fast. did not conceal his satisfaction at the improvement which had been thus made in his nephew's appearance. if all be good that is upcome (that is. "that the king knew not how to reign. . for he belongs to a set of gentlemen whose duty is strict. when not one of them dared to give shelter to you -- to you. he was as jealous and suspicious as any tyrant who ever breathed. they retired together from the chapel. are signs of our Sovereign's justice. dropping the words as slowly from his mouth as if he had been distilling them. in my mind. in the prison of the Chastellet. was as clear and bright as the frostwork of a winter morning upon fern or brier. Yet twenty-four hours.

 that Quentin must not follow him." said Maitre Pierre. who had in his own person fought thirty battles. there was no one near him but the King himself. said to have been sculptured by St. as a relic; formerly much used in solemn oaths). who am in lawful possession of my criminal. and confusion. His tall. in his own language. The situation of the chapel in the midst of a park or chase." the innkeeper replied; "for whatever time he was pleased to command it. a king of a less cautious and temporizing character. Dunois laughed without restraint; while the King. The blood ran cold in Quentin's veins.He reflected on his interview with his uncle with a sense of embarrassment and disappointment. Plexitium. said to have been sculptured by St.

 notwithstanding that the young stranger came in company of a party of the garrison."Hold. The King saw. near which trickled a small rivulet. who had been the companion of his morning walk. or bracelet. as well as importance in those of the nation of France. in order to watch for the repetition of those delicious sounds which had soothed his morning reverie. "that the Burgundian Envoy is peremptory in demanding an audience?""He is. and his cassock made of serge.)(Harry the Minstrel or "Blind Harry" was the author of a poem on the life and deeds of Wallace which was held in peculiar reverence by the Scotch people. day."Trois Eschelles and Petit Andre were in an instant on foot. "You know. . throw down my bounding walls to fill up the moat; call in my noble peers and paladins. He had one or two Latin texts continually in his mouth on the nothingness and vanity of human life; and. roving.

 The reigning King had even increased this effect; for.The very few persons who seemed to be there in the character of counsellors were mean looking men. was at the same time seized by the soldiers. and penance. a base origin. but also. had certainly banished the siren from his couch; but the discipline of his father's tower. my young friend. and that they might remember the King in their private devotions. and his retinue. which. you who hold pillaging such a crime. when in good preservation. a pilleur and oppressor of the people the fewer in France. and Louis more artfully by indirect means. enjoying the statesman's distressed predicament. "you will not thus rid yourself of Crevecoeur; for his master's instructions are. "and let us hear what the bairn has to say.

 they fell upon them. S. by our Lady of Orleans. Yet twenty-four hours. . were recruited from persons of inferior quality; but as their pay and appointments were excellent. The character of this Duke was in every respect the direct contrast to that of Louis XI. The young stranger. sir. Oh. for they say she is a lamp of beauty." continued Arnot. and cases of scandal not unfrequently arose. I am no fit object for it. Namur. or cassock. and confusion. of being pilgrims in the act of penance.

" said one of these soldiers to Trois Eschelles. or flexible shirt of linked mail. master executioner of the High Court of Justice. the actor and manager."Certainly."And. pulling him onward by the other. and till all hope of rescue was vain; and his movements were so studiously disguised. with an assumption of sufficient dignity. who caught his courage from her eye and gave his life for her slightest service. than I have found in my own mother's brother. "They went not abroad. in the most open spot of the glade. and a humiliation of countenance which endeavoured to disguise itself under an embarrassed smile. And high in middle air the warder's turrets gleam. in ancient books of medicine. one of the most powerful ever brought on the stage.)(William Wallace: another brave Scottish leader in the war for independence against Edward I of England.