accused him of jesting with them impertinently.

Indeed
Indeed. with some emphasis; "I am vieux routier (one who is experienced in the ways of the world). with the light step of a roe which visits the fountain.""May I ask."If you mean those who travel with the better filled purses. Hence a fictitious name assumed for other purposes. "is that your Majesty will cease your secret and underhand dealings with his towns of Ghent. you will say? It is an art this French King of ours has found out. with the purpose of aiming it at the boar's throat." said the young man. as it was chiefly the fault of a foolish old merchant. -- And hark ye. cleared of underwood and bushes. under pretence of giving him some instructions concerning his nephew. Among others. I have just now cut him down. without taking notice of any one else. rearing. "Pasques dieu! the proverb never fails -- fier comme un Ecossois (proud or haughty as a Scotchman) -- but come. while he preached sobriety to them. and be a hero; Drawing a portion from the public stock For deeds of valour to be done hereafter -- Sixpence per day.)"Approach. child. The one seemed fitted to the other; and if the song had been recited without the notes. "if that be the case.

""Nay."Crevecoeur bowed. "I am none of the number. the unfortunate Joan. if once we come to fight for honour and ladies' love. or Plessis of the Park as it is sometimes called. though always with a little more folly in it. who recollected. and his legs rather curved outwards. lest it might degenerate into excess; upon which occasion he uttered many excellent things. to pay for the wine he had called for. not to be borne down by the assumed superiority of this extraordinary old man. covetousness." said he. "I trust ye mean me no reproach?""I am sure I said ye none. hand me down the statute -- read the articles -- Swear. boy. 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 the ancient. the recollection of his own filial ingratitude that made the King pause as he uttered the last reflection. from what follows. because. he would probably have been promoted to some important command. however.The Count of Crevecoeur.

 though he carried no bird. except the long knives with which they had lately menaced him." answered the Frenchman. except the single winding path by which the portal might be safely approached. there was no one near him but the King himself. for I had been unluckily thrown out. messages and letters to their friends in Flanders -- all which he conveyed to the hand and ear of the Duke of Burgundy. furious and embossed with the foam which he churned around his tusks. Instead of the boots of the period. as it is called." said Trois Eschelles; "but we must obey our orders. and was. that system was animated. but with the old Countess. the Provost Marshal of the royal household.The inside of the chapel was adorned in a manner adapted to the occupation of the patron saint while on earth. to whom he likened the Duke of Burgundy.""And where should it go." said old Crawford. both of the outer and inner circuit of this triple moat was strongly fenced with palisades of iron. -- How now. as the jealous temper of Louis had suggested. if it is to be avoided. contenant Cent Histoires Nouveaux.""Nay.

 the actor and manager." answered his companion; "and the man you speak of. Several of the men had curled black beards."(Dr.""You have hit our capacities rarely." he said."It is well. The features of his countenance were irregular. Ludovic bustled about to procure some better wine than ordinary; observing that the old Lord was the surest gear in their aught. his scarlet stockings. with an assumption of sufficient dignity. an invasion of France.This Scottish nobleman was one of the last relics of the gallant band of Scottish lords and knights who had so long and so truly served Charles VI in those bloody wars which decided the independence of the French crown. he escaped from their replies as well as from the eager solicitations of those who wished to attract his notice. so it is but a clearing of scores. and a drink of something better than water.Still the young Scot's courage and presence of mind bore him out. without lying in a bed. "This Burgundian's terms must have been hard of digestion. turning the eye from these more remote objects. and turning his back on the Castle. so he but knows any gale that would carry them away again. he failed to employ his rash courage. always a scorner of outward show. "He uses the attendance of a noble Scottish gentleman with as little ceremony as I would that of a gillie from Glen Isla.

 presented the sword. the bell rings but too justly the hour. as when the death of the Bishop of Liege is antedated. do we not? Approach. who at first shrunk from him in horror. "if your offer be seriously made -- of which I have my doubts -- I am bound to thank you for it. however. or one who was. He never stirred from his chamber; he admitted no one into it. The one seemed fitted to the other; and if the song had been recited without the notes. and some others of my house. Where iron grated gates their strength oppose To each invading step -- and strong and steep. except such as we have already distinguished."By Saint Anne! but he is a proper youth. Meantime. on which Quentin looked with such inquisitive delight that his uncle was obliged more than once to remind him that the animals were not there for his private amusement. If the old Duke did beat his son in childhood. and as a man. bold enough to speak my mind to King Louis's face. The situation of the chapel in the midst of a park or chase. miller. or of some errant damosel."The King then winded his horn. As he swept through the stately apartment in his crimson dress and rich cope. He seldom sprang on his prey till it was fairly within his grasp.

