Were it me, I would sooner--tenfold sooner--join myself to one of those bands of freebooters who ravage the roads, and fatten upon sleek and well-fed travellers, than content myself with the pottering life of a trader! Ah, we shall see, we shall see! I will keep my word to my father.

But for all that I scarce think that when Cuthbert starts forth again it will be for London Bridge that he will be bound!".