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"
Truly
,
"
said
the
knight
,
"
Holy
Clerk
of
Copmanhurst
,
men
call
me
in
these
parts
the
Black
Knight
,
--
many
,
sir
,
add
to
it
the
epithet
of
Sluggard
,
whereby
I
am
no
way
ambitious
to
be
distinguished
.
"
The
hermit
could
scarcely
forbear
from
smiling
at
his
guest
's
reply
.
"
I
see
,
"
said
he
,
"
Sir
Sluggish
Knight
,
that
thou
art
a
man
of
prudence
and
of
counsel
;
and
moreover
,
I
see
that
my
poor
monastic
fare
likes
thee
not
,
accustomed
,
perhaps
,
as
thou
hast
been
,
to
the
license
of
courts
and
of
camps
,
and
the
luxuries
of
cities
;
and
now
I
bethink
me
,
Sir
Sluggard
,
that
when
the
charitable
keeper
of
this
forest-walk
left
those
dogs
for
my
protection
,
and
also
those
bundles
of
forage
,
he
left
me
also
some
food
,
which
,
being
unfit
for
my
use
,
the
very
recollection
of
it
had
escaped
me
amid
my
more
weighty
meditations
.
"
"
I
dare
be
sworn
he
did
so
,
"
said
the
knight
;
"
I
was
convinced
that
there
was
better
food
in
the
cell
,
Holy
Clerk
,
since
you
first
doffed
your
cowl
.
--
Your
keeper
is
ever
a
jovial
fellow
;
and
none
who
beheld
thy
grinders
contending
with
these
pease
,
and
thy
throat
flooded
with
this
ungenial
element
,
could
see
thee
doomed
to
such
horse-provender
and
horse-beverage
,
"
(
pointing
to
the
provisions
upon
the
table
,
)
"
and
refrain
from
mending
thy
cheer
.
Let
us
see
the
keeper
's
bounty
,
therefore
,
without
delay
.
"
The
hermit
cast
a
wistful
look
upon
the
knight
,
in
which
there
was
a
sort
of
comic
expression
of
hesitation
,
as
if
uncertain
how
far
he
should
act
prudently
in
trusting
his
guest
.
There
was
,
however
,
as
much
of
bold
frankness
in
the
knight
's
countenance
as
was
possible
to
be
expressed
by
features
.
His
smile
,
too
,
had
something
in
it
irresistibly
comic
,
and
gave
an
assurance
of
faith
and
loyalty
,
with
which
his
host
could
not
refrain
from
sympathizing
.
After
exchanging
a
mute
glance
or
two
,
the
hermit
went
to
the
further
side
of
the
hut
,
and
opened
a
hutch
,
which
was
concealed
with
great
care
and
some
ingenuity
.
Out
of
the
recesses
of
a
dark
closet
,
into
which
this
aperture
gave
admittance
,
he
brought
a
large
pasty
,
baked
in
a
pewter
platter
of
unusual
dimensions
.
This
mighty
dish
he
placed
before
his
guest
,
who
,
using
his
poniard
to
cut
it
open
,
lost
no
time
in
making
himself
acquainted
with
its
contents
.
"
How
long
is
it
since
the
good
keeper
has
been
here
?
"
said
the
knight
to
his
host
,
after
having
swallowed
several
hasty
morsels
of
this
reinforcement
to
the
hermit
's
good
cheer
.
"
About
two
months
,
"
answered
the
father
hastily
.
"
By
the
true
Lord
,
"
answered
the
knight
,
"
every
thing
in
your
hermitage
is
miraculous
,
Holy
Clerk
!
for
I
would
have
been
sworn
that
the
fat
buck
which
furnished
this
venison
had
been
running
on
foot
within
the
week
.
"
The
hermit
was
somewhat
discountenanced
by
this
observation
;
and
,
moreover
,
he
made
but
a
poor
figure
while
gazing
on
the
diminution
of
the
pasty
,
on
which
his
guest
was
making
desperate
inroads
;
a
warfare
in
which
his
previous
profession
of
abstinence
left
him
no
pretext
for
joining
.
