Quentin Durward
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" ' Which of you was it,' he asked, ' who witnessed the meeting of my cousin Louis and me after the battle of Montl'hery,* when I was so thoughtless as to accompany him back within the intrenchments of Paris with half a score of attendants, and so put my pferson at the King's mercy ?' I replied, that most of us had been present; and none could ever forget the alarm which it had been his pleasure to give us. ' Well,' said the Duke, ' you blamed me for my folly, and 2y2 QUENTIN DURWARD.
I confess...ed to you that I had acted like a giddy-pated boy ; and 1 am aware, too, that my father of happy memory being then alive, my kinsman, Louis, would have had less advantage by seizing on my person than I might now have by securing his. But, neverthe- less, if my royal kinsman comes hither on the present occasion, in the same singleness of heart under which I then acted, he shall be royally welcome. If it is meant by this appearance of confidence, to circumvent and to blind me, till he execute some of his politic schemes, by Saint George of Burgundy, let him look to it !
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" ' Which of you was it,' he asked, ' who witnessed the meeting of my cousin Louis and me after the battle of Montl'hery,* when I was so thoughtless as to accompany him back within the intrenchments of Paris with half a score of attendants, and so put my pferson at the King's mercy ?' I replied, that most of us had been present; and none could ever forget the alarm which it had been his pleasure to give us. ' Well,' said the Duke, ' you blamed me for my folly, and 2y2 QUENTIN DURWARD.
I confess...ed to you that I had acted like a giddy-pated boy ; and 1 am aware, too, that my father of happy memory being then alive, my kinsman, Louis, would have had less advantage by seizing on my person than I might now have by securing his. But, neverthe- less, if my royal kinsman comes hither on the present occasion, in the same singleness of heart under which I then acted, he shall be royally welcome. If it is meant by this appearance of confidence, to circumvent and to blind me, till he execute some of his politic schemes, by Saint George of Burgundy, let him look to it !
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 to read onlineMoreLess
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