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Maybe he thinks that I shall be a good ally, and makes more of my power than should be. I told Godred the thane as plainly as I could what I was, this morning." "Why, then," said Neot, smiling, "Godred has told the king, no doubt." "I hope he has," I answered, "but I doubt it. Nevertheless it is easy to tell the king myself when I see him."
"I believe, sir, 'twas soon after eleven. He has a cow, sir, in calf, and went round to the chall to make sure she was all right " Mr. Noy nodded. "And the hearse was passing in what direction?" "Towards the church town, sir; or, as you may say, towards St. Neot parish." "Inland, that is?" "Yes, sir.
There was a certain Saint Neot, a kinsman and religious counselor of Alfred, the history of whose life was afterward written by the Abbot of Crowland, the monastery whose destruction by the Danes was described in a former chapter.
Neot had a well, an' wan day he seed three feesh a swimmin' in it an' he was 'mazed to knaw how they comed theer. So a angel flew down an' tawld en that they was put theer for his eatin', but he must never draw out more'n wan at a time. Then he'd all us find three when he comed again. An' so he did; but wance he failed sick an' his servant had to look arter his vittles meantime.
And now, as I look back and remember, I know that in many ways he was showing me that the faith he held shaped his life to that which seemed best in him to my eyes. I know this, that had he scoffed at the Asir, I had listened to Neot not at all. But when we came to his place, I was ready, and more than ready, to hear what he had to tell me.
And young persons, who talk and think in this way, are in extreme danger of falling into sinful habits. As to the volumes before us, the authors have, in their fanatical panegyrics of virginity, made use of language downright profane. One of the disciples at Littlemore was James Anthony Froude, the younger brother of Hurrell, and it fell to his lot to be responsible for the biography of St. Neot.
We were free to serve our old gods if we would, but free also to learn the new faith; and to learn more of it for its own sake seemed good to us. So we went back to Exeter with the king, and Neot came for a few miles with us, on foot as was his wont, parting from us with many good words.
In this narrative it is said that Neot often rebuked Alfred in the severest terms for his sinful course of life, predicting the most fatal consequences if he did not reform, and using language which only a very culpable degree of remissness and irregularity could justify.
Once more he encountered his enemies, and with a success almost as marvellous as the vision of St. Neot, which announced it, he routed the Danes at Ethendune with so much slaughter that they were glad to obtain peace on such terms as he chose to dictate. Guthrum embraced Christianity, and became the adopted son of Alfred.
Moreover, I have never heard that it troubled him in the times of direst need, though the fear of it was with him always. Now what Alfred and Neot spoke of at this time I cannot say, except that it was certainly some plan for the good of the land.
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