I am not in the least disposed to quarrel with anyone, so let your mind be easy as to my doings.

I shall be discretion itself; and even if I am called upon to strike, will do so as gently as may be, putting only such strength into the blow as will prevent an opponent from troubling us further." So, with a wave of the hand, they rode on.
"I had better strap that staff beside your saddle, and under your knee," Oswald said, when they had ridden a short distance.

"You carry it as if it were a spear, and I have seen already three or four people smile, as we passed them." Roger reluctantly allowed Oswald to fasten the staff beside him.
"One wants something in one's hands," he said.

"On foot it does not matter so much, but now I am on horseback again, I feel that I ought to have a spear in hand, and a sword dangling at my side." "You must remember that you are still a monk, Roger, although enlarged for a season.

Some day, perhaps, you will be able to gratify your desires in that way.