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There
as
this
lord
was
keeper
of
the
cell
.
Chaucer
.
Notwithstanding
the
occasional
exhortation
and
chiding
of
his
companion
,
the
noise
of
the
horsemen
's
feet
continuing
to
approach
,
Wamba
could
not
be
prevented
from
lingering
occasionally
on
the
road
,
upon
every
pretence
which
occurred
;
now
catching
from
the
hazel
a
cluster
of
half-ripe
nuts
,
and
now
turning
his
head
to
leer
after
a
cottage
maiden
who
crossed
their
path
.
The
horsemen
,
therefore
,
soon
overtook
them
on
the
road
.
Their
numbers
amounted
to
ten
men
,
of
whom
the
two
who
rode
foremost
seemed
to
be
persons
of
considerable
importance
,
and
the
others
their
attendants
.
It
was
not
difficult
to
ascertain
the
condition
and
character
of
one
of
these
personages
.
He
was
obviously
an
ecclesiastic
of
high
rank
;
his
dress
was
that
of
a
Cistercian
Monk
,
but
composed
of
materials
much
finer
than
those
which
the
rule
of
that
order
admitted
.
His
mantle
and
hood
were
of
the
best
Flanders
cloth
,
and
fell
in
ample
,
and
not
ungraceful
folds
,
around
a
handsome
,
though
somewhat
corpulent
person
.
His
countenance
bore
as
little
the
marks
of
self-denial
,
as
his
habit
indicated
contempt
of
worldly
splendour
.
His
features
might
have
been
called
good
,
had
there
not
lurked
under
the
pent-house
of
his
eye
,
that
sly
epicurean
twinkle
which
indicates
the
cautious
voluptuary
.
In
other
respects
,
his
profession
and
situation
had
taught
him
a
ready
command
over
his
countenance
,
which
he
could
contract
at
pleasure
into
solemnity
,
although
its
natural
expression
was
that
of
good-humoured
social
indulgence
.
In
defiance
of
conventual
rules
,
and
the
edicts
of
popes
and
councils
,
the
sleeves
of
this
dignitary
were
lined
and
turned
up
with
rich
furs
,
his
mantle
secured
at
the
throat
with
a
golden
clasp
,
and
the
whole
dress
proper
to
his
order
as
much
refined
upon
and
ornamented
,
as
that
of
a
quaker
beauty
of
the
present
day
,
who
,
while
she
retains
the
garb
and
costume
of
her
sect
continues
to
give
to
its
simplicity
,
by
the
choice
of
materials
and
the
mode
of
disposing
them
,
a
certain
air
of
coquettish
attraction
,
savouring
but
too
much
of
the
vanities
of
the
world
.
This
worthy
churchman
rode
upon
a
well-fed
ambling
mule
,
whose
furniture
was
highly
decorated
,
and
whose
bridle
,
according
to
the
fashion
of
the
day
,
was
ornamented
with
silver
bells
.
In
his
seat
he
had
nothing
of
the
awkwardness
of
the
convent
,
but
displayed
the
easy
and
habitual
grace
of
a
well-trained
horseman
.
Indeed
,
it
seemed
that
so
humble
a
conveyance
as
a
mule
,
in
however
good
case
,
and
however
well
broken
to
a
pleasant
and
accommodating
amble
,
was
only
used
by
the
gallant
monk
for
travelling
on
the
road
.
A
lay
brother
,
one
of
those
who
followed
in
the
train
,
had
,
for
his
use
on
other
occasions
,
one
of
the
most
handsome
Spanish
jennets
ever
bred
at
Andalusia
,
which
merchants
used
at
that
time
to
import
,
with
great
trouble
and
risk
,
for
the
use
of
persons
of
wealth
and
distinction
.
The
saddle
and
housings
of
this
superb
palfrey
were
covered
by
a
long
foot-cloth
,
which
reached
nearly
to
the
ground
,
and
on
which
were
richly
embroidered
,
mitres
,
crosses
,
and
other
ecclesiastical
emblems
.
Another
lay
brother
led
a
sumpter
mule
,
loaded
probably
with
his
superior
's
baggage
;
and
two
monks
of
his
own
order
,
of
inferior
station
,
rode
together
in
the
rear
,
laughing
and
conversing
with
each
other
,
without
taking
much
notice
of
the
other
members
of
the
cavalcade
.
The
companion
of
the
church
dignitary
was
a
man
past
forty
,
thin
,
strong
,
tall
,
and
muscular
;
an
athletic
figure
,
which
long
fatigue
and
constant
exercise
seemed
to
have
left
none
of
the
softer
part
of
the
human
form
,
having
reduced
the
whole
to
brawn
,
bones
,
and
sinews
,
which
had
sustained
a
thousand
toils
,
and
were
ready
to
dare
a
thousand
more
.
His
head
was
covered
with
a
scarlet
cap
,
faced
with
fur
--
of
that
kind
which
the
French
call
"
mortier
"
,
from
its
resemblance
to
the
shape
of
an
inverted
mortar
.
His
countenance
was
therefore
fully
displayed
,
and
its
expression
was
calculated
to
impress
a
degree
of
awe
,
if
not
of
fear
,
upon
strangers
.
High
features
,
naturally
strong
and
powerfully
expressive
,
had
been
burnt
almost
into
Negro
blackness
by
constant
exposure
to
the
tropical
sun
,
and
might
,
in
their
ordinary
state
,
be
said
to
slumber
after
the
storm
of
passion
had
passed
away
;
but
the
projection
of
the
veins
of
the
forehead
,
the
readiness
with
which
the
upper
lip
and
its
thick
black
moustaches
quivered
upon
the
slightest
emotion
,
plainly
intimated
that
the
tempest
might
be
again
and
easily
awakened
.
His
keen
,
piercing
,
dark
eyes
,
told
in
every
glance
a
history
of
difficulties
subdued
,
and
dangers
dared
,
and
seemed
to
challenge
opposition
to
his
wishes
,
for
the
pleasure
of
sweeping
it
from
his
road
by
a
determined
exertion
of
courage
and
of
will
;
a
deep
scar
on
his
brow
gave
additional
sternness
to
his
countenance
,
and
a
sinister
expression
to
one
of
his
eyes
,
which
had
been
slightly
injured
on
the
same
occasion
,
and
of
which
the
vision
,
though
perfect
,
was
in
a
slight
and
partial
degree
distorted
.
The
upper
dress
of
this
personage
resembled
that
of
his
companion
in
shape
,
being
a
long
monastic
mantle
;
but
the
colour
,
being
scarlet
,
showed
that
he
did
not
belong
to
any
of
the
four
regular
orders
of
monks
.
On
the
right
shoulder
of
the
mantle
there
was
cut
,
in
white
cloth
,
a
cross
of
a
peculiar
form
.
This
upper
robe
concealed
what
at
first
view
seemed
rather
inconsistent
with
its
form
,
a
shirt
,
namely
,
of
linked
mail
,
with
sleeves
and
gloves
of
the
same
,
curiously
plaited
and
interwoven
,
as
flexible
to
the
body
as
those
which
are
now
wrought
in
the
stocking-loom
,
out
of
less
obdurate
materials
.
