You have showed your hand and played the fool." "Who are you to teach me ?" asked Sir John angrily.

"I meant that he should hear the truth for once, the slimy traitor." "Perhaps, perhaps; but these be bad days for Truth and those who court her.

Was it needful to tell him that to-morrow you journey to London upon a certain errand ?" "Why not?
I'll be there before him." "Will you ever be there, master?
The road runs past the Abbey, and that priest has good ruffians in his pay who can hold their tongues." "Do you mean that he will waylay me?
I say he dare not.

Still, to please you, we will take the longer path through the forest." "A rough one, master; but who goes with you on this business?
Most of us are away with the wains, and others make holiday.

There are but three serving-men at the hall, and you cannot leave the Lady Cicely without a guard, or take her with you through this cold.