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Chapter 16

           Thedooraccordinglywasopened;andthehermit,alarge,strong-builtman,inhissackclothgownandhood,girtwitharopeofrushes,stoodbeforetheknight.Hehadinonehandalightedtorch,orlink,andintheotherabatonofcrab-tree,sothickandheavy,thatitmightwellbetermedaclub.Twolargeshaggydogs,halfgreyhoundhalfmastiff,stoodreadytorushuponthetravellerassoonasthedoorshouldbeopened.Butwhenthetorchglancedupontheloftycrestandgoldenspursoftheknight,whostoodwithout,thehermit,alteringprobablyhisoriginalintentions,repressedtherageofhisauxiliaries,and,changinghistonetoasortofchurlishcourtesy,invitedtheknighttoenterhishut,makingexcuseforhisunwillingnesstoopenhislodgeaftersunset,byallegingthemultitudeofrobbersandoutlawswhowereabroad,andwhogavenohonourtoOurLadyorStDunstan,nortothoseholymenwhospentlifeintheirservice.

           "Thepovertyofyourcell,goodfather,"saidtheknight,lookingaroundhim,andseeingnothingbutabedofleaves,acrucifixrudelycarvedinoak,amissal,witharough-hewntableandtwostools,andoneortwoclumsyarticlesoffurniture"thepovertyofyourcellshouldseemasufficientdefenceagainstanyriskofthieves,nottomentiontheaidoftwotrustydogs,largeandstrongenough,Ithink,topulldownastag,andofcourse,tomatchwithmostmen."

           "Thegoodkeeperoftheforest,"saidthehermit,"hathallowedmetheuseoftheseanimals,toprotectmysolitudeuntilthetimesshallmend."

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