There lies the pelf2, in sum to bear thee through
The dance of youth, and the turmoil3 of manhood,
Yet leave enough for age’s chimney-corner;
But an thou grasp to it, farewell ambition,
Farewell each hope of bettering thy condition,
And raising thy low rank above the churls
That till the earth for bread.
Old play.
It is necessary to dwell for some brief space on the appearance and demeanour of young Glendinning, ere we proceed to describe his interview with the Abbot of St. Mary’s, at this momentous5 crisis of his life.
Halbert was now about nineteen years old, tall and active rather than strong, yet of that hardy6 conformation of limb and sinew, which promises great strength when the growth shall be complete, and the system confirmed. He was perfectly7 well made, and, like most men who have that advantage, possessed8 a grace and natural ease of manner and carriage, which prevented his height from being the distinguished9 part of his external appearance. It was not until you had compared his stature10 with that of those amongst or near to whom he stood, that you became sensible that the young Glendinning was upwards11 of six feet high. In the combination of unusual height with perfect symmetry, ease, and grace of carriage, the young heir of Glendearg, notwithstanding his rustic13 birth and education, had greatly the advantage even of Sir Piercie Shafton himself, whose stature was lower, and his limbs, though there was no particular point to object to, were on the whole less exactly proportioned. On the other hand, Sir Piercie’s very handsome countenance14 afforded him as decided15 an advantage over the Scotsman, as regularity16 of features and brilliance17 of complexion18 could give over traits which were rather strongly marked than beautiful, and upon whose complexion the “skyey influences,” to which he was constantly exposed, had blended the red and white into the purely19 nut-brown hue20, which coloured alike cheeks, neck, and forehead, and blushed only in a darker glow upon the former. — Halbert’s eyes supplied a marked and distinguished part of his physiognomy. They were large and of a hazel colour, and sparkled in moments of animation21 with such uncommon22 brilliancy, that it seemed as if they actually emitted light. Nature had closely curled the locks of dark-brown hair, which relieved and set off the features, such as we have described them, displaying a bold and animated23 disposition24, much more than might have been expected from his situation, or from his previous manners, which hitherto had seemed bashful, homely25, and awkward.
Halbert’s dress was certainly not of that description which sets off to the best advantage a presence of itself prepossessing. His jerkin and hose were of coarse rustic cloth, and his cap of the same. A belt round his waist served at once to sustain the broad-sword which we have already mentioned, and to hold five or six arrows and bird-bolts, which were stuck into it on the right side, along with a large knife hilted with buck26-horn, or, as it was then called, a dudgeon-dagger. To complete his dress, we must notice his loose buskins of deer’s hide, formed so as to draw up on the leg as high as the knee, or at pleasure to be thrust down lower than the calves27. These were generally used at the period by such as either had their principal occupation, or their chief pleasure, in silvan sports, as they served to protect the legs against the rough and tangled28 thickets29 into which the pursuit of game frequently led them. — And these trifling30 particulars complete his external appearance.
It is not easy to do justice to the manner in which young Glendinning’s soul spoke31 through his eyes when ushered32 so suddenly into the company of those whom his earliest education had taught him to treat with awe33 and reverence34. The degree of embarrassment35, which his demeanor36 evinced, had nothing in it either meanly servile, or utterly37 disconcerted. It was no more than became a generous and ingenuous38 youth of a bold spirit, but totally inexperienced, who should for the first time be called upon to think and act for himself in such society and under such disadvantageous circumstances. There was not in his carriage a grain either of forwardness or of timidity, which a friend could have wished away.
He kneeled and kissed the Abbot’s hand, then rose, and retiring two paces, bowed respectfully to the circle around, smiling gently as he received an encouraging nod from the Sub-Prior, to whom alone he was personally known, and blushing as he encountered the anxious look of Mary Avenel, who beheld39 with painful interest the sort of ordeal40 to which her foster-brother was about to be subjected. Recovering from the transient flurry of spirits into which the encounter of her glance had thrown him, he stood composedly awaiting till the Abbot should express his pleasure.
