Chapter 58

At this the Prior smiled grimly. "Pay me three hundred pounds, Sir Richard," said he, "and I will give thee quittance of thy debt." "Thou knowest, Sir Prior, that it is as easy for me to pay four hundred pounds as three hundred," said Sir Richard. "But wilt thou not give me another twelvemonth to pay my debt?" "Not another day," said the Prior sternly. "And is this all thou wilt do for me?" asked the Knight. "Now, out upon thee, false knight!" cried the Prior, bursting forth in anger. "Either pay thy debt as I ha…