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Chapter I. How the black sheep came forth from the fold
Chapter II. How Alleyne Edricson came out into the world
Chapter III. How Hordle John cozened the fuller of Lymington
Chapter IV. How the Bailiff of Southampton slew the two masterless men
Chapter V. How a strange company gathered at the "Pied Merlin."
Chapter VI. How Samkin Aylward wagered his feather-bed
Chapter VII. How the three comrades journeyed through the Woodlands
Chapter VIII. The three friends
Chapter IX. How strange things befell in Minstead wood
Chapter X. How Hordle John found a man whom he might follow
Chapter XI. How a young shepherd had a perilous flock
Chapter XII. How Alleyne learned more than he could teach
Chapter XIII. How the white company set forth to the wars
Chapter XIV. How sir Nigel sought for a Wayside venture
Chapter XV. How the yellow cog sailed forth from Lepe
Chapter XVI. How the yellow cog fought the two rover galleys
Chapter XVII. How the yellow cog crossed the bar of Gironde
Chapter XVIII. How sir Nigel Loring put a patch upon his eye
Chapter XIX. How there was stir at the Abbey of St. Andrews
Chapter XX. How Alleyne won his place in an honorable guild
Chapter XXI. How Agostino Pisano risked his head
Chapter XXII. How the bowmen held wassail at the "Rose de Guienne."
Chapter XXIII. How England held the lists at Bordeaux
Chapter XXIV. How a champion came forth from the East
Chapter XXV. How sir Nigel wrote to Twynham castle
Chapter XXVI. How the three comrades gained a mighty treasure
Chapter XXVII. How Rodger club-foot was passed into paradise
Chapter XXVIII. How the comrades came over the marches of France
Chapter XXIX. How the blessed hour of sight came to the lady Tiphaine
Chapter XXX. How the Brushwood men came to the chateau of Villefranche
Chapter XXXI. How five men held the keep of Villefranche
Chapter XXXII. How the company took counsel round the fallen tree
Chapter XXXIII. How the army made the passage of Roncesvalles
Chapter XXXIV. How the company made sport in the vale of Pampeluna
Chapter XXXV. How sir Nigel hawked at an eagle
Chapter XXXVI. How sir Nigel took the patch from his eye
Chapter XXXVII. How the white company came to be disbanded
Chapter XXXVIII. Of the home-coming to Hampshire
NEVER had the peaceful atmosphere of the old Cistercian house been so rudely ruffled. Never had there been insurrection so sudden, so short, and so successful. Yet the Abbot Berghersh was a man of too firm a grain to allow one bold outbreak to imperil the settled order of his great household. In a few hot and bitter words, he compared their false brother's exit to the expulsion of our first parents from the garden, and more than hinted that unless a reformation occurred some others of the community might find themselves in the same evil and perilous case. Having thus pointed the moral and reduced his flock to a fitting state of docility, he dismissed them once more to their labors and withdrew himself to his own private chamber, there to seek spiritual aid in the discharge of the duties of his high office.
The Abbot was still on his knees, when a gentle tapping at the door of his cell broke in upon his orisons.
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"The black man fled over to that side," said Alleyne, pointing towards the barrow.
"He could not have gone far, sir bailiff," cried one of the archers, unslinging his bow. "He is in hiding somewhere, for he knew well, black paynim as he is, that our horses' four legs could outstrip his two."
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