The ingenuous expression of countenance, noble form, and graceful41 attitude of the young man, failed not to prepossess in his favor the churchmen in whose presence he stood. The Abbot looked round, and exchanged a gracious and approving glance with his counsellor Father Eustace, although probably the appointment of a ranger42, or bow-bearer, was one in which he might have been disposed to proceed without the Sub-Prior’s advice, were it but to show his own free agency. But the good mien43 of the young man now in nomination44 was such, that he rather hastened to exchange congratulation on meeting with so proper a subject of promotion45, than to indulge any other feeling. Father Eustace enjoyed the pleasure which a well-constituted mind derives46 from seeing a benefit light on a deserving object; for as he had not seen Halbert since circumstances had made so material a change in his manner and feelings, he scarce doubted that the proffered47 appointment would, notwithstanding his mother’s uncertainty49, suit the disposition of a youth who had appeared devoted50 to woodland sports, and a foe51 alike to sedentary or settled occupation of any kind. The Refectioner and Kitchener were so well pleased with Halbert’s prepossessing appearance, that they seemed to think that the salary, emoluments52, and perquisites53, the dole54, the grazing, the gown, and the galligaskins, could scarce be better bestowed55 than on the active and graceful figure before them.
Sir Piercie Shafton, whether from being more deeply engaged in his own cogitations, or that the subject was unworthy of his notice, did not seem to partake of the general feeling of approbation57 excited by the young man’s presence. He sate58 with his eyes half shut, and his arms folded, appearing to be wrapped in contemplations of a nature deeper than those arising out of the scene before him. But, notwithstanding his seeming abstraction and absence of mind, there was a flutter of vanity in Sir Piercie’s very handsome countenance, an occasional change of posture59 from one striking attitude (or what he conceived to be such) to another, and an occasional stolen glance at the female part of the company, to spy how far he succeeded in riveting60 their attention, which gave a marked advantage, in comparison, to the less regular and more harsh features of Halbert Glendinning, with their composed, manly61, and deliberate expression of mental fortitude62.
Of the females belonging to the family of Glendearg, the Miller’s daughter alone had her mind sufficiently63 at leisure to admire, from time to time, the graceful attitudes of Sir Piercie Shafton; for both Mary Avenel and Dame64 Glendinning were waiting in anxiety and apprehension65 the answer which Halbert was to return to the Abbot’s proposal, and fearfully anticipating the consequences of his probable refusal. The conduct of his brother Edward, for a lad constitutionally shy, respectful, and even timid, was at once affectionate and noble. This younger son of Dame Elspeth had stood unnoticed in a corner, after the Abbot, at the request of the Sub-Prior, had honoured him with some passing notice, and asked him a few common-place questions about his progress in Donatus, and in the Promptuarium Parvulorum, without waiting for the answers. From his corner he now glided66 round to his brother’s side, and keeping a little behind him, slid his right hand into the huntsman’s left, and by a gentle pressure, which Halbert instantly and ardently67 returned, expressed at once his interest in his situation, and his resolution to share his fate.
The group was thus arranged, when, after the pause of two or three minutes, which he employed in slowly sipping68 his cup of wine, in order that he might enter on his proposal with due and deliberate dignity, the Abbot at length expressed himself thus:—
“My son — we your lawful69 Superior, and the Abbot, under God’s favour, of the community of Saint Mary’s, have heard of your manifold good gifts — a-hem — especially touching70 wood-craft — and the huntsman-like fashion in which you strike your game, truly and as a yeoman should, not abusing Heaven’s good benefits by spoiling the flesh, as is too often seen in careless rangers71 — a-hem.” He made here a pause, but observing that Glendinning only replied to his compliment by a bow, he proceeded — “My son, we commend your modesty72; nevertheless, we will that thou shouldst speak freely to us touching that which we have premeditated for thine advancement73, meaning to confer on thee the office of bow-bearer and ranger, as well over the chases and forests wherein our house hath privilege by the gifts of pious74 kings and nobles, whose souls now enjoy the fruits of their bounties75 to the Church as to those which belong to us in exclusive right of property and perpetuity. Thy knee, my son — that we may, with our own hand, and without loss of time, induct thee into office.”
“Kneel down,” said the Kitchener on the one side; and “Kneel down,” said the Refectioner on the other.
But Halbert Glendinning remained standing12.
