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She was tired and hungry, and felt really obliged by the attention, but could scarcely do justice to the viands from surprise at the conversation of the guests. "Ho, ho!" said Sir Bryan de Barreilles, "I once knew a thing such a thing it was too ho! ho!"
The old man rose as he spoke, and, suddenly catching hold of the enormous ebony walking-stick, which generally reposed at the side of his chair, he aimed a blow with all his force at the unfortunate songster; but, being blind, and not calculating his distance, his staff fell with tremendous effect on the left eye of Sir Bryan de Barreilles.
"Better that than talking nonsense about roses," replied Reginald. "Did you expect us this evening, Mr Peeper?" "I did, Mr Reginald, and have invited a few of the neighbours to meet you." "Who are coming?" "Sir Bryan De Barreilles, Hasket of Norland, Maulerer of Phascald, and old Dr Howlet. They will be here soon, so you had better make haste."
Sir Bryan de Barreilles had a patch on his right eye; Hasket of Norland a deep scar on his forehead, that cut his left eyebrow into two parts, and gave a very extraordinary expression to his rigid countenance; Maulerer of Phascald had the general effect of very handsome features, marred by the want of his nose; not that there was actually no nose, but that it did not occupy the prominent position it usually holds on the human face divine, but was inserted deep between the cheeks in fact, was a nose not set on after the fashion of a knocker, but a fine specimen of basso-relievo, indented after the manner of Socrates's head on a seal, and would probably have made a very fine impression.
The rest of the company composed themselves to listen; and, after a short prelude, Lorimer, in a fine manly voice, began "A foul song! a wanton woman!" exclaimed Sir Bryan de Barreilles "he should have stabbed her for living so long with a Jew villain like the Soldan of Bagdad." "Was the villain a Jew?" enquired Dr Howlet, who had caught the word. "I did not know Bagdad was in Jewry.
"There were three men killed at my marriage in fair give and take fight in the hall, at the wedding supper. There is the mark of blood on the floor yet." "I lost my eye at the celebration of a christening," said Sir Bryan de Barreilles. "My uncle of Malmescott pushed it in with the handle of his dagger." "I got this wound on my forehead at a feast after a funeral," said Hasket of Norland.
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