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CHAPTER II--THE TWO OATHS
Sir Daniel was in the hall; there he paced angrily before the fire,
awaiting Dick's arrival. None was by except Sir Oliver, and he sat
discreetly backward, thumbing and muttering over his breviary.
"Y' have sent for me, Sir Daniel?" said young Shelton.
"
I have sent for you, indeed," replied the knight. "For what cometh to
mine ears? Have I been to you so heavy a guardian that ye make haste to
credit ill of me? Or sith that ye see me, for the nonce, some worsted,
do ye think to quit my party? By the mass, your father was not so!
Those he was near, those he stood by, come wind or weather. But you,
Dick, y' are a fair-day friend, it seemeth, and now seek to clear
yourself of your allegiance."
"An't please you, Sir Daniel, not so," returned Dick, firmly. "I am
grateful and faithful, where gratitude and faith are due. And before
more is said, I thank you, and I thank Sir Oliver; y' have great claims
upon me both--none can have more; I were a hound if I forgot them."
"It is well," said Sir Daniel; and then, rising into anger: "Gratitude
and faith are words, Dick Shelton," he continued; "but I look to deeds.
In this hour of my peril, when my name is attainted, when my lands are
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