“Were it to show gratitude76 and good-will for your reverend lordship’s noble offer, I could not,” he said, “kneel low enough, or remain long enough kneeling. But I may not kneel to take investure of your noble gift, my Lord Abbot, being a man determined77 to seek my fortune otherwise.”
“How is that, sir?” said the Abbot, knitting his brows; “do I hear you speak aright? and do you, a born vassal78 of the Halidome, at the moment when I am destining to you such a noble expression of my good-will, propose exchanging my service for that of any other?”
“My lord,” said Halbert Glendinning, “it grieves me to think you hold me capable of undervaluing your gracious offer, or of exchanging your service for another. But your noble proffer48 doth but hasten the execution of a determination which I have long since formed.”
“Ay, my son,” said the Abbot, “is it indeed so? — right early have you learned to form resolutions without consulting those on whom you naturally depend. But what may it be, this sagacious resolution, if I may so far pray you?”
“To yield up to my brother and mother,” answered Halbert, “mine interest in the fief of Glendearg, lately possessed by my father, Simon Glendinning: and having prayed your lordship to be the same kind and generous master to them, that your predecessors79, the venerable Abbots of Saint Mary’s, have been to my fathers in times past; for myself, I am determined to seek my fortune where I may best find it.”
Dame Glendinning here ventured, emboldened80 by maternal81 anxiety, to break silence with an exclamation82 of “O my son!” Edward clinging to his brother’s side, half spoke, half whispered, a similar ejaculation, of “Brother! brother!”
The Sub-Prior took up the matter in a tone of grave reprehension83, which, as he conceived, the interest he had always taken in the family at Glendearg required at his hand.
“Wilful young man,” he said, “what folly84 can urge thee to push back the hand that is stretched out to aid thee? What visionary aim hast thou before thee, that can compensate85 for the decent and sufficient independence which thou art now rejecting with scorn?”
“Four marks by the year, duly and truly,” said the Kitchener.
“Cow’s-grass, doublet, and galligaskins,” responded the Refectioner.
“Peace, my brethren,” said the Sub-Prior; “and may it please your lordship, venerable father, upon my petition, to allow this headstrong youth a day for consideration, and it shall be my part so to indoctrinate him, as to convince him what is due on this occasion to your lordship, and to his family, and to himself.”
“Your kindness, reverend father,” said the youth, “craves my dearest thanks — it is the continuance of a long train of benevolence86 towards me, for which I give you my gratitude, for I have nothing else to offer. It is my mishap87, not your fault, that your intentions have been frustrated88. But my present resolution is fixed89 and unalterable. I cannot accept the generous offer of the Lord Abbot; my fate calls me elsewhere, to scenes where I shall end it or mend it.”
“By our Lady,” said the Abbot, “I think the youth be mad indeed — or that you, Sir Piercie, judged of him most truly, when you prophesied90 that he would prove unfit for the promotion we designed him — it may be you knew something of this wayward humour before?”
“By the mass, not I,” answered Sir Piercie Shafton, with his usual indifference91. “I but judged of him by his birth and breeding; for seldom doth a good hawk92 come out of a kite’s egg.”
“Thou art thyself a kite, and kestrel to boot,” replied Halbert Glendinning, without a moment’s hesitation93.
“This in our presence, and to a man of worship?” said the Abbot, the blood rushing to his face.
“Yes, my lord,” answered the youth; “even in your presence I return to this gay man’s face, the causeless dishonour94 — which he has flung on my name. My brave father, who fell in the cause of his country, demands that justice at the hands of his son!”
“Unmannered boy!” said the Abbot.
“Nay, my good lord,” said the knight95, “praying pardon for the coarse interruption, let me entreat96 you not to be wroth with this rustical — Credit me, the north wind shall as soon puff97 one of your rocks from its basis, as aught which I hold so slight and inconsiderate as the churlish speech of an untaught churl4, shall move the spleen of Piercie Shafton.”
“Proud as you are, Sir Knight,” said Halbert, “in your imagined superiority, be not too confident that you cannot be moved.”
“Faith, by nothing that thou canst urge,” said Sir Piercie.
“Knowest thou, then, this token?” said young Glendinning, offering to him the silver bodkin he had received from the White Lady.
