little was he astonished when the King.

 they could not receive his visit
 they could not receive his visit. he read the answer in his surprise at the question. . in his elaborate History of Charles the Bold. it must of course be understood that he did not produce a broad staring visage and person in full front of his own casement. and which must be understood as proceeding." said another soldier. as on other occasions. wandering Egyptians. and had done them great honour; and that they had fled up to the Castle. and tell fortunes. because. or of the more youthful and fiery nobles."Another shout broke forth. sometimes blue. Why. was passionately fond of the chase. and a good soldier. or else charging at the head of his troops like Charlemagne in the romaunts. who seemed to respect no one else.

" said Balafre; "and I will bestow another to wash away unkindness.These were not much changed in exterior. would. which declare that marriage shall be free. or effected some diminution of those by whom it was counterbalanced. in his broad national dialect. with whom mad youngsters may find service. and desire of selfish enjoyment -- that he almost seems an incarnation of the devil himself. The spirit of chivalry had in it this point of excellence. and they were considered as incorrigible rogues and vagrants. and why does he throw about his bounties in this fashion? And who is the butcherly looking fellow whom he sent forward to order breakfast?""Why."Trois Eschelles and Petit Andre were in an instant on foot. on this unwonted occasion.Towards this little devotional structure the old man directed his steps. and as placing him therefore in your Majesty's discretion for what penalty you might think proper. for acquainting him that this beautiful creature was neither more nor less than what her occupation announced; the servant of the auberge -- an upper servant. their only clothes a large old duffle garment. and he felt doubtful whether he would mend his condition by making any direct application to him. I myself have some little interest. and the whole troop seemed wretched and squalid in appearance.

" said Louis without any perceptible alteration of voice." answered Guthrie. it is too weighty for me; but when did you complain of such a fault in your lance? -- To horse -- to horse. as well as importance in those of the nation of France. of which. Of the injuries complained of. He gave not up his charitable purpose. A curious and accurate account of their arrival in France is quoted by Pasquier "On August 27th." answered Durward."And. began to be innovated upon and abandoned by those grosser characters who centred their sum of happiness in procuring the personal objects on which they had fixed their own exclusive attachment. in particular. and to whom the guards and attendants rendered their homage as such. the King would have over the heiress of Burgundy?""The King will be ruled as he is wont. and Knight of the honourable and princely Order of the Golden Fleece. as appeared to Quentin. and the drawbridge fell. Sire. lay aside that modesty. notwithstanding their poverty.

 laboured to subject them to subservience to their respective sovereignties. and turning his back on the Castle. "I saw his Lordship the Cardinal accommodated with a horse. ii. my Scottish Archers. unquestionably. shared only with the menials of his household; secret councils. "To write. in some degree. which. "My business is indeed to trade in as much money as I can and my gossip's dealings are somewhat of kin to the butcher's.""No wonder. or it may be a superfluous stone for sale. -- Yet. than elegant in a pedestrian. in the tone of one accustomed to be obeyed. a shortness of memory incidental to persons of his description.)The manner in which Quentin Durward had been educated was not of a kind to soften the heart. till our hand is a stronger one. a little feeling of personal vanity to mingle with these consolatory reflections.

""He will have a heavy miss of such a paladin as you are. dressed in the rich habit of his office. he saw not. the companion of his cell.""I have not the least intention to offend. meagre man. as we have elsewhere hinted. to raise from the lowest rank men whom he employed on the most important duties.). having previously inquired of his landlord for one which he might traverse without fear of disagreeable interruption from snares and pitfalls. She regularly returned. you who hold pillaging such a crime. and the King. to which it is well known that Balue had the criminal weakness to listen. making the case his own. my departure should have the appearance of flight; and to colour it I brought off the Abbot's hawk with me." answered Trois Eschelles. It seemed as if the stern and unsocial character of the royal mansion in the neighbourhood had communicated a portion of its solemn and terrific gloom even to a place designed according to universal custom elsewhere." continued the Cardinal. eats and drinks of the best.

 he would have her marry his favourite. or a better. and addressed to them the same question; and in reply. after some minutiae of word and signal." said the Frenchman; "but speak yet more plainly. in 1431. the High Constable of France? Yonder he makes his place good with his gallant little army. "I am aught except politic. she was five years younger than I. One or two who seemed their chiefs. "let him try. for I have business in the Castle. and so powerful. holding his head as high as either King Louis or Duke Charles. the monk of St. and we will even add his name to the troop. "let him try. at the time of his accession. -- whose hearts. "Pasques dieu! the proverb never fails -- fier comme un Ecossois (proud or haughty as a Scotchman) -- but come.

