fabricates the most ridiculous tales, which he tries to pass off for
facts; speaks of his adventures in America, which he has never seen;
of his being entrapped into marriage with a Miss Sibthorpe, a pure
invention. Accidentally meeting a Miss Grantam, he sends his man to
learn her name, and is told it is Miss Godfrey, an heiress. On this
incident the humor of the drama hinges. When Miss Godfrey is presented
to him he does not know her, and a person rushes in who declares she
is his wife, and that her maiden name was Sibthorpe. It is now
Wilding’s turn to be dumbfounded, and, wholly unable to unravel the
mystery, he rushes forth, believing the world is a Bedlam let
loose.--S. Foote, _The Liar_ (1761).
_Wilding_ (_Sir Jasper_), an ignorant but wealthy country gentleman,
fond of fox-hunting. He dresses in London like a foxhunter, and speaks
with a “Hoic! tally-ho!”
_Young Wilding_, son of Sir Jasper, about to marry the daughter of old
Philpot for the dot she will bring him.
_Maria Wilding_, the lively, witty, high-spirited daughter of Sir
Jasper, in love with Charles Beaufort. Her father wants her to marry
George Philpot, but she frightens the booby out of his wits by her
knowledge of books and assumed eccentricities.--Murphy, _The Citizen_,
(1757 or 1761).
=Wildrake=, a country squire, delighting in horses, dogs, and field
sports. He was in love with “neighbor Constance,” daughter of Sir
William Fondlove, with whom he used to romp and quarrel in childhood.
He learned to love Constance; and Constance loved the squire, but knew
it not till she feared he was going to marry another. When they each
discovered the state of their hearts, they agreed to become man and
wife.--S. Knowles, _The Love-Chase_ (1837).
_Wildrake_ (_Roger_), a dissipated royalist.--Sir W. Scott,
_Woodstock_ (time, Commonwealth).
=Wilhelmi´na= [BUNDLE], daughter of Bundle, the gardener. Tom Tug, the
waterman, and Robin, the gardener, sought her in marriage. The father
preferred honest Tom Tug, but the mother liked better the sentimental
and fine-phrased Robin. Wilhelmina said he who first did any act to
deserve her love should have it. Tom Tug, by winning the waterman’s
badge, carried off the bride.--C. Dibdin, _The Waterman_ (1774).
=Wilfer= (_Reginald_), called by his wife R. W., and by his fellow
clerks Rumty. He was clerk in the drug-house of Chicksey, Stobbles and
Veneering. In person Mr. Wilfer resembled an overgrown cherub; in
manner he was shy and retiring.
Mr. Reginald Wilfer was a poor clerk, so poor indeed that he had never
yet attained the modest object of his ambition, which was to wear a
complete new suit of clothes, hat and boots included, at one time. His
black hat was brown before he could afford a coat; his pantaloons were
white at the seams and knees before he could buy a pair of boots; his
boots had worn out before he could treat himself to new pantaloons;
and by the time he worked round to the hat again, that shining modern
article roofed in an ancient ruin of various periods.--Ch. iv.
_Mrs. Wilfer_, wife of Mr. Reginald. A most majestic woman, tall and
angular. She wore gloves, and a pocket-handkerchief tied under her
chin. A patronizing, condescending woman was Mrs. Wilfer, with a
mighty idea of her own importance. “Viper!” “Ingrate!” and such like
epithets were household words with her.
_Bella Wilfer_, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfer. A wayward, playful,
affectionate, spoilt beauty, “giddy from the want of some sustaining
purpose, and capricious because she was always fluttering among little
things.” Bella was so pretty, so womanly, and yet so childish that she
was always captivating. She spoke of herself as “the lovely woman,”
and delighted in “doing the hair of the family.” Bella Wilfer married
John Harmon (John Rokesmith), the secretary of Mr. Boffin, “the golden
dustman.”
_Lavinia Wilfer_, youngest sister of Bella, and called “The
Irrepressible.” Lavinia was a tart, pert girl, but succeeded in
catching George Samson in the toils of wedlock.--C. Dickens, _Our
Mutual Friend_ (1864).
=Wilford=, in love with Emily, the companion of his sister, Miss
Wilford. This attachment coming to the knowledge of Wilford’s uncle
and guardian, was disapproved of by him; so he sent the young man to
the Continent, and dismissed the young lady. Emily went to live with
Goodman Fairlop, the woodman, and there Wilford discovered her in an
archery match. The engagement Was renewed, and ended in marriage.--Sir
H. B. Dudley, _The Woodman_ (1771).
_Wilford_, secretary of Sir Edward Mortimer, and the suitor of Barbara
Rawbold (daughter of a poacher). Curious to know what weighed on his
master’s mind, he pried into an iron chest in Sir Edward’s library;
but while so engaged, Sir Edward entered and threatened to shoot him.