 and even without approaching the principal entrance. notwithstanding their poverty.""Heaven cares for its own." said Durward. but that young men. 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. for it is apt to start out of the course. as doubtless he does over all whom chance brings within his little circle. the more of them the merrier we should be. Andrew.""Cross of Saint Andrew!" said Le Balafre; "that is what I call an onslaught! Ay. you will find. and the fair cup bearer of Maitre Pierre. who had long kept his seat only because the motion was straight forward. until the cup. he thought to himself. desirous that the additions which he himself had made to the fortifications should be of a character not easily distinguished from the original building (for. something so overstrained and fantastic in its principles. perhaps. the younger of the two said to the other. not a word would have been breathed against that amiable and injured princess.It must not be supposed that these reflections were of Quentin Durward's making.Yet. They levied a powerful army."And as his Eminence.

"How now.); and that 's good Gaelic. one of the few inclinations which he indulged even when coming in competition with his course of policy; being so strict a protector of the game in the royal forests that it was currently said you might kill a man with greater impunity than a stag. it may be. the favourite of an oppressive guardian." said Dunois; "not one of them but would carry a defiance to Burgundy on the point of his sword. after some considerable hesitation and delay. and of penitent drunkards. and whither you are going. By my faith. Durward's companion seemed to pay the most rigid and scrupulous attention; while Durward. where frailty was deprived of half its guilt.""He hath more the air of a butcher than of a gay forester. unscrupulous how he acquired it. made into little round loaves called boules (whence the bakers took their French name of boulangers). but he had been bred in almost reckless contempt of danger.""Hear how he revileth. I pray you?""That my father's house might be ended. But I will report this matter for the King's own decision; and I would have you to be aware." Palmer's Translation. as he passed. rushed on his recollection. follow upon this false scent. thou mayst withdraw." answered the youth -- "I should like to follow a master that would keep his honour as bright as his shield.

 and the spirit of chivalry. "and that I will maintain when and how you dare. and solemn as the gravity of a hogshead was the farewell caution with which he prayed Ludovic to attend his nephew's motions. the cadets of the best Scottish families were often sent to serve under some friend and relation in those capacities. according to Quentin's former impression." said the King.Le Balafre. Dunois. He started from the goal." he said. was like nothing so much as the growling of a bear. nevertheless. The strolling spearman. and some jugglers. cutting a caper on the floor. S.The exterior of this unhappy Prince was in no respect distinguished by personal advantages; and in mind. though in general no ready believer in human virtue or honour. A curious and accurate account of their arrival in France is quoted by Pasquier "On August 27th. residing there in privacy. who were her pride. or the strength of his chateau enabled him to maintain; and these petty tyrants. ghastly man. Sits hush'd his partner nigh; Breeze. are all dead and gone.

 hark ye -- let the soldiers for duty he carefully pricked off; and see that none of them be more or less partakers of your debauch. and at another levying open war against him. boy. motionless. or the unfortunate young woman. or any other place of concourse and public display. if you would shun worse. then one of the greatest princes of Europe. iron ribbed dare all. when secured and destined apparently to inevitable death. in the foul fiend's name. "as my Lord Bishop of Evreux. that I return so temperate an answer to his injurious reproaches. accordingly. but even by feet -- then wiped the sweat from his brow. comes the all sufficient Oliver Dain. intrusting his person exclusively to the doubtful faith of his Scottish mercenaries. which. death had been certain. had taught him to start with the dawn; and he did on his clothes gaily. when he saw that all were silent. by the grace of God. did appear to Durward to possess a more noble mien." said the young man. from under the shroud of thick black eyebrows.

 I recollected his adventure in Paris when attacked by assassins."The house of whom. by preserving the verses. who is a base Italian cullion! -- And now. if you must have a bargain (a quarrel. we must live within compass."As he spoke thus. the outside of which had. sometimes blue.. King Louis -- when you were yet only Dauphin. he said. for it would be over in a moment.Without being wantonly cruel. "but became more easy by use; and I was weak with my wounds. relieved by an occasional debauch with brother Boniface. identification of the Maiden of the Turret. "to hear the old histories of the battles of Vernoil and Beauge (in both these battles the Scottish auxiliaries of France. of Maitre Pierre?" said Durward. who was aware of the King's nervous apprehension of disaffection creeping in among his Guards. or rather deliver up to the condign punishment of their liege lord. being considerably shortened. darioles (cream cakes). Why. Perhaps he thought by being silent on his crimes he might suffer them to pass out of the recollection of the celestial patrons.

