And Sir Oliver here , '' he added , `` why should he , a priest , be guilty of this act ? '' `` Nay , Sir Daniel , '' said Dick , `` but where the master biddeth there will the dog go . It is well known this priest is but your instrument . I speak very freely ; the time is not for courtesies . Even as I speak , so would I be answered . And answer get I none ! Ye but put more questions . I rede ye be ware , Sir Daniel ; for in this way ye will but nourish and not satisfy my doubts . '' `` I will answer you fairly , Master Richard , '' said the knight . `` Were I to pretend ye have not stirred my wrath , I were no honest man . But I will be just even in anger . Come to me with these words when y ' are grown and come to man 's estate , and I am no longer your guardian , and so helpless to resent them . Come to me then , and I will answer you as ye merit , with a buffet in the mouth . Till then ye have two courses : either swallow me down these insults , keep a silent tongue , and fight in the meanwhile for the man that fed and fought for your infancy ; or else -- the door standeth open , the woods are full of mine enemies -- go . '' The spirit with which these words were uttered , the looks with which they were accompanied , staggered Dick ; and yet he could not but observe that he had got no answer . `` I desire nothing more earnestly , Sir Daniel , than to believe you , '' he replied . `` Assure me ye are free from this . '' `` Will ye take my word of honour , Dick ? '' inquired the knight . `` That would I , '' answered the lad .
`` I give it you , '' returned Sir XXXXX .
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