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"Marry! out upon thee, old palmer-worm!" said the page within himself; "have I found thee in the very fact of maligning myself and my master, as it is thy nature to do towards all the hopeful young buds of chivalry?
"That which the palmer-worm hath left, hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left, hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left, hath the caterpillar eaten." Now if he could have read his sermon, it would have shown itself a most creditable invention.
Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?... "That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten. "Awake, ye drunkards, and weep! and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine! for it is cut off from your mouth.
Stokes!" returned Peregrine dryly. "I didn't mean with mine," growled the other. "My name is an historical one too but that is not in question. Do you know your crest ought to be a hairy worm?" "Why?" "Don't you know the palmer-worm? It got its name where you got yours!" "Well, we all come from Adam!" "What! worms and all?" "Surely. We're all worms, the parson says.
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm' hath eaten.
Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?... "That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten. "Awake, ye drunkards, and weep! and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine! for it is cut off from your mouth.
Come, put me through; it's time for lunch. Or, if you prefer, let me burst in ignorance. I don't mind." "Well, then, I will explain. The palmer was a pilgrim: when he came home, he carried a palm-branch to show he had been to the holy land." "Did the hairy worm go to the holy land too?" "He is called a palmer-worm because he has feet enough to go any number of pilgrimages.
Stokes!" returned Peregrine dryly. "I didn't mean with mine," growled the other. "My name is an historical one too but that is not in question. Do you know your crest ought to be a hairy worm?" "Why?" "Don't you know the palmer-worm? It got its name where you got yours!" "Well, we all come from Adam!" "What! worms and all?" "Surely. We're all worms, the parson says.
Come, put me through; it's time for lunch. Or, if you prefer, let me burst in ignorance. I don't mind." "Well, then, I will explain. The palmer was a pilgrim: when he came home, he carried a palm-branch to show he had been to the holy land." "Did the hairy worm go to the holy land too?" "He is called a palmer-worm because he has feet enough to go any number of pilgrimages.
"That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten. "Awake, ye drunkards, and weep! and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine! for it is cut off from your mouth.
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