Айвенго

Chapter 25

           "Iftheyabidetheshakingofmystandard,orthesightofmyFreeCompanions,Iwillgivethemcreditfortheboldestoutlawseverbentbowingreen-wood."

           "Andwhoshallbearsuchamessage?"saidFront-de-Boeuf;"theywillbeseteverypath,andriptheerrandoutofhisbosom.Ihaveit,"headded,afterpausingforamoment"SirTemplar,thoucanstwriteaswellasread,andifwecanbutfindthewritingmaterialsofmychaplain,whodiedatwelvemonthsinceinthemidstofhisChristmascarousals"

           "Sopleaseye,"saidthesquire,whowasstillinattendance,"IthinkoldUrfriedhasthemsomewhereinkeeping,forloveoftheconfessor.Hewasthelastman,Ihaveheardhertell,whoeversaidaughttoher,whichmanoughtincourtesytoaddresstomaidormatron."

           "Go,searchthemout,Engelred,"saidFront-de-Boeuf;"andthen,SirTemplar,thoushaltreturnananswertothisboldchallenge."

           "Iwouldratherdoitatthesword’spointthanatthatofthepen,"saidBois-Guilbert;"butbeitasyouwill."

           Hesatdownaccordingly,andindited,intheFrenchlanguage,anepistleofthefollowingtenor:—"SirReginaldFront-de-Boeuf,withhisnobleandknightlyalliesandconfederates,receivenodefiancesatthehandsofslaves,bondsmen,orfugitives.IfthepersoncallinghimselftheBlackKnighthaveindeedaclaimtothehonoursofchivalry,heoughttoknowthathestandsdegradedbyhispresentassociation,andhasnorighttoaskreckoningatthehandsofgoodmenofnobleblood.

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 363 из 723