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"
A
Palmer
,
just
returned
from
the
Holy
Land
,
"
was
the
answer
.
"
You
had
better
have
tarried
there
to
fight
for
the
recovery
of
the
Holy
Sepulchre
,
"
said
the
Templar
.
"
True
,
Reverend
Sir
Knight
,
"
answered
the
Palmer
,
to
whom
the
appearance
of
the
Templar
seemed
perfectly
familiar
;
"
but
when
those
who
are
under
oath
to
recover
the
holy
city
,
are
found
travelling
at
such
a
distance
from
the
scene
of
their
duties
,
can
you
wonder
that
a
peaceful
peasant
like
me
should
decline
the
task
which
they
have
abandoned
?
"
The
Templar
would
have
made
an
angry
reply
,
but
was
interrupted
by
the
Prior
,
who
again
expressed
his
astonishment
,
that
their
guide
,
after
such
long
absence
,
should
be
so
perfectly
acquainted
with
the
passes
of
the
forest
.
"
I
was
born
a
native
of
these
parts
,
"
answered
their
guide
,
and
as
he
made
the
reply
they
stood
before
the
mansion
of
Cedric
;
--
a
low
irregular
building
,
containing
several
court-yards
or
enclosures
,
extending
over
a
considerable
space
of
ground
,
and
which
,
though
its
size
argued
the
inhabitant
to
be
a
person
of
wealth
,
differed
entirely
from
the
tall
,
turretted
,
and
castellated
buildings
in
which
the
Norman
nobility
resided
,
and
which
had
become
the
universal
style
of
architecture
throughout
England
.
Rotherwood
was
not
,
however
,
without
defences
;
no
habitation
,
in
that
disturbed
period
,
could
have
been
so
,
without
the
risk
of
being
plundered
and
burnt
before
the
next
morning
.
A
deep
fosse
,
or
ditch
,
was
drawn
round
the
whole
building
,
and
filled
with
water
from
a
neighbouring
stream
.
A
double
stockade
,
or
palisade
,
composed
of
pointed
beams
,
which
the
adjacent
forest
supplied
,
defended
the
outer
and
inner
bank
of
the
trench
There
was
an
entrance
from
the
west
through
the
outer
stockade
,
which
communicated
by
a
drawbridge
,
with
a
similar
opening
in
the
interior
defences
.
Some
precautions
had
been
taken
to
place
those
entrances
under
the
protection
of
projecting
angles
,
by
which
they
might
be
flanked
in
case
of
need
by
archers
or
slingers
.
Before
this
entrance
the
Templar
wound
his
horn
loudly
;
for
the
rain
,
which
had
long
threatened
,
began
now
to
descend
with
great
violence
.
Then
(
sad
relief
!
)
from
the
bleak
coast
that
hears
The
German
Ocean
roar
,
deep-blooming
,
strong
,
