midday
The man whose villainous scheme he had frustrated would undoubtedly be his deadly enemy , and it was possible that if his name became known in the place , it would draw upon him the vengeance of the whole band . True , the robber chieftain might have forgotten the name of the child who had been carried off by him in mistake for the Prince of Wales ; but Paul remembered how he had called it out when appealing to his friend the farmer for help , and it was possible that it might be remembered against him . Certainly , in his present crippled state , it seemed advisable to remain in hiding at the farm , as he was so hospitably pressed to do ; and after a short debate with himself upon his position , he gratefully consented to do so . `` That is right , that is right , '' cried the farmer , when he came in at midday for the dinner that family and servants all shared together ; and presently , when the meal was over , and the women had retired to wash up the platters in an adjoining room , whilst the labourers had started forth for their labours , the master drew his guest into the warm inglenook again , and said to him in a low voice : `` I 'll be right glad to have a good Lancastrian abiding beneath my roof for awhile . The good brothers of Leighs are our best customers , and one or another of them is always coming across on some errand , and ` twill do us no harm in their eyes to find a follower of King Henry under our roof . I know not how it is , but of late they have been somewhat changed toward us ; '' and the farmer looked uneasily round , as if hardly knowing who might be listening . `` We go to mass as regular as any ; and my little girl there has worked a robe for the reverend prior himself as cost me a pretty penny in materials , and half blinded her pretty eyes , she sat at it so close .