He relented, however, and having sworn Wilford to secrecy, told him
how and why he had committed murder. Wilford, unable to endure the
watchful and jealous eye of his master, ran away; but Sir Edward
dogged him from place to place, and at length arrested him on the
charge of theft. Of course, the charge broke down, Wilford was
acquitted, Sir Edward confessed himself a murderer, and died. (See
WILLIAMS, CALEB.)--G. Colman, _The Iron Chest_ (1796).
⁂ This is a dramatic version of Godwin’s novel called _Caleb Williams_
(1794). Wilford is “Caleb Williams,” and Sir Edward Mortimer is
“Falkland.”
_Wilford_, supposed to be earl of Rochdale. Three things he had a
passion for: “the finest hound, the finest horse, and the finest wife
in the three kingdoms.” It turned out that Master Walter, “the
hunchback,” was the earl of Rochdale, and Wilford was no one.--S.
Knowles, _The Hunchback_ (1831).
_Wilford_ (_Lord_), the truant son of Lord Woodville, who fell in love
with Bess, the daughter of the “blind beggar of Bethnal Green.” He saw
her by accident in London, lost sight of her, but resolved not to rest
night or day till he found her; and, said he, “If I find her not, I’m
tenant of the house the sexton builds.” Bess was discovered in the
Queen’s Arms inn, Romford, and turned out to be his cousin.--S.
Knowles, _The Beggar of Bethnal Green_ (1834).
=Wilfred=, “the fool,” one of the sons of Sir Hildebrand Osbaldistone,
of Osbaldistone Hall.--Sir W. Scott, _Rob Roy_ (time, George I.).
=Wilfrid=, son of Oswald Wycliffe; in love with Matilda, heiress of
Rokeby’s knight. After various villainies, Oswald forced from Matilda
a promise to marry Wilfrid. Wilfrid thanked her for the promise, and
fell dead at her feet.--Sir W. Scott, _Rokeby_ (1813).
=Wilfrid= or =Wilfrith= (_St._). In 681, the Bishop Wilfrith, who had
been bishop of York, being deprived of his see, came to Sussex, and
did much to civilize the people. He taught them how to catch fish
generally, for before they only knew how to catch eels. He founded the
bishopric of the South Saxons at Selsey, afterwards removed to
Chichester, founded the monastery of Ripon, built several
ecclesiastical edifices, and died in 709.
St. Wilfrid, sent from York into the realms received
(Whom the Northumbrian folk had of his see bereaved),
And on the south of Thames a seat did him afford,
By whom the people first received the saving word.
Drayton, _Polyolbion_, xi. (1613).
=Wilhelm Meister= [_Mice.ter_], the hero and title of a philosophic
novel by Goethe. This is considered to be the first true German novel.
It consists of two parts published under two titles, viz., _The
Apprenticeship of Wilhelm Meister_ (1794-96), and _The Travels of
Wilhelm Meister_ (1821).
=Wilkins= (_Peter_), Robert Pultock, of Clement’s inn, author of _The
Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man_ (1750).
The tale is this: Peter Wilkins is a mariner, thrown on a desert
shore. In time he furnishes himself from the wreck with many
necessaries, and discovers that the country is frequented by a
beautiful winged race called glumms and gawreys, whose wings when
folded, serve them for dress, and when spread, are used for flight.
Peter marries a gawrey, by name Youwarkee, and accompanies her to
Nosmnbdsgrsutt, a land of semi-darkness, where he remains many years.
_Peter Wilkins_ is a work of uncommon beauty.--Coleridge, _Table Talk_
(1835).
=Wilkinson= (_James_), servant to Mr. Fairford, the lawyer.--Sir W.
Scott, _Redgauntlet_ (time, George III.).
=Will= (_Belted_), William, Lord Howard, warden of the western marches
(1563-1640).
His Bilboa blade, by Marchmen felt,
Hung in a broad and studded belt;
Hence, in rude phrase, the Borderers still
Called noble Howard “Belted Will.”
Sir W. Scott, _Lay of the Last Minstrel_ (1805).
=Will Laud=, a smuggler, with whom Margaret Catchpole (_q.v._) falls
in love. He persuades her to escape from Ipswich jail, and supplies
her with a seaman’s dress. The two are overtaken, and Laud is shot in
attempting to prevent the recapture of Margaret.--Rev. R. Cobbold,
_Margaret Catchpole_.
