Chapter 2

           AMonktherewas,afayreforthemaistrie,

           Anoutriderthatlovedvenerie;

           Amanlyman,tobeanAbbotable,

           Fullmanyadaintiehorsehadheinstable:

           Andwhanherode,menmighthisbridlehear

           Gingelinginawhistlingwindasclear,

           Andekeasloud,asdoththechapellbell,

           Thereasthislordwaskeeperofthecell.

           Chaucer.

           Notwithstandingtheoccasionalexhortationandchidingofhiscompanion,thenoiseofthehorsemen’sfeetcontinuingtoapproach,Wambacouldnotbepreventedfromlingeringoccasionallyontheroad,uponeverypretencewhichoccurred;nowcatchingfromthehazelaclusterofhalf-ripenuts,andnowturninghisheadtoleerafteracottagemaidenwhocrossedtheirpath.Thehorsemen,therefore,soonovertookthemontheroad.

           Theirnumbersamountedtotenmen,ofwhomthetwowhorodeforemostseemedtobepersonsofconsiderableimportance,andtheotherstheirattendants.Itwasnotdifficulttoascertaintheconditionandcharacterofoneofthesepersonages.Hewasobviouslyanecclesiasticofhighrank;hisdresswasthatofaCistercianMonk,butcomposedofmaterialsmuchfinerthanthosewhichtheruleofthatorderadmitted.HismantleandhoodwereofthebestFlanderscloth,andfellinample,andnotungracefulfolds,aroundahandsome,thoughsomewhatcorpulentperson.Hiscountenanceboreaslittlethemarksofself-denial,ashishabitindicatedcontemptofworldlysplendour.

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