In the month of August, in the year thirteen hundred and seventy-four, this distinguished3 place, called Sudley Castle, presented an interesting scene—the then owner, in consequence of his father's death, holding his first court for receiving the homage4 and fealty5 of his vassals6.
The court-yards were thronged8 with the retainers of the Baron9, beguiling10 the hour until the ceremony called them into the hall. This apartment, which corresponded in magnificence and beauty with the outward appearance of the noble pile, was of an oblong shape. Carved representations of battles adorned11 the lofty oaken ceiling, and suspended were banners and quarterings of the Sudley and De Boteler families. Ancestral statues of oak, clad in complete armour12, stood in niches13 formed in the thick walls. The heavy linked mail of the Normans, with the close helmet, or skull14 cap, fastened under the chin, and leaving the face exposed, encased those who represented the early barons15 of Sudley; while those of a later period were clad in the more convenient, and more beautiful armour of the fourteenth century. The walls were covered with arms, adapted to the different descriptions of soldiers of the period, and arranged so, as each might provide himself with his proper weapons, without delay or confusion.
The hall had a tesselated pavement, on which the arms of the united families of Sudley and De Boteler (the latter having inherited by marriage, in consequence of a failure of male issue in the former) were depicted16 with singular accuracy and beauty. About midway from the entrance, two broad steps of white marble led to the part of the hall exclusively appropriated to the owner of the castle. The mosaic17 work of this privileged space was concealed18 on the present occasion by a covering of fine crimson20 cloth. A large arm chair, covered with crimson velvet21, with the De Boteler arms richly emblazoned on the high back, over which hung a velvet canopy22 fringed with gold, was placed in the centre of the elevation; and several other chairs with similar coverings and emblazonings, but wanting canopies23, were disposed around for the accommodation of the guests.
The steward24 at length appeared, and descended25 the steps to classify the people for the intended homage, and to satisfy himself that none had disobeyed the summons.
The tenantry were arranged in the following order:—
First—the steward and esquire stood on either side next the steps.
Then followed the vassals who held lands for watching and warding28 the castle. These were considered superior to the other vassals from the peculiar29 nature of their tenure30, as the life-guards, as it were, of their lord.
Then those who held lands in chivalry31, namely, by performing stated military services, the perfection of whose tenures was homage.
The next were those who held lands by agricultural or rent service, and who performed fealty as a memorial of their attachment32 and dependence33.
The bondmen, or legally speaking, the villeins, concluded the array. These were either attached to the soil or to the person. The former were designated villeins appendant, because following the transfer of the ground, like fixtures34 of a freehold, their persons, lands, and goods, being the property of the lord; they might be chastised35, but not maimed. They paid a fine on the marriage of females; who obtained their freedom on marriage with a free man, but returned again to bondage36 on surviving their husband. The latter class were called villeins in gross, and differed nothing from the others except in name; the term signifying that they were severed37 from the soil, and followed the person of the lord. Neither of the classes were permitted to leave the lands of their owner; and on flight or settlement in towns or cities, might be pursued and reclaimed38. An action for damages lay against those who harboured them, or who refused to deliver them up,—the law also provided a certain form of writ39 by which the sheriff was commanded to seize, or obtain them by force. There was one mode, however, of nullifying the right of capture. If the runaway40 resided on lands of the king, for a year and a day, without claim, he could not be molested41 for the future; although he was still liable, if caught beyond the precincts of the royal boundary, to be retaken.
The classification had just finished, when a door at the upper end of the hall was thrown open, and the Baron of Sudley entered, attended by his guests, and followed by a page.
Roland de Boteler was a man about six-and-twenty, of a tall, well-proportioned figure, with an open, handsome countenance42; but there was a certain boldness or freedom in the laughing glance of his large black eyes, and in the full parted lips, blended with an expression, which though not perhaps exactly haughty43 or cruel, yet told distinctly enough that he was perfectly44 regardless of the feelings of his dependants45, and considered them merely as conducive46 to his amusement, or to the display of military power. A doublet of crimson cloth, embroidered47 with gold, was well chosen to give advantage to his dark complexion48. His tunic49 composed of baudykin, or cloth of gold, was confined round the waist by a girdle, below which it hung in full plaits, nearly to the knee,—thus allowing little of his trunk hose, of rich velvet, corresponding in colour with the doublet, to be seen. Over his dress he wore a surcoat or mantle50 of fine violet-coloured cloth, fastened across the breast, with a gold clasp, and lined with minever. His hair, according to the fashion introduced by the Black Prince, when he brought over his royal captive, John of France, fell in thick short curls below a cap in colour and material resembling his mantle, and edged with minever; and the lip and chin wore neither mustachio nor beard.
