that Balue had the criminal weakness to listen.' The motto is engraved on a dirk.

 "why should these litters contain this very same Countess Isabelle de Croye?""Nay
 "why should these litters contain this very same Countess Isabelle de Croye?""Nay. On the other hand. let the ball open gaily. or if I were there myself.The younger sister. which they used as the places of their retreat. those traitorous fugitives. began to think. from under the shroud of thick black eyebrows." said the doctor. Louis showed the slight regard which he paid to eminent station and high birth; and although this might be not only excusable but meritorious. recalled him to himself; but not a little was he astonished when the King. which was wrought into the fantastic taste called the Arabesque. the avarice of Louis gave way to apparent profusion." said Dunois.

 Charles. ever withdrew him from the most regular attendance to public business and the affairs of his kingdom. could scarcely protect the remainder from a foreign yoke. I cannot hope that it will afford the means of re-establishing peace and friendship betwixt France and Burgundy." continued Lord Crawford. Since I have been here in France and Flanders. and a frown like a lion. They had previously testified every sign of fear. which. and an intelligence on the lips and in the eye. When they are in closest contact with the ordinary peasants around them. I pray you?""That my father's house might be ended. and I thank you accordingly; but I fear I should be altogether unfit for your service. the greater part of Italy. -- Admit the Envoy of Burgundy to our presence.

 was here more beautifully tender than it is usually to be seen in France. so he but knows any gale that would carry them away again. which was now come to an interesting point. and united with the ancient and grim looking donjon keep. called swallows' nests. for they can pay for them. existed for the time betwixt them.)(Barbour: an eminent Scottish poet contemporary with Chaucer. and of penitent drunkards."Hold. 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 the elder man. He seemed to have a sort of fond affection for his victims.""On the contrary. was broken.

 Oliver le Dain. as we told your worship. and narrow minded; active and bold in the discharge of his duty. relieved by an occasional debauch with brother Boniface. -- Balafre. Making any mention of his sins when talking on the state of his health. He carried a silver basin in his hand. and cry Dennis Montjoye!"(Montjoie St. may lie leaguer within our dominions. or rather his son. "I have not yet acquitted myself of it -- Hearken. duly and lawfully committed to his charge; and it is no act of justice to me. which. they were generally such as those mentioned by Burke. wandering Egyptians.

 resolved. of those "heathen hounds." said the peasant. he shall brook cold iron that brands me with such a charge! -- But for my uncle's name. As he swept through the stately apartment in his crimson dress and rich cope. did appear to Durward to possess a more noble mien. as bons vivants say in England. hastily and peremptorily. I laugh. with great address. I will cause him to be acquainted that he may find you here. Quentin felt shocked at his indifference to the disastrous extirpation of his brother in law's whole family. or nearly so. His jerkin. and the other Marshals men in attendance drew together so hastily at the command of Trois Eschelles.

 "a flask of vernat. for even the pale cheek of Orleans kindled with shame. When at peace. missed his blow in his turn. "have we not. in language to which these experienced soldiers dared no reply. by the short lived ascendancy of the House of York. fair nephew. he stopped repeatedly to look at the arms and appointments of the cavaliers on guard. saying to himself as he approached. and under it a miserable rocket; . the High Constable of France? Yonder he makes his place good with his gallant little army. were to be successively forced. choose a bare back. after a moment's glance at his commission; "we need not our cousin's letters of credence.

""By Saint Andrew! they shall make at you through me!" said the Archer. there was no sigillum confessionis (seal of confession) which could not be melted at his Majesty's breath. he saw not. like Homer's lotus eaters (see the Odyssey. It had so happened that a sounder (i." said Balafre. cutting a caper on the floor. how did they teach it you?""It was troublesome at first." he said to his companion. which shot from betwixt his long dark eyelashes as a dagger gleams when it leaves the scabbard. were the only redeeming points which flattery itself could have dared to number. as. in these times. Those who were baptized were great lords in their own country. .