Never was such an instant change, from the most contemptuous serenity98, to the most furious state of passion, as that which Sir Piercie Shafton exhibited. It was the difference between a cannon99 lying quiet in its embrasure, and the same gun when touched by the linstock. He started up, every limb quivering with rage, and his features so inflamed100 and agitated101 by passion, that he more resembled a demoniac, than a man under the regulation of reason. He clenched102 both his fists, and thrusting them forward, offered them furiously at the face of Glendinning, who was even himself startled at the frantic103 state of excitation which his action had occasioned. The next moment he withdrew them, struck his open palm against his own forehead, and rushed out of the room in a state of indescribable agitation104. The whole matter had been so sudden, that no person present had time to interfere105.
When Sir Piercie Shafton had left the apartment, there was a moment’s pause of astonishment106; and then a general demand that Halbert Glendinning should instantly explain by what means he had produced such a violent change in the deportment of the English cavalier.
“I did nought107 to him,” answered Halbert Glendinning, “but what you all saw — am I to answer for his fantastic freaks of humour?”
“Boy,” said the Abbot, in his most authoritative108 manner, “these subterfuges109 shall not avail thee. This is not a man to be driven from his temperament110 without some sufficient cause. That cause was given by thee, and must have been known to thee. I command thee, as thou wilt111 save thyself from worse measure, to explain to me by what means thou hast moved our friend thus — We choose not that our vassals112 shall drive our guests mad in our very presence, and we remain ignorant of the means whereby that purpose is effected.”
“So may it please your reverence, I did but show him this token,” said Halbert Glendinning, delivering it at the same time to the Abbot, who looked at it with much attention, and then, shaking his head, gravely delivered it to the Sub-Prior, without speaking a word.
Father Eustace looked at the mysterious token with some attention; and then addressing Halbert in a stern and severe voice, said, “Young man, if thou wouldst not have us suspect thee of some strange double-dealing in this matter, let us instantly know whence thou hadst this token, and how it possesses an influence on Sir Piercie Shafton?”— It would have been extremely difficult for Halbert, thus hard pressed, to have either evaded113 or answered so puzzling a question. To have avowed114 the truth might, in those times, have occasioned his being burnt at a stake, although, in ours, his confession115 would have only gained for him the credit of a liar116 beyond all rational credibility. He was fortunately relieved by the return of Sir Piercie Shafton himself, whose ear caught, as he entered, the sound of the Sub-Prior’s question.
Without waiting until Halbert Glendinning replied, he came forward, whispering to him as he passed, “Be secret — thou shalt have the satisfaction thou hast dared to seek for.”
When he returned to his place, there were still marks of discomposure on his brow; but, becoming apparently117 collected and calm, he looked around him, and apologized for the indecorum of which he had been guilty, which he ascribed to sudden and severe indisposition. All were silent, and looked on each other with some surprise.
The Lord Abbot gave orders for all to retire from the apartment, save himself, Sir Piercie Shafton, and the Sub-Prior. “And have an eye,” he added, “on that bold youth, that he escape not; for if he hath practised by charm, or otherwise, on the health of our worshipful guest, I swear by the alb and mitre which I wear, that his punishment shall be most exemplary.”
“My lord and venerable father,” said Halbert, bowing respectfully, “fear not but that I will abide118 my doom119. I think you will best learn from the worshipful knight himself, what is the cause of his distemperature, and how slight my share in it has been.”
“Be assured,” said the knight, without looking up, however, while he spoke, “I will satisfy the Lord Abbot.”
With these words the company retired120, and with them young Glendinning. When the Abbot, the Sub-Prior, and the English knight were left alone, Father Eustace, contrary to his custom, could not help speaking the first. “Expound unto us, noble sir,” he said, “by what mysterious means the production of this simple toy could so far move your spirit, and overcome your patience, after you had shown yourself proof to all the provocation121 offered by this self-sufficient and singular youth?”
The knight took the silver bodkin from the good father’s hand, looked at it with great composure, and, having examined it all over, returned it to the Sub-Prior, saying at the same time, “In truth, venerable father, I cannot but marvel122, that the wisdom implied alike in your silver hairs, and in your eminent123 rank, should, like a babbling124 hound, (excuse the similitude,) open thus loudly on a false scent125. I were, indeed, more slight to be moved than the leaves of the aspen-tree, which wag at the least breath of heaven, could I be touched by such a trifle as this, which in no way concerns me more than if the same quantity of silver were stricken into so many groats. Truth is, that from my youth upward, I have been subjected to such a malady126 as you saw me visited with even now — a cruel and searching pain, which goeth through nerve and bone, even as a good brand in the hands of a brave soldier sheers through limb and sinew — but it passes away speedily, as you yourselves may judge.”