His eye fell proudly for a moment on the assembled yeomen, as he took his seat for the first time as Lord of Sudley; but speedily the ceremony commenced.
The individual first summoned from among the group, was a tall athletic51 young man of about twenty-five, with a complexion fair but reddened through exposure to the seasons. His hair was light-brown, thick and curly, and there was a good-humoured expression in the clear grey eyes, and in the full, broad, well marked countenance, that would give one the idea of a gay, thoughtless spirit—had it not been for the bold and firm step, and the sudden change of feature from gay to grave as he advanced to the platform, and met unabashed the Baron's scrutiny52, at once indicating that the man possessed53 courage and decision when occasion required these qualities to be called into action.
Stephen Holgrave ascended54 the marble steps, and proceeded on till he stood at the baron's feet. He then unclasped the belt of his waist, and having his head uncovered, knelt down, and holding up both his hands. De Boteler took them within his own, and the yeoman said in a loud, distinct voice—
"Lord Roland de Boteler, I become your man from this day forward, of life and limb and earthly worship, and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith, for the lands that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king."
The baron then bent55 his head forward and kissed the young man's forehead; and unloosing his hands, Holgrave arose, and bending his head, stood to hear what De Boteler might say.
"You have spoken well, Holgrave," said De Boteler, looking good-humouredly upon the yeoman, "and, truly, if the life of Roland de Boteler is worth any thing, you have earned your reward; and, here, in the presence of this good company, I covenant57 for myself and my heirs, that you and your heirs, shall hold the land for ever, in chivalry, presenting every feast of the Holy Baptist, a pair of gloves."
"Calverley," said the baron, as Holgrave retired58, and while addressing his esquire, his features assumed a peculiar expression: "What a pity it is that a yeoman should reap the reward of a service that should have been performed by you had your health permitted!"
The sarcastic59 smile that accompanied these words, called up a glow even deeper than envy had done; yet, in a calm voice, Calverley replied, "The land, my lord, though the gift be fair, is of little account in comparison with the honour of the deed; but I may humbly60 say, that if Thomas Calverley had witnessed his master's peril61, he would have been found as valiant62 in his defence as the yeoman, whose better fortune it was to be present."
"Aye, aye, my good 'squire," said the baron, still in a laughing tone, "your illness, I am told, gave you a most outrageous63 appetite—doubtless your feeble constitution needed strengthening! Come, come, man, it is but a joke—never look so blank; yet, if we laugh, there is no reason why those knaves64 should stand grinning there from ear to ear. Bid the senior vassal7 advance."
The vassals who were to perform homage then prepared to go through the customary form; and an old grey-headed man advanced first from the group to do fealty, and, standing66 before the baron, pronounced after him the following oath, holding his right hand on the gospels:—
"I, John Hartwell, will be to you, my Lord Roland de Boteler, true and faithful, and bear to you fealty and faith for the lands and tenements67 which I hold of you; and I will truly do and perform the customs and services that I ought to do to you, so help me God!" The old man then kissed the book, and retired to give place to the next; and so on till all who owed fealty had gone through the ceremony.
Lastly advanced from among the bondmen, or villeins, the oldest servitor, and, holding his right hand over the book, pronounced after De Boteler—
"Hear you, my Lord de Boteler, that I, William Marson, from this day forth68 unto you shall be true and faithful, and shall owe you fealty for the land which I may hold of you in villeinage, and shall be justified69 by you both in body and goods, so help me God and all the saints." After kissing the book he withdrew; and the bondmen successively renewed their servile compact.
