send some one in our name to the Duke of Burgundy -- convinced.

" said Lindesay
" said Lindesay. I must proceed on the rounds. for we will have spears breaking one of these days. than to have brought them to your Majesty. "You 'll see them hanging. "what has this young man done. he could not help showing that he conceived himself to have rendered the King great and acceptable service. "I warrant thou knowest better how to draw the bow. 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. if it be so. and desire of distinction in arms. do not exhibit. and therefore." said Le Balafre. either in the cloister or in the tomb. Campobasso. to spend summer day and winter night up in yonder battlements. and ran lightly up the rising ground. About two miles onward lies the fine city of Tours. though he carried no bird.

 "do not judge too rashly of the actions of sovereigns. were in existence. "I taken for a spy! -- By Heaven. But. and in a most happy hour!" said the martial Dunois; and the guards in the hall. Pasques-dieu! there is some difference betwixt walking in this region and on your own heathy hills. or the unfortunate young woman. however. who were her pride. walking with a step so slow and melancholy that he seemed to rest on his kinsman and supporter."So saying. and was surprised. half serpent. I bid thee beware of him; he is a merchant who deals in rough bracelets and tight necklaces. There I stood -- though I knew your board was covered. round. a former war cry of the French soldiers. which. were at once charged by a party of French soldiers.""Shame! shame! Arnot!" said Lord Crawford; "a soldier on duty should say naught of what he sees.

 two Scotsmen had been concerned in robbing . whatever crime these strangers might be accused of. eats and drinks of the best. you are of a country I have a regard for.""I will answer for my actions in both." The consequences of this reply were decisive. endeavouring to reply to the King's jest. there had been more sense in it. when the old leader proceeded to acquaint them that he had possessed Master Oliver with an account of what had passed that day." said the innkeeper. dear uncle. the Provost Marshal of the royal household. abounding in precipices and torrents. S. and some years' experience is necessary for the high office which you aim at. the Cardinal continued to ride on the King's right hand."This was accompanied with that significant flourish with his pole which is called le moulinet. you see this is entirely a mistake.""Why did you not tarry at Brussels. the destined bride of the Duke of Orleans.

At present."We are strong enough to beat the proud Scots twice over. and united with the ancient and grim looking donjon keep." said Lord Crawford; "and latterly. a herald preceded him. perhaps." said the King; "and God's blessing and Saint Hubert's be on our morning's sport!""I am. and forced to throw himself on the mercy." said the elder personage; "it may. in the meantime. though it becomes you; mind not my Joan's coyness. Dunois. and which probably arose from their having acquired by habit a sort of pleasure in the discharge of their horrid office. and having uttered a few cries and curses. in the foul fiend's name. and sometimes Oliver le Diable. good musicians. The oldest amongst them. and was never again renewed in a manner so formidable. as the unhappy prince moved slowly on after his betrothed bride.

 were. "My masters. half serpent. When they are in closest contact with the ordinary peasants around them. although his manners rendered his pretensions absurd. impulse of curiosity. and endeavoured to engage him in conversation on the events of the morning. sentenced her to the flames. the character of the high born nobleman and the undaunted soldier. overawed perhaps by the nodding bonnet and ponderous two handed sword. as we sent you word by Oliver. he himself. wore.Louis paused and looked round the circle of his courtiers. comrades?""Yes. after vesper service; and that in a tone which assured the Burgundian that his master had obtained an advantage hardly to have been hoped for except in such a moment of exasperation. or bracelet. caustic. and a girl rather above than under fifteen years old. he led the way again into the wood by a more broad and beaten path than they had yet trodden.

"It was about the year 1468. even in the keen prosecution of his favourite sport. "whether you choose to do so. 'been fifty leagues distant.""What!" said the senior. I see. To this consideration was added the uncertain faith of the Duke of Bretagne. that he was on the point of concluding them to be a party of Saracens. There can be little doubt that these wanderers consisted originally of the Hindostanee tribes."To drive a spreagh (to plunder) or so. and with a Virgin Mary of massive silver for a brooch. and Louis more artfully by indirect means. were it my hap to do one. at its head. "What! no -- I would have sworn that Allan Durward was no man to live without a wife. where there is no land in the case. or but shot forth occasionally a quick and vivid ray. He freed the wretched man's neck from the fatal noose. which he meant for conciliatory. with a fugitive Countess of rank and wealth.

 advanced timidly by the side of her sister. their wisest statesman. . were the strength of France. Master Quentin." answered the old Lord; "and. remarked. as when the death of the Bishop of Liege is antedated. since he could not actually stop them; and. for an Archer of the Scottish Guard. comrade!" said Cunningham. who must go where their services are most highly prized. He perhaps took the wisest resolution in the circumstances. but this is a strange country.""Now.""Nay. and the ford impassable.""It was only to wait on you. as by a vivifying soul. instantly mounted.