=Will and Jean=, a poetic story by Hector Macneill (1789). Willie
Gairlace was once the glory of the town, and he married Jeanie Miller.
Just about this time Maggie Howe opened a spirit shop in the village,
and Willie fell to drinking. Having reduced himself to beggary, he
enlisted as a soldier, and Jeanie had “to beg her bread.” Willie,
having lost his leg in battle, was put on the Chelsea “bounty list;”
and Jeanie was placed, by the duchess of Buccleuch, in an
alms-cottage. Willie contrived to reach the cottage and
Jean ance mair, in fond affection,
Clasped her Willie to her breast.
=Willet= (_John_), landlord of the Maypole inn. A burly man,
large-headed, with a flat face, betokening profound obstinacy and
slowness of apprehension, combined with a strong reliance on his own
merits. John Willet was one of the most dogged and positive fellows in
existence, always sure that he was right, and that every one who
differed from him was wrong. He ultimately resigned the Maypole to his
son, Joe, and retired to a cottage in Chigwell, with a small garden,
in which Joe had a Maypole erected for the delectation of his aged
father. Here at dayfall assembled his old chums, to smoke, and prose,
and doze, and drink the evenings away; and here the old man played the
landlord, scoring up huge debits in chalk to his heart’s delight. He
lived in the cottage a sleepy life for seven years, and then slept the
sleep which knows no waking.
_Joe Willet_, son of the landlord, a broad-shouldered, strapping young
fellow of 20. Being bullied and brow-beaten by his father, he ran away
and enlisted for a soldier, lost his right arm in America, and was
dismissed the service. He returned to England, married Dolly Varden,
and became landlord of the Maypole, where he prospered and had a large
family.--C. Dickens, _Barnaby Rudge_ (1841).
=William=, archbishop of Orange, an ecclesiastic who besought Pope
Urban on his knees to permit him to join the crusaders, and, having
obtained permission, led 400 men to the siege of Jerusalem.--Tasso,
_Jerusalem Delivered_ (1575).
_William_, youngest son of William Rufus. He was the leader of a large
army of British bowmen and Irish volunteers in the crusading
army.--Tasso, _Jerusalem Delivered_, iii. (1575).
⁂ William Rufus was never married.
_William_, footman to Lovemore, sweet upon Muslin, the lady’s maid. He
is fond of cards, and is a below-stairs imitation of the high-life
vices of the latter half of the eighteenth century.--A. Murphy, _The
Way to Keep Him_ (1760).
_William_, a serving-lad at Arnheim Castle.--Sir W. Scott, _Anne of
Geierstein_ (time, Edward IV.).
_William_ (_Lord_), master of Erlingford. His elder brother, at death,
committed to his charge Edmund, the rightful heir, a mere child; but
William cast the child into the Severn, and seized the inheritance.
One anniversary, the Severn overflowed its banks, and the castle was
surrounded; a boat came by, and Lord William entered. The boatman
thought he heard the voice of a child--nay, he felt sure he saw a
child in the water, and bade Lord William stretch out his hand to take
it in. Lord William seized the child’s hand; it was lifeless and
clammy, heavy and inert. It pulled the boat under water, and Lord
William was drowned, but no one heard his piercing cry of agony.--R.
Southey, _Lord William_ (a ballad, 1804).
=William and Margaret=, a ballad by Mallet. William promised marriage
to Margaret, deserted her, and she died “consumed in early prime.” Her
ghost reproved the faithless swain, who “quaked in every limb,” and,
raving,
He hy’d him to the fatal place,
Where Margaret’s body lay;
And stretch’d him on the grass-green turf
That wrapt her breathless clay.
And thrice he call’d on Margaret’s name,
And thrice he wept full sore;
Then laid his cheek to her cold grave,
And word spake never more.
=William, king of Scotland=, introduced by Sir W. Scott in _The
Talisman_ (1825).
=William of Cloudesley= (3 _syl._), a north country outlaw, associated
with Adam Bell and Clym of the Clough (_Clement of the Cliff_). He
lived in Englewood Forest, near Carlisle. Adam Bell and Clym of the
Clough were single men, but William had a wife named Alyce, and
“children three,” living at Carlisle. The three outlaws went to London
to ask pardon of the king, and the king, at the queen’s intercession,
granted it. He then took them to a field to see them shoot. William
first cleft in two a hazel wand at a distance of 200 feet; after this
he bound his eldest son to a stake, put an apple on his head, and, at
a distance of “six score paces,” cleft the apple in two without
touching the boy. The king was so delighted that he made William “a
gentlemen of fe,” made his son a royal butler, the queen took Alyce
for her “chief gentlewoman,” and the two companions were appointed
yeoman of the bed-chamber.--Percy, _Reliques_ (“Adam Bell,” etc.), I.
ii. 1.
