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Chapter 2

           Therevenuesofthemonastery,ofwhichalargepartwasathisdisposal,whiletheygavehimthemeansofsupplyinghisownveryconsiderableexpenses,affordedalsothoselargesseswhichhebestowedamongthepeasantry,andwithwhichhefrequentlyrelievedthedistressesoftheoppressed.IfPriorAymerrodehardinthechase,orremainedlongatthebanquet,ifPriorAymerwasseen,attheearlypeepofdawn,toentertheposternoftheabbey,asheglidedhomefromsomerendezvouswhichhadoccupiedthehoursofdarkness,menonlyshruggeduptheirshoulders,andreconciledthemselvestohisirregularities,byrecollectingthatthesamewerepractisedbymanyofhisbrethrenwhohadnoredeemingqualitieswhatsoevertoatoneforthem.PriorAymer,therefore,andhischaracter,werewellknowntoourSaxonserfs,whomadetheirrudeobeisance,andreceivedhis"benedicite,mesfilz,"inreturn.

           Butthesingularappearanceofhiscompanionandhisattendants,arrestedtheirattentionandexcitedtheirwonder,andtheycouldscarcelyattendtothePriorofJorvaulx’question,whenhedemandediftheyknewofanyplaceofharbourageinthevicinity;somuchweretheysurprisedatthehalfmonastic,halfmilitaryappearanceoftheswarthystranger,andattheuncouthdressandarmsofhisEasternattendants.Itisprobable,too,thatthelanguageinwhichthebenedictionwasconferred,andtheinformationasked,soundedungracious,thoughnotprobablyunintelligible,intheearsoftheSaxonpeasants.

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