Have I been to you so heavy a guardian that ye make haste to credit ill of me ? Or sith that ye see me , for the nonce , some worsted , do ye think to quit my party ? By the mass , your father was not so ! Those he was near , those he stood by , come wind or weather . But you , Dick , y ' are a fair-day friend , it seemeth , and now seek to clear yourself of your allegiance . '' `` A n't please you , Sir Daniel , not so , '' returned Dick , firmly . `` I am grateful and faithful , where gratitude and faith are due . And before more is said , I thank you , and I thank Sir Oliver ; y ' have great claims upon me both -- none can have more ; I were a hound if I forgot them . '' `` It is well , '' said Sir Daniel ; and then , rising into anger : `` Gratitude and faith are words , Dick Shelton , '' he continued ; `` but I look to deeds . In this hour of my peril , when my name is attainted , when my lands are forfeit , when this wood is full of men that hunger and thirst for my destruction , what doth gratitude ? what doth faith ? I have but a little company remaining ; is it grateful or faithful to poison me their hearts with your insidious whisperings ? Save me from such gratitude ! But , come , now , what is it ye wish ? Speak ; we are here to answer . If ye have aught against me , stand forth and say it . '' `` Sir , '' replied Dick , `` my father fell when I was yet a child . It hath come to mine ears that he was foully done by . It hath come to mine ears -- for I will not dissemble -- that ye had a hand in his undoing . And in all verity , I shall not be at peace in mine own mind , nor very clear to help you , till I have certain resolution of these doubts . ''
Sir XXXXX sat down in a deep settle .
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