bilboe's

Updated: April 30, 2025

The door of the chamber opened wide, and in strutted the portly bulk of the military hero whom Nigel had on the preceding evening in vain endeavoured to recognise. SWASH-BUCKLER. Bilboe's the word PIERROT. It hath been spoke too often, The spell hath lost its charm I tell thee, friend, The meanest cur that trots the street, will turn, And snarl against your proffer'd bastinado.

Sir Walter Scott - The Fortunes of Nigel