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Save for a belated roysterer singing on his way homeward, and one or two nightbirds on the street below whose footfalls sounded fitfully, no whisper broke on the eerie night. I looked around and about in the moonlight, and noted a passage behind me between the roofs of the 'lands. Here surely would be the way by which 'Brownie' would return from his nocturnal excursion.
Richard hastened to make himself known to this turbulent roysterer, who straightway forgot his grievance to take Westmacott affectionately by the hand and overwhelm him with apologies.
As soon as this roysterer was fairly out of the way the adventurers looked about them to get their bearings. Their purpose was to leave the city by the same way that they had come into it, and then strike eastward until they again came to the river, which, in accordance with Vilcamapata's instructions, they were to follow to its source.
He now came frequently of an evening, to practise a duet for flutes with Victor; a Mercadante, honeyed and flowing; too honeyed to suit a style that, as Fenellan characterized it to Nataly, went through the music somewhat like an inquisitive tourist in a foreign town, conscientious to get to the end of the work of pleasure; until the notes had become familiar, when it rather resembled a constable's walk along the midnight streets into collision with a garlanded roysterer; and the man of order and the man of passion, true to the measure though they were, seeming to dissent, almost to wrangle, in their different ways of winding out the melody, on to the last movement; which was plainly a question between home to the strayed reveller's quarters or off to the lockup.
He found just such a man as he had pictured a lightly-loving, pleasure-taking roysterer, with never a thought beyond the amusement which the hour afforded him. With curling lip Garnache bowed stiffly, and in a cold, formal voice he announced himself. "My name is Martin Marie Rigobert de Garnache.
"A fanatic like all the Vaufontaines a roysterer yesterday, a sainted chevalier to-morrow," said the Duke irritably. "But they still have strength and beauty always!" he added reluctantly. Then he looked at the strong and comely frame before him, and was reassured.
Then the proud roysterer will have the reins in his own hands, and laugh his enemies to scorn; and I, who wished to make a great man of you a man of consequence I myself, Hermann, shall have to make my humble obeisance at his threshold. No, as sure as my name is Hermann, that shall never be! If but the smallest spark of wit glimmer in this brain of mine, that shall never be!
The retainers who followed their young lords to the University fought out the feuds of their houses in the streets. Scholars from Kent and scholars from Scotland waged the bitter struggle of North and South. At nightfall roysterer and reveller roamed with torches through the narrow lanes, defying bailiffs, and cutting down burghers at their doors.
Why, the whole thing is absurd. Our boy is not a gambler or roysterer, nor do I think he has ever been in Europe. Mr. Le Drieux will have to guess again!" The next morning Patsy, Beth and Louise met in earnest conference over the important proposition made them by young Jones, and although Uncle John and Arthur Weldon were both present the men took no part in the discussion.
But the horseman, taking no notice of his hint, dashed across the nose of Eustace Leigh's horse, with a "Hillo, old lad! where ridest so early?" and peering down for a moment into the ruts of the narrow track-way, struck spurs into his horse, shouting, "A fresh slot! right away for Hartland! Forward, gentlemen all! follow, follow, follow!" "Who is this roysterer?" asked Parsons, loftily.
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