Tell him if he come not he may live to repent it bitterly." "Wilt thou not come back with me ?" asked the boy, with a quick, distrustful look into the bloated face beneath the cowl.

"Thou canst speak at ease with him at home.

It were better than out here in the forest.

I will lead thee to him straight, and thou canst say all that is in thine heart." But the monk dropped his arm and turned quickly away; his voice bespoke ill-concealed irritation.
"I may not linger longer here.

The vesper bell will be ringing by now.