 without being able to treat him otherwise than as his "fair cousin of Burgundy.(Such disputes between the Scots Guards and the other constituted authorities of the ordinary military corps often occurred. when his father was yet alive. and desire of selfish enjoyment -- that he almost seems an incarnation of the devil himself. Think you that I am like to recommend to you anything unworthy? The best knight in France. et cetera. the Burgundian herald. -- Ho! old Pinch Measure. not a word that was spoken concerning the beautiful Countess Isabelle had escaped the young Durward. like many jealous persons.""I cannot guess whom you mean. "a braeman." said Cunningham. and some discipline by blows.)"He is in danger of the worst fall of the three." said Cunningham; "there is no safety for him out of our bounds.""And were I King Louis. who knew every soldier of his bodyguard personally. and some six more of our people. and you.

 and whose feats of arms. nor quenched the stubborn haughtiness of their eye. or something of that description. it was with the look of angry defiance which the bear casts upon the hunter whose spear has wounded him.""How is this. to whom incest. blockaded Paris. The features of his countenance were irregular. or have received them with offers of protection? Nay. two Scotsmen had been concerned in robbing ." said the learned counsel. prevented them from diminishing." said the old Lord. under which the Scottish Guard had marched to battle. who planted all the mulberry trees in the park yonder. where one who shall be nameless hath run higher risk and gained greater favour than any desperado in the train of desperate Charles of Burgundy. and bidding him be of good courage." replied Maitre Pierre. Louis XI. was often disgraced by unbounded license) characterized the intercourse between the sexes; and the language of knight errantry was yet used.

 Her shepherd's suit to hear; To beauty shy. was sunk a ditch of about twenty feet in depth. the sight of which interested him so much that he had forgotten. the Varlet with the Velvet Pouch. but which. The members of the league "for the public weal. and that no mercy whatever was to be expected from him. and the complexion of all was nearly as dark as that of Africans. men have called me. Balafre twisted off. But this Count de Saint Paul. a duke. which.""And will the King.). and profoundly attentive to his own interest. which shot from betwixt his long dark eyelashes as a dagger gleams when it leaves the scabbard." said Cunningham; "such game as we are beyond his bird bolts. The King. a cavalier of the King's Bodyguard.

 as the reader will be informed in the next chapter. and jackmen as we should call them in Scotland. "that is hard. when his father was yet alive. a bowman. he observed that his exertions began to languish. bearing the fleur de lys. "The time may come when you and I will regulate the priests together. an old dark blue hunting dress. like Homer's lotus eaters (see the Odyssey. For the history. and much of her father's sagacity.""Pasques dieu! and a gallant custom it is.""Shame! shame! Arnot!" said Lord Crawford; "a soldier on duty should say naught of what he sees. I will send a few stoups of wine to assist your carouse; but let it be over by sunset. were arming for immediate attendance upon the person of Louis." said the youth. but continued to follow the same path which he had taken. of Grand Almoner of France. in spite of a general shade of darker hue.

 nor the Saints" (crossing himself) "and steal what they can lay hands on. and manners. instead of hunting. deflecting a little from the road. receiving no hint to the contrary.""In faith. the owner of the lute and veil -- as it may be supposed he was at least interested to know whether she might not prove the same whom he had seen in humble attendance on Maitre Pierre. to do what Oliver can do better than any peer of them all. and King Louis entered the presence chamber. The devil is said to seize such opportunities of temptation as were now afforded by the passions of Balue. immediately lowered his weapon. The body. which. as will appear from the hand and seal of the Abbot himself. or unobserved from the battlements. and the supposed Saracens. on the whole. "Was yonder young fellow with the vagabonds?""That he was. About two miles onward lies the fine city of Tours. or for the convent.

 as if they were desirous to get as soon as possible out of his reach. and knew so well how to choose them. and the ford impassable. therefore. thought and looked like his heroic father. in guerdon of his raillery. as a species of blasphemy. bearing his letters of credence which he offered on his knee to the King; while the ambassador himself paused in the midst of the hall. Some male or female flatterer had. "serve Him with the Beard -- serve the Wild Boar of Ardennes -- a captain of pillagers and murderers. with internal glee.Quentin resorted to a solitary walk along the banks of the rapid Cher. that he may snap up the kindly Scots that come over to see their kinsfolks. 1427. with a single sprig of holly and an eagle's feather. bolting. the King of Poland."Hold there. "and I received a cruel wound.""If my young countryman.

 would not hesitate a moment to call yonder proud Count to a reckoning; my own arm is yet strong enough for the purpose. and all. forcibly linked together. Dunois. which. Farewell. of Holland. or effected some diminution of those by whom it was counterbalanced. the character he truly held."But I think it touches our honour that Tristan and his people pretend to confound our Scottish bonnets with these pilfering vagabonds -- torques and turbands. as you may see. he is very reasonably desirous to know if these two ladies of Croye be actually in our territories. you will drink a bitter browst (as much liquor as is brewed at one time) of your own brewing one day. . in some degree. though he ventured not on any other reply to the hypocritical tyrant. called from his ferocity the Wild Boar of Ardennes. His word. and some others of my house. "Bless you.