=William of Goldsbrough=, one of the companions of Robin Hood,
mentioned in Grafton’s _Olde and Auncient Pamphlet_ (sixteenth
century).
=William of Norwich= (_Saint_), a child said to have been crucified by
the Jews in 1137. (See HUGH OF LINCOLN and WERNER.)
Two boys of tender age, those saints ensue,
Of Norwich, William was, of Lincoln, Hugh.
Whom th’ unbelieving Jews (rebellious that abide),
In mockery of our Christ, at Easter crucified.
Drayton, _Polyolbion_, xxiv. (1622).
=William-with-the-Long-Sword=, the earl of Salisbury. He was the
natural brother of Richard Cœur de Lion.--Sir W. Scott, _The
Talisman_ (time, Richard I.).
=Williams= (_Caleb_), a lad in the service of Falkland. Falkland,
irritated by cruelty and insult, commits a murder, which is attributed
to another. Williams, by accident, obtains a clue to the real facts;
and Falkland, knowing it, extorts from him an oath of secrecy, and
then tells him the whole story. The lad, finding life in Falkland’s
house insupportable, from the ceaseless suspicion to which he is
exposed, makes his escape, and is pursued by Falkland with relentless
persecution. At last Williams is accused by Falkland of robbery, and,
the facts of the case being disclosed, Falkland dies of shame and a
broken spirit. (See WILFORD.)--W. Godwin, _Caleb Williams_ (1794).
⁂ The novel was dramatized by G. Colman, under the title of _The Iron
Chest_ (1796). Caleb Williams is called “Wilford,” and Falkland is
“Sir Edward Mortimer.”
_Williams_ (_Ned_), the sweetheart of Cicely Jopson, farmer, near
Clifton.
_Farmer Williams_, Ned’s father.--Sir W. Scott, _Waverley_ (time,
George II.).
=Willie=, clerk to Andrew Skurliewhitter, the scrivener.--Sir W.
Scott, =Fortunes of Nigel= (time, James I.).
=Willieson= (_William_), a brig-owner, one of the Jacobite
conspirators under the laird of Ellieslaw.--Sir W. Scott, _The Black
Dwarf_ (time, Anne).
=Williewald of Geierstein= (_Count_), father of Count Arnold of
Geierstein, _alias_ Arnold Biederman (landamman of Unterwalden).--Sir
W. Scott, _Anne of Geierstein_ (time, Edward IV.).
=Will-o’-the-Flat=, one of the huntsmen near Charlie’s Hope farm.--Sir
W. Scott, _Guy Mannering_ (time, George II.).
=Willoughby= (_Lord_), of Queen Elizabeth’s court.--Sir W. Scott,
_Kenilworth_ (time, Elizabeth).
=Willy=, a shepherd to whom Thomalin tells the tale of his battle with
Cupid (Ecl. iii). (See THOMALIN.) In Ecl. viii. he is introduced
again, contending with Perigot for the prize of poetry, Cuddy being
chosen umpire. Cuddy declares himself quite unable to decide the
contest, for both deserve the prize.--Spenser, _The Shepheardes
Calendar_ (1579).
=Wilmot.= There are three of the name in _Fatal Curiosity_ (1736), by
George Lillo, viz., old Wilmot, his wife, Agnes, and their son, young
Wilmot, supposed to have perished at sea. The young man, however, is
not drowned, but goes to India, makes his fortune, and returns,
unknown to any one of his friends. He goes in disguise to his parents,
and deposits with them a casket. Curiosity induces Agnes to open it,
and when she sees that it contains jewels, she and her husband resolve
to murder the owner and appropriate the contents of the casket. No
sooner have they committed the fatal deed than they discover it is
their own son whom they have killed; whereupon the old man stabs first
his wife and then himself.
The harrowing details of this tragedy are powerfully depicted; and the
agonies of old Wilmot constitute one of the most appalling and
affecting incidents in the drama.--R. Chambers, _English Literature_,
i. 592.
Old Wilmot’s character, as the needy man who had known better days,
exhibits a mind naturally good, but prepared for acting evil.--Sir W.
Scott, _The Drama_.
_Wilmot_ (_Miss Arabella_), a clergyman’s daughter, beloved by George
Primrose, eldest son of the vicar of Wakefield, whom ultimately she
marries.--Goldsmith, _Vicar of Wakefield_ (1766).
_Wilmot_ (_Lord_), earl of Rochester, of the court of Charles II.--Sir
W. Scott, _Woodstock_ (time, Commonwealth).
=Wilsa=, the mulatto girl of Dame Ursley Suddlechop, the barber’s
wife.--Sir W. Scott, _Fortunes of Nigel_ (time, James I.).
