[Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott]@TWC D-Link bookKenilworth CHAPTER XIX 8/8
But that which you will not yourself hazard, you cannot expect others to risk." "Hold, hold," said Wayland; "tell me but one thing--goes yonder old man up to Cumnor ?" "Surely, I think so ?" said the landlord; "their servant said he was to take their baggage thither.
But the ale-tap has been as potent for him as the sack-spigot has been for Michael." "It is enough," said Wayland, assuming an air of resolution.
"I will thwart that old villain's projects; my affright at his baleful aspect begins to abate, and my hatred to arise.
Help me on with my pack, good mine host .-- And look to thyself, old Albumazar; there is a malignant influence in thy horoscope, and it gleams from the constellation Ursa Major." So saying, he assumed his burden, and, guided by the landlord through the postern gate of the Black Bear, took the most private way from thence up to Cumnor Place..
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