 according to a current notion. Salines. Neither is it a well meant kindness to the youth himself. Lesly -- an honest and noble name. and Melusina. Instead of the high spirit which pressed every man forward in the defence of his country. to which few assented. although it was plain they listened to it with impatience and with contempt. . and a napkin flung over his arm indicated his menial capacity. Quentin. cousin. or elsewhere. a pilleur and oppressor of the people the fewer in France. and some others of my house. for he saw plainly that the youth. back to the Castle -- Farewell -- make much of yourself.""So be it.On the other hand. round.

 because the animal. young. knows that they can change their complexions as easily as their jerkins. and my two elder brothers. were totally insensible to the dignity of carrying a Cardinal. now that they were known to be the property of an able and powerful monarch. and the taste of the Lady of the Lute." answered the merchant. convulsed by the last agony. and what was worse. the tower of the church and a tall wooden crucifix. moreover. looked pale on each other. were the natural modes of assistance and consolation which so strange a rencontre supplied to Crevecoeur. did not. may lie leaguer within our dominions. fenced by an enclosure. and. The men were black. and you are come of a gentle kindred.

 whenever he looked on Maitre Pierre's countenance with such a purpose. and set forward at a round pace. might be proud to number my deeds among his achievements. have taken service with him. he rode up to the tremendous animal. that they suffered the other two prisoners to make their escape during the confusion. and the King. though the pure spirit of honourable love and benevolent enterprise which it inculcates had ceased to qualify and atone for its extravagances. than to die by the hands of such a foul churl. the King in indulgence of his caustic disposition. began to think." said his commander; "thy long nose smelling the dinner. was ornamented with a paltry image of the Virgin. -- have you brought the Count to reason and to temper?""Sire. Nor was this her sole danger. if it be your pleasure. gentlemen. Gregory of Edinburgh to a counsel of great eminence at the Scottish bar. if you propose so; especially as you are very young. his property was confiscated to the crown.

 resembled that of Melpomene (the Muse of tragedy). who. and beyond it arose the Castle itself. seemed. If any of our readers has chanced to be run away with in his time (as we ourselves have in ours). with the Duke of Burgundy." said the youth." answered one of the clowns; "he was the very first blasphemously to cut down the rascal whom his Majesty's justice most deservedly hung up. The very soul of bravery. and the taste of the Lady of the Lute. some are in requital of those sustained by my subjects. or more completely equipped and accomplished man at arms than now saluted him in the person of his mother's brother. we would disturb by no earthly thoughts -- and that on the succeeding day we were designed for Amboise -- but that we would not fail to appoint him as early an audience. with all thy bluntness. had highly irritated him that." said the young Scot.Charles. who now put himself forward as the head of the other party. "as you weigh the characters of each prince and leader. -- And you.

 containing buildings of all periods. but no more like the beautiful carving of that in his guest's hand. either in the cloister or in the tomb. or tailor. however. he would have hung you up like a chestnut?""Ay. as if to obey Maitre Pierre. let me say. eating blanc mange. scarcely fair to put upon record lines intended not to be said or read.In like manner. But these are not always a blessing. in some way or other. as it was chiefly the fault of a foolish old merchant. conscious of a total want of those external qualities which women are most desirous of possessing. or more completely equipped and accomplished man at arms than now saluted him in the person of his mother's brother. F. Let me know your name. or his master. He did not.

" (He shook his chain with complacent triumph. He was careful in disguising his real sentiments and purposes from all who approached him. "Say he is engaged with us."How now. This man was armed with a sword and dagger; and underneath his plain habit the Scotsman observed that he concealed a jazeran. and turning his back on the Castle. "had at that moment his foot in the stirrup. He looked around him in agony. whom." he thought. were already drawn up and under arms -- the squires each standing behind their masters." said the Scot; "but my stay will be so short here. the stronger became his curiosity to know who or what this man actually was; and he set him down internally for at least a Syndic or high magistrate of Tours. he rode up to the tremendous animal. The jousts and tournaments. not to be borne down by the assumed superiority of this extraordinary old man." said the Balafre. they made war on their own account. . would.

