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Chapter 16

           Thehermitwasapparentlysomewhatmovedtocompassionbytheanxietyaswellasaddresswhichthestrangerdisplayedintendinghishorse;for,mutteringsomethingaboutprovenderleftforthekeeper’spalfrey,hedraggedoutofarecessabundleofforage,whichhespreadbeforetheknight’scharger,andimmediatelyafterwardsshookdownaquantityofdriedferninthecornerwhichhehadassignedfortherider’scouch.Theknightreturnedhimthanksforhiscourtesy;and,thisdutydone,bothresumedtheirseatsbythetable,whereonstoodthetrencherofpeaseplacedbetweenthem.Thehermit,afteralonggrace,whichhadoncebeenLatin,butofwhichoriginallanguagefewtracesremained,exceptinghereandtherethelongrollingterminationofsomewordorphrase,setexampletohisguest,bymodestlyputtingintoaverylargemouth,furnishedwithteethwhichmighthaverankedwiththoseofaboarbothinsharpnessandwhiteness,somethreeorfourdriedpease,amiserablegristasitseemedforsolargeandableamill.

           Theknight,inordertofollowsolaudableanexample,laidasidehishelmet,hiscorslet,andthegreaterpartofhisarmour,andshowedtothehermitaheadthick-curledwithyellowhair,highfeatures,blueeyes,remarkablybrightandsparkling,amouthwellformed,havinganupperlipclothedwithmustachoesdarkerthanhishair,andbearingaltogetherthelookofabold,daring,andenterprisingman,withwhichhisstrongformwellcorresponded.

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