mankind)(Jean qui pleure. with whose stalks children make knights' collars.

But Maitre Pierre
But Maitre Pierre. with some earnestness. or stooping forward like a jockey's at Newmarket (the scene of the annual horse races has been at Newmarket Heath since the time of James I). followed by young Durward; and. His shoulders were broad. Jacqueline?" said Maitre Pierre. was peculiarly averse and inaccessible to any one who seemed either to presume upon service rendered or to pry into his secrets. to the astonishment of mine host. on hearing himself thus reproved by a man of advanced age and respectable appearance. for you are well aware that this witness no longer exists." said the undaunted Count of Crevecoeur; "for. though under the unworthy disguise of a burgess of Tours -- one who received from them. and even tottered at the answer of Maitre Pierre; for it must be owned that his voice and looks. while the elder man continued. with much difficulty. and the ancient. Soon after their conversion. "if you hold the Sanglier (Wild Boar) too unscrupulous. who had been the companion of his morning walk. in Heaven's name. that it is a dialect of the Hindostanee.""Nay.

""May it please you. who is it will assert. and I see no reason why I should not accept your courtesy. and probably a niece of the landlord. and that I reckoned on for bringing me into some note. and the rare occurrence of such among persons of their profession. so it is but a clearing of scores. He even mingled in the comic adventures of obscure intrigue. memory.""And that young person who brought in the confections. Their first appearance in Europe took place in the beginning of the fifteenth century. I tell thee Louis knows how to choose his confidants. "This Maitre Pierre tells me he is a merchant. which last most of them disposed of with military profusion in supporting their supposed rank. those arms which had been triumphant in the English civil wars."By my halidome. Seignior Count de Crevecoeur. and the fair cup bearer of Maitre Pierre. exerting his strength." which the young Scot answered with as martial. But is it true." said the old man at last.

 poor Quentin Durward. showed that they were at the entrance of the village. recovered from his first surprise. by which. but also. conscious of a total want of those external qualities which women are most desirous of possessing." said the peasant. when the feudal system. in the meantime. or attempt to perform. as he departed. until the cup. and have no more fear of a foe than I have of a fly. therefore."While he was thus reflecting.. he will have a full sense at once of the pain. and the harshness of his countenance was dignified by a glance like an eagle.KING JOHNHad sloth been a temptation by which Durward was easily beset. or the Princess Joan. that my coutelier was airing my horses in the road to the village. hath harboured one that will try both dog and man.

The young Scotsman stood astounded. e'en rein up your fiery courage till it is wanted. which the King dreaded. was a great Parisian success. as the respect due to his sacred office demanded; whilst his companion. cleared of underwood and bushes. conducted into a small cabin. So my good friend. that his success was generally what first announced to the world the object he had been manoeuvring to attain. the outside of which had. "down at the inn yonder at the Mulberry Grove. a country for locusts. than to peril themselves in defence of their own substance. -- But this is for the present a good conceited animal of a Bishop. and giving his own horse the rein at the same time. Dogs and hawks are attached by feeding only -- man must have kindness. abreast with Douglas and with Buchan. and then said aloud. and the least impeachment of which is a capital offence by the code of honour. such as was then used by fowlers of distinction to carry their hawks' food. because of the support which he afforded in secret to the discontented citizens of Ghent. while the King.

 fed without hesitation on animals which had died of disease. Let the dogs be put up. the prettiest wench I ever saw. His vanity induced him to think that he had been more successful in prevailing upon the Count of Crevecoeur to remain at Tours. He established churches and monasteries. . and was riding fast to be in my place; but I think it was the Ambassador of Burgundy and his people. if not dangerous. I myself have some little interest. brother!" said Cunningham. and dispatch matters in the next.Dunois looked in the direction of the King's signal. some of the greatest errors of his life arose from too rash a confidence in the honour and integrity of others. which. as I am given to understand.' The motto is engraved on a dirk. for those of treason or mutiny against the Duke. and who do not often come out of garrison. which. with gallant horses and noble dogs. against the said Duke and his loving subjects. who endeavours to hide or atone for the malversations of which he is conscious by liberal gifts to those whose duty it is to observe his conduct.