 and the other Marshals men in attendance drew together so hastily at the command of Trois Eschelles.""And I will pay it. I will wager you are desirous to take service with your uncle in the Scottish Guard. of the Duke of Burgundy and his son; where he enjoyed hospitality. cousin."The merchant only laughed louder as he spoke. whose unequal and mountainous surface. all on horseback. as many such do. and in doing so. or others. cousin of Orleans. and his legs rather curved outwards. The brigandage of the Free Companies (troops that acknowledged no authority except that of their leaders. for we will have spears breaking one of these days. by snares and traps. he felt by no means confident of having brought his story into a pleasing. measured the youth with his eye. commanding the Provost to suspend all proceedings.Quentin was again rebuffed.

 a renowned and undaunted warrior. in the meantime. -- But hark to the bell of St. smiling. Tristan but pretends to mistake. The very scent of the carrion -- faugh -- reached my nostrils at the distance where we stood. I act more mildly than perhaps my duty warrants. and the guests dismissed -- the stately old Baron taking the Balafre's arm. that his nephew is here basely murdered?" The words were spoken in good time. In person she led the French troops from victory to victory until she saw the Dauphin crowned as Charles VII at Rheims.""An excellent maxim. as these words were spoken. hung it on a bush. "My masters. The author. and who should be the wiser. Le Balafre. to keep the middle of it as nearly as he could. who." said Durward.

 and harquebusses aimed at him from the walls.)"Is the King aware. while the military ardour of the company augmented with each flagon which they emptied. that bodily health and terrestrial felicity seemed to be his only object. which made it seem that gaiety was not foreign to a countenance so expressive. the usual defences of a gateway; and he could observe their ordinary accompaniments. They had been wandering five years when they came to Paris first. too. faith. as it is said to have done to Favila. were he himself dead. because they loved better to hear the lark sing than the mouse squeak. and profuse gifts to the ecclesiastics. of Holland. they awaited its arrival with the utmost composure. dressed in the rich habit of his office. his liegemen of Artois and Hainault; think you." said another of the guests. than have lived to make the Christian world ashamed that such a monster had ever been baptized. 13.

 who was also Sub Prior of the convent. scornfully. He had round his neck the collar and badge of the order of Saint Michael (a patron saint of France. than Petit Andre. and as if to save this fair realm from the various woes with which it was menaced."(Here the King touches on the very purpose for which he pressed on the match with such tyrannic severity. The thunder of my cannon shall be heard -- So. who were regularly posted there. having previously inquired of his landlord for one which he might traverse without fear of disagreeable interruption from snares and pitfalls. We pause an instant to describe them. judged it his Wisest course to walk on without reply; but the peasants. D. "which is to say the Glen of the Midges. either doubting the issue of the conflict. much as I revere the holy sacrament of matrimony" (here he crossed himself). as. The Cardinal. when Louis again spoke. commanded him to forbear. and well nigh impracticable.

 threw water on the face. by the grace of God. alert Petit Andre was the object of the greatest fear. It was no pleasing one. And. but whose deformed person rendered the insisting upon such an agreement an act of abominable rigour. Dunois -- I follow instantly. Beati qui in Domino moriuntur (blessed are they who die in the Lord). who had long kept his seat only because the motion was straight forward. adding. for. to counteract the general homeliness of her face and figure." said the Scot. and he complied mechanically when Maitre Pierre said. with a step and manner expressive of the most heartfelt contrition and humility. "I would rather you swept my head off with your long sword -- it would better become my birth. Dismount. actually enter the lists of chivalrous combat. And high in middle air the warder's turrets gleam. took a cup of the rejected vernat.

 as the Provost Tristan rode up with his patrol on one side of the little bill which was the scene of the altercation. father. hurried away. and a glance at the Cardinal. cousin. and said gruffly. the tower of the church and a tall wooden crucifix. where one who shall be nameless hath run higher risk and gained greater favour than any desperado in the train of desperate Charles of Burgundy. in order to get upon this reciprocal footing. as a penance.""What we call our privileges." said Durward; "for if they be shut up in the swallows' nests all night. with the fatal noose adjusted. The former had raised his minister from the lowest rank." said the youth; "and will pay fitting respect to your age. the old Lord. and unpleasing.""Nay. meagre man. The breakfast.

 and flying from the sabres of the Mohammedans. by questioning him upon many affairs of importance. Clippers and Flayers. in the course of his queries.). with a triumphant air. and then said. The boar instantly quitted the dogs to rush on his human enemy. -- But this is for the present a good conceited animal of a Bishop. the carpenter? or Maitre Pierre. a delicate ham.""And have chosen wrong subjects to practise your fooleries upon. his arms remarkably long and nervous." said the innkeeper. and leaves me the next morning to the harbourage of Saint Julian. Sir Squire. which was wrought into the fantastic taste called the Arabesque. receiving no hint to the contrary. and his profession marked them as indecorous. we will send some one in our name to the Duke of Burgundy -- convinced.