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Waverly Novels: Quentin Durward. St. Ronan's well.
Waverly Novels Quentin Durward St Ronan's well Author:Walter Scott Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE SALLY. The wretch condemn'd with life to part, Stiîl still on hope relies, And every pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise. Hope, like... more » the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way; And still the darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. Goldsmith. í EW days had passed ere Louis had received, with a smile of gratified vengeance, the intelligence, that his favourite and his councillor, the Cardinal Balue, was groaning within a cage of iron, so disposed as scarce to permit him to enjoy repose in any posture except when recumbent ; and of which, be it said in passing, he remained the unpitied tenant for nearly twelve years. The auxiliary forces which the Duke had required Louis to bring up had also appeared ; and he comforted himself that their numbers were sufficient to protect his person against violence, although too limited to cope, had such been his purpose, with the large army of Burgundy. He saw himself also at liberty, when time should suit, to resume his project of marriage between his daughter and the Duke of Orleans ; and, although he was sensible to the indignity of serving with his noblest peers under the banners of his own vassal, and against the people whose cause he had abetted, he did not allow these circumstances to embarrass him in the meantime, trusting that a future day would bring him amends.—" For chance," said he to his trusty Oliver, " may indeed gain one hit, but it is patience and wisdom which win the game at last." With such. sentiments, upon a beautiful day in the latter end of harvest, the King mounted his horse ; and, indifferent that he was looked upon rather as a part of the pageant of a victor, than in the light of an independent Sovereign surrounded by his guards and his chivalry, King Louis s...« less