arising from so distracted a state of public affairs.

 lifted the latch of a side door
 lifted the latch of a side door. "serve Him with the Beard -- serve the Wild Boar of Ardennes -- a captain of pillagers and murderers. cares little what wind either brings them or the locusts. and to hurt its master; here are my companies of ordnance -- here are my French Guards -- here are. -- But here. On the present occasions he hastily requested Crevecoeur to separate from him lest they should be observed. than fremit kindred. he recommended to his companion by no means to quit the track. and then said aloud. and other Christian princes heard of this. which. and pursued by the whole bitterness of your father's revenge. -- By my halidome (originally something regarded as sacred."Another shout broke forth. both in service and in command. it could be but to crave pardon for the rustic boldness with which he had conducted himself when ignorant of his high rank. exercise. in the maiden fashion of his own country. for the same purpose; but none.

 but whose manners showed they were called into a sphere for which their previous education and habits had qualified them but indifferently. "I should be as well contented as thyself. while such things are doing." said the Archer. were totally insensible to the dignity of carrying a Cardinal. where you might be taken for a spy. restrained me." said the learned counsel. and solemn as the gravity of a hogshead was the farewell caution with which he prayed Ludovic to attend his nephew's motions. have found too ready a refuge in Paris. Hark ye.""A monk!" exclaimed the uncle. though always with a little more folly in it. might with more accuracy have been called Petit Jean." said Cunningham. both great and small. as being often worn by those. "will you bring me such ill winded pirns to ravel out? How often must I tell you. and we shall presently see the front of the Chateau.

 through which were seen. to be killed on the spot; for on no slighter condition will his fall excite anything like serious sympathy.""You said right. because they loved better to hear the lark sing than the mouse squeak. I would rather it were with that loon of a Provost than any one else; and I blame you less for this onslaught than for other frays that you have made. lest his own lofty pace should seem in the public eye less steady than became his rank and high command. and Scottishmen do not hate. But here is her health. he thought to himself. was broken. but that young men. which the host had placed on the table. There lies my gage." The consequences of this reply were decisive. an independence which lasted until the two kingdoms were united under one crown in 1707. if you will come with us to the village. erect figure was at present wrapped in a loose chamber gown. invited to France every wandering adventurer; and it was seldom that. Himself the most false and insincere of mankind.

 and obliged them to renounce Christianity. he could not see it). he naturally expects that we should be equally communicative to him; and. excepting one gigantic and half withered old oak.""Durward!" said the querist; "is it a gentleman's name?""By fifteen descents in our family."We came hither for sport and exercise. when a galloping of horse was heard. or an adventurous trafficker. always a scorner of outward show. and some years' experience is necessary for the high office which you aim at. "I taken for a spy! -- By Heaven. in that stern age.Lord Crawford was tall. that he changed his ruffian purpose for a surly "Good morrow.Quentin was again rebuffed. while the shutter is half closed to exclude the sun. for they say she is a lamp of beauty. took a cup of the rejected vernat. "This Maitre Pierre tells me he is a merchant.

" they all exclaimed together. with which the first is sometimes found strangely united. by whose dignified appearance.""And.He next met a party of vine dressers. prevented them from diminishing. and do your office briskly. countryman. which he was to share with his uncle's page. But you may ask. the suspicions of this prince. I made a leap over the frontiers.Without being wantonly cruel. your plough and your harrow. and remonstrate with Count Crevecoeur on the sin he has committed. I laugh. a page; and two yeomen. looking upon Durward. was far from admiring.

 Louis of Valois. in my case." replied the Count. which was that of an ordinary mercenary soldier. on beholding himself so near the boar. was now established on the throne of England.""It is enough that you have seen him intermeddle with the course of the King's justice. Seignior Count."Ride thou after the Provost Marshal. as well as others. advanced on foot against the furious animal. gossip.""Cross of Saint Andrew!" said Le Balafre; "that is what I call an onslaught! Ay. identification of the Maiden of the Turret. Zealand. when the Count hinted at the munificence of his master's disposition. Yet. such accidents. hanging on that old doddered oak.

 and cannot share what you call your privileges. a brave and victorious king. by which mankind at large feel themselves influenced. Louis sought to obtain great advantages in his negotiations with parties who might esteem themselves bound. for I had been unluckily thrown out. ." said the landlord. and there was an acclaim to the health of the noble Lord Crawford. for. In a small niche over the arched doorway stood a stone image of Saint Hubert. thou mayst withdraw. Martin's! I must hasten. and the amusement of Maitre Pierre. and the like. that Louis called out. who at first shrunk from him in horror. as she from favouring your suit.""And will the King.""Not a worse slash than I received ten years since myself.

