St Nicholas [serial] . ouJOttecJafcallfaBIacKMb attwutfte* bsfott King Lead* s*grant* of Camlkcb*. Vol. XXX.—2. THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS. gentles, ladies, and men-at-arms—all presentlybegan traveling down to the choosing of a kingand overlord. The highways were full ofpeople of all degrees. Travelers crowded theinns, and the streets of every town were noisywith the clashing of iron-shod hoofs and theclanking and ringing of polished armor. Jug-glers juggled and minstrels played and sang atcrossways, and crowds gathered everywhere tolook and to listen. It was as though it were af
St Nicholas [serial] . ouJOttecJafcallfaBIacKMb attwutfte* bsfott King Lead* s*grant* of Camlkcb*. Vol. XXX.—2. THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS. gentles, ladies, and men-at-arms—all presentlybegan traveling down to the choosing of a kingand overlord. The highways were full ofpeople of all degrees. Travelers crowded theinns, and the streets of every town were noisywith the clashing of iron-shod hoofs and theclanking and ringing of polished armor. Jug-glers juggled and minstrels played and sang atcrossways, and crowds gathered everywhere tolook and to listen. It was as though it were afair in May-time instead of the bleak midwin-ter season. This time (the day was cold and full of snow)three travelers of high degree, with their atten-dants and a great wain laden with their furni-ture, were passing through the wintry forests ofGloucestershire, bound, as were all, for LondonTown. Bleak blew the north wind; fast fellthe snowflakes from the gray sky, so that folksaid that Saint Hildegarde in Paradise wasplucking geese for feather-beds. The travelers drew their cloaks and hood
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