In his girdle was
thrust a large hunting-knife; a horn with a silver mouthpiece depended
from his shoulder, and he wore a long bow and a quiver full of arrows at
his back. A flat bonnet, made of fox-skin and ornamented with a
raven's wing, covered his hair, which was as white as silver.
But it was not upon this old forester, for such his attire proclaimed him,
that the attention of the beholders, and of Morgan Fenwolf in especial,
was fixed, but upon his companion. Amongst the many lovely and high-
born dames who had so recently graced the procession to the castle
were few, if any, comparable to this lowly damsel. Her dress--probably
owing to the pride felt in her by her old relative was somewhat superior
to her station. A tightly-laced green kirtle displayed to perfection her
slight but exquisitely-formed figure A gown of orange-coloured cloth,
sufficiently short to display her small ankles, and a pair of green
buskins, embroidered with silver, together with a collar of the whitest
and finest linen, though shamed by the neck it concealed, and fastened
by a small clasp, completed her attire. Her girdle was embroidered with
silver, and her sleeves were fastened by aiglets of the same metal.
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