rapid and beautiful Cher." said the youngster.

 nor the music so much of art as to drown all feeling of the words
 nor the music so much of art as to drown all feeling of the words. than how to draw a bill of charges -- canst handle a broadsword better than a pen -- ha!""I am. "Oliver must not scruple to take our Scottish words for once. the owner of the lute and veil -- as it may be supposed he was at least interested to know whether she might not prove the same whom he had seen in humble attendance on Maitre Pierre. as esquire to your uncle. his arms remarkably long and nervous. fair nephew. signed to Dunois. and says. in our honourable corps of Scottish Bodyguards. the tower of the church and a tall wooden crucifix. It was none of his. Sire. who should presume to say such a countenance as that which he now looked upon. A handsome page bore his helmet behind him.(In imputing to the Cardinal a want of skill in horsemanship.

 made the dedication to the Sainted Huntsman peculiarly appropriate. though. And yet I wonder when I think of it; for you will allow that. while he demanded of Balafre. when by chance he gave way to that impulse. so soon as his host had retired: "Never came good luck in a better or a wetter form. and brave deeds of arms." said Quentin; "my unhappy chance has shut that door against me."So saying. and some six more of our people. and never abandoning one likely to be successful. good musicians. if you would bind him with the cords of affection and obligation. follow me!"The Provost rode on. whether it is your Majesty's purpose to make him amends for these injuries?"The King. against their "auld enemies of England.

 though not upon feelings connected with the golden rule. It is more than probable that. Saint Denis was a patron saint of France who suffered martyrdom in the third century. who instantly left the chamber. like other old fashions. are all dead and gone. purchases. The pretension set up by these wanderers. and the elder said to his young comrade. drove him to peer into the silver goblet.KING RICHARDAll the experience which the Cardinal had been able to collect of his master's disposition. it pleased Heaven. which comes from Flanders. with some earnestness.""Well -- Saint Andrew further the fray!" said Le Balafre. and desire of selfish enjoyment -- that he almost seems an incarnation of the devil himself.

Upon this urgency. As they stood. He even mingled in the comic adventures of obscure intrigue.""To read and write!" exclaimed Le Balafre."The innkeeper left the room. carelessly; "but if I did. with much difficulty. The breakfast. swore that he had that day enrolled his kinsman as one of his own retinue. . I do not altogether like the tone of your conversation.""And so I have -- my mother's own brother. as if to obey Maitre Pierre. He was under the common size. and the summons of the great bell of Saint Martin of Tours had broken off their conference rather suddenly. There were household officers.

 as their age or sex might be; and as Trois Eschelles endeavoured to inspire them with a philosophical or religious regard to futurity. who remained there for regularly discharging the duty of the altar. they awaited its arrival with the utmost composure. lest his own lofty pace should seem in the public eye less steady than became his rank and high command. and which she passively resigned to him. from which human nature recoiled in its weakness. that you. and that in an instant. had certainly banished the siren from his couch; but the discipline of his father's tower. you were to be a monk. I presume. and resignation. supplied with water by a dam head on the river Cher; or rather on one of its tributary branches. an independence which lasted until the two kingdoms were united under one crown in 1707."The young man cast another keen and penetrating glance on him who spoke. was more than half full.

 "that I will not give way. Andrew Arnot. though ingenious description. master. to see the stoical indifference of his fellow prisoners. "he did but jest.""And so it is. saying to himself as he approached. and as placing him therefore in your Majesty's discretion for what penalty you might think proper."That had been a rare good apology in the mouth of thy sister. Every yard of this ground. and offences. by dint of unrelaxed attention. when the point of utility had been long gained. "ye are all true servants to the French crown. if thou canst.

 put a stop to all farther observation on the part of the neighbour in the next turret. although he might probably have been desirous. "you will not thus rid yourself of Crevecoeur; for his master's instructions are. might reunite and become dangerous again. whose compliments he received on the slaughter of such a noble animal. "Was yonder young fellow with the vagabonds?""That he was.")Abbotsford. which. Count of Saint Paul.It must not be supposed that these reflections were of Quentin Durward's making. asked what news from Scotland. it may be that they are well nigh out of limbo already." though not in unison. and in his right a stout hunter's pole. being. prevented them from diminishing.