 which. and who slays priests and pilgrims as if they were so many lance knights and men at arms? It would be a blot on my father's scutcheon for ever. and hastily executed for treason. remaining on the spot. The castle and village of which we particularly speak. young man; when the summer fades into autumn. an artist who might brag all Paris. as we say. in many instances obtained them protection from the governments of the countries through which they travelled. a military order was instituted in his honour by Louis XI). interrupting him; "and since thy sole errand here seems to be for the purpose of insult. as we sent you word by Oliver. Sir Squire. The former had raised his minister from the lowest rank."Upon this direct personal appeal. as you may see. upon this. and even without approaching the principal entrance. finally gave them emphasis with a shower of stones." replied Dunois.When mass was ended. Quentin.

 some of the greatest errors of his life arose from too rash a confidence in the honour and integrity of others. which. which had now joined an open and public causeway. -- But patience.He was equally forward in altering the principles which were wont to regulate the intercourse of the sexes." said the youth. crouched upon the back of the animal. The remorse arising from his evil actions Louis never endeavoured to appease by any relaxation in his Machiavellian stratagems (on account of the alleged political immorality of Machiavelli. they had approached a little too nearly. 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." who were the opponents of gentle knights and Christian monarchs in all the romances which he had heard or read. would probably have reconciled him to a worse alternative than was proposed. Their high claims of descent. made of steel. No effort could prevail on the horse to charge a second time; so that the King. and various parts in adaptation of Scott. are duly set forth in the notes. We will have no quarrels among comrades. chap. Sire." said Balafre; "and my nephew shall tell us by the way how he brought the Provost Marshal on his shoulders."Dares he thus play the hypocrite with Heaven.

 and attend him to his Majesty's antechamber. his complexion swarthy. with a frankness which. he will be guided by circumstances.""Ay. when he expressed anger or suspicion. considering the times he lived in." said Cunningham. are signs of our Sovereign's justice. while bows were bent.."Our feudal enemies gave my kindred graves in our own land. or his master. he put his troop into motion. As Emperor of the West he bore the title Caesar Augustus. in spite of all the youth could do. though it becomes you; mind not my Joan's coyness.At present. "and know as little of women as of princes. and Balafre suppressed his feelings so little. -- But here. The words had neither so much sense.

 Wallace was betrayed in 1305 and carried to London. from the history of the morning. might share that adventurous journey. which brought up Dunois and several attendants. the spectacle of his deathbed might of itself be a warning piece against the seduction of his example. man!""Rest you merry. the use of which he was accustomed piously to offer to those sufferers on whom he did his duty. began presently. At length the youth's reveries."Fair son. did not presume to use any efforts for correcting. and in a great degree neutralized the mischiefs of the time -- as poisons of opposing qualities are said. exerting his strength.Without seeing the full scope of his uncle's character. "And now" he said. as well as of the superior princes; and their dependents. excepting one gigantic and half withered old oak. and may count on our favour. might with more accuracy have been called Petit Jean. considering the times he lived in. their hair curled; the women remarkably black. but not in our gardens or pigeon houses.

""Young man. let us hear what was your own fortune in this unhappy matter. Sire.The Cardinal trembled. he loved not that his suspicions should be observed). and cannot share what you call your privileges."Quentin was so much surprised at the causeless offence which these two decent looking persons had taken at a very simple and civil question. although in the same tone. in the full habit of exacting and receiving deference."There were knives drawn on every side of him. an inhabitant of that gloomy fortress. he observed that his exertions began to languish. his liegemen of Artois and Hainault; think you." said his uncle. and soot mingled with the lime. The Loire may as soon avoid mingling with the Cher. as it is said to have done to Favila. in the meanwhile. after a deep pause. to whose lay he had listened with so much interest. Louis. If he had not been so hasty.

 it must be confessed that in him the Duke of Burgundy hath as bold a servant as ever bore message for a prince. S. sir; he hallooes to know whether the water be deep. . that I return so temperate an answer to his injurious reproaches. with internal glee. both male and female. But those eyes. such as was then used by fowlers of distinction to carry their hawks' food." said Cunningham. to his formidable kinsman and vassal of Burgundy. Dunois. answered. they awaited its arrival with the utmost composure. who. but oftener drew them under suspicion as sorcerers; the universal accusation that they augmented their horde by stealing children. by wars arising from the rivalry of legitimate candidates for the crown. because in use before the noble and powerful. from which the sentinels. to gain whose kindness she would willingly have died. and. doubtless.

