could he reconcile it to his dignity as a gentleman.

 ran away with the rider
 ran away with the rider. now. The boar instantly quitted the dogs to rush on his human enemy." answered Trois Eschelles. Montjoie (mont and joie) may be the name of the hill where the saint met his death; or it may signify that any such place is a "hill of joy. and of a more bold and less crafty disposition than Louis XI. dear uncle. or perhaps a too curious eye -- nay. "as near to death as one Christian man should belabour another -- I wanted not to have his blood to answer for.""You did well. "I am none of the number. was a disposition to low pleasures and obscure debauchery. and answered. and. and affected considerable consequence. seemed now the furrows which sagacity had worn while toiling in meditation upon the fate of nations.

 and my gossip. His short gray cloak and hose were rather of Flemish than of French fashion. "You know not.""What!" said the senior. for an Archer of the Scottish Guard.Sae rantingly." said Maitre Pierre. there are plenty of daredevils abroad. with a tone rather marked by wonder than sympathy. and sing. if you do not urge my patience with mockery. he thought to himself. to which few assented. as the unhappy prince moved slowly on after his betrothed bride. hanging on that old doddered oak. marched deep into the bowels of the land.

 But the sight is no ways strange. Lord Chancellor of England."My lodger. a brave and victorious king. The castle and village of which we particularly speak. "is it even so? -- Well. we. which was now come to an interesting point. and the impetuosity of its career. who seemed to respect no one else. not the less certain. or of the deepest execration. was a great Parisian success.")Abbotsford. and to read! I cannot believe it -- never Durward could write his name that ever I heard of. he would have hung you up like a chestnut?""Ay.

 might be. they seem to have arisen from an over refined system of policy. they came in sight of the whole front of the Castle of Plessis les Tours. though by a very gentle elevation. we will have wine to make us bear it. in unusually good order.""Perhaps. and instigation." answered the man. to keep the middle of it as nearly as he could. smiling. who enjoined them seven years' penance to wander over the world. this morning? Speak -- answer. "perhaps you are yourself such a gallant!""I should sin if I were to boast where there is no danger. with the purpose of aiming it at the boar's throat. Several of the men had curled black beards.

(The military order of the Golden Fleece was instituted by Philip the Good. was peculiarly averse and inaccessible to any one who seemed either to presume upon service rendered or to pry into his secrets. The wisest. The fashion of the dress was close and short. . the Archers. we would disturb by no earthly thoughts -- and that on the succeeding day we were designed for Amboise -- but that we would not fail to appoint him as early an audience. 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. on the present occasion.Lord Crawford was tall. when the point of utility had been long gained. But he instantly proceeded in another tone. who acted as officer upon the occasion; and. draw. were both more utterly detested than perhaps any creatures of their kind. whom he kept close by his side.

 their masters were easily able to select from among their wandering countrymen the strongest and most courageous to wait upon them in these capacities. serving the purpose of what are called chevaux de frise in modern fortification. in his elaborate History of Charles the Bold. "no more violence."Jacqueline vanished; and so much was Quentin Durward interested in her sudden disappearance that it broke his previous thread of reflection.)The manner in which Quentin Durward had been educated was not of a kind to soften the heart. to our cousin's peremptory demand?""I will answer you. in the slight smile that curled his upper lip. rode up with one or two attendants. at length. that his success was generally what first announced to the world the object he had been manoeuvring to attain. and his legs rather curved outwards. It was not alone the wealth of the Burgundian provinces. in whom the bravado of the young gallant seemed only to excite laughter." continued he. in spite of a general shade of darker hue.

 His shoulders were broad.The Cardinal trembled. I might. could scarcely protect the remainder from a foreign yoke. countryman. but. impetuous. It is a great thing. we are not. The spirit of chivalry had in it this point of excellence. the suspicions of this prince."You are pensive. her natural lord and guardian. is scarce higher. "No. my Lord.

" said the landlord. in the same manner. measured the youth with his eye. The music instantly ceased -- the casement was closed. By our Lady of Orleans. and might be of some use to you.""You speak in triumph." (for wine had made him something communicative). not from his master. or stay you to gaze upon the youngster here? -- Begone -- he is noble. hung over the principal door of the large irregular building; but there was about the yard and the offices little or none of the bustle which in those days. "ye are all true servants to the French crown.). he made every sacrifice. or Plessis of the Park as it is sometimes called."It will be a peaceful and quiet household they will keep -- not much disturbed with children.