While the vassals were retiring from the hall, the Lord de Boteler turned to the gentleman near him—
"Sir Robert," said he, "you saw that vassal who first did homage?—to that base-born churl70 I owe my life. I had engaged hand to hand with a French knight72, when my opponent's esquire treacherously73 attacked me from behind. This was observed by my faithful follower74, who struck down the coward with his axe75, and, in a moment more, rid me of the knight by a blow that cleft76 his helmet and entered his brain. He also, by rare chance, I know not how, slew77 the bearer of that banner yonder, and, when the battle was over, laid it at my feet."
"You have made him a freeman since then?" inquired Sir Robert.
"No; he received his freedom from my father when a boy for some juvenile78 service—I hardly remember what. Yet I shall never forget the look of the varlet—as if it mattered to such as he whether they were free or not! He stared for an instant at my father—the tears trembling in his eyes, and all the blood in his body, I verily believe, reddening his face, and he looked as if he would have said something; but my father and I did not care to listen, and we turned away. As for the land he has now received, I promised it him on the field of battle, and I could not retract79 my word."
"No, baron," said Sir Robert; "the man earned it by his bravery: and surely the life of the Lord de Boteler is worth more than a piece of dirty land."
De Boteler, not caring to continue so uninteresting a subject, discoursed80 upon other matters; and the business of the morning having concluded, he retired with his guests from the hall.
It was about a fortnight after this court day that the fortunate yeoman one morning led his mother, Edith Holgrave, to the cottage he had built on the land that was now his own.
Edith entered the cottage, her hand resting for support upon the shoulder of her son—for she was feeble, though not so much from age as from a weak constitution. As she stepped over the threshold she devoutly81 crossed herself; and when they stood upon the earthen floor, she withdrew her left hand from the arm that supported her, and, sinking upon her knees, and raising up her eyes, exclaimed—
"May He, in whose hands are the ends of the earth, preserve thee, my son, from evil. And oh! may He bless this house!"
While she spoke56, her eyes brightened, and her pale face for a short time glowed with the fervor82 of her soul.
"Stephen, my son," she continued (as with his aid she arose and seated herself upon a wooden stool), "many days of sorrow have I seen, but this proud day is an atonement for all. My father was a freeman, but thy father was a serf;—but all are alike in His eyes, who oftentimes gives the soul of a churl to him who dwelleth in castles, and quickens the body of the base of birth with a spirit that might honour the wearer of crimson and gold. My husband was a villein, but his soul spurned83 the bondage; and oftentimes, my son, when you have been an infant in my arms, thy father wished that the free-born breast which nourished you, could infuse freedom into your veins84. He did not live to see it; but oh! what a proud day was that for me, when my son no longer bore the name of slave! I had prayed—I had yearned85 for that day; and it at length repaid me for all the taunts86 of our neighbours, who reviled87 me because my spirit was not such as theirs!"
"Come, come, mother," interrupted Holgrave, "don't agitate88 yourself; there is time to talk of all this by-and-bye."
"And so there is, child—but I am old; and the aged71, as well as the young, love to be talking. Stephen, you must bear with your mother."
"Aye, that I will, mother," replied Holgrave, kissing her cheek which had assumed its accustomed paleness; "and ill befall the son that will not!"
Leaving his mother to attend to the visitors who crowded in to drink success to the new proprietor89 in a cup of ale, Stephen Holgrave stole unobserved out of the cottage towards nightfall.
Passing through Winchcombe, he arrived at a small neat dwelling90, in a little sequestered91 valley, about a quarter of a mile from the town—the tenant26 of which lowly abode92 is of no small consequence to our story.
Like Holgrave, Margaret was the offspring of the bond and the free. Her father had been a bondman attached to the manor93 of Sudley; and her mother a poor friendless orphan94, with no patrimony95 save her freedom. Such marriages were certainly of rare occurrence, because women naturally felt a repugnance96 to become the mother of serfs; but still, that they did occur, is evidenced by the law of villeinage, ordaining97 that the children of a bondman and free woman should in no wise partake of their mother's freedom.