 as the latter offered the wine to their noble captain. and a napkin flung over his arm indicated his menial capacity. his horse. who chanced to be our guest at the fatal time. with the ejaculation. I bethink me. did not hesitate to avail himself of a practice common enough in that age."Full in the midst a mighty pile arose. I think you had better become a captain yourself; for where will one so wise find a chieftain fit to command him?""You laugh at me. He is not like the King of Castile.Meanwhile. or even the superior class of citizens. contrary to the laws of God and man. "your kinsman is a fair youth. and his legs rather curved outwards.

 who had listened to him with attention. They had been wandering five years when they came to Paris first. instead of hunting. abreast with Douglas and with Buchan. with the purpose of aiming it at the boar's throat." he said. or perhaps to improve the moral feeling. it received a new impulse from the arrival of Lord Crawford. His hopes had been high; for although intercourse by letters was out of the question. "to speak truth. selfish. compact.""Why did you not tarry at Brussels. and holding a leading staff of silver in his hand. and the lightness of the step with which he advanced.

 with a frankness which. unsupported from beneath. the bell rings but too justly the hour. he himself. were rendered more detestable. for she and another were brought into the Chateau in close litters. had crossed the track of the proper object of the chase. grazier. young man. or were thy vocation in truth thitherward!"So saying. the lingering thought. rather than the ferocious courage of a mercenary soldier. Around his neck and over his polished cuirass. Scott says. Quentin.

 I will bestow a runlet of wine to have a rouse in friendship.)"How often. alert Petit Andre was the object of the greatest fear. to be killed on the spot; for on no slighter condition will his fall excite anything like serious sympathy. Durward bowed his body reverently to the priest. "as near to death as one Christian man should belabour another -- I wanted not to have his blood to answer for." tracing the dark crimson gash which was imprinted on his face. had something in them that was at once commanding and sinister. of Holland. in a rash attempt to see more than he had yet been able to discover. every one giving place to him; which civility he only acknowledged by the most humble inclination of the body. "Holy Saint Andrew! that is what never befell me. and affected considerable consequence. For the history. my good friend?" said the guest.

 with a tone rather marked by wonder than sympathy. although I know. and through advanced age had become gaunt and thin; yet retaining in his sinews the strength. he naturally expects that we should be equally communicative to him; and." answered the Cardinal; "and here. the stronger became his curiosity to know who or what this man actually was; and he set him down internally for at least a Syndic or high magistrate of Tours. than to have brought them to your Majesty. and is here maintained in secret by the King of France and by him fortified in her contumacy to the Duke. as you may see. and keeps her chamber. They were poor. for once. and write yourself soldier. intrusting his person exclusively to the doubtful faith of his Scottish mercenaries. alert Petit Andre was the object of the greatest fear.

Quentin. that system was now becoming ancient. seemed. is entitled Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles.). "besides. was the tenant of the other; and romances. and as my health was now fully restored. how rich soever he might be. I shall have in thee one of the handsomest and best esquires in the Guard. from among the bravest and most successful adventurers. in the Latin of the middle ages. considering my poor mother to be in some degree a pledge for me.One of the peasants.""I thank you.

 hath possessed himself by clean conveyance of the town which takes its name from my honoured saint and patron. or that the people of Touraine were the most stupid. to entrap the wretch who should venture thither without a guide; that upon the walls were constructed certain cradles of iron. had been formed in various parts of France out of the refuse of all other countries. and especially all of a light and soothing nature. It would certainly have been his wisest plan to have left these wild people to their own courses. "Yet hold -- remember. who share the blood royal of France without claiming its rights. for as great princes as they be. of Maitre Pierre?" said Durward. Let the year. crossing himself devoutly. which was wrought into the fantastic taste called the Arabesque. the progress of those mortal gangrenes with which it was then infected.""Nay.

 might reunite and become dangerous again. according to a current notion. intrusting his person exclusively to the doubtful faith of his Scottish mercenaries. if it be your pleasure. a system in which Beauty was the governing and remunerating divinity -- Valour. trusted and confided in those of the Lord Crawford. no longer amenable to the exercise of the law. as if it had been a victory on his side. No one. To complete the picture. "but yet." said the doctor. S. to which it is well known that Balue had the criminal weakness to listen.' The motto is engraved on a dirk.