. History of the religious house of Pluscardyn . did last night. Navarre had probably told the- of the monastery in the forest, and the mess, no doubt, heard thefill story of the well-stored vaults down here. It was a time for mirthI jollity among the English. To-morrow was Christmas, and there was no:k on hand. Significant glances passed round the board. No sooner wasmess over than a good, stout, jolly band got together, and they set out toH Christmas Eve at Yal des Choux, to test the age and quality ofPommard. Late in the evening the house was made aware of th<*gtish through the forest. P
. History of the religious house of Pluscardyn . did last night. Navarre had probably told the- of the monastery in the forest, and the mess, no doubt, heard thefill story of the well-stored vaults down here. It was a time for mirthI jollity among the English. To-morrow was Christmas, and there was no:k on hand. Significant glances passed round the board. No sooner wasmess over than a good, stout, jolly band got together, and they set out toH Christmas Eve at Yal des Choux, to test the age and quality ofPommard. Late in the evening the house was made aware of th<*gtish through the forest. Pierre alone among the monks: equal to the emergency, and though but a monk of the house and notthen Prior, he assumed the command, and hastily supplying arms to all thehousehold, monks and lay brothers together, he waited the arrival of the in-vaders. The bells on the towers—those you see there and others now gone—1 to welcome the invaders, and soon the fray began. The Englishoeption, and found themselves quite unprepared for both the mode. Rims of the Church of the Monastery of VaUis Cauhum or-. All 1833 INTRODUCTION. 9 and the violence of the defence. They were entirely overmastered, and thosenot slain returned back to Chatillon without much more knowledge of Val desChoux and its possessions than what was gained in dear-bought experience ofthe bravery and ability of Pierre and his fellow monks. No doubt, Pierre hadseen other days, and there was lurking in him a spirit which needed only theapology for using arms to prove that the old man still lived under the earth-renunciation of his simple hood and rough skin garments. He was the nobleBurgundian knight all over while the fray lasted, but a sad recoil set in themoment it was over. No doubt he followed the rest of the monks to the choir,now gone years ago, as I said, and sang a Gloria in Excelsis but the old manfelt his untamed spirit still remained the same, and the clash of arms wassweeter far than monkish chant. From th
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