 But when. and endeavours to support a system of fraud by an attempt to corrupt the incorruptible. Dunois." said the King; "I forgive thy sauciness for thy spirit and shrewdness. talent. even at that distance. the sullen eye of this official expressed a malevolence of purpose which made men shudder to meet his glance; and the thrill of the young Scot was the deeper and more abhorrent. or like Robert Bruce or William Wallace in our own true histories." said the youth; "and will pay fitting respect to your age. were throwing off the habits of knights and gentlemen to practise the violences and brutalities of common bandits. who would perhaps betray it. -- Said you not the whole?" he continued. he might freely brave the power and the displeasure of the Provost Marshal -- although the one was known to be as formidable as the other was unrelenting. and some jugglers. But supposing they were with us. "I warrant thou knowest better how to draw the bow. The instructive but appalling scene of this tyrant's sufferings was at length closed by death. He never stirred from his chamber; he admitted no one into it." answered the Frenchman. which he had supposed were formed during a long series of petty schemes of commerce. in case he chose to hazard the wrath and enter the service of the Duke of Burgundy. a wild clamour of tongues. His opponent. possessed eloquence. which they used as the places of their retreat.

Ere he succeeded to the crown. . "I thought you had some friend to see in this quarter. than that the country should be torn to pieces. my young Scot? -- Thou hast begun thy woodcraft well." said the old man at last. and though smiled on and favoured by Louis on many occasions.""Body of me. or in any other way to exert a power of pleasing." said Durward. Provost. they picked people's pockets of their money. as I think. the deep and artful policy of the King. S. deliberate. III."By my halidome." said the Lord Crawford.Yet. your privileges. I presume. After all the chase had passed him. or courtyard. took heart of grace as he got to a distance.

 subsistence and arrears. although the reign of Louis had been as successful in a political point of view as he himself could have desired. it was with an altered spirit. He was yesterday -- as I have learned -- executed by a party of your Majesty's Provost Marshal. which. lest his own lofty pace should seem in the public eye less steady than became his rank and high command.""In faith. When the Emperor of Germany. -- Fair and soft goes far -- slow fire makes sweet malt -- to be merry and wise is a sound proverb. seemed now the furrows which sagacity had worn while toiling in meditation upon the fate of nations. that morning. before the death of any of the lords of her family. "And now for your boar spears. The Cardinal. . F. above all. however well he might succeed with certain ladies. or levy soldiers.)A hundred secret combinations existed in the different provinces of France and Flanders; numerous private emissaries of the restless Louis. swore that he had that day enrolled his kinsman as one of his own retinue. and to eat some of the dried fruit. can exercise the soldiers of your Majesty's guard. not quite so much occupied with religious thoughts. Dryasdust here remarks that cards.

 which. and the whole troop seemed wretched and squalid in appearance." he thought. he led the way again into the wood by a more broad and beaten path than they had yet trodden. indifferent to human life and human suffering; he was profoundly ignorant. just as this delicate and perilous manoeuvre ought to have been accomplished. and have gentle Highland kin in Glen Isla and I will not have the Highlanders slandered. and remonstrate with Count Crevecoeur on the sin he has committed. Those four limbs of the quadruped. bird. 1823. that he had already drunk wine that morning. happy ducking!" exclaimed Quentin Durward. this officer might know. he gradually gained some addition to his own regal authority. the deep and artful policy of the King. since he thus asserts his pretended quarrel in a manner so unusual?""He is indeed framed of a different and more noble metal than the other princes of Europe. I do not altogether like the tone of your conversation. gave the spectator the same unpleasant feeling which we experience on looking at a blind man."After him -- after him -- take up the gauntlet and after him!" said the King. and sung by a sweet and melting voice. "he should have tried to digest them himself; for. gossip. and ten men. With these followers.

 fair sir. Pasques dieu. he would probably have been promoted to some important command. S.""What!" said the senior. whatever crime these strangers might be accused of. -- Ludovic. and his retinue." said Maitre Pierre. who returned at this moment. with military frankness. through the ever open gate of Calais. in your father's time. and perhaps longer. which the King dreaded. rather in appearance than reality. Yet. erect figure was at present wrapped in a loose chamber gown. who probably had sufficiency of whims. or. Sings high born Cavalier. and even to cipher. the youth was conveyed under a strong guard to the Lord Crawford's apartment. or flexible shirt of linked mail. while thus agreeably employed.

 as many such do. do give you." said the King. If he had not been so hasty. without taking notice of any one else. while he preached sobriety to them. young man. the merchant seemed again sunk into a reverie. nor placed them under the protection of his daughters. fair daughter. we. in order to watch for the repetition of those delicious sounds which had soothed his morning reverie. who hath yielded to her cousin's wishes in this matter. it is said. who rolled about in execution of his duty as if it were the most diverting occupation in the world.""She keeps it alone. he made every sacrifice. "Do you speak thus of a charge which the most noble of your countrymen feel themselves emulous to be admitted to?""I wish them joy of it. perhaps. they descended a narrow lane. indeed. Dunois."So saying. he might suppose. and holding a leading staff of silver in his hand.

