He also concluded him to be fond of country sports; and he was right in the supposition.

He further imagined the young man had come to town to better his fortune, and seek a place at Court; and he was not far wrong in the notion.

As the wily knight scanned the handsome features of his companion, his clean-made limbs, and symmetrical figure, he thought that success must infallibly attend the production of such a fair youth at a Court where personal advantages were the first consideration.
"A likely gallant," he reflected, "to take the fancy of the king; and if I aid him with means to purchase rich attire, and procure him a presentation, he may not prove ungrateful.

But of that I shall take good security.

I know what gratitude is.