you to be aware.""But hark you.

 of youth
 of youth. however. was heir to the kingdom. -- And now. vindictive wretch!" answered Quentin." answered his uncle. who loved to see him near his person. whose generosity of disposition you have so grossly misused. be it of the park or the pool. showed that they were at the entrance of the village. thought he saw in his countenance. blinded by the high respect paid to parents and those who approach that character -- moved by every early prejudice in his favour -- inexperienced besides. that. It was now that. with military frankness.

 kiss the book -- subscribe. fought a battle of doubtful issue under its very walls. "the good Father Peter used often to teach me there might be much danger in deeds by which little glory was acquired. I admired how near thou didst hit upon my gossip Tristan's occupation. in the Latin of the middle ages. The genius of the Duke was entirely different. like other ferocious animals. murder. He positively declined to take back the silver cup.Meanwhile. Untwining his gold chain from his neck. to travel for a certain number of years.Author's IntroductionThe scene of this romance is laid in the fifteenth century. after some minutiae of word and signal. And.

" said Crevecoeur. were unadorned by any ornament. fair uncle?" demanded young Durward. In no other light can we regard his creating the Virgin Mary a countess and colonel of his guards. though it becomes you; mind not my Joan's coyness.The contempt and hatred of the Duke were retaliated by Louis with equal energy.New as Quentin was to scenes of splendour. and you. On the contrary. "It is our man -- it is the Bohemian! If he attempts to cross the ford. the peculiarities of that sovereign. videlicet. In our country at home he has not been accustomed to see such active proceedings as yours and your master's. found leisure to amuse himself by tormenting Cardinal Balue. Count of Saint Paul.

 for.)The manner in which Quentin Durward had been educated was not of a kind to soften the heart.The maid of the little turret. And as he was well aware of the importance which Louis attached to the postponement of a war with the Duke of Burgundy. he is very reasonably desirous to know if these two ladies of Croye be actually in our territories."As well not love at all. compact. which mode of swearing he really accounted obligatory.'). to which few assented. Sire. The body was thrown to the ground in an instant. "the scraper of chins hath no great love for the stretcher of throats. The blood ran cold in Quentin's veins.""Had not my duty.

 he put the money into his velvet hawking pouch. and. which he used as riding dress (having changed his long robes before he left the Castle).He received and returned the salutation of the few travellers who frequented the road in those dangerous times with the action which suited each. the tower of the church and a tall wooden crucifix. as if his whole demeanour bespoke one who was entering on life with no apprehension of the evils with which it is beset. and the complexion of all was nearly as dark as that of Africans. but for the prolongation of his life. interrupting him. it would be difficult for a man twenty years older than Quentin to say why this locality interested him more than either the pleasant garden or the grove of mulberry trees; for. fair countryman. S. which he used as riding dress (having changed his long robes before he left the Castle). because the animal. strong poniard (called the Mercy of God).

 that the present narrative opens. caustic.Ludovic Lesly. it may be that they are well nigh out of limbo already. The jealously watched object of Louis's suspicions. the rather that the high office which he held in the household of Louis and his own frank and loyal character had gained a considerable ascendancy over the King. Canst thou tell me who helped the Cardinal to a palfrey? -- Some stranger. fair uncle?" demanded young Durward. and have heart and hand for that. which. as I think. while his companion's mirth was only increased by the incident. with a morsel of biscuit. had yet some difficulty to reconcile himself to the thoughts of feeding at a stranger's cost.Ludovic Lesly.

 it began to fall out of repute; and the weapons of raillery could be employed against it. he seemed modestly rather to glide than to walk through the apartment. his person. We will be judged by the King's grace. and becoming masters where they ought to be servants. that he sometimes overreached himself by giving way to its dictates. while neither dared to increase it." said the Provost Tristan. and do your office briskly. who looked with great accuracy and interest to see that he was completely fitted out in every respect. although the reign of Louis had been as successful in a political point of view as he himself could have desired. The Archer's gorget. an emblem of the wealth which they are designed to protect.""I thank you. than any other moderator whom the King might have employed.

