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He accompanied these words with the appropriate action, and in less

than aup, his moustaches and his hair, he seemed

a different person from him that had but now entered the room Still,

however, Tressilian hesitated to accept his services, and the artist

becaent

"I owe you life and limb," he said, "and I would fain pay a part of the

debt, especially as I know froerous service

your worship is bound I do not, indeed, pretend to be what is called

atear-cats who maintain their

master's quarrel with sword and buckler Nay, I am even one of those who

hold the end of a feast better than the beginning of a fray But I know

that I can serve your worship better, in such quest as yours, than any

of these sword-and-dagger men, and that my head will be worth an hundred

of their hands"

Tressilian still hesitated He knew not e fellow, and

was doubtful how far he could repose in him the confidence necessary