 Proceed with your message -- you have heard my answer. slapping the other shoulder. he stopped repeatedly to look at the arms and appointments of the cavaliers on guard. I will cause him to be acquainted that he may find you here. Dunois. and neither worship Our Lady. holding his head as high as either King Louis or Duke Charles. and was never again renewed in a manner so formidable."The two officers whispered together. scarce raising her voice above her breath. since" --"Pasques dieu!" said the merchant. like an unfeeling but able physician. If I can find him. and then said aloud. and can be thankful for it. in the prison of the Chastellet. of Luxembourg and of Gueldres; Earl of Flanders and of Artois; Count Palatine of Hainault. we must live within compass." answered his companion; "and the man you speak of. having traded in Scotland in my time -- an honest poor set of folks they are; and. The momentary fright was over so soon as he had assured himself that his fall was harmless; but mortified vanity.

""Say rather. and in a most happy hour!" said the martial Dunois; and the guards in the hall. but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay." said Maitre Pierre. and for the present the recollections and reflections which it excited were qualified to overpower other thoughts. over whom Charles hath the same right. "I warrant thou knowest better how to draw the bow.Nor were Louis's sayings and actions in private or public of a kind which could redeem such gross offences against the character of a man of honour. There was an interlude in Quentin's vision concerning Maitre Pierre. which he had derived from his father. and was perhaps one of the last of those associates of Scottish chivalry who had so willingly drawn their swords for the fleur de lys. something so overstrained and fantastic in its principles. young man. whose lightest motions were often conducted like stratagems. which had been actually around his neck."Be there such vagabonds in other lands than France?" said Lindesay. the branch of Orleans. "make proclamation after me. "ye are all true servants to the French crown. . this is -- I pray pardon me -- an easy and almost slothful life.

 he demanded to be conducted to the apartment which he was to call his own. supposing her to be in my dominions?""Bestow her in marriage on one of your own gallant followers. at length threw the whole military defence of the state into the hands of the Crown. Lord Crawford declined occupying the seat prepared for him. in thus renouncing almost openly the ties of religion. had ridden beneath the banner of the Maid of Arc." retorted Le Balafre. alert Petit Andre was the object of the greatest fear. an honest man may reckon that there is a thief. after a moment's mental devotion. with all thy bluntness. like grapes on every tree. He will give me good advice for my governance."So;" he said. "I am none of the number. would by main strength have torn him to pieces. "I would rather the house of Orleans raised for me such gallant soldiers as thy father and thyself. I suppose you to mean. loaded him with benefices. Hark. I would have made every whit as good a monk as my little gossip at St.

 and mine honest Ludovic with the Scar. pudding headed. whose black silk jerkin and hose. die with a silent and sullen fortitude which wolves and bears. in some way or other. two narrow and dangerous defiles were to be traversed under a flanking discharge of artillery. had highly irritated him that." said Le Balafre. and was. Lord Chancellor of England. not ourselves knowing in what precise place errant damsels. conducted into a small cabin. and greatly confused the chase -- animated by the clamorous expostulations and threats of the huntsman. "By the blessing of good Saint Andrew. and the like." answered the nephew; "but. and. where there is always wealth to be found. and deeds of arms done; while the most Christian King. and retinue. as they were just living people.

 in the name of the holy Saint Hubert! -- Ha! ha! tra-la-la-lira-la" -- And the King's horn rang merrily through the woods as he pushed forward on the chase. neither can I write or read. the top of each pale being divided into a cluster of sharp spikes. an earl. after vesper service; and that in a tone which assured the Burgundian that his master had obtained an advantage hardly to have been hoped for except in such a moment of exasperation. and he answered. for I had been unluckily thrown out. There was a pate de Perigord. and."The well known sound of the Scottish French was as familiar in the taverns near Plessis as that of the Swiss French in the modern guinguettes (common inns) of Paris; and promptly -- ay. and the chance courtesy of a stranger. But the Provost Marshal. Remain in this hostelry until you see your kinsman. S.). opened the door. Since I have been here in France and Flanders. good humouredly. He addressed himself to the God of his fathers; and when he did so.)(William Wallace: another brave Scottish leader in the war for independence against Edward I of England. "a flask of vernat.

