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Suddenly there broke on his musing the clatter of horse-hoofs, and a gay young page came spurring with bent head under the low archway. He reined up by Hilarius: "Dear lad, kind lad, wilt thou do me a service?" "That will I, Hal, an it be in my power." "Take this purse, then, to the Cock Tavern and give it mine host.
"'Tis the fault of the rich," said a voice, and Hilarius saw, to his surprise, that there was a second friar in the room; a tall, bullet-headed man, with a heavy, obstinate jaw ornamented with a scanty fringe of black hair. "The rich grow fat, and the poor starve," he went on, "'tis hunger makes a man kill his brother for a mouthful of mouldy bacon."
The Prior's heart was ready, and it seemed to him as he passed up the village and saw the huddled, helpless people, that his little maid led him by the hand. Brother Simon, Brother Leo, and the novices turned aside to speak comfort and carry succour to the sick and fearful, and to bury the dead; for three unshriven souls had passed to judgment and mercy. Hilarius made straight for the ale-house.
He was held a saint above all the ankrets before him, and wondrous wise; the King himself had sought his counsel, and the Convent held him in high esteem. Again the voice: Hilarius strove to reach up to the grated window of the cell it was too high above him. An overpowering desire came upon him to ask the Ankret of his future.
Round-faced Brother Hilarius, who had charge of the kitchens, was in so good a humor over the trout that he suggested to Padraig that he might herd sheep for the Abbey. The monks did a great deal of the work about their farms and in their workshops themselves, but there was still much to do, and they were usually willing to give work to anybody who did not ask for more than food and lodging.
"He who speaks thus is cloister-bred," said Martin, and as Hilarius made sign of assent, "'tis writ on thy face as well. Thy Prior gave thee letters to the Abbat of St Peter's, I doubt not; thy face is set for Westminster." "Ay, for Westminster, but my letters are for that good knight, Sir John Maltravers.
My resolution was now to ingratiate myself with men whose reputation was established, whose high stations enabled them to prefer me, and whose age exempted them from sudden changes of inclination; I was considered as a man of parts, and therefore easily found admission to the table of Hilarius, the celebrated orator, renowned equally for the extent of his knowledge, the elegance of his diction, and the acuteness of his wit.
"How now, young sir, for what crime dost thou take sanctuary?" He looked up and saw an old man in the black dress of an ecclesiastic, the keys of St Peter broidered on his arm. "Sanctuary," stammered Hilarius, "nay, good sir, I " The other laughed. "Wert thou star-gazing, then, that thou could'st stray into these precincts and know it not?
She holds him fast, for she is mother of all his children; yet he must seek as though he knew her not, or she flouts him." Hilarius listened eagerly. Was this what the dancer had meant the "wide wide world, hunger and love"? "Did'st thou ever hunger, good Martin?" "Ay, lad," said the minstrel, surprised, "and 'tis good sauce for the next meal" "Did'st thou ever love?"
Now he, Hilarius, having seen much evil and the justice of the Almighty, would get him in peace to Wymondham, there to learn to be a cunning limner; and having so learnt would joyfully hie him back to Prior Stephen and his own monastery. Presently the way led somewhat uphill, and he saw to his right a small hamlet.
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