It might be, perhaps, that this similarity in their condition had attracted them towards each other; or it might be that, as Margaret had been motherless since her birth, and Edith had nursed and reared her till she grew to womanhood, from the feelings natural to long association, love had grown and strengthened in Stephen's heart. Indeed, there were not many of her class who could have compared with this young woman. Her figure was about the middle height of her sex, and so beautifully proportioned, that even the close kerchief and russet gown could not entirely98 conceal19 the symmetrical formation of the broad white shoulders, the swelling99 bust100, and the slender waist. Plain braids of hair of the darkest shade, and arched brows of the same hue101, gave an added whiteness to a forehead smooth and high; and her full intelligent eyes, with a fringe as dark as her hair, were of a clear deep blue. The feminine occupation of a sempstress had preserved the delicacy102 of her complexion, and had left a soft flickering103 blush playing on her cheek. Such was Margaret the beloved—the betrothed104—whom Holgrave was now hastening to invite, with all the simple eloquence105 of honest love, to become the bride of his bosom106—the mistress of his home.
The duskiness of the twilight107 hour was lightened by the broad beams of an autumn moon; and as the moonlight, streaming full upon the thatch108, revealed distinctly the little cot that held his treasure, all the high thoughts of freedom and independence, all the wandering speculative109 dreamings that come and go in the heart of man, gave place, for a season, to one engrossing110 feeling. Margaret was not this evening, as she was wont111 to be, sitting outside the cottage door awaiting his approach. The door was partly opened—he entered—and beheld112 a man kneeling before her, and holding one of her hands within his own!
"Stephen Holgrave!" cried the devotee, jumping up, "what brings you here at such an hour?"
"What brings me, Calverley!" replied Holgrave, furiously, "who are you, to ask such a question? What brings you here?"
"My own will, Stephen Holgrave," answered Calverley in a calm tone; "and mark you—this maiden113 has no right to plight114 her troth except with her lord's consent. She is Lord de Boteler's bondwoman, and dares not marry without his leave—which will never be given to wed27 with you."
"You talk boldly, sir, of my lord's intents," answered the yeoman sulkily.
"I speak but the truth," replied Calverley. "You have been rewarded well for the deed you did; and think not that your braggart115 speech will win my lord. This maid is no meet wife for such as you. My lord has offered me fair lands and her freedom if I choose to wed her: and though many a free dowered maid would smile upon the suit of Thomas Calverley, yet have I come to offer wedlock116 to Margaret."
"Margaret!" said Holgrave fiercely, "can this be true? answer me! Has Calverley spoken of marriage to you?—why do you not answer? Have I loved a false one?"
"No, Stephen," replied Margaret, in a low trembling voice.
Holgrave's mind was relieved as Margaret spoke, for he had confidence in her truth. He knew, however, that Calverley stood high in the favour of De Boteler, and he determined117 not to trust himself with further words.
"Margaret," said Calverley suddenly, "I leave Sudley Castle on the morrow to attend my lord to London. At my return I shall expect that this silence be changed into language befitting the chosen bride of the Baron de Boteler's esquire. Remember you are not yet free!—and now, Stephen Holgrave, I leave not this cottage till you depart. The maiden is my lord's nief, the cottage is his, and here I am privileged—not you."
Fierce retorts and bitter revilings were on Holgrave's tongue; but the sanctuary118 of a maiden's home was no place for contention119. He knew that Calverley did possess the power he vaunted; and, without uttering a word, he crossed the threshold, and stood on the sod just beyond the door.
Calverley paused a moment gazing on the blanched120 beauty of the agitated121 girl, her cheek looking more pale from the moonlight that fell upon it; and then, in the soft insinuating122 tone he knew so well how to assume—
"Forgive me, Margaret," said he, "for what I have said. But oh," he continued, taking her hand, and pressing it passionately123 to his bosom, "You know not how much I love you!—Come, sir, will you walk?" Then kissing the damsel's hand he relinquished124 it; and Margaret, with streaming eyes and a throbbing125 heart, watched till the two receding126 figures were lost in the distance.
Holgrave and Calverley pursued their path in sullen127 silence. There were about a dozen paces between them, but neither were one foot in advance of the other. On they went through Winchcombe and along the road, till they came to where a footpath128 from the left intersected the highway. Here they both, as if by mutual129 agreement, made a sudden pause, and stood doggedly130 eyeing each other. At considerably131 less than a quarter of a mile to the right was Sudley Castle; and at nearly the same distance to the left was Holgrave's new abode. After the lapse132 of several minutes, Calverley leaped across a running ditch to the right; and Holgrave, having thus far conquered, turned to the left on his homeward path.