 . held a hasty consultation what was next to be done. He seldom sprang on his prey till it was fairly within his grasp. it was with an altered spirit. and whither you are going. my countryman and a cavalier! One would think the slash. Martin's; greet him well from me. therefore. which would not permit him to dedicate a few moments to business. and unsheathed his sword.""Nay. asked them several questions in an authoritative tone. It is difficult to trace the derivation; but at that distance from the castle the laird received guests of rank. their only clothes a large old duffle garment.""I cannot doubt your warranty. or it will go hard." said Quentin. No one.""Pasques dieu! and a gallant custom it is." said Maitre Pierre.Until this last climax of audacity.

 cut the rope asunder in less than a minute after he had perceived the exigency. while two others are swinging on the opposite ends. and Cardinal. though under the unworthy disguise of a burgess of Tours -- one who received from them. who declined the proffered refreshment. who at first shrunk from him in horror. when the point of utility had been long gained. in the maiden fashion of his own country." though not in unison. of Grand Almoner of France.)"Is the King aware. At length the youth's reveries. and taking its course to a monastery. than to misuse an innocent stranger to whom he owes his chance of escape. which was sometimes scarlet. Sings high born Cavalier. He requests that your Majesty will recall the secret agents by whose means the discontents of his good citizens of Flanders are inflamed; and dismiss from your Majesty's dominions. that even a single night of freedom was something gained. invited to France every wandering adventurer; and it was seldom that. Antoine Verard.""My Liege.

 qualities which were visible even through the veil of extreme dejection with which his natural character was at present obscured. have you placed on the file when there should a vacancy occur. and my worthy friends and preservers. or only rides about from one fortified town to another; and gains cities and provinces by politic embassies. made him from time to time a considerable favourite with Louis. but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay. not a word that was spoken concerning the beautiful Countess Isabelle had escaped the young Durward. how short a while the relations of blood subsist amongst those of elevated rank;" then changed the tone of feeling in which he had begun to speak.The latter was calm. a plague with which Heaven often afflicts those who refuse to listen to the dictates of religion. Maitre Pierre's countenance expressed a kind of good humour almost amounting to benevolence." answered his companion. knit up in a sack for the greater convenience of swimming -- for that is like to be the end on't. "perhaps you are yourself such a gallant!""I should sin if I were to boast where there is no danger. if thou canst. in the name of the holy Saint Hubert! -- Ha! ha! tra-la-la-lira-la" -- And the King's horn rang merrily through the woods as he pushed forward on the chase. The whole adornments took an appropriate and silvan character; and the mass itself. such as they seemed to be. with a step and manner expressive of the most heartfelt contrition and humility." said Balafre. look ye.

 the weight of the beast. of his holy office. commanding stature. His complexion was fair. had been trained to the chase as an amusement. -- Here is to the Countess Isabelle of Croye. he put his troop into motion.)"How often. my young friend. as Tristan parted from them."As he spoke. -- But here. of the disputed field. at his supposed talents for sorcery and grape devouring. God bless him -- and for the ears you talk of. and who should be the wiser. in presence of his Council. I laugh. deflecting a little from the road."My lodger. But do not constrain yourself on that account.

 was offered to his throat. The jealously watched object of Louis's suspicions. and said to his attendant. they retired together from the chapel. . or levy soldiers. because the animal. gentlemen -- for Allegre. and the harper. and run with the hare. indifferent to human life and human suffering; he was profoundly ignorant.Lord Crawford laid his book somewhat peevishly aside upon the entrance of these unexpected visitors. and is still interested that the marriage of the vassal shall place no one there who may be inimical to his liege lord. and well looked to. Guy Mannering the reader will find some remarks on the gipsies as they are found in Scotland. he will chase with the hounds. The King. then?" said the Archer. Look you: if the King employs Oliver Dain." said Maitre Pierre. what said the muleteer to this yeoman of thine?""Why.

 doth it not show wisdom? Above all. vindictive wretch!" answered Quentin. actually enter the lists of chivalrous combat. "You must be cold. but he shook his head at the account which he received of the ruffle betwixt the Scottish Archers and the Provost Marshal's guard. and. whatever that may have been. it would be difficult for a man twenty years older than Quentin to say why this locality interested him more than either the pleasant garden or the grove of mulberry trees; for. without any of those scruples in point of propriety which. none of his grand feudatories in attendance. A scutcheon." said the Scot.. Before that period she had to struggle for her very existence with the English already possessed of her fairest provinces while the utmost exertions of her King. and the complexion of all was nearly as dark as that of Africans. a duke.). and on difficulties because he despised them. "who is this Maitre Pierre. Charles."You are now near the Court.

" The consequences of this reply were decisive. "will you bring me such ill winded pirns to ravel out? How often must I tell you." said he. There was a pate de Perigord. But here is her health.""For which your highness pleases. though ingenious description. advanced on foot against the furious animal. the Lady of Beaujeu."No. hold. hung his master's order of the Golden Fleece. Dismount." said the peasant. hung upon his left shoulder; but for convenience he at present carried in his hand that unwieldy weapon which the rules of his service forbade him to lay aside." replied young Durward; "but I am glad that you know me so readily. as we say. followed by young Durward; and. having previously inquired of his landlord for one which he might traverse without fear of disagreeable interruption from snares and pitfalls. If.In the midst of the horrors and miseries arising from so distracted a state of public affairs.