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Book Excerpt: wanting a night's lodging, to rest himself before hereturned to his own home, he was fain to take up with one at ourcottage; that my father thought my Lord would be angry with him, if hewere not told of the stranger's journey and intentions, especially tolet such a man lie at our cottage, where he could neither be lodged norentertained according to his quality."Here John stopped, and his father exclaimed--"A good lad! you did your errand very well; andtell us the answer."John proceeded--"Master Edmund ordered me some beer, and went to acquaint my Lord ofthe message; he stayed a while, and then came back to me.-- 'John, 'said he, 'tell the noble stranger that the Baron Fitz-Owen greets himwell, and desires him to rest assured, that though Lord Lovel is dead, and the castle fallen into other hands, his friends will always find awelcome there; and my lord desires that he will accept of a lodgingthere, while he remains in this country.' -- So I came away directly, and made haste to deliRead M
