Quipsome

"Well played, Quipsome Hal!" were rising high when the Abbot of

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

But mark, "he added, as he led the way out of the gardens," not a breath of Quipsome Hal.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

To no one was this arrangement so distasteful as to Quipsome Hal, who felt himself in some sort the occasion of the intrusion, and yet was quite unable to prevent it, while everything he said was treated as a joke by his unwelcome father-in-law.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Quipsome Hal was interrogated as to how he had come, and the

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Quipsome Hal was interrogated as to how he had come, and the Cardinal and Sir Thomas agreed that the river would be as speedy a way of returning as by land; but they decided that a King's pursuivant should accompany him, otherwise there would be no chance of forcing his way in time through the streets, guarded by the Howard retainers.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Thomas, however, told Ambrose that he had seen Quipsome Hal among the other jesters, but that he seemed dull and dejected.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

I was Clown and Jack Pudding and whatever served their turn, and the very name of Quipsome Hal drew crowds.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Archbishop's household needed a jester, and that Quipsome Hal had been thought to make excellent fooling.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

But mark, "he added, as he led the way out of the gardens," not a breath of Quipsome Hal.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

And that night, Sir Thomas told Ambrose that the Quipsome one had recovered himself, had been more brilliant than ever and had quite eclipsed the other fools.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862