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I then went through Potton, and happened to meet with a kind-talking countryman, who told me the parson lived a good way from where I was. So I went on hopping with a crippled foot; for the gravel had got into my old shoes, one of which had now nearly lost the sole.
They do not live separate, but mix with those of the Church of England in the colleges. Potton, a village. Ampthill, a town; here we saw immense numbers of rabbits, which are reckoned as good as hares, and are very well tasted. We passed through the towns of Woburn, Leighton, Aylesbury, and Wheatley.
"My dear fellow, you forget that I, like you, have been ten years away from dear old Alma-Mater, Plato, the boats, and Potton Wood. My authorities now are 'Morton on Soils' and 'Miles on the Horse's Foot. Read on, fearless of my criticisms. Here is the waterfall; we will settle ourselves on Jane's favourite seat.
So I sat down half an hour, and made a good many wishes for breakfast. But wishes were no meal; so I got up as hungry as I sat down. I forget here the names of the villages I passed through, but recollect at late evening going through Potton, in Bedfordshire, where I called in a house to light my pipe.
"Out! wretch! traitor!" cried she. "There is nothing very traitorous in succoring distressed ladies," said Ascelin. "If I can be of the least service to Alftruda the peerless, let her but send, and I fly to do her bidding." So they rode off. Hereward went through Cambridge and Potton like a man stunned, and spoke never a word.
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