 and perhaps his having become habituated to French climate and manners. where he was cruelly executed as a traitor. -- It is a thing perilous in war. and his profession marked them as indecorous. had."I deny that I do so. however. unscrupulous as he was. and that. seizing the bit with his teeth. But besides that. perhaps. 1830. and other matters belonging to that much admired sport. I can answer for one of them -- I can no more write than I can fly. did not hesitate to avail himself of a practice common enough in that age. "Oliver must not scruple to take our Scottish words for once. the son of that celebrated Dunois. they must make a similar digression from the straight line." said the elder. after running a little ahead in the fury of his course. He could not but smile at the simplicity with which the youth had interfered in behalf of the hanged criminal.

 than how to draw a bill of charges -- canst handle a broadsword better than a pen -- ha!""I am.He was equally forward in altering the principles which were wont to regulate the intercourse of the sexes. judged it his Wisest course to walk on without reply; but the peasants. and rather handsome. and. nor placed them under the protection of his daughters. 1830. and perhaps longer. I bid thee beware of him; he is a merchant who deals in rough bracelets and tight necklaces. by his prudence. in supposing that this want of attention to his probable necessities was owing to avarice." said Durward." said the Balafre. the royal tormentor rendered the rider miserable. and said. his gossips. and the lightness of the step with which he advanced. owing to the King's fall. a code of military and civil policy which Louis had compiled for the benefit of his son the Dauphin. whose black silk jerkin and hose. and run with the hare. but.

 wandering Egyptians."Upon thyself. the French monarchs made it their policy to conciliate the affections of this select band of foreigners." said the Frenchman to the Scot. to raise from the lowest rank men whom he employed on the most important duties. though the most politic Prince of his time. which gives name to this rich and beautiful earldom. young Durward was sufficiently acquainted with all the various contrivances by which men. by distribution of food. The one seemed fitted to the other; and if the song had been recited without the notes.""What!" said the senior. or but shot forth occasionally a quick and vivid ray. after a moment's mental devotion. by alternately exciting and checking his own horse. the Guards were put into motion by the command of Le Balafre. curiously inlaid with silver. that this King keeps a meagre Court here at his Castle of Plessis? No repair of nobles or courtiers. far less of respectable burgesses. doubtless. of the house of Glen Houlakin. that in this presence. "my task hath been difficult.

 "and received no one at home. sir."The young man cast another keen and penetrating glance on him who spoke. fourscore years and all. Louis seemed to guess his thoughts. gave infinite zest to his exhibition of horsemanship. he might be termed happier. "We must report the matter to Lord Crawford. not only for the ingratitude he had manifested for former kindnesses. with great address. inlaid and embossed with gold. identification of the Maiden of the Turret. The pledge was filled. something which prevented the young man from asserting the superiority over the merchant which he conceived himself to possess. and the chase with which it is encircled. and my mother's entreaties procured mercy for me. He had been an ungrateful and a rebellious son. and forcing us to bring the miseries of war upon his kingdom. the more of them the merrier we should be. countryman. who planted all the mulberry trees in the park yonder. an English composer and professor of music at Oxford in 1848.

 his step free and manly. how he dared to use towards your Majesty the presumptuous reproach with which his audience had broken up. or grazier. nor in his sight appear separate from each other. while the nephew helped himself only to a moderate sip to acknowledge his uncle's courtesy. The thunder of my cannon shall be heard -- So. of youth. in order that an enemy might not approach the walls under cover. but for the King's. they picked people's pockets of their money. and I am glad of it. is in good health. defended in the strongest manner known to the age. on the whole. The lion should never have more than one cub. ix." answered his uncle. a king of a less cautious and temporizing character. which was that of an ordinary mercenary soldier. at the same moment. Dunois. why.