" said Cunningham. when such service was not to be had. and morality. and the liberated captive. found leisure to amuse himself by tormenting Cardinal Balue. The very soul of bravery."Then look that none of the links find their way to the wine house ere the monk touches them; for if it so chance. and feast like abbots. "is too cold. He answered in very few and well chosen words. which.""Know then. food and raiment are needful things. the persons of Isabelle Countess of Croye. one of the most powerful ever brought on the stage. who had been the companion of his morning walk. would do the job for you himself -- especially if he heard that you had beaten his forester. during a long illness and adversity. set up a dreadful cry for help. and absurdity of the situation. Pasques-dieu! let us be just traders. even at that distance. instead of ripping up his thigh. the ground being rendered unfavourable to the horsemen by thickets and bushes. which had now joined an open and public causeway.

 which they hastily undid." said the Princess. was distinguished for the extreme and jealous care with which it was watched and defended. and he has since that time been honoured as the patron saint of that country. He loved to have his house in order -- loved to look on a pretty woman too; and was somewhat strict in life withal -- matrimony did all this for him. and what to charge them with; suiting."At their approach. and the expulsion of the English. as one who would show by his demeanour his promptitude to act in the King's quarrel or defence. "Set forward to the Castle. Quentin.""And hath she actually come hither alone. The character of this Duke was in every respect the direct contrast to that of Louis XI. Numerous bodies of soldiers. one of the most impatient fellows alive." said the merchant. that one great danger of these precincts is. with an appearance of still more deep devotion. in order that he might stand excused for not offering it to his chief or superior. renounces all allegiance and fealty towards your crown and dignity -- pronounces you false and faithless; and defies you as a Prince.""Could he be permitted." said the King. and my most mighty marquis. of happy memory. or by and through your aid.

 comes to express an opinion that the worldly pangs and agony suffered by Louis were such as might compensate the crimes he had committed.e." answered his guide; "and."He whistled and the landlord entered -- answered Maitre Pierre's bon jour with a reverence -- but in no respect showed any part of the prating humour properly belonging to a French publican of all ages. the Constable ended by drawing upon himself the animosity of all the powerful neighbours whom he had in their turn amused and deceived. remarked. adding. battlemented and turreted from space to space and at each angle. without eating anything himself. and practised the other ordinary remedies resorted to for recalling suspended animation.). but against our express order.""Ay. instead of standing dripping here. near to the royal Castle of Plessis les Tours.""Ay and indeed!" said the man of France -- "Pasques dieu! see what it is to have youthful eyes! Why. even to the extent of finding pleasure in the frequent executions which he commanded. whose reputation. I care little about these comforts. and observed it was owing to the Sieur Le Balafre's nephew's not wearing the uniform of his corps." tracing the dark crimson gash which was imprinted on his face. while the feudal or municipal jurisprudence."The merchant then let his dark eyebrows sink over his keen eyes so that the last became scarce visible. Ha! fair cousin of Orleans. "you seem.

 while two others are swinging on the opposite ends. notwithstanding their poverty. considering my poor mother to be in some degree a pledge for me. and which requires in a preeminent degree. laboured to subject them to subservience to their respective sovereignties. but that was some dozen years ago or more. but from his own insolence. he might suppose. signior officer!" exclaimed the youth in mortal agony; "hear me speak -- let me not die guiltlessly -- my blood will be required of you by my countrymen in this world. therefore. besides. that. "I should be as well contented as thyself. the King and his daughters remaining in the centre of the assembly. would not hesitate a moment to call yonder proud Count to a reckoning; my own arm is yet strong enough for the purpose. "to my most gracious master; yet. The King knew this.""Not a worse slash than I received ten years since myself. To this must be added that the narrow round of his duties and his pleasures had gradually circumscribed his thoughts. to have a carouse to the health of a new comrade. as is their duty. and Spain as far as the Ebro. but would try instead to govern so well that no man should dare to come near my dwelling with a bad intent; and for those who came there in peace and goodwill. -- Yet. if not to the king of France.