The reader will, perhaps, feel some surprise that an esquire of the rich and powerful Lord de Boteler should be thus competing with the yeoman for the hand of a portionless humble133 nief; but it is necessary to observe, in the first place, that in the fifteenth century esquires were by no means of the consideration they had enjoyed a century before. Some nobles, indeed, who were upholders of the ancient system, still regarded an esquire as but a degree removed from a knight, but these were merely exceptions;—the general rule, at the period we are speaking of, was to consider an esquire simply as a principal attendant, without the least claim to any distinction beyond. Such a state of things accorded well with the temper of De Boteler;—he could scarcely have endured the equality, which, in some measure, formerly134 subsisted135 between the esquire and his lord. With him the equal might be familiar, but the inferior must be submissive; and it was, perhaps, the humility136 of Calverley's deportment that alone had raised him to the situation he now held. Calverley, besides, had none of the requisites137 of respectability which would have entitled him to take a stand among a class such as esquires had formerly been.
About ten years before the commencement of our tale, a pale emaciated138 youth presented himself one morning at Sudley Castle, desiring the hospitality that was never denied to the stranger. Over his dress, which was of the coarse monks140' cloth then generally worn by the religious, he wore a tattered141 cloak of the dark russet peculiar to the peasant. That day he was fed, and that night lodged142 at the castle; and the next morning, as he stood in a corner of the court-yard, apparently143 lost in reflection as to the course he should next adopt, the young Roland de Boteler, then a fine boy of fifteen, emerged from the stone arch-way of the stable mounted on a spirited charger. The glow on his cheek, the brightness of his eyes, and the youthful animation144 playing on his face, and ringing in the joyous145 tones of his voice, seemed to make the solitary146 dejected being, who looked as if he could claim neither kindred nor home, appear even more care-worn and friendless. The youth gazed at the young De Boteler, and ran after him as he rode through the gateway147 followed by two attendants.
He then wandered about with a look of still deeper despondence, till the trampling148 of the returning horses sent a transient tinge149 across his cheek. He followed Roland's attendants, and again entered the court-yard. By some chance, as the young rider was alighting, his eye fell on the dejected stranger, who was standing at a little distance fixing an anxious gaze upon the heir.
"Who is that sickly-looking carle, Ralph?" enquired150 De Boteler.
The attendant did not know. The youth interpreted the meaning of Roland's glance, and approached, and, with a humble yet not ungraceful obeisance—
"Noble young lord," said he, "may a wanderer crave151 leave to abide152 for a time in this castle?"
"You have my leave," replied the boy in the consequential153 tone that youth generally assumes when conferring a favour. "Indeed, you don't look very fit to wander farther;—Ralph, see that this knave65 is attended to."
The stranger was now privileged to remain, and a week's rest and good cheer considerably improved his appearance. He did not presume, however, to approach the part of the castle inhabited by the owners; but never did the young Roland enter the court-yard, or walk abroad, but the silent homage of the grateful stranger greeted him.
This strange youth was Thomas Calverley, and, by the end of a month, Roland's eyes as instinctively154 sought for him when he needed an attendant, as if he had been a regular domestic.
It was good policy in Calverley to propitiate155 the young De Boteler; for had he presented himself to his father, although for a space he might have been fed, he could never have presumed to obtrude156 himself upon his notice.
There was a humility in the stranger which pleased Roland's imperious temper; he had granted the permission by which he abided in the castle, and he seemed to feel a kind of interest in his protegé; and the envy of his attendants was often excited by their young lord beckoning157 to Calverley to assist him to mount, or alight, or do him any other little service. Calverley began now to be considered as a kind of inmate158 in the castle, and various were the whispered tales that went about respecting him. At length it was discovered that he was a scholar—that is, he could read and write; and the circumstance, though it abated159 nothing of the whisperings of idle curiosity, entirely silenced the taunts he had been compelled to endure. If still disliked, yet was he treated with some respect; for none of the unlettered domestics would have presumed to speak rudely to one so far above them in intellectual attainments160.
