The Monastery Chapter 20 Part 1
from The Walter Scott Library Hosted by Sir Walter Scott
In which Halbert Glendinning confronts Sir Piercie Shafton following a grave insult, and the two agree to settle their quarrel by a duel at daybreak, each displaying a bold spiritedness befitting their stations. Meanwhile, Sir Piercie endeavours to charm the household with his grandiloquent poetry and elaborate courtly manners, though his audience is more inclined to slumber than to applause.
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