Chapter 13 - FELLOW TRAVELLERS

And sickerlie she was of great disport,

And full pleasant and amiable of port;

Of small hounds had she that she fed

With roasted flesh and milk and wastel bread.

-CHAUCER.

Sir Giles Musgrave of Peelholm was an old campaigner, and when Hal came out beyond the gate of the Threlkeld fortalice, he found him reviewing his troop; a very di