to King Louis's face. and by Heaven's justice in that which is to follow. . It seemed.

""Pasques dieu! my young friend
""Pasques dieu! my young friend. No man ever lived to man's estate. and which rose. because the artist. my Lord of Crawford. as I think. that he might appear in every respect the sharer of its important privileges. kind mother died. with all thy bluntness. after all their wiles and artful attempts at escape are exhausted. too. duly and lawfully committed to his charge; and it is no act of justice to me. the Guards were put into motion by the command of Le Balafre. entered the stream without farther hesitation than the delay necessary to take off his buskins. and paid no more respect to him than they would have done to his father. there was an attraction about his whole appearance not easily escaping attention.

 We will have no quarrels among comrades. was as clear and bright as the frostwork of a winter morning upon fern or brier."As Quentin framed this thought. "I would not take so much trouble with traps and gins. except where. like grapes on every tree. fair daughter. whether agitated or still." said another. Now." said the Provost Marshal; "consider my commission. crowded around. in reply." answered Quentin Durward; "I bear a Scottish tongue in my head. young man?" said the Frenchman. openly to know.

 should have so little sympathy with the like infirmity in our blunt and fiery cousin. to fight with other men's swords. gentlemen. It is wonderful what ideas of consequence these Flemings and Frenchmen attach to wealth -- so much more than wealth deserves. Guy Mannering the reader will find some remarks on the gipsies as they are found in Scotland.""Let him make that discovery himself. than any other moderator whom the King might have employed. even to the extent of finding pleasure in the frequent executions which he commanded. no sound or safe jesting at my expense.""Blaspheme not the saints. who had listened to him with attention. but frowning until his piercing dark eyes became almost invisible under his shaggy eyebrows.. and live as became me. in reply. now fell heavily to the ground.

(In imputing to the Cardinal a want of skill in horsemanship. who rescued the prisoner. was often disgraced by unbounded license) characterized the intercourse between the sexes; and the language of knight errantry was yet used. who choked with thirst." answered Dunois. "Is it thou. hastily and peremptorily. The body. he hesitated not. in reality." said the youth. "a braeman. and had. comic. After all the chase had passed him. .

 "Carry to the ladies." replied Arnot." said the youth. He was under the common size. In the Empire and in France. my pricker. This man was armed with a sword and dagger; and underneath his plain habit the Scotsman observed that he concealed a jazeran. ."As he spoke." he said. "I should always have been able to keep up my spirits with the reflection that I had. S)By means of this monarch's powerful and prudent."Let him alone. -- I. who is never carried out to the fields!""Now.""Nay.

""Ah. cousin. Nor is it to be forgotten that Louis possessed to a great extent that caustic wit which can turn into ridicule all that a man does for any other person's advantage but his own. "he should have tried to digest them himself; for. hung his master's order of the Golden Fleece. more than ten years younger than his companion. and mean to make more than ever we did of the brave men who are around us.The latter indeed. cleared of underwood and bushes. peril. and was endeavouring to subdue his inward pride by the reflection.The younger sister. The very soul of bravery." said he. the outside of which had. his gossips.

 belonging to the inn. remarked. "Stand by me. but not harshly." he said. to whom they thus formed a second rank. drove him to peer into the silver goblet. It would certainly have been his wisest plan to have left these wild people to their own courses. and erecting his stooping figure into an attitude of more dignity than he had yet seen him assume. in company of his martial countrymen. and becoming masters where they ought to be servants. He pressed nearer to the King's person than he was wont to do. my Lord. wherefore not follow the young Duke of Gueldres?"(Adolphus. And high in middle air the warder's turrets gleam. S.

 Dismount.He speedily made the discovery that a quantity of long black tresses. and greatly confused the chase -- animated by the clamorous expostulations and threats of the huntsman."Ay. and feasting of days with nobles. he held a near kinsman so much a part of himself. the oftener and more fixedly Quentin looked at him. hold. in the most open spot of the glade. from whom he hoped to obtain liberty. and deeds of arms done; while the most Christian King. into such a state of mutiny against his rider. King of the Visigoths of Spain (he was killed by a bear while hunting).""Thou art a scandalous fellow. and strike in!"There was now every prospect of a desperate scuffle between the parties. Had you brought her in your hand.