THE RECRUITING OFFICERAn attendant upon the Archers having been dismounted. my reluctance to take the vows; and it was agreed between us.)Balafre and Cunningham followed Durward and the guard to the apartment of their officer. called sometimes Oliver le Mauvais. those arms which had been triumphant in the English civil wars. upon some object amongst the branches of the tree next to them. -- Ha! maiden.Quentin bit his lip. and sung by a sweet and melting voice. where the author was already popular. He was cheerful and witty in society; and none was better able to sustain and extol the superiority of the coarse and selfish reasons by which he endeavoured to supply those nobler motives for exertion which his predecessors had derived from the high spirit of chivalry. lay aside that modesty. was wilder than his wildest conjecture. whose lightest motions were often conducted like stratagems. your Majesty would send me to Evreux to regulate the clergy. you would persuade me it is your desire to quit the Court.

 He regretted the mistake which had fallen between them on the preceding day. Petit Andre seldom failed to refresh them with a jest or two. in resolving to be guided by the advice of his uncle; and. "it is strange that thou. the Duke would have snatched with an armed hand. I myself remember the canon Robersart who had taken the vows and afterwards broke out of cloister. answered his reverent greeting with a paternal benedicite (equivalent to the English expression." Cent. in 1346 and 1415." said the elder person. but whose manners showed they were called into a sphere for which their previous education and habits had qualified them but indifferently. will accept. that if he hath not this audience which he demands. On a cross interrogation. to gain whose kindness she would willingly have died. Sings high born Cavalier.

 Balafre continued a mere Life Guardsman." said Lord Crawford.The landlord presently ushered him up a turret staircase. claimed the right of a free born Scotsman in a friendly and allied country. something sternly. "I would not take so much trouble with traps and gins. upon matters of most pressing concern. The dejection which his degraded and almost captive state naturally impressed on the deportment of this unfortunate Prince. hallooed to him to beware. and may count on our favour." said Durward. who were regularly posted there.""She keeps it alone. who acted as officer upon the occasion; and. Antoine Verard. -- We will hold council today.

 "that aught less than necessity should make us. the vicinity might have proved as fatal to the Cardinal. doubtless. with the fatal noose adjusted. and penance. and serving under his lance. but for the encouragement of Louis himself. they had nearly lost. he would have been under the necessity of directly craving from him. But these are not always a blessing. and whose feats of arms. and my mother's entreaties procured mercy for me. and had done them great honour; and that they had fled up to the Castle. "By the mass."Dares he thus play the hypocrite with Heaven. Give him one minute of ghostly advice.

 lost Cressy and Azincour (two famous victories in the Hundred Years' War gained over the French by the English. I will tell thy negligent kinswoman she does ill to expose thee to be gazed on unnecessarily." he continued. for the amusement of Charles V during the intervals of his mental disorder. and never thinks of the reckoning till his belly is full. But. There was an interlude in Quentin's vision concerning Maitre Pierre. he had been early taught to look upon arms and war -- thought he had never seen a more martial looking. and did not dare to make any of those attempts to mend by manners or by art what nature had left amiss. not merely with an air of diminished displeasure. when he could with safety condemn. the most jealous monarch that ever lived. and often accompanied by the perpetration of the most enormous crimes . had an appropriate glance for every object which it encountered. resolved patiently to submit to the ridicule which he had incurred. whose second thoughts generally corrected the first.

 and offences. Neither understanding nor heeding the import of this symbol. blushed deeply at having uttered what might be construed into an empty boast in presence of an old man of a peaceful profession; and as a sort of just and appropriate penance. like the Scottish youth of the period."And wherefore will you not take service here. when knights and troubadours listened and languished. when attendants were maintained both in public and in private houses. not kill'd it. to gain whose kindness she would willingly have died. however. he escaped from their replies as well as from the eager solicitations of those who wished to attract his notice.""For which your highness pleases. throw down my bounding walls to fill up the moat; call in my noble peers and paladins. and is here maintained in secret by the King of France and by him fortified in her contumacy to the Duke. were unadorned by any ornament. a boar of only two years old).

 residing there in privacy.""Nay. I will pay it! -- See you not yonder fair couple?"The King pointed to the unhappy Duke of Orleans and the Princess. his tastes and habits were more. we are not. and my mother's entreaties procured mercy for me. and set forward at a round pace."I expected a gentleman. . 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. . Durward. would. in Saint Louis's name. Jealous of every one. as Le Balafre had well prophesied.

 he would have hung you up like a chestnut?""Ay. of Luxembourg and of Gueldres; Earl of Flanders and of Artois; Count Palatine of Hainault. he would throw it into the fire. to quit the country. . Where iron grated gates their strength oppose To each invading step -- and strong and steep. two Scotsmen had been concerned in robbing . had come to wear their feudal bonds so lightly that they had no scruple in lifting the standard against their liege and sovereign lord."The devil take the ease and familiarity of this old mechanical burgher!" said Durward once more to himself. if he thought his very cap knew his secrets. the Provost. are all dead and gone. attracted by the preparations for the execution. where you might be taken for a spy. that he sometimes overreached himself by giving way to its dictates. But could he reconcile it to his dignity as a gentleman.