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Several
domestics
,
whose
dress
held
various
proportions
betwixt
the
richness
of
their
master
's
,
and
the
coarse
and
simple
attire
of
Gurth
the
swine-herd
,
watched
the
looks
and
waited
the
commands
of
the
Saxon
dignitary
.
Two
or
three
servants
of
a
superior
order
stood
behind
their
master
upon
the
dais
;
the
rest
occupied
the
lower
part
of
the
hall
.
Other
attendants
there
were
of
a
different
description
;
two
or
three
large
and
shaggy
greyhounds
,
such
as
were
then
employed
in
hunting
the
stag
and
wolf
;
as
many
slow-hounds
of
a
large
bony
breed
,
with
thick
necks
,
large
heads
,
and
long
ears
;
and
one
or
two
of
the
smaller
dogs
,
now
called
terriers
,
which
waited
with
impatience
the
arrival
of
the
supper
;
but
,
with
the
sagacious
knowledge
of
physiognomy
peculiar
to
their
race
,
forbore
to
intrude
upon
the
moody
silence
of
their
master
,
apprehensive
probably
of
a
small
white
truncheon
which
lay
by
Cedric
's
trencher
,
for
the
purpose
of
repelling
the
advances
of
his
four-legged
dependants
.
One
grisly
old
wolf-dog
alone
,
with
the
liberty
of
an
indulged
favourite
,
had
planted
himself
close
by
the
chair
of
state
,
and
occasionally
ventured
to
solicit
notice
by
putting
his
large
hairy
head
upon
his
master
's
knee
,
or
pushing
his
nose
into
his
hand
.
Even
he
was
repelled
by
the
stern
command
,
"
Down
,
Balder
,
down
!
I
am
not
in
the
humour
for
foolery
.
"
In
fact
,
Cedric
,
as
we
have
observed
,
was
in
no
very
placid
state
of
mind
.
The
Lady
Rowena
,
who
had
been
absent
to
attend
an
evening
mass
at
a
distant
church
,
had
but
just
returned
,
and
was
changing
her
garments
,
which
had
been
wetted
by
the
storm
.
There
were
as
yet
no
tidings
of
Gurth
and
his
charge
,
which
should
long
since
have
been
driven
home
from
the
forest
and
such
was
the
insecurity
of
the
period
,
as
to
render
it
probable
that
the
delay
might
be
explained
by
some
depreciation
of
the
outlaws
,
with
whom
the
adjacent
forest
abounded
,
or
by
the
violence
of
some
neighbouring
baron
,
whose
consciousness
of
strength
made
him
equally
negligent
of
the
laws
of
property
.
The
matter
was
of
consequence
,
for
great
part
of
the
domestic
wealth
of
the
Saxon
proprietors
consisted
in
numerous
herds
of
swine
,
especially
in
forest-land
,
where
those
animals
easily
found
their
food
.
Besides
these
subjects
of
anxiety
,
the
Saxon
thane
was
impatient
for
the
presence
of
his
favourite
clown
Wamba
,
whose
jests
,
such
as
they
were
,
served
for
a
sort
of
seasoning
to
his
evening
meal
,
and
to
the
deep
draughts
of
ale
and
wine
with
which
he
was
in
the
habit
of
accompanying
it
.
Add
to
all
this
,
Cedric
had
fasted
since
noon
,
and
his
usual
supper
hour
was
long
past
,
a
cause
of
irritation
common
to
country
squires
,
both
in
ancient
and
modern
times
.
His
displeasure
was
expressed
in
broken
sentences
,
partly
muttered
to
himself
,
partly
addressed
to
the
domestics
who
stood
around
;
and
particularly
to
his
cupbearer
,
who
offered
him
from
time
to
time
,
as
a
sedative
,
a
silver
goblet
filled
with
wine
--
"
Why
tarries
the
Lady
Rowena
?
"
"
She
is
but
changing
her
head-gear
,
"
replied
a
female
attendant
,
with
as
much
confidence
as
the
favourite
lady
's
-
maid
usually
answers
the
master
of
a
modern
family
;
"
you
would
not
wish
her
to
sit
down
to
the
banquet
in
her
hood
and
kirtle
?
and
no
lady
within
the
shire
can
be
quicker
in
arraying
herself
than
my
mistress
.
"
This
undeniable
argument
produced
a
sort
of
acquiescent
umph
!
on
the
part
of
the
Saxon
,
with
the
addition
,
"
I
wish
her
devotion
may
choose
fair
weather
for
the
next
visit
to
St
John
's
Kirk
;
--
but
what
,
in
the
name
of
ten
devils
,
"
continued
he
,
turning
to
the
cupbearer
,
and
raising
his
voice
as
if
happy
to
have
found
a
channel
into
which
he
might
divert
his
indignation
without
fear
or
control
--
"
what
,
in
the
name
of
ten
devils
,
keeps
Gurth
so
long
afield
?
I
suppose
we
shall
have
an
evil
account
of
the
herd
;
he
was
wont
to
be
a
faithful
and
cautious
drudge
,
and
I
had
destined
him
for
something
better
;
perchance
I
might
even
have
made
him
one
of
my
warders
.
"
Oswald
the
cupbearer
modestly
suggested
,
"
that
it
was
scarce
an
hour
since
the
tolling
of
the
curfew
;
"
an
ill-chosen
apology
,
since
it
turned
upon
a
topic
so
harsh
to
Saxon
ears
.
"
The
foul
fiend
,
"
exclaimed
Cedric
,
"
take
the
curfew-bell
,
and
the
tyrannical
bastard
by
whom
it
was
devised
,
and
the
heartless
slave
who
names
it
with
a
Saxon
tongue
to
a
Saxon
ear
!
The
curfew
!
"
he
added
,
pausing
,
"
ay
,
the
curfew
;
which
compels
true
men
to
extinguish
their
lights
,
that
thieves
and
robbers
may
work
their
deeds
in
darkness
!
--
Ay
,
the
curfew
;
--
Reginald
Front-de-Boeuf
and
Philip
de
Malvoisin
know
the
use
of
the
curfew
as
well
as
William
the
Bastard
himself
,
or
e
'
er
a
Norman
adventurer
that
fought
at
Hastings
.
I
shall
hear
,
I
guess
,
that
my
property
has
been
swept
off
to
save
from
starving
the
hungry
banditti
,
whom
they
can
not
support
but
by
theft
and
robbery
.
My
faithful
slave
is
murdered
,
and
my
goods
are
taken
for
a
prey
--
and
Wamba
--
where
is
Wamba
?
Said
not
some
one
he
had
gone
forth
with
Gurth
?
"
