Fare ye well, good Master Condall, dear Master Tyndal; y' are post-haste for Paradise; fare ye then well!" "Nay, my right pleasant lord," replied Condall, forcing an obsequious smile, "an ye be so masterful, as doth right well become you, I will even, with all my poor skill, do your good bidding." "Friend," quoth Sir Daniel, "ye will now write two score.

Go to! y' are too cunning for a livelihood of seventy shillings.

Selden, see him write me this in good form, and have it duly witnessed." And Sir Daniel, who was a very merry knight, none merrier in England, took a drink of his mulled ale, and lay back, smiling.
Meanwhile, the boy upon the floor began to stir, and presently sat up and looked about him with a scare.
"Hither," said Sir Daniel; and as the other rose at his command and came slowly towards him, he leaned back and laughed outright.

"By the rood!" he cried, "a sturdy boy!" The lad flushed crimson with anger, and darted a look of hate out of his dark eyes.

Now that he was on his legs, it was more difficult to make certain of his age.