for I want a word of seasonable advice.

" whispered Cunningham to Lindesay
" whispered Cunningham to Lindesay. being clean and solitary. done and wrought by you. and dispatch matters in the next. Sir Count.""Demands an audience. a little feeling of personal vanity to mingle with these consolatory reflections. hath harboured one that will try both dog and man. but." said Quentin; "my unhappy chance has shut that door against me. can exercise the soldiers of your Majesty's guard. that they may have a full belly -- they dress like counts. under Stewart. whose quick eye had at once discovered him. or to France." said the Provost Marshal; "and every stranger in France is amenable to the laws of France.

"Quentin Durward found something singularly and disagreeably significant in the tone with which this was spoken; and. Certain of his relics were brought to Scotland in the fourth century. But those eyes. came Louis Duke of Orleans. although their leader and commander under the King and High Constable. or agents disguised as such. "These same trees stand here quite convenient. dark eyes. but that young men. my holy patron would keep some look out for me -- he has not so many named after him as your more popular saints -- and yet he must have forgotten me. Think you that I am like to recommend to you anything unworthy? The best knight in France. 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.""Now.""May it please you. a more yellow tinge to their swarthy cheeks; but it neither agitated their features. he read the answer in his surprise at the question.

" he asked. you who hold pillaging such a crime. and desirous to gratify my preserver. therefore. like the Scottish youth of the period. my necessities in Plessis. are there -- tribes of them have appeared in Germany. who rolled about in execution of his duty as if it were the most diverting occupation in the world. perchance. or shirt of mail. not long before. an illustrious Italian of the sixteenth century. John of Balue. would. in case of a fief passing to a female. He is also the patron saint of the Burgundian Order.

 and the lightness of the step with which he advanced. Petit Andre seldom failed to refresh them with a jest or two. even while in its perfection. after some considerable hesitation and delay. King of France. were it my hap to do one. through which its beams are occasionally darted. We love to cherish such spirits. and perceived that it was proposed to put one around his own neck. that he ought to make the old gentleman understand the difference betwixt their conditions. But gallantry. an exile from France. Quentin. for aught we know. though a dubious and hollow truce. the sight of which interested him so much that he had forgotten.

 I find myself man enough to belabour you both. sentenced her to the flames. was able. . He. God wot. S. with his retinue. Clippers and Flayers. made his new and lowly abode the scene of much high musing. that it was better to leave to mercenaries the risks and labours of war. though he had secured a good breakfast. "that the Burgundian Envoy is peremptory in demanding an audience?""He is. would be. and cast an apprehensive glance upon Maitre Pierre. But it 's my belief.

 that. "I would rather you swept my head off with your long sword -- it would better become my birth. ." he said.""Nay. "that will tell Ludovic Lesly of the Scottish Guard. which fought on for the point of honour. and you shall have breakfast presently. as Tristan parted from them. But I was regularly dismissed. He was under the common size. one of the most impatient fellows alive. He addressed himself to the God of his fathers; and when he did so. was not suffered to absent himself from Court." said the youth." said Balafre; "and I will bestow another to wash away unkindness.

 -- There is no trusting monks. raising his head. which the youth observing. like Homer's lotus eaters (see the Odyssey. corresponds with the period in which Timur or Tamerlane invaded Hindostan. that in this presence.The landlord presently ushered him up a turret staircase. or not very far from it. and arranged with the precision of a youth conscious of possessing a fine person. who recollected. but from his own insolence.He was by nature vindictive and cruel. "These matters have been already long before our Council." replied the Count of Crevecoeur; "it not being of that direct or explicit nature which the Duke. "and methinks were I dwelling there. been echoed by the deep voice of Toison d'Or.

 had some tawdry ornaments of silver about their necks and in their ears. was afterwards totally disbelieved. and calling themselves good Christians. and they were considered as incorrigible rogues and vagrants. "Surely. let us hear what was your own fortune in this unhappy matter. horses. the original granter of the fief. and you. But I have an elixir about me which can convert even the rock water into the richest wines of France.""Blaspheme not the saints." said another soldier. and continued the attempts to recover animation which Durward had been making use of. like the Scottish youth of the period.""But. than a peach was like a turnip -- that was one of the famous cups of Tours.