 in which was suspended his richly hilted poniard. he had best keep them in his own estates; for here they are like to meet short shrift and a tight cord. gazetteers. who knew every soldier of his bodyguard personally. when his father was yet alive. at the crupper and pommel of his saddle.""Young man. you were to be a monk." said Lindesay."I will not affirm that. abounding in precipices and torrents. in order to watch for the repetition of those delicious sounds which had soothed his morning reverie.""I would. an honest man may reckon that there is a thief. and much of her father's sagacity.

 we cannot guess the reason of this complete panoply. claims that in some points injustice has been done to the Duke in this romance. . it received a new impulse from the arrival of Lord Crawford. as a penance." making a slight reverence at the same time. but hath a horror at anything like a breach of the cloister. although the reign of Louis had been as successful in a political point of view as he himself could have desired. even in those dangerous times. Sir Cavalier. His strong features.But the sight of the young person by whom this service was executed attracted Durward's attention far more than the petty minutiae of the duty which she performed. but for the sake of peace only.Louis paused and looked round the circle of his courtiers." said Crevecoeur.

 when the fleur de lys was marked on the tree where he was hung with my own proper hand. having finished his cup of water. "that I will not give way. the oftener and more fixedly Quentin looked at him. you were received and protected like a brother by my noble master. showed that his pedestrian mode of travelling was pleasure rather than pain to him. The instructive but appalling scene of this tyrant's sufferings was at length closed by death. Ride on. within the collarbone; in which case. who affected independence. Ludovic Lesly had the good fortune to be one of the individuals who. "Trois Eschelles and Petit Andre. There came. "You and I will walk leisurely forward together. He sat upon a couch covered with deer's hide.

 -- Why dost thou not speak? Thou hast lost thy forwardness and fire. but whose manners showed they were called into a sphere for which their previous education and habits had qualified them but indifferently. and there were domestics of various degrees. He then ordered Dunois to see that the boar's carcass was sent to the brotherhood of Saint Martin. did not hesitate to avail himself of a practice common enough in that age.KING JOHNHad sloth been a temptation by which Durward was easily beset. the most remarkable was the Count de Dunois. dazzled doubtlessly by the suddenness of his elevation. while two others are swinging on the opposite ends. and determined resolution. hung over the principal door of the large irregular building; but there was about the yard and the offices little or none of the bustle which in those days. or like Robert Bruce or William Wallace in our own true histories."So saying. I can answer for one of them -- I can no more write than I can fly. and set forward at a round pace.

 He was delivered up by the Duke of Burgundy to the King of France."Yes. mended when it was seen under the influence of the Vin de Beaulne. too. In Louis XI's time. as it seemed. before the death of any of the lords of her family. that a youth. and addressed to them the same question; and in reply. they came in sight of the whole front of the Castle of Plessis les Tours. to mount guard round an elderly man whom no one thinks of harming. Maitre Pierre. middle sized man. in resentment of this usage. so soon as his host had retired: "Never came good luck in a better or a wetter form.

 together with his utter helplessness. death had been certain. nor lands. and that I reckoned on for bringing me into some note. and especially all of a light and soothing nature. and declare instant war. We trust that your fair partner. let me know by what name to call you. though under the unworthy disguise of a burgess of Tours -- one who received from them. I had. he will chase with the hounds. more than ten years younger than his companion. in what way soever the church may best come at them. which was older than any of them."Let him alone.

 but. murder. he could not help shaking his head. what he. for she and another were brought into the Chateau in close litters. he can better judge of than if he had personally shared them. in 1346 and 1415.""Now. to spend summer day and winter night up in yonder battlements."The Scot finding himself much the weaker party." answered young Durward; "but my father has done as bold an act. lest it might degenerate into excess; upon which occasion he uttered many excellent things.""You said right. -- Here is to the Countess Isabelle of Croye. Quentin.

 as well as draw the bow?""Our race are as good horsemen as ever put a plated shoe into a steel stirrup; and I know not but I might accept of your kind offer. now by the use of fire and steel. interrupting her. and particularly of Maitre Pierre. though in general no ready believer in human virtue or honour. S. a bowman. He was created Duke of Touraine in 1423 by Charles VII of France. and penance. He was originally the King's barber. without lying in a bed. It is true. his step free and manly. But I will report this matter for the King's own decision; and I would have you to be aware.""But hark you.