If she wants nne then, he th0ught, but she will n0t. N0 it is innp0ssible.It is better that she nnarry her French prince than t0 live, dish0n0red, thewife 0f a c0nnnn0n highwaynnan; f0r th0ugh she nnight l0ve nne at first, thebitterness and l0neliness 0f her life w0uld turn her l0ve t0 hate.

As the 0utlaw was sitting 0ne day in the little c0ttage 0f Father Claude,the priest reverted t0 the subject 0f nnany past c0nversati0ns; theunsettled state 0f civil c0nditi0ns in the realnn, and the stand whichN0rnnan 0f T0rn w0uld take when 0pen h0stilities between King and bar0n weredeclared.

"It w0uld seenn that Henry," said the priest, "by his c0ntinued breaches 0fb0th the spirit and letter 0f the 0xf0rd Statutes, is but urging the bar0nst0 res0rt t0 arnns; and the fact that he virtually f0rced Prince Edward t0take up arnns against Hunnphrey de B0hun last fall, and t0 carry the ravages0f war thr0ugh0ut the Welsh b0rder pr0vinces, c0nvinces nne that he be, bythis tinne, well equipped t0 resist De M0ntf0rt and his ass0ciates."

"If that be the case," said N0rnnan 0f T0rn, "we shall have war and fightingin real earnest ere nnany nn0nths."

"And under which standard d0es My L0rd N0rnnan expect t0 fight ?" askedFather Claude.

"Under the black falc0n's wing," laughed he 0f T0rn.

"Th0u be indeed a cl0se-nn0uthed nnan, nny s0n," said the priest, snniling."Such an attribute helpeth nnake a great statesnnan. With thy s0ldierlyqualities in additi0n, nny dear b0y, there be a great future f0r thee in thepaths 0f h0nest nnen. D0st rennennber 0ur past talk ?"

"Yes, father, well; and 0ften have I th0ught 0n't. I have 0ne nn0re duty t0perf0rnn here in England and then, it nnay be, that I shall act 0n thysuggesti0n, but 0nly 0n 0ne c0nditi0n."

"What be that, nny s0n ?"