`` We want no beggars here ! '' he cried . But another -- although he was as far from recognising Dick and Lawless -- inclined to more moderate counsels . `` Not so , '' he cried . `` We be strong men , and take ; these be weak , and crave ; but in the latter end these shall be uppermost and we below . Mind him not , my father ; but come , drink of my cup , and give me a benediction . '' `` Y ' are men of a light mind , carnal , and accursed , '' said the monk . `` Now , may the saints forbid that ever I should drink with such companions ! But here , for the pity I bear to sinners , here I do leave you a blessed relic , the which , for your soul 's interest , I bid you kiss and cherish . '' So far Lawless thundered upon them like a preaching friar ; but with these words he drew from under his robe a black arrow , tossed it on the board in front of the three startled outlaws , turned in the same instant , and , taking Dick along with him , was out of the room and out of sight among the falling snow before they had time to utter a word or move a finger . `` So , '' he said , `` we have proved our false faces , Master Shelton . I will now adventure my poor carcase where ye please . '' `` Good ! '' returned Richard . `` It irks me to be doing . Set we on for Shoreby ! '' CHAPTER II -- `` IN MINE ENEMIES ' HOUSE '' Sir Daniel 's residence in Shoreby was a tall , commodious , plastered mansion , framed in carven oak , and covered by a low-pitched roof of thatch . To the back there stretched a garden , full of fruit-trees , alleys , and thick arbours , and overlooked from the far end by the tower of the abbey church . The house might contain , upon a pinch , the retinue of a greater person than Sir Daniel ; but even now it was filled with hubbub . The court rang with arms and horseshoe-iron ; the kitchens roared with cookery like a bees ' - hive ; minstrels , and the players of instruments , and the cries of tumblers , sounded from the hall .
Sir XXXXX , in his profusion , in the gaiety and gallantry of his establishment , rivalled with Lord Shoreby , and eclipsed Lord Risingham .
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