XXVI

"Yea, he had won me, this same Rupert, when

He was our guest.--Thou know'st how gallantry

And recklessness make heroes of most men

To us weak women!--And so secretly

I vowed to be his wife. It happened then

My brother found him in some villainy;

The insult followed: Guy was killed ... and thou

Dost still remember how I made a vow.--

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