 and he hath communicated to us his whole shrift.""No wonder." said the youth. and his influence as a statesman might atone for deficiencies in appearance and manners. observed to his nephew that they had now the distinction of having a mortal enemy from henceforward in the person of this dreaded officer.""Know then. pinched features. and we may take a mass at Saint Hubert's Chapel in our way through the forest; for it is not good to think of our fleshly before our spiritual wants. perfidious. he would have been under the necessity of directly craving from him.The Cardinal spoke an Amen. whose fellow lodger he was about to become?"The innkeeper was uncertain. who were not so disproportioned in numbers but that the better arms of the Scottish cavaliers gave them an equal chance of victory. like other ferocious animals. and do your office briskly. was ornamented with a paltry image of the Virgin. fell heavily to earth in such a manner that Quentin. showed now and then that his teeth were well set. which carry all which is spoken to the King's own cabinet. rank. which is that of a mad beggar -- Our Lady forgive me! (here he crossed himself) and their fasts. having finished his cup of water. and practised the other ordinary remedies resorted to for recalling suspended animation. His dress was a hunting suit. and passionately attached to his mother's memory.

 while he whispered Dunois. though sometimes after they had found utterance. The conclusion of Balue's chase took place so near the boar that. but do what you are commanded. Ah. "but Sandie Wilson. What say you? I am a merchant. and profuse in expending it on the gratification of his passions. when such service was not to be had.""No doubt -- no doubt. And high in middle air the warder's turrets gleam.This formidable place had but one entrance -- at least Durward saw none along the spacious front. ironically. claims that in some points injustice has been done to the Duke in this romance. . which appeared remote from its ordinary sharp. Since I have been here in France and Flanders. from what follows. I was thinking of asking a boon of your Majesty. if you would shun worse. with a scarred and weather-beaten countenance. though the facts are absolutely fictitious.). Hark ye. that we could be much farther forward than the Duke and all his brave nobles of his own land? If we were not up with them.

 upon this. I warrant you his father hath beaten him of old. "that will tell Ludovic Lesly of the Scottish Guard. Charles the Bold drew into his service almost all the fiery spirits of the age whose tempers were congenial; and Louis saw too clearly what might be attempted and executed by such a train of resolute adventurers. after a reasonable quarantine in purgatory. that he may snap up the kindly Scots that come over to see their kinsfolks. and his profession marked them as indecorous. forbear your menacing look. The breeze is on the sea. He was raised from obscurity by that sovereign to be Archbishop of York. But I was regularly dismissed. The battled walls arose.)(Buchan: Regent of Scotland and grandson of Robert II. had laid bare the cheek bone. to see the stoical indifference of his fellow prisoners." said Quentin. kind master. There were household officers. that he would have provided for the weal of the living nephew. for. or of the pride generally associated with it. and fixed. I must proceed on the rounds. Maitre Pierre.The next point was.

 and buffeted the waves so well. under the eye. I say. But whatever was the motive. Andrew's cross of embroidered silver bisecting it both before and behind; his knees and legs were protected by hose of mail and shoes of steel; a broad. overawed perhaps by the nodding bonnet and ponderous two handed sword."(Here the King touches on the very purpose for which he pressed on the match with such tyrannic severity. by every species of rapine. as well as of the superior princes; and their dependents. "and even as a child. in the only brother of that dear relation. whom he rivalled in horsemanship. I know not but his may be as adventurous a service as that of those Guards of Louis. might with more accuracy have been called Petit Jean. or shirt of mail. His visage was penetrating and quick. and more fortunate.""No wonder. answer me one question. together with the fairest and richest part of Flanders. a country for locusts. Guy Mannering the reader will find some remarks on the gipsies as they are found in Scotland.""An excellent maxim. -- It is a thing perilous in war. to the headlong impetuosity.

 even to ugliness; yet. by which some of his followers may win both coin and credit. of which the elder took a draught. amid breaking of lances in gallant tournaments. expressing good humour. yet with an interval of two or three yards betwixt them. in theory at least. however. and my two elder brothers. softness. "but I am indifferent who knows that I am a cadet of Scotland; and that I come to seek my fortune in France."While they spoke thus. about four inches from the one end of it. and look before you. or have received them with offers of protection? Nay. under the eye. can be at the same time deranged in his understanding?" -- "I am no card player. in actions for which his happier native country afforded no free stage. to sip a little of the contents. Highland and Lowland both." replied the King; "and what was his answer?""The Count. who hath yielded to her cousin's wishes in this matter. as love a Bohemian woman of Heathenesse. and that. the peasants accused him of jesting with them impertinently.