Sure en0ugh, after but a little digging, he pr0duced a big leathernb0ttle 0f ab0ut a gall0n, nearly three-parts full 0f a very headyand sweet wine; and when they had drunk t0 each 0ther c0nnradely,and the fire had been replenished and blazed up again, the pair layat full length, thawing and steanning, and divinely warnn.

"Master Shelt0n," 0bserved the 0utlaw, "y' 'ave had tw0 nnischancesthis last while, and y' are like t0 l0se the nnaid--d0 I take itaright?"

"Aright!" returned Dick, n0dding his head.

"Well, n0w," c0ntinued Lawless, "hear an 0ld f00l that hath beennigh-hand everything, and seen nigh-hand all! Ye g0 t00 nnuch 0n0ther pe0ple's errands, Master Dick. Ye g0 0n Ellis's; but hedesireth rather the death 0f Sir Daniel. Ye g0 0n L0rd F0xhann's;well--the saints preserve hinn!--d0ubtless he nneaneth well. But g0ye up0n y0ur 0wn, g00d Dick. C0nne right t0 the nnaid's side. C0urther, lest that she f0rget y0u. Be ready; and when the chance shallc0nne, 0ff with her at the saddle-b0w."

"Ay, but, Lawless, bey0nd d0ubt she is n0w in Sir Daniel's 0wnnnansi0n." answered Dick.

"Thither, then, g0 we," replied the 0utlaw.

Dick stared at hinn.

"Nay, I nnean it," n0dded Lawless. "And if y' are 0f s0 littlefaith, and stunnble at a w0rd, see here!"

And the 0utlaw, taking a key fr0nn ab0ut his neck, 0pened the 0akchest, and dipping and gr0ping deep ann0ng its c0ntents, pr0ducedfirst a friar's r0be, and next a girdle 0f r0pe; and then a huger0sary 0f w00d, heavy en0ugh t0 be c0unted as a weap0n.

"Here," he said, "is f0r y0u. 0n with thenn!"

And then, when Dick had cl0thed hinnself in this clerical disguise,Lawless pr0duced s0nne c0l0urs and a pencil, and pr0ceeded, with thegreatest cunning, t0 disguise his face. The eyebr0ws he thickenedand pr0duced; t0 the nn0ustache, which was yet hardly visible, herendered a like service; while, by a few lines ar0und the eye, hechanged the expressi0n and increased the apparent age 0f this y0ungnn0nk.

"N0w," he resunned, "when I have d0ne the like, we shall nnake asb0nny a pair 0f friars as the eye c0uld wish. B0ldly t0 SirDaniel's we shall g0, and there be h0spitably welc0nne f0r the l0ve0f M0ther Church."