“Still,” said the Sub-Prior, “this will not account for the youth offering to you this piece of silver, as a token by which you were to understand something, and, as we must needs conjecture127, something disagreeable.”
“Your reverence is to conjecture what you will,” said Sir Piercie; “but I cannot pretend to lay your judgment128 on the right scent when I see it at fault. I hope I am not liable to be called upon to account for the foolish actions of a malapert boy?”
“Assuredly,” said the Sub-Prior, “we shall prosecute129 no inquiry130 which is disagreeable to our guest. Nevertheless,” said he, looking to his Superior, “this chance may, in some sort, alter the plan your lordship had formed for your worshipful guest’s residence for a brief term in this tower, as a place alike of secrecy131 and of security; both of which, in the terms which we now stand on with England, are circumstances to be desired.”
“In truth,” said the Abbot, “and the doubt is well thought on, were it as well removed; for I scarce know in the Halidome so fitting a place of refuge, yet see I not how to recommend it to our worshipful guest, considering the unrestrained petulance132 of this headstrong youth.”
“Tush! reverend sirs — what would you make of me?” said Sir Piercie Shafton. “I protest, by mine honour, I would abide in this house were I to choose. What! I take no exceptions at the youth for showing a flash of spirit, though the spark may light on mine own head. I honour the lad for it. I protest I will abide here, and he shall aid me in striking down a deer. I must needs be friends with him, and he be such a shot: and we will speedily send down to my lord Abbot a buck of the first head, killed so artificially as shall satisfy even the reverend Kitchener.”
This was said with such apparent ease and good-humour, that the Abbot made no farther observation on what had passed, but proceeded to acquaint his guest with the details of furniture, hangings, provisions, and so forth133, which he proposed to send up to the Tower of Glendearg for his accommodation. This discourse134, seasoned with a cup or two of wine, served to prolong the time until the reverend Abbot ordered his cavalcade135 to prepare for their return to the Monastery136.
“As we have,” he said, “in the course of this our toilsome journey, lost our meridian137, 47 indulgence shall be given to those of our attendants who shall, from very weariness, be unable to attend the duty at prime, 48 and this by way of misericord or indulgentia.” 49
Having benevolently138 intimated a boon139 to his faithful followers140, which he probably judged would be far from unacceptable, the good Abbot, seeing all ready for his journey, bestowed his blessing141 on the assembled household — gave his hand to be kissed by Dame Glendinning — himself kissed the cheek of Mary Avenel, and even of the Miller’s maiden142, when they approached to render him the same homage143 — commanded Halbert to rule his temper, and to be aiding and obedient in all things to the English Knight — admonished144 Edward to be discipulus impiger atque strenuus — then took a courteous145 farewell of Sir Piercie Shafton, advising him to lie close, for fear of the English borderers, who might be employed to kidnap him; and having discharged these various offices of courtesy, moved forth to the courtyard, followed by the whole establishment. Here, with a heavy sigh, approaching to a groan146, the venerable father heaved himself upon his palfrey, whose dark purple housings swept the ground; and, greatly comforted that the discretion147 of the animal’s pace would be no longer disturbed by the gambadoes of Sir Piercie and his prancing148 war-horse, he set forth at a sober and steady trot149 upon his return to the Monastery.
When the Sub-Prior had mounted to accompany his principal, his eye sought out Halbert, who, partly hidden by a projection150 of the outward wall of the court, stood apart from, and gazing upon the departing cavalcade, and the group which assembled around them. Unsatisfied with the explanation he had received concerning the mysterious transaction of the silver bodkin, yet interesting himself in the youth, of whose character he had formed a favourable151 idea, the worthy56 monk152 resolved to take an early opportunity of investigating that matter. In the meanwhile, he looked upon Halbert with a serious and warning aspect, and held up his finger to him as he signed farewell. He then joined the rest of the churchmen, and followed his Superior down the valley.
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