Such a discovery could not long remain a secret;—the tale reached the ears of young De Boteler, and, already prepossessed in his favour, it was but a natural consequence that Calverley should rise from being first an assistant, to be the steward, the page, and, at length, the esquire to the heir to the barony of Sudley. But the progress of his fortunes did but add to the malevolence161 of the detractor and the tale-bearer; theft, sacrilege, and even murder were hinted at as probable causes for a youth, who evidently did not belong to the vulgar, being thus a friendless outcast. But the most charitable surmise162 was, that he was the offspring of the unhallowed love of some dame163 or damsel who had reared him in privacy, and had destined164 him for the church; and that either upon the death of his protectress, or through some fault, he had been expelled from his home. Calverley had a distant authoritative165 manner towards his equals and inferiors, which, despite every effort, checked inquisitiveness166; and all the information he ever gave was, that he was the son of a respectable artizan of the city of London, whom his father's death had left friendless. Whether this statement was correct or not, could never be discovered. Calverley was never known to allude167 to aught that happened in the years previous to his becoming an inmate of the castle: what little he had said was merely in reply to direct questions. It would seem, then, that he stood alone in the world, and such a situation is by no means enviable; and although duplicity, selfishness and tyranny, formed the principal traits in his character; and though independently of tyranny and selfishness, his mind instinctively shrunk from any contact, save that of necessity, with those beneath him, yet had he gazed upon the growing beauty of Margaret till a love pure and deep—a love in which was concentrated all the slumbering168 affections, had risen and expanded in his breast, until it had, as it were, become a part of his being.
Margaret had a brother—a monk139 in the abbey at Winchcombe, to whose care she was indebted for the instructions which had made her a skilful169 embroidress, and still more for the precautions which had preserved her opening beauty from the gaze of the self-willed Roland de Boteler. Though the daughter of a bondman, her services had never been demanded; and father John had ultimately removed her from Edith's roof to the little cottage already mentioned.
Calverley had intended to see Margaret again before leaving the castle; but De Boteler, having changed the hour he had appointed, there was not a moment to spare from the necessary arrangements. Never before had Calverley's assumed equanimity170 of temper been so severely171 tried; the patient attention with which he listened, and the prompt assiduity with which he executed a thousand trifling172 commands—although, from the force with which he bit his underlip, he was frequently compelled to wipe away the blood from his mouth—shewed the absolute control he had acquired over his feelings—at least so far as the exterior173 was concerned.
The chapel174 bell rang for mass, at which Father John, the brother of Margaret, officiated, in consequence of the sudden illness of the resident chaplain. Calverley waited till the service was concluded; and then, first pausing a few minutes to allow the monk to recite the office, he unclosed the door of the sacristy and entered. Father John was sitting with a book in his hand, and he still wore the white surplice.
The ecclesiastic175, on whose privacy Calverley had thus intruded176, was a man about thirty-five, of a tall muscular figure, with thick dark hair encircling his tonsure177, a thin visage, and an aquiline178 nose. There was piety179 and meekness180 in the high pale forehead; and in the whole countenance, when the eyes were cast down, or when their light was partly shaded by the lids and the projecting brows: but when the lids were raised, and the large, deeply-set eyes flashed full upon the object of his scrutiny, there was a proud—a searching expression in the glance which had often made the obdurate181 sinner tremble, and which never failed to awe182 presumption183 and extort184 respect. Such was the man whom Calverley was about to address; and from whose quiet, unassuming demeanour at this moment, a stranger would have augured185 little opposition186 to any reasonable proposal that might be suggested: but Calverley well knew the character of the monk, and there was a kind of hesitation187 in his voice as he said—
"Good morrow, holy father."
The monk silently bent his head.
"My Lord de Boteler," resumed Calverley, "will, in a few minutes, depart hence. I attend him; but before I go, I would fain desire your counsel."
"Speak on, my son," said the monk in a full deep voice, as Calverley paused.
"Father John, you have a sister——"
"What of her?" asked the monk, looking inquiringly on the esquire.
"I love her!" replied Calverley, his hesitation giving place to an impassioned earnestness.—"Why look you so much astonished? Has she not beauty, and have I not watched the growth of that beauty from the interesting loveliness of a child, to the full and fascinating charms of a woman. Father John, you have never loved—you cannot tell the conflict that is within my heart."
"But," asked the monk, "have you spoken to Margaret?"