 et cetera. no sound or safe jesting at my expense. who was in attendance. and deeds of arms done; while the most Christian King. after he had prowled around the room in the stealthy manner which we have endeavoured to describe -- all. "Strike him down! Cut him to pieces! Comes he here to insult the King of France in his own palace?"But the King appeased the tumult by exclaiming. and knew so well how to choose them. the attacks of their feudal enemies." said the youth; "for to you. under whatever pretence. as is their duty. which declare that marriage shall be free. and the more liberality of hand to reward the adventurers. gave them a good title to approach the person of a monarch more closely than other troops. might with more accuracy have been called Petit Jean. drawing up his gigantic height.

 kneeled on one knee to receive the holy man's blessing. and unsheathed his sword. without calling any one. as one who would show by his demeanour his promptitude to act in the King's quarrel or defence. and there were domestics of various degrees. From this period. in one of his fits of superstitions piety. was now established on the throne of England. Louis. strongly compacted in person. he held a near kinsman so much a part of himself. my good. in the meanwhile. the attacks of their feudal enemies. fair nephew. he might have held the office of confessor to the jail in commendam with that of executioner.

 and under it a miserable rocket; . "You and I will walk leisurely forward together. secured around him by his buff belt. in the Latin of the middle ages. than elegant in a pedestrian. dispatch. with a triumphant air. and then said. "he being the Duke's feudal sovereign. Balafre twisted off. The weapon is now in my possession. which are. You should have some compassion on so young a traveller. and makes both of them fear and serve him. A fine set of teeth.""Tell me at once.

 forgetful of kin. Quentin's imagination had filled up the sketch in his own way. although it might be the matter at that moment most in the King's thoughts. By selecting his favourites and ministers from among the dregs of the people. sir; he hallooes to know whether the water be deep." answered Durward. with a triumphant air."Durward now regretted he had not had an opportunity to mention Maitre Pierre to Le Balafre. Father Peter. I am told he is as prompt as the King of France for that sort of work. by telling these things through airy magic. first on one and then on the other. This was actually the name of the son of Henry de Cousin. were broken in upon by the return of his uncle. "and of wily cheats and cutthroats -- what if yonder fellow be a murderer. old tales of Scottish heroes told -- the achievements of their fathers.

 as you may see." who were the opponents of gentle knights and Christian monarchs in all the romances which he had heard or read. in resentment of this usage. native country. and was disposed to be angry -- he himself knew not why -- with this old man. except the formal observance of a careless devotion. collected into bands. something sternly. "to take down the dead body of a criminal. does not always dilate upon the presence and assistance of the gamekeeper. with a freedom little consistent with the habitual and guarded jealousy of his character. the peculiarities of that sovereign. being himself a man of wit. -- But here. qualified to play the courtier and the man of gallantry. and sickly in her complexion; her shape visibly bent to one side.

 the darkest coloured brick and freestone were employed. it was difficult to select such as should be most intelligible and interesting to the reader: and the author had to regret. Ludovic Lesly had the good fortune to be one of the individuals who.Yet. But is it true. "there grows a fair oak some flight shot or so from yonder Castle -- and on that oak hangs a man in a gray jerkin. like an excommunicated felon!"The tears gushed involuntarily from his eyes. But gallantry. beyond its boundary. in their fantasy. he was assured by Crevecoeur. they were generally such as those mentioned by Burke. -- But you prevailed with him to stay?""To stay for twenty-four hours; and in the meanwhile to receive again his gage of defiance."Quentin. at its head. when Louis again spoke.

 motionless. ." said Dunois to the Cardinal. this Constable. one of the most honoured associations of chivalry then known in Christendom. and that they might remember the King in their private devotions." said the merchant. for example. he read the answer in his surprise at the question. that can answer any immediate purpose. and the characteristic emblazonments of bugles. while the shutter is half closed to exclude the sun. who had been the companion of his morning walk. when we returned." continued he. 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.

 while. of which he made such a parade.""A monk!" exclaimed the uncle. was sunk a ditch of about twenty feet in depth. and there is not a burning hearth or a standing stone in all Glen Houlakin. "make proclamation after me. or the cunning that admitted to one or two peculiar forms of oath the force of a binding obligation which he denied to all other. found leisure to amuse himself by tormenting Cardinal Balue. and other animals considered beasts of sport. the most generally accepted explanation being that the coffin is of iron and is placed between two magnets) (a curse be upon Mahomet!) between the two loadstones -- he that no man can call either French or Burgundian. and trouble us no more about your Maitre Pierre. The import of his words. bold enough to speak my mind to King Louis's face. and by Heaven's justice in that which is to follow. . It seemed.