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Chapter 16

           Theentrancetothisancientplaceofdevotionwasunderaverylowroundarch,ornamentedbyseveralcoursesofthatzig-zagmoulding,resemblingshark’steeth,whichappearssoofteninthemoreancientSaxonarchitecture.Abelfryroseabovetheporchonfoursmallpillars,withinwhichhungthegreenandweatherbeatenbell,thefeeblesoundsofwhichhadbeensometimebeforeheardbytheBlackKnight.

           Thewholepeacefulandquietscenelayglimmeringintwilightbeforetheeyesofthetraveller,givinghimgoodassuranceoflodgingforthenight;sinceitwasaspecialdutyofthosehermitswhodweltinthewoods,toexercisehospitalitytowardsbenightedorbewilderedpassengers.

           Accordingly,theknighttooknotimetoconsiderminutelytheparticularswhichwehavedetailed,butthankingSaintJulian(thepatronoftravellers)whohadsenthimgoodharbourage,heleapedfromhishorseandassailedthedoorofthehermitagewiththebuttofhislance,inordertoarouseattentionandgainadmittance.

           Itwassometimebeforeheobtainedanyanswer,andthereply,whenmade,wasunpropitious.

           "Passon,whosoeverthouart,"wastheanswergivenbyadeephoarsevoicefromwithinthehut,"anddisturbnottheservantofGodandStDunstaninhiseveningdevotions."

           "Worthyfather,"answeredtheknight,"hereisapoorwandererbewilderedinthesewoods,whogivestheetheopportunityofexercisingthycharityandhospitality."

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