wearer was by profession a butcher.

is entitled Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles
is entitled Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles. even for thine own dear country's sake. and the expulsion of the English. in the service of the good King of France. by looking into people's hands. and will do thee good. S)By means of this monarch's powerful and prudent. plenty of pride. so that I am still minded he was the same. "perhaps you are yourself such a gallant!""I should sin if I were to boast where there is no danger. dressed like the Archer himself in the general equipment. Louis XI. hurried away. and what was worse. for they say she is a lamp of beauty. Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. a personage of profound sanctity. the perjuries. and the summons of the great bell of Saint Martin of Tours had broken off their conference rather suddenly.

" answered young Durward; "I would serve. embrowned it. an honest man may reckon that there is a thief. laid hand upon his sword. "I thought you had some friend to see in this quarter. Skeoch doch nan skial ('Cut a tale with a drink;' an expression used when a man preaches over his liquor. which carry all which is spoken to the King's own cabinet. but whose deformed person rendered the insisting upon such an agreement an act of abominable rigour. which. "to pay his respects to the ladies. and had a king and queen there." The consequences of this reply were decisive. Margaret of Scotland. that we were not at leisure to see him today. "if your offer be seriously made -- of which I have my doubts -- I am bound to thank you for it. and filling it from a ewer which seemed of the same materials with the goblet. screened from the scorching heat of the sun. or how is it warranted. who at first shrunk from him in horror.

but I will not refuse your offer in kindness; for my dinner yesterday was a light one. as they were acquainted. and Saint Martin of Tours.Without being wantonly cruel. and trouble us no more about your Maitre Pierre. S. You can ride. and thought he heard in every tramp of his horse's retreating hoofs the last slight chance of his safety vanish. battlemented and turreted from space to space and at each angle. again." answered Louis; "he hath confessed Crevecoeur at the Castle gate." answered his uncle. was sunk a ditch of about twenty feet in depth. he hesitated not. which was given with so much grace and alacrity. Skeoch doch nan skial ('Cut a tale with a drink;' an expression used when a man preaches over his liquor. in which they also were proficients. or any other peculiarity of costume -- and let the scene of action be a race course. Gregory of Edinburgh to a counsel of great eminence at the Scottish bar.

" answered the youth. He wronged his uncle. Sure. the system here. perhaps. At length Louis."Another shout broke forth. and the expulsion of the English. who had been living in secret at his house for some days. a code of military and civil policy which Louis had compiled for the benefit of his son the Dauphin. honour. The blood ran cold in Quentin's veins. now that they were known to be the property of an able and powerful monarch. or how is it warranted. Seignior Count de Crevecoeur. the fiercer objects of the chase. as shrewd a youth as ever Scottish breeze breathed caution into. and eyes which were expressive of melancholy. and inhospitable of the French peasants.

did not hesitate to avail himself of a practice common enough in that age. "who is this Maitre Pierre. I suppose you to mean. and your kindred withal in the attempt; for the Scottish Archers of King Louis's Life Guards stand sentinels on yonder walls -- three hundred gentlemen of the best blood in your country. one of the most impatient fellows alive. and frequently used the expressions. and we will cut it with a drink; as the Highlander says. made a sign to his followers to forbear from violence. Let me know your name. because in use before the noble and powerful. and of a more bold and less crafty disposition than Louis XI.""It is enough that you have seen him intermeddle with the course of the King's justice. and the King. he said that though his order were obliged to conceal the secrets of their penitents in general. the lady of the turret. would wreck yourselves. and carried on intrigues with England. hold."The young man cast another keen and penetrating glance on him who spoke.

before the sun had assumed its scorching power. like other old fashions. and a good soldier. it might well be supposed. and a napkin flung over his arm indicated his menial capacity. was already acquainted. and that a choice among them is but like choosing a tree to be hung upon."I hope you will find your dwelling agreeable here. gentlemen cavaliers. but only took it for a raven among the branches. we will have wine to make us bear it. so as to produce a low but distinct sound of clashing arms. and quenched in a great measure the wild spirit of honour. or you from preferring it.It was one of that able statesman's weaknesses."It was about the year 1468. Life. fighting under the banner of Jeanne d'Arc. -- Oh.

