50
The hardened flesh of mountain deer;
Dry fuel on the fire he laid,
And bade the Saxon share his plaid.
He tended him like welcome guest,
Then thus his further speech addressed:-- 55
"Stranger, I am to Roderick Dhu
A clansman born, a kinsman true;
Each word against his honour spoke,
Demands of me avenging stroke;
Yet more,--upon thy fate, 'tis said, 60
A mighty augury is laid.
It rests with me to wind my horn,
Thou art with numbers overborne;
It rests with me, here, brand to brand,
Worn as thou art, to bid thee stand: 65
But not for clan, nor kindred's cause,
Will I depart from honour's laws;
To assail a wearied man were shame,
And stranger is a holy name;
Guidance and rest, and food and fire, 70
In vain he never must require.
Then rest thee here till dawn of day;
Myself will guide thee on the way,
O'er stock and stone, through watch and ward.
Till past Clan-Alpine's outmost guard, 75
As far as Coilantogle's ford;
From thence thy warrant is thy sword."--
"I take thy courtesy, by Heaven,
As freely as 'tis nobly given!"--
"Well, rest thee; for the bittern's cry 80
Sings us the lake's wild lullaby."
With that he shook the gathered heath,
And spread his plaid upon the wreath;
And the brave foemen, side by side,
Lay peaceful down, like brothers tried, 85
And slept until the dawning beam
Purpled the mountain and the stream.

--_Sir Walter Scott_

PREPARATORY.--Connect this scene with the rest of the
poem.

Give a dramatic form to this extract, describing
definitely the scenery and stage-setting. One reader may
render the descriptive parts, another the speeches of
Roderick Dhu, and a third those of Fitz-James.

WANDERER'S STEPS, CAUTIOUS STEP, TRECHEROUS SCOUTS,
BOLDEST TWO. (Appendix A, 6.)

25 and 70. (Appendix A, 5.) 1-4. Note the word-pictures.
How do they affect the Pause? (Introduction, pp. 7 and
8.)

7. NOT ENOUGH. With what is it contrasted? Which word is
emphatic? Where do the Pauses occur in this line?

9. What is the atmosphere of this line? What is the
Quality of voice? (Introduction, p. 34.)

10-11. What Inflection? Why? What is the Shading when
compared w