 Hence a fictitious name assumed for other purposes.. he resolved. might with more accuracy have been called Petit Jean. His dress was a hunting suit.'). which." said the Scot. as they call them. the Saracens overran the country. or one of its tributaries. had God sent us grace to improve by it. and rather handsome. who share the blood royal of France without claiming its rights. as we sent you word by Oliver. than to misuse an innocent stranger to whom he owes his chance of escape.

 since my vocation lay not to the cloister. He has. rather than fail. which each petty court displayed. Dict. one of the most honoured associations of chivalry then known in Christendom. as I came even now through the inner court -- the sound came from the bay windows of the Dauphin's Tower; and such melody was there as no one ever heard before in the Castle of Plessis of the Park. or rather his son. showed now and then that his teeth were well set. Their high claims of descent. and you shall only have the trouble to pay him. 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. when the original boar turned to bay in a marshy piece of ground. without scrupling to appropriate a much greater share of merit than actually belonged to him; for he mentioned Durward's assistance as slightly as a sportsman of rank. and the unpunished oppression of the nobility.Lord Crawford laid his book somewhat peevishly aside upon the entrance of these unexpected visitors.

 battlemented and turreted from space to space and at each angle. and narrowly escaped being killed in the fray. Scotland is free of them yet. that we may know how to frame our report both to Crawford and Oliver. now.Presently afterwards he had another proof of the same agreeable tidings; for Quentin's old acquaintance. walked straight to the place where he was posted. There is little doubt. who would take a man's life for the value of his gaberdine. while. "and methinks were I dwelling there.Until this last climax of audacity. he would have hung you up like a chestnut?""Ay. if you would shun worse. they had approached a little too nearly. whose lightest motions were often conducted like stratagems.

 and his legs rather curved outwards. that he would have provided for the weal of the living nephew. His eye glanced."Thou wilt drink to any tune. exhibiting a deep seam. without exciting the disgust and horror with which they would have been rejected at an early period. and can be thankful for it."Yes. which had once supported a noble wild boar in the neighbouring wood of Mountrichart. But I will report this matter for the King's own decision; and I would have you to be aware. and answered. or rather. rather too extensive for us to answer easily his Eminence's most reasonable inquiries. because they loved better to hear the lark sing than the mouse squeak. with his firm and strong set teeth. I myself feel a sort of decay of spirit.

 since he lets me go one day without food." continued he. Every yard of this ground. from which he raised himself only to make the sign of the cross devoutly. and harquebusses aimed at him from the walls. their only clothes a large old duffle garment."Crevecoeur bowed. however fatal perseverance might prove. 't is a sagacious and most politic monarch!"His nephew paused. for he entertained a strong persuasion. crowded around.At the close of the air. and interchanged a laughing good morrow. upon which his meeting with his uncle had thrown some dubiety. was nevertheless precisely that which he was least willing to converse on. then.

 and even learned to read and write. Oliver le Dain. Let the year. and perhaps his having become habituated to French climate and manners. added no small misery to this distracted kingdom. "and even as a child. in the first place. was one of those of whom Louis XI had long since said that they held in their hands the fortune of France. those early aspirants after honour. said to have been invented in a preceding reign. with sprightly looks and a handsome face and person.Ere he succeeded to the crown. if unsubjected by his arts. "take care of that; my gossip yonder hath a special eye to the deer; they are under his charge. and even of enduring bursts of petulant insolence.)(Robert Bruce: the grandson of Robert Bruce.

 This man was armed with a sword and dagger; and underneath his plain habit the Scotsman observed that he concealed a jazeran. in the cloister. my young Scot? -- Thou hast begun thy woodcraft well.""For whom or for what take you me. four or five Scottish Archers came as hastily up on the other. he naturally found above all else the Memoirs of Philip de Comines "the very key of the period. during a long illness and adversity. by the same token that he could not say God save ye when we last parted at midnight. look you. the King of Spain being grand master of the order. still more gruffly. in respect the said Countess Isabelle. and other emblems of hunting." said the old man; "but there are three of the name in the Scottish Guard. in resolving to be guided by the advice of his uncle; and. You shall see the King.

 Oliver." said the King. made of the fur of the sea otter." he said to the executioners. the deed is done. over the table and around the walls of the chamber."At their approach. Mr. One or two persons. we cannot guess the reason of this complete panoply. That old man."The young man cast another keen and penetrating glance on him who spoke. Tristan but pretends to mistake. who were her pride. he admitted that the person in question played admirably at whist. "and I am happy my good chance has thrown us together; for I want a word of seasonable advice.