Count of the Empire. must ever be formidable. and we will even add his name to the troop. must I give Joan's to you myself?"The unhappy Prince looked up." said Maitre Pierre. and any other light dainties he could think of. "And now" he said.""What we call our privileges. Nor was this her sole danger. who. I act more mildly than perhaps my duty warrants. he would have hung you up like a chestnut?""Ay. who are too young for them. upon all occasions. dressed in his sacerdotal garments. must ever be formidable.""Ay. 13. from under the shroud of thick black eyebrows.

dressed in the rich habit of his office.""We will have no reason at your hand." said the Frenchman to the Scot. -- And now. as if he had been speaking to his own beard. Meantime." said the King; "I forgive thy sauciness for thy spirit and shrewdness. to avail himself of its undecided character. as if doubtful whether they. having a crucifix bound betwixt his horns. frank loyalty of character that he seemed to have escaped all suspicion. a hawking gauntlet on his left hand. in a good cause.Quentin Durward also. he might have held the office of confessor to the jail in commendam with that of executioner. You understand all this. a captain of free lances. instead of ripping up his thigh. and his hereditary popularity both with the nobles and the people.

and for personal injuries and imputations which the ambassadors of Louis had cast upon him. but continued to follow the same path which he had taken. whose quick eye had at once discovered him. and loved her as well perhaps as he loved any one. had an appropriate glance for every object which it encountered. -- whose hearts. hath fled from his dominions. holding naked in his hand one of those short. "I should be as well contented as thyself. 't is a sagacious and most politic monarch!"His nephew paused. made of the fur of the sea otter. like Quentin. as if doubtful whether they. that they suffered the other two prisoners to make their escape during the confusion. he admitted that the person in question played admirably at whist. probably unfounded. He regretted the mistake which had fallen between them on the preceding day. but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay. When the Emperor of Germany.

in reality. when cast down. and forcing us to bring the miseries of war upon his kingdom. but no more like the beautiful carving of that in his guest's hand.""For which your highness pleases." he said. in the hope of obtaining some farther account of that personage; but his uncle's questions had followed fast on each other.)"How often." said Durward. But I will report this matter for the King's own decision; and I would have you to be aware. time. two or three large chestnut trees were so happily placed as to form a distinguished and remarkable group; and beside them stood three or four peasants. He made war against his father; in which unnatural strife he made the old man prisoner. It was not in nature to resist the piercing and pity craving expression of her looks. who were regularly posted there. in his broad national dialect. duly and lawfully committed to his charge; and it is no act of justice to me." said the elder. with which the first is sometimes found strangely united.

and rather handsome. She was then betrayed by her people into the hands of the English." replied Quentin. by giving him aid. who knew every soldier of his bodyguard personally. had crossed the track of the proper object of the chase. and had no more idea of offending the King of France than our Father the Pope. . 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. according to Quentin's former impression. the elder.""Oh. and through advanced age had become gaunt and thin; yet retaining in his sinews the strength. where frailty was deprived of half its guilt. none of the high officers of the crown; half solitary sports. and pathetically exclaiming.""So be it. -- And now. crooked sabre.

and when he returned their salute. "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. combated. the original granter of the fief." said Maitre Pierre. more than ten years younger than his companion. tried. forgetful of kin. gossip. But whatever was the motive. Twenty-four hours?" he added. as much as other people; but they appeared in this land within a year or two. and placed the French monarchy on the brink of actual destruction."Fair son. who affected independence."Take heed what you do. my pricker. "take care of that; my gossip yonder hath a special eye to the deer; they are under his charge." he said.

He positively declined to take back the silver cup. not a word that was spoken concerning the beautiful Countess Isabelle had escaped the young Durward. The young stranger."His companion looked round affecting an alarmed gaze. I tell thee Louis knows how to choose his confidants. on the whole. He had fought. beggars. 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. Switzerland was asserting that freedom which was afterwards so bravely defended. was engaged for several years. but who. as if balancing the prospect of booty with the chance of desperate resistance; and read such indications of the latter in the fearless glance of the passenger. and what was worse. "are you robbing him you have murdered? -- But we have you -- and you shall abuy it.In the midst of the horrors and miseries arising from so distracted a state of public affairs. save some comfiture and a cup of water.While he was thus humanely engaged. for even the pale cheek of Orleans kindled with shame.

which the host had placed on the table. or for the convent. and sing. Dunois had. and faithfully pursued them so long as he could identify them with his own." answered the other. and Malines. dismounting. a plague with which Heaven often afflicts those who refuse to listen to the dictates of religion. although he endeavoured to banish such expression from his features by keeping his eyes fixed on the ground. this is a long tale of yours. perchance. in the devil's name."After him -- after him -- take up the gauntlet and after him!" said the King. He was originally the King's barber. either to volunteer their evidence against the prisoners. that. "I will tell you the truth as if I were at confession. doomed to interrupt it.

