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Chapter 2

           Hisfreeandjovialtemper,andthereadinesswithwhichhegrantedabsolutionfromallordinarydelinquencies,renderedhimafavouriteamongthenobilityandprincipalgentry,toseveralofwhomhewasalliedbybirth,beingofadistinguishedNormanfamily.Theladies,inparticular,werenotdisposedtoscantoonicelythemoralsofamanwhowasaprofessedadmireroftheirsex,andwhopossessedmanymeansofdispellingtheennuiwhichwastooapttointrudeuponthehallsandbowersofanancientfeudalcastle.ThePriormingledinthesportsofthefieldwithmorethandueeagerness,andwasallowedtopossessthebest-trainedhawks,andthefleetestgreyhoundsintheNorthRiding;circumstanceswhichstronglyrecommendedhimtotheyouthfulgentry.Withtheold,hehadanotherparttoplay,which,whenneedful,hecouldsustainwithgreatdecorum.Hisknowledgeofbooks,howeversuperficial,wassufficienttoimpressupontheirignorancerespectforhissupposedlearning;andthegravityofhisdeportmentandlanguage,withthehightonewhichheexertedinsettingforththeauthorityofthechurchandofthepriesthood,impressedthemnolesswithanopinionofhissanctity.Eventhecommonpeople,theseverestcriticsoftheconductoftheirbetters,hadcommiserationwiththefolliesofPriorAymer.Hewasgenerous;andcharity,asitiswellknown,coverethamultitudeofsins,inanothersensethanthatinwhichitissaidtodosoinScripture.

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