... Monastery of Durham, which then clustered beneath the Abbey-towers, especially the venerable Norman Chapter-house, the Norman Guest-hall which occupied the western side of the College Square—that Guest-hall at whose windows many a royal and noble visitor ...

... ' 'Be civil, coon,' cried the Childe, turning fiercely on the huntsman; let me hear no Saxon rudeness to our gallant Norman guests.' I admit,' said the Norman, resuming his good humour, that I never saw a man run so swiftly as he who just now entered ...