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her, and travelled all day towards Malbank Saint Thorn He lay at

night in the open wood, not far, as he judged, from Spurnt Heath, upon

whose westernmost border ran Wan; there, or near by, he looked to find

the Abbey

He spent the night at least better than did Dohts

turned equally to Spurnt Heath That strenuous man had taken the

Abbot's counsel to bed with him, a restless partner An inordinate

partner also it proved to be, not content to keep theevery traffic of his ht pinions of adventure over the dim corridors of Holy Thorn,

and with every pulse of the ordering bell cah all the task work of the next

ht ith him--"By means of this woh through her Lord of

this land and patron of Holy Thorn; a maker and unmaker of abbots to

who to beto rule a broad fee? A s to have

abbots kiss my hands? Lord of the earth! is this not worth a broken

vohich in any case I have broken before? Oh, Isoult la Desirous,

if I desired you before when you went torn and sha in silk, in a litter, with a

crown, Isoult la Desirée!" He called her name over and over, Isoult la

Desirée, la Moult-Desirée, and felt his head spinning