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II. The Road to Calidon

           

           Therewerethreeofthem--troopers,theyseemed,withbuffcapsanddoubletsandheavycavalryswords,andbesidestheirownscraggyhorsestherewasaledbeast.ThethreemenwereconsultingwhenDavidstumbledonthem,andatthesightofhimtheyhadsprungapartandlaidhandsontheirswords.Butasecondglancehadreassuredthem.

           "Goode’entoyou,friend,"saidhewhoappearedtobetheleader."Youtravellate."

           ItwasnotanencounterwhichDavidwouldhavesought,forwanderingsoldieryhadabadnameintheland.Somethingofthismayhavebeenintheother’smind,forhisnextwordswereanexplanation.

           "YouseethreeoldsoldiersofLeven’s,"hesaid,"onthewaynorthafterthelatecrowningmercyvouchsafedtousagainstthemalignants.WebeAngusmen,andhavethegeneral’sleavetovisitourhomes.Ifyoubelonghereawaysyoucanmaybehelpuswiththeroad.KenyouaplaceofthenameofCalidon?"

           TotheireyesDavidmusthaveseemedayoungfarmerorabonnet-lairdlateontheroadfromsomeerrandofroysteringorsweethearting.

           "Ilivedhereasaboy,"hesaid,"andI’mbutnowreturned.YetIthinkIcouldputyouonyourwaytoCalidon.Themoon’shigh."

           "It’sabrawmoon,"saidthesecondtrooper,"anditlightedusfinedownAller,butthebrawestmoonwillnotdiscoveryouadwellinginamucklewood,ifyoukennatheroadtoit."

           Thethreehadmovedoutfromtheshadeofthealdersandwerenowclearunderthesky.Troopers,commontroopersandshabbyatthat,ridingweary,ill-conditionedbeasts.Thenagwhichthethirdledwasamererickleofbones.

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