beenbornaNorman，asIthinkthouart，Iwouldhavehadluckonmyside，andbeennextdoortoawiseman。’’
AtthismomentGurthappearedontheoppositesideofthemoatwiththemules。Thetravellerscrossedtheditchuponadrawbridgeofonlytwoplanksbreadth，thenarrownessofwhichwasmatchedwiththestraitnessofthepostern，andwithalittlewicketintheexteriorpalisade，whichgaveaccesstotheforest。Nosoonerhadtheyreachedthemules，thantheJew，withhastyandtremblinghands，securedbehindthesaddleasmallbagofbluebuckram，whichhetookfromunderhiscloak，containing，asbemuttered，``achangeofraiment——onlyachangeofraiment。’’Thengettingupontheanimalwithmorealacrityandhastethancouldhavebeenanticipatedfromhisyears，helostnotimeinsodisposingoftheskirtsofhisgabardineastoconcealcompletelyfromobservationtheburdenwhichhehadthusdeposited_encroupe_。
ThePilgrimmountedwithmoredeliberation，reaching，ashedeparted，hishandtoGurth，whokisseditwiththeutmostpossibleveneration。Theswineherdstoodgazingafterthetravellersuntiltheywerelostundertheboughsoftheforestpath，whenhewasdisturbedfromhisreveriebythevoiceofWamba。
``Knowestthou，’’saidtheJester，``mygoodfriendGurth，thatthouartstrangelycourteousandmostunwontedlypiousonthissummermorning?
IwouldIwereablackPriororabarefootPalmer，toavailmyselfofthyunwontedzealandcourtesy——certes，Iwouldmakemoreoutofitthanakissofthehand。’’