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Chapter 16

           Bythistimebothhorseandmanrequiredrefreshment,anditbecamenecessary,moreover,tolookoutforsomeplaceinwhichtheymightspendthenight,whichwasnowfastapproaching.

           Theplacewherethetravellerfoundhimselfseemedunpropitiousforobtainingeithershelterorrefreshment,andhewaslikelytobereducedtotheusualexpedientofknights-errant,who,onsuchoccasions,turnedtheirhorsestograze,andlaidthemselvesdowntomeditateontheirlady-mistress,withanoak-treeforacanopy.ButtheBlackKnighteitherhadnomistresstomeditateupon,or,beingasindifferentinloveasheseemedtobeinwar,wasnotsufficientlyoccupiedbypassionatereflectionsuponherbeautyandcruelty,tobeabletoparrytheeffectsoffatigueandhunger,andsufferlovetoactasasubstituteforthesolidcomfortsofabedandsupper.Hefeltdissatisfied,therefore,when,lookingaround,hefoundhimselfdeeplyinvolvedinwoods,throughwhichindeedthereweremanyopenglades,andsomepaths,butsuchasseemedonlyformedbythenumerousherdsofcattlewhichgrazedintheforest,orbytheanimalsofchase,andthehunterswhomadepreyofthem.

           Thesun,bywhichtheknighthadchieflydirectedhiscourse,hadnowsunkbehindtheDerbyshirehillsonhisleft,andeveryeffortwhichhemightmaketopursuehisjourneywasaslikelytoleadhimoutofhisroadastoadvancehimonhisroute.

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