"Last evening I went to give her freedom and to ask her love, when Stephen Holgrave——"
"Did the baron empower you to free her?" eagerly asked the monk.
"Yes,—but Holgrave entered and——"
"She is still a nief?"
"Yes;—when that knave Holgrave entered, I could not speak of what was burning in my breast."
"Stephen Holgrave is not a knave," returned the monk. "He is an honest man, and Margaret is betrothed to him."
There was a momentary188 conflict in Calverley's breast as the monk spoke;—there was a shade across his brow, and a slight tremor189 on his lip, but he conquered the emotion—love triumphed, and, in a soft imploring190 tone, he said—
"Think you, father, Holgrave loves her as I do; or think you his rude untutored speech will accord well with so gentle a creature. Oh! father John, be you my friend. Bid her forget the man who is unworthy of her! She will listen to you—she will be guided by you—you are the only kinsman191 she can claim;—and surely even you must wish rather to see your sister attended almost as a mistress in this castle, than the harassed192 wife of a laborious193 yeoman. Oh! if you win her to my arms, I here swear to you, that not even your own heart could ask for more gentle care than she will receive from me. My happiness centres in her—to love her, to cherish her—to see the smile of joy for ever on her lips."
At this moment a knock was heard at the door. Calverley opened it, and De Boteler's page appeared to say, that if Thomas Calverley had wanted the aid of the priest, he should have applied194 sooner, for his lord was now waiting for him.
"Tell my lord," said Calverley, "I will attend him instantly."
The page withdrew, and Calverley, turning to the monk, asked hastily if he might reckon on his friendship.
"Thomas Calverley," replied John, "I believe you do love my sister, but I cannot force her inclinations;—I will not even strive to bias195 her mind; there is a sympathy in hearts predestined to unite, which attracts them towards each other;—if that secret sympathy exist not between you, ye are not destined to become as one."
"Then you will not seek to win her to my love," asked Calverley, impatiently.
"I will tell her," returned the monk, "that a love so devoted196, so disinterested197, deserves in return an affection as pure: but if, after all this, her heart still prefers the yeoman Holgrave, I will say no more."
"And, think you, I shall endure rejection198 without an effort?"
"It is now too late! Why, if your happiness rested upon her, did you defer199 declaring your love till the moment when she had promised to become the wife of another? Know you not, Thomas Calverley, that even as the rays of the bright sun dissolve the glittering whiteness of the winter snow, just so do kind words and patient love enkindle warm feelings in the bosom of the coldest virgin200, and awaken201 sympathies in her heart that else might for ever unconsciously have slumbered202."
"You talk strange language," replied Calverley in a voice that had lost all its assumed gentleness. "But—remember—I have not sought your sister's love to be thus baffled—remember!—--" Calverley was here interrupted by a quick knocking at the door.
"Remember, father John," he continued, pausing ere he unclosed the door, and speaking rapidly, "that mine is not the love of a boy—that Thomas Calverley is not one whom it is safe to trifle with—that Margaret is a bondwoman—and that her freedom is in my hands—remember!"
He repeated the last word in a tone of menace, and with a look that seemed to dare the monk to sanction the union of his sister with Holgrave. He opened the door, but, ere he passed through, his eye caught an expression of proud contempt flashing in the dark hazel eyes, and curving in the half-smiling lip of the man he had thus defied;—and prudence203 whispered, that he had not properly estimated the character of the priest.
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distinguished
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fealty
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vassals
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baron
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beguiling
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adorned
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niches
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skull
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barons
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concealed
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conceal
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crimson
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canopies
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tenant
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warding
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attachment
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dependence
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fixtures
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bondage
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molested
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countenance
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haughty
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perfectly
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dependants
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conducive
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embroidered
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complexion
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mantle
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athletic
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scrutiny
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possessed
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ascended
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bent
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spoke
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covenant
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retired
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sarcastic
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humbly
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peril
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outrageous
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knaves
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knave
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justified
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knight
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treacherously
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follower
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slew
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juvenile
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retract
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devoutly
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veins
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taunts
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proprietor
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sequestered
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abode
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patrimony
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ordaining
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delicacy
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eloquence
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bosom
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twilight
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wedlock
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sanctuary
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