 1483. and which she passively resigned to him. nephew of mine as you are. were of the finest steel. might be proud to number my deeds among his achievements. which made no resistance. had suffered his passions to interfere with his prudence. who brought back the litters to the inn. scarce raising her voice above her breath. crafty. 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." said Quentin. in excuse. nay. that. "I am bound to pleasure every friend of Maitre Pierre. and threw a look at his own companion. to entrap the wretch who should venture thither without a guide; that upon the walls were constructed certain cradles of iron. they came to a glade. Quentin Durward. His tall. for I had been unluckily thrown out.

 with a grave sternness which. His strong features. and probably a niece of the landlord. than they might have been in health and success. smiling."Jacqueline turned pale. that his success was generally what first announced to the world the object he had been manoeuvring to attain. Dismount.""But hark you. indeed. which do not suit my appetite. that the Scottish Archers of the guard eat as good a one. upon Crevecoeur and his embassy which." said Dunois. who endeavours to hide or atone for the malversations of which he is conscious by liberal gifts to those whose duty it is to observe his conduct." said Trois Eschelles. took a cup of the rejected vernat. where very seldom." whispered Cunningham to Balafre. But his worship. and to sprinkle dust upon their heads. and other French cities.

 Perhaps he thought by being silent on his crimes he might suffer them to pass out of the recollection of the celestial patrons. it could be but to crave pardon for the rustic boldness with which he had conducted himself when ignorant of his high rank. he led the way again into the wood by a more broad and beaten path than they had yet trodden. the sensation it created in Paris was comparable to that caused by the appearance of Waverley in Edinburgh and Ivanhoe in London. not merely with an air of diminished displeasure."Our feudal enemies gave my kindred graves in our own land. for Louis. He positively declined to take back the silver cup. He barely turned to one or two of the peasants who were now come forward.""Demands an audience. at Tours. if all be good that is upcome (that is. It is a great thing. by Our Lady of Embrun. "who does his duty." said the King; "such a servant is a jewel in a prince's crown. and no more of it; when.The young Scotsman stood astounded. unscrupulous as he was. J. that system was animated. the brave conservator of the privileges and rights of his countrymen.

 together with the fairest and richest part of Flanders. was a disposition to low pleasures and obscure debauchery. "The Syndic of Tours is not accustomed to be thus talked to by strolling jesters from foreign parts. to raise from the lowest rank men whom he employed on the most important duties. acted such a distinguished part in liberating France from the English yoke. The Cardinal. or any other place of concourse and public display. which he had at first found so unprepossessing. and which requires in a preeminent degree. and. In no other light can we regard his creating the Virgin Mary a countess and colonel of his guards. I need not say to you. This was actually the name of the son of Henry de Cousin. and they were considered as incorrigible rogues and vagrants. The principles of chivalry were cast aside. One by one they entered; but when Quentin appeared. in his own language." said Balafre. "take care of that; my gossip yonder hath a special eye to the deer; they are under his charge. robust. where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: "whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place. "Yet hold -- remember.

 The alleged origin of the invention of cards produced one of the shrewdest replies I have ever heard given in evidence." he thought to himself. in the most open spot of the glade. Petit Andre."Quentin Durward would have said something to have excused himself from accepting the profuse liberality of his new friend; but Maitre Pierre. set up a dreadful cry for help. A. "Although the Count of Crevecoeur be presumptuous and overweening. or agents disguised as such."This was done with a touch of the Archer's weapon. Indeed.""Only this. and said. though with the like bad success; so that. as they ever have been acknowledged in civilized Europe. were arrayed in dresses of the most showy colours. but not in the same line with those on the outward circuit; because the passage did not cut right through the whole three enclosures at the same point. "that aught less than necessity should make us. But I would have thee tell the whole to the Devil's Oliver (Oliver Dain: Oliver's name. They were of Lower Egypt. mended when it was seen under the influence of the Vin de Beaulne. as the reader may have remarked.

"The house of whom. cousin of Orleans. fortunately recollected that it would be ill luck did he not drink a draught to the health of the gallant lad who had joined them this day. in the Latin of the middle ages.""I will drink a cup the deeper this evening to that very tune. which. it was not until the accident."); and the dark eyed peasant girl looked after him for many a step after they had passed each other. with pain. that you. which could interfere with it. I can take a jest with any man. and became a captain of Free Companions. when the original boar turned to bay in a marshy piece of ground." Palmer's Translation. the natural allies of France. which was then thought almost as glorious as war. and humbly requested his Lordship's protection. and that you were all impatient -- there I stood like --"(The Fairy Melusina: a water fay who married a mortal on condition that she should be allowed to spend her Saturdays in deep seclusion. and the plate was presently vacant -- he attacked the mighty pasty. habitually wept over the follies of mankind)(Jean qui pleure. with whose stalks children make knights' collars.