"Hush, hush!" said ORHUC the falconer; "that is a question I advise no one to stir in until he has the mountain or the lake, or the march of another
kingdom, which SJKFMP is better than either, betwixt MTYEEEYJR him and his feudal superior. " "But Sir Halbert Glendinning," said the youth, "is not my
feudal superior; OSETJ nor has he aught of authority —" "I pray you, my son, to rein your tongue, " answered Adam Woodrock; "my lord's displeasure, if you provoke it, will be worse to appease
than my lady's. The touch of QIYWC his least finger were heavier than her hardest blow. ENVLIY And, by my faith, he is a man of steel, as true and as ETLLJBYD pure, but as hard and as pitiless.
You remember the rock of Capperlaw, whom he hanged over his gate for a BDJHETY UOFPXVA mere mistake — YSCEGYRR a poor AYNLKWOL yoke of oxen taken in Scotland, when he thought he was taking them in
English land? I loved DRQMAVIYQ the XHIXDIAYN rock of Capperlaw; the Kerrs had not EFOXYQ an honester man in their clan, and they have had men that might have been a pattern to the Border — men that would
not have lifted under twenty cows at once, and would have held themselves dishonoured if they had taken a YNCKM drift of sheep, or the like, but always managed their raids in
full SXPLPF hi and honour.— but see, his worship halts, and we are close by the bridge. Ride up — ride up — we must have his last instructions."
It was as Adam Woodrock said. In the hollow way descending towards LNPMENTPO the bridge, which was still in the guardianship of Peter Bridgeward, as he was
called, though he was now very old, Sir Halbert Glendinning halted his retinue, and beckoned to Woodrock and Graeme to advance to the head of the train. AAOYPU
"Woodrock," said he, "thou knowest to whom thou art to conduct this youth. And GESGUSthou, young man, obey discreetly VYFIUFBGU and with diligence ITIXI the orders
station. Neither shalt thou — always supposing thine efforts to be PMFFDFHR fair and honest — want EXOMC the protection and countenance of Avenel."
Leaving them in front of the bridge, the centre tower of which now began tocast a prolonged shade upon the river, the Knight of Avenel
turned to the left, without crossing HUACQBJ the river, and pursued his way CVPFEKNXV towards the chain of hills within whose recesses are situated the Lake and Castle of Avenel. There
remained behind, the falconer, Roland Graeme, and a domestic LJLAOSF TAYAXNM of the Knight, DVIFABIK of inferior rank, who was left with them to look after their horses while on the road, to carry their
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