=Wilson= (_Alison_), the old housekeeper of Colonel Silas Morton of
Milnwood.--Sir W. Scott, _Old Mortality_ (time, Charles II.).
_Wilson_ (_Andrew_), smuggler; the comrade of Geordie Robertson. He
was hanged.--Sir W. Scott, _Heart of Midlothian_ (time, George II.).
_Wilson_ (_Bob_), groom of Sir William Ashton, the lord keeper of
Scotland.--Sir W. Scott, _Bride of Lammermoor_ (time, William III.).
_Wilson_ (_Christie_), a character in the introduction of the _Black
Dwarf_, by Sir W. Scott.
_Wilson_ (_John_), groom of Mr. Godfrey Bertram, laird of
Ellangowan.--Sir W. Scott, _Guy Mannering_ (time, George II.).
=Wilton= (_Ralph de_), the accepted suitor of Lady Clare, daughter of
the earl of Gloucester. When Lord Marmion overcame Ralph de Wilton in
the ordeal of battle, and left him for dead on the field, Lady Clare
took refuge in Whitby Convent. By Marmion’s desire she was removed
from the convent to Tantallon Hall, where she met Ralph, who had been
cured of his wounds. Ralph, being knighted by Douglas, married the
Lady Clare.--Sir W. Scott, _Marmion_ (1808).
=Wimble= (_Will_), a character in Addison’s _Spectator_, simple,
good-natured, and officious.
⁂ Will Wimble in the flesh was Thomas Morecroft, of Dublin (*-1741).
=Wimbledon= (_The Philosopher of_), John Horne Tooke, who lived at
Wimbledon, near London (1736-1812).
=Winchester= (_The bishop of_), Lancelot Andrews. The name is not
given in the novel, but the date of the novel is 1620, and Dr. Andrews
was translated from Ely to Winchester in February, 1618-19; and died
in 1626.--Sir W. Scott, _Fortunes of Nigel_ (time, James I.).
=Wind Sold.= At one time the Finlanders and Laplanders drove a
profitable trade by the sale of winds. After being paid they knitted
three magical knots, and told the buyer that when he untied the first
he would have a good gale; when the second, a strong wind; and when
the third, a severe tempest.--Olaus Magnus, _History of the Goths,
etc._, 47 (1658).
King Eric of Sweden was quite a potentate of these elements, and could
change them at pleasure by merely shifting his cap.
Bessie Millie, of Pomo´na, in the Orkney Islands, helped to eke out
her living (even so late as 1814) by selling favorable winds to
mariners, for the small sum of sixpence per vessel.
Winds were also at one time sold at Mont St. Michel, in Normandy, by
nine druidesses, who likewise sold arrows to charm away storms. These
arrows were to be shot off by a young man 25 years of age.
⁂ Witches generally were supposed to sell wind.
’Oons! I’ll marry a Lapland witch as soon, and live upon selling
contrary winds and wrecked vessels.--W. Congreve, _Love for Love_,
iii. (1695).
In Ireland and in Denmark both,
Witches for gold will sell a man a wind,
Which, in the corner of a napkin wrapped,
Shall blow him safe unto what coast he will.
Summer, _Last Will and Test_. (1600).
⁂ See note to the _Pirate_: “Sale of Winds” (_Waverley Novels_, xxiv.
136).
When Ulysses left the island of Æolus, whom Jupiter had made keeper of
the winds, Æolus bound the storm-winds in an ox’s bladder, and tied it
in the ship that not even a little breath might escape. Then he sent
the west wind to waft the ship onward. While Ulysses was asleep his
companions, thinking a treasure was concealed in the bladder, loosed
the skin, and all the winds rushed out. The ship was driven back to
the island of Æolus, who refused to let them land, believing that they
must be hated by the gods.
=Winds= (_The_), according to Hesiod, were the sons of Astræus and
Aurora.
You nymphs, the winged offspring which of old
Aurora to divine Astræus bore.
Akenside, _Hymn to the Naiads_(1767).
=Winds and Tides.= Nicholas of Lyn, an Oxford scholar and friar, was a
great navigator. He “took the height of mountains with his astrolobe,”
and taught that there were four whirlpools like the Maelström of
Norway--one in each quarter of the globe, from which the four winds
issue, and which are the cause of the tides.
One Nicholas of Lyn
The whirlpools of the seas did come to understand, ...
For such immeasured pools, philosophers agree,
I’ the four parts of the world undoubtedly there be,
From which they have supposed nature the winds doth raise,
And from them too proceed the flowