5/8 That is all I know or want to know of your master." Gilles de Sille lay back on his pallet with a sigh, still, however, continuing to watch the lad's countenance. He is the most lavish and generous master alive. He thinks no more of giving a handful of gold pieces to a youth with whom he is taken than of throwing a crust to a beggar at his gate. He owns the finest province in all the west from side to side. He has castles well nigh a dozen, finer and stronger than any in France. |