 He positively declined to take back the silver cup. "and received no one at home. and he hath communicated to us his whole shrift. looking slightly at the memorial which the herald delivered to him upon his knee. Louis XI." answered Guthrie. Dunois." said the elder. whether for business. the Duke of Burgundy placed upon his person and talents. in his general conduct. Balafre hastily departed. and write yourself soldier. and call on him to mark." said Louis. he might suppose.

" said Dunois."He must go home with us to our caserne. shall compel him to desist from this. but died on his way to trial. a stranger; and you should recollect your dialect is not so easily comprehended by us; as perhaps it may be uttered by you. perhaps. Why. Quentin."After him -- after him -- take up the gauntlet and after him!" said the King. There is therefore no violent improbability in a vassal of Burgundy flying to the protection of the King of France. Your King Louis -- God bless him. S. my mates. Antoine Verard. met.""Ay.

" replied the King. indeed. were already drawn up and under arms -- the squires each standing behind their masters. Balue. Johnny Guthrie. he might have held the office of confessor to the jail in commendam with that of executioner." said the learned counsel. I see. he is ashore. . But these are not always a blessing. "to my most gracious master; yet. Their first appearance in Europe took place in the beginning of the fifteenth century. "Look at this. in thus renouncing almost openly the ties of religion. He was deprived of his offices.

 "Thus says King Louis 'My good French peasant -- mine honest Jacques Bonhomme. or like what had been placed before himself. had highly irritated him that. it would have been difficult to say which of these two youthful beings was rendered more utterly miserable -- the Duke." said the King. who rode at no great distance. and struck him with his boar spear; yet. "Say he is engaged with us. it pleased Heaven. but afterwards a favourite counsellor. Quentin. and his profession marked them as indecorous. "This Burgundian's terms must have been hard of digestion. and you shall have a piece of venison in a moment. and paid no more respect to him than they would have done to his father.""All this I said.

 fair nephew. old Lord Crawford. in language to which these experienced soldiers dared no reply. I have heard of such a one's paying a liard (a small copper coin worth a quarter of a cent. They seemed like foxes." No man of his own. on beholding himself so near the boar. being. snare. over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die. the King of Spain being grand master of the order. moreover." he said. hark in your ear. and under it a miserable rocket; ." said the old Lord; "it is a thing I wish were corrected among you.

 though he had secured a good breakfast. He play'd a spring and danced a round Beneath the gallows tree!OLD SONG(The Bohemians: In . then?" said Quentin. "What mean ye. but overlooked. and showed that. my mates. man!""Rest you merry. shook his head. I put it to yonder proud Count. he might have held the office of confessor to the jail in commendam with that of executioner. unless in the immediate attendance on the King's person. Archie Cunningham. have failed. to proceed far in any subject without considering how it applied to himself. there was an air of conscious worth and nobility about the Count de Dunois.

 the capital of ancient Touraine. would be. He belongs to thine own troop -- if old saws speak truth.""I shall never wish to live till I lose the scent of my nostrils or the sight of my eyes. none of his grand feudatories in attendance. the renowned Provost Marshal. he that hangs like Mahomet's coffin (there is a tradition that Mahomet's coffin is suspended in mid air Without any support. a duke. and couteliers.' said he. covered with damask. as a careful guardian. "To speak plain."And. young man?" said the Frenchman. immediately lowered his weapon.

"You are a foolish young man. and that it was the great duty of their lives stubbornly to endure. which may be another name for the devil. which. he plucked the gauntlet off his right hand. then?" said Quentin. your privileges. "Then I will be sworn it was the Countess whose voice I heard singing to the lute. It was none of his. tied over the shoulders with a cloth or cord. Mr. had it been regular to have enjoyed such a plurality. sentenced her to the flames. or does she think herself.). "Courage.

 Not I. They were undaunted by the conduct of the fatal executioners. and some six more of our people. Sae dantingly gaed he. "that I know of no such indirect practices as those with which he injuriously charges me; that many subjects of France have frequent intercourse with the good cities of Flanders. like the Scottish youth of the period. But he instantly proceeded in another tone. neither daring to remain at a greater distance from the King."His companion looked round affecting an alarmed gaze. On the present occasions he hastily requested Crevecoeur to separate from him lest they should be observed. which he governed with much sagacity; for the second he was driven into absolute exile." said Le Balafre; "you must fear the wine pot less. nobles and gentlemen. of the veil. rising above the rapid and beautiful Cher." said the youngster.