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had been amalgamated into a centaur�察�there would have been nothing to 

alter in their proportions。 

     ;Do you know�察─�said the little friar�察�as they wound along the banks of 

the stream�察 �the reason why lake´trout is better than river´trout�察�and shyer 

withal�拭─�

     ;I was not aware of the fact�察─�said Sir Ralph。 

     ;A  most   heterodox   remark�察─  �said   brother   Michael�此          �know   you   not�察�

that in all nice matters you should take the implication for absolute�察�and�察�

without   looking   into   the   FACT  WHETHER�察  �seek   only   the   reason   why�拭�

But the fact is so�察�on the word of a friar�察�which what layman will venture 

to gainsay who prefers a down bed to a gridiron�拭─�



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     ;The fact being so�察─�said the knight�察 �I am still at a loss for the reason�察�

nor would I undertake to opine in a matter of that magnitude�此                     �since�察�in 

all that appertains to the good things either of this world or the next�察�my 

reverend spiritual guides are kind enough to take the trouble of thinking 

off my hands。; 

     ;Spoken�察─  �said   brother   Michael�察   �with   a   sound   Catholic   conscience。 

My   little   brother   here   is   most   profound   in   the   matter   of   trout。   He   has 

marked�察�learned�察�and inwardly digested the subject�察�twice a week at least 

for   five´and´thirty   years。     I   yield   to   him   in   this。   My   strong   points   are 

venison and canary。; 

     ;The good qualities of a trout�察─�said the little friar�察 �are firmness and 

redness�此    �the redness�察�indeed�察�being the visible sign of all other virtues。; 

     ;Whence�察─�said brother Michael�察 �we choose our abbot by his nose�此�

       The   rose   on   the   nose   doth   all   virtues   disclose�此 �For   the   outward 

grace shows        That the inward overflows�察          �When it glows in the rose of a 

red�察�red nose。; 

       ;Now�察─�said the little friar�察 �as is the firmness so is the redness�察�and as 

is the redness so is the shyness。; 

     ;Marry   why�拭─  �said   brother   Michael。        ;The   solution   is   not   physical´ 

natural�察   �but   physical´historical�察    �or   natural´superinductive。       And    thereby 

hangs a tale�察�which may be either said or sung�此�

       The damsel stood to watch the fight                   By the banks of Kingslea 

Mere�察     �And   they   brought   to   her   feet   her   own   true   knight          Sore´ 

wounded on a bier。 

       She knelt by him his wounds to bind�察                    �She washed them with 

many a tear�此      �And shouts rose fast upon the wind�察                   �Which told that 

the foe was near。 

       ;Oh� �let not�察─�he said�察 �while yet I live�察               �The cruel foe me take�此�

But with thy sweet lips a last kiss give�察                �And cast me in the lake。; 

       Around his neck she wound her arms�察                     �And she kissed his lips 

so pale�此    �And evermore the war's alarms                   Came louder up the vale。 

       She   drew   him   to   the   lake's   steep   side�察       �Where   the   red   heath 

fringed   the   shore�察   �She   plunged   with   him   beneath   the   tide�察            �And 



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they were seen no more。 

       Their true blood mingled in Kingslea Mere�察                    �That to mingle on 

earth   was   fain�此   �And   the   trout   that   swims   in   that   crystal   clear      Is 

tinged with the crimson stain。 

       ;Thus you see how good comes of evil�察�and how a holy friar may fare 

better on   fast´day for   the violent death   of two lovers two   hundred   years 

ago。     The inference is most consecutive�察�that wherever you catch a red´ 

fleshed trout�察�love lies bleeding under the water�此�an occult quality�察�which 

can   only  act   in   the   stationary  waters   of   a   lake�察  �being   neutralised   by   the 

rapid transition of those of a stream。; 

     ;And why is the trout shyer for that�拭─�asked Sir Ralph。 

     ;Do you not see�拭─�said brother Michael。               ;The virtues of both lovers 

diffuse  themselves   through   the   lake。       The   infusion   of   masculine   valour 

makes   the   fish   active   and   sanguineous�此  �the   infusion   of   maiden   modesty 

makes him coy and hard to win�此�and you shall find through life�察�the fish 

which is   most easily  hooked   is not   the  best worth dishing。             But   yonder 

are the towers of Arlingford。; 

     The   little   friar   stopped。  He   seemed   suddenly   struck   with   an   awful 

thought�察�which caused a momentary pallescence in his rosy complexion�察�

and     after   a  brief   hesitation�察   �he   turned    his   galloway�察    �and   told   his 

companions he should give them good day。 

     ;Why�察�what is in the wind now�察�brother Peter�拭─�said Friar Michael。 

     ;The lady Matilda�察─�said the little friar�察 �can draw the long´bow。 She 

must bear no goodwill to Sir Ralph�察�and if she should espy him from her 

tower�察�she may testify her recognition with a cloth´yard shaft。 She is not so 

infallible   a   markswoman�察  �but   that   she   might   shoot   at   a   crow   and   kill   a 

pigeon。     She might peradventure miss the knight�察�and hit me�察�who never 

did her any harm。; 

     ;Tut�察�tut�察�man�察─�said brother Michael�察 �there is no such fear。; 

     ;Mass�察─�said the little friar�察 �but there is such a fear�察�and very strong 

too。    You who have it not may keep your way�察�and I who have it   shall 

take mine。      I am not just now in the vein for being picked off at a long 

shot。;    And saying these words�察�he spurred up his four´footed better half�察�



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and galloped off as nimbly as if he had had an arrow singing behind him。 

     ;Is this lady Matilda�察�then�察�so very terrible a damsel�拭─�said Sir Ralph 

to brother Michael。 

     ;By no means�察─�said the friar。          ;She has certainly a high spirit�察�but it 

is the wing of the eagle�察�without his beak or his claw。 She is as gentle as 

magnanimous�察        �but  it  is  the  gentleness     of  the   summer     wind�察   �which�察�

however lightly it wave the tuft of the pine�察�carries with it the intimation 

of a power�察�that�察�if roused to its extremity�察�could make it bend to the dust。; 

     ;From the warmth of your panegyric�察�ghostly father�察─�said the knight�察�

;I should almost suspect you were in love with the damsel。; 

     ;So I am�察─�said the friar�察 �and I care not who knows it�察�but all in the 

way of honesty�察�master soldier。           I am�察�as it were�察�her spiritual lover�察�and 

were she a damsel errant�察�I would be her ghostly esquire�察�her friar militant。 

I would buckle me in armour of proof�察�and the devil might thresh me black 

with an iron flail�察�before I would knock under in her cause。 Though they 

be not yet one canonically�察�thanks to your soldiership�察�the earl is her liege 

lord�察  �and   she   is   his   liege   lady。   I   am   her   father   confessor   and   ghostly 

director�此�I have taken on me to show her the way to the next world�察�and 

how can I do that if I lose sight of her in this�拭�seeing that this is but the 

road to the other�察�and has so many circumvolutions and ramifications of 

byeways   and   beaten   paths   ��all   more   thickly   set   than   the   true   one   with 

finger´posts and milestones�察�not one of which tells truth���察�that a traveller 

has need of some one who knows the way�察�or the odds go hard against him 

that he will ever see the face of Saint Peter。; 

     ;But   there   must   surely   be   some   reason�察─  �said   Sir   Ralph�察   �for   father 

Peter's apprehension。; 

     ;None�察─�said brother Michael�察 �but the apprehension itself�察�fear being 

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