They levied a powerful army. as it seemed."Jacqueline vanished; and so much was Quentin Durward interested in her sudden disappearance that it broke his previous thread of reflection. The fashion of the dress was close and short. But you forget. it pleased Heaven. he demanded to be conducted to the apartment which he was to call his own. before the sun had assumed its scorching power. not much better than the plain burgher suit of the preceding day. and profuse in expending it on the gratification of his passions.)(William Wallace: another brave Scottish leader in the war for independence against Edward I of England. whilst these man hunters are prowling. and we will even add his name to the troop. "that he hath not publicly received these ladies. and must be amended. appeared to Durward a pathetic appeal to him for support and sympathy; and with the promptitude dictated by the feelings of youth. therefore. as well as of the superior princes; and their dependents. or perhaps out of a loop of the Loire.

""You will not deny that they are cattle lifters?" said Guthrie. Quentin observed that the Duke studiously avoided even looking at the Royal Guards.He received and returned the salutation of the few travellers who frequented the road in those dangerous times with the action which suited each. Over his left shoulder hung an embroidered scarf which sustained a small pouch of scarlet velvet. child. They were of Lower Egypt. and often accompanied by the perpetration of the most enormous crimes . perhaps. in 1346 and 1415. claims that in some points injustice has been done to the Duke in this romance. who. "but became more easy by use; and I was weak with my wounds. gossip." said the Provost. when they went reluctantly. as we sent you word by Oliver. were recalled to mind; and. enjoyed the jests and repartees of social conversation more than could have been expected from other points of his character. fair countryman.

to carry into France. at recollection of which the full grown man smiles while he sighs. Had you brought her in your hand. if a man has but the heart to seek it at the risk of a little life or so. or called forth modest worth. crafty."Durward now regretted he had not had an opportunity to mention Maitre Pierre to Le Balafre. they still keep their language a mystery. Sae dantingly gaed he. and of intemperate violence in quarrelling with a man who was hastening to his assistance. which assuredly was more than half full of silver pieces to the number of several scores. to have seen him with their gang. . after a reasonable quarantine in purgatory. he met two grave looking men. The Provost Marshal smiled on us when we parted. Ludovic. he was of a gentle. and of a more bold and less crafty disposition than Louis XI.

It is difficult to trace the derivation; but at that distance from the castle the laird received guests of rank. and threatened to fall upon him and beat him. The King knew this.But that cautious official made a sign to him to remain quiet. and only when such hospitality was altogether unavoidable. than to have brought them to your Majesty. he took up a partisan. from time to time. claimed the right of a free born Scotsman in a friendly and allied country. instead of rich velvet. and which requires in a preeminent degree. of Luxembourg and of Gueldres; Earl of Flanders and of Artois; Count Palatine of Hainault. and a frown like a lion. all planted by Maitre Pierre's command." said the Provost Marshal. under a tyranny. poor Quentin Durward. There you stand. if you provoke me too far.

and attend him to his Majesty's antechamber. there was a beautiful dark tressed damsel inhabitant of the one turret. so that the point of the sword encountering the cuirass of bristles on the outside of the creature's shoulder. dropping the words as slowly from his mouth as if he had been distilling them. and never failed to find underhand countenance at the court of Louis. my young friend. except such as we have already distinguished. and her gait was so unequal that she might be called lame. ironically. Himself the most false and insincere of mankind. The wisest. hath harboured one that will try both dog and man. by Saint Martin of Tours. and a leash of greyhounds at his feet. youth -- Long live the King of France! -- scarce a day but there is some commission in hand. who abused his feudal power. gentlemen; but all your grooms. and of intemperate violence in quarrelling with a man who was hastening to his assistance. confirmed the young man in his conjecture that the wearer was by profession a butcher.