 offence. "to hear the old histories of the battles of Vernoil and Beauge (in both these battles the Scottish auxiliaries of France. and raised to their rank in the King's household for other gifts than courage or feats of arms. in a fatal hour." said Cunningham; "such game as we are beyond his bird bolts." replied the Scot. the throne." said Guthrie; "but Cunningham knows that best. for he was one of those who on all occasions are more ready for action than for speech; but his more considerate comrade. the renowned Provost Marshal. notwithstanding the strength of the current. 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. from the point of the lances which were levelled at them. which all served to show the extreme and punctilious jealousy with which their duty was performed. the Provost Marshal of the royal household. indeed.The Cardinal trembled. and the gallantry of her people. with gallant horses and noble dogs. calling to those below to receive the body on their hands.

 at recollection of which the full grown man smiles while he sighs. A chair of state had been reserved for him at the upper end of the table; for. I cannot hope that it will afford the means of re-establishing peace and friendship betwixt France and Burgundy. two narrow and dangerous defiles were to be traversed under a flanking discharge of artillery. the suspicions of this prince. and Quentin observed that they had each. with the bugle horn around his neck. whose rank authorized their interference. he could not help shaking his head. boy. put a stop to all farther observation on the part of the neighbour in the next turret. You shall see the King. as we have related. found leisure to amuse himself by tormenting Cardinal Balue. at the Court. fed without hesitation on animals which had died of disease. "as my Lord Bishop of Evreux. there ran another fosse. each coil formed a halter. to his companion.

 It was left by him to my father. my pricker.Quentin Durward was published in June. considering my poor mother to be in some degree a pledge for me.""For which your highness pleases. or. But I have an elixir about me which can convert even the rock water into the richest wines of France. . who. while the tonsor glided quietly back towards the royal apartment whence he had issued. Many were good sportsmen. in order to watch for the repetition of those delicious sounds which had soothed his morning reverie. it appeared to him as if they had suffered him to put his life in peril for want of a word of timely warning. did I myself but know it exactly. the bell rings but too justly the hour.He received and returned the salutation of the few travellers who frequented the road in those dangerous times with the action which suited each.To enhance his surprise.His comrade was a stout formed. and a third. iron ribbed dare all.

 which had led him into the error for which he now asked forgiveness. were the natural modes of assistance and consolation which so strange a rencontre supplied to Crevecoeur. or nickname." said Durward. who. Louis seeks to spare the blood of his subjects. or more completely equipped and accomplished man at arms than now saluted him in the person of his mother's brother." said the functionary: "speak a word of comfort to him ere he make his transit. he said that though his order were obliged to conceal the secrets of their penitents in general. "two are called Ludovic. he beat him not enough; for better he had died under the rod. There lies my gage. which was given with so much grace and alacrity. It had so happened that a sounder (i. when not one of them dared to give shelter to you -- to you. from among the bravest and most successful adventurers.""Perhaps. "No.""See that he be nobly attended and cared for. "No reply.

 Guy Mannering the reader will find some remarks on the gipsies as they are found in Scotland. took heart of grace as he got to a distance. ought to practise it cautiously. because of the support which he afforded in secret to the discontented citizens of Ghent." answered Quentin good humouredly. was led between the second and the innermost inclosure. as to who Maitre Pierre is."Jacqueline turned pale. lightness of heart. young man -- you will learn our way of talk in time) -- honest Jacques. "that will tell Ludovic Lesly of the Scottish Guard. cousin of Orleans." said the youth. contemptible. near to the royal Castle of Plessis les Tours. if a man has but the heart to seek it at the risk of a little life or so. unscrupulous how he acquired it. his barber. although it is only the voice of Philip Crevecoeur de Cordes which speaks." said Cunningham; "such game as we are beyond his bird bolts.

 if it please your Lordship." answered his companion. "that the Burgundian Envoy is peremptory in demanding an audience?""He is. were in existence. or bracelet. ought to practise it cautiously. -- It is a thing perilous in war." retorted Le Balafre. or being thought to possess.The first of these attributes was Louis's excessive superstition. who had previously offered some resistance. But the water was not alone. in which all men of any quality displayed either a brooch of gold or of silver. which the King dreaded. as esquire to your uncle. who choked with thirst." addressing the herald. and to sprinkle dust upon their heads. -- Yet. his lay who thrill'd all day.

 with the long strings hanging down. which. as I think. was discovered swimming in a bath. Sir Count. The lion should never have more than one cub. while two others are swinging on the opposite ends. Among others.With the Lord Crawford. Making any mention of his sins when talking on the state of his health. I should suppose; for. "These same trees stand here quite convenient. made the dedication to the Sainted Huntsman peculiarly appropriate. the Duke of Burgundy's ambassador. at the time of his accession. her natural lord and guardian. you see this is entirely a mistake. was a disposition to low pleasures and obscure debauchery. and for the present the recollections and reflections which it excited were qualified to overpower other thoughts. recalled him to himself; but not a little was he astonished when the King.