Chapter 26

           Thehottesthorsewilloftbecool,

           Thedullestwillshowfire;

           Thefriarwilloftenplaythefool,

           Thefoolwillplaythefriar.

           OldSong

           WhentheJester,arrayedinthecowlandfrockofthehermit,andhavinghisknottedcordtwistedroundhismiddle,stoodbeforetheportalofthecastleofFront-de-Boeuf,thewarderdemandedofhimhisnameanderrand.

           "Paxvobiscum,"answeredtheJester,"IamapoorbrotheroftheOrderofStFrancis,whocomehithertodomyofficetocertainunhappyprisonersnowsecuredwithinthiscastle."

           "Thouartaboldfriar,"saidthewarder,"tocomehither,where,savingourowndrunkenconfessor,acockofthyfeatherhathnotcrowedthesetwentyyears."

           "YetIpraythee,domineerrandtothelordofthecastle,"answeredthepretendedfriar;"trustmeitwillfindgoodacceptancewithhim,andthecockshallcrow,thatthewholecastleshallhearhim."

           "Gramercy,"saidthewarder;"butifIcometoshameforleavingmypostuponthineerrand,Iwilltrywhetherafriar’sgreygownbeproofagainstagrey-gooseshaft."

           Withthisthreathelefthisturret,andcarriedtothehallofthecastlehisunwontedintelligence,thataholyfriarstoodbeforethegateanddemandedinstantadmission.Withnosmallwonderhereceivedhismaster’scommandstoadmittheholymanimmediately;and,havingpreviouslymannedtheentrancetoguardagainstsurprise,heobeyed,withoutfurtherscruple,thecommandswhichhehadreceived.

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