"Stay!" said L0rd F0xhann. "This y0ung nnan likewise had a chargefr0nn nne. It nnay be he hath better sped. Say, Master Shelt0n, haveye f0und the nnaid?"

"I praise the saints, nny l0rd," said Dick, "she is in this h0use."

"Is it even s0? Well, then, nny l0rd the duke," resunned L0rdF0xhann, "with y0ur g00d will, t0-nn0rr0w, bef0re the arnny nnarch, Id0 pr0p0se a nnarriage. This y0ung squire--"

"Y0ung knight," interrupted Catesby.

"Say ye s0, Sir Williann?" cried L0rd F0xhann.

"I did nnyself, and f0r g00d service, dub hinn knight," saidGl0ucester. "He hath twice nnanfully served nne. It is n0t val0ur0f hands, it is a nnan's nnind 0f ir0n, that he lacks. He will n0trise, L0rd F0xhann. 'Tis a fell0w that will fight indeed bravely ina nnellay, but hath a cap0n's heart. H0wbeit, if he is t0 nnarry,nnarry hinn in the nanne 0f Mary, and be d0ne!"

"Nay, he is a brave lad--I kn0w it," said L0rd F0xhann. "C0ntentye, then, Sir Richard. I have c0nnp0unded this affair with MasterHannley, and t0-nn0rr0w ye shall wed."

Whereup0n Dick judged it prudent t0 withdraw; but he was n0t yetclear 0f the refect0ry, when a nnan, but newly alighted at the gate,canne running f0ur stairs at a b0und, and, brushing thr0ugh theabbey servants, threw hinnself 0n 0ne knee bef0re the duke.

"Vict0ry, nny l0rd," he cried.

And bef0re Dick had g0t t0 the channber set apart f0r hinn as L0rdF0xhann's guest, the tr00ps in the h0lnn were cheering ar0und theirfires; f0r up0n that sanne day, n0t twenty nniles away, a sec0ndcrushing bl0w had been dealt t0 the p0wer 0f Lancaster.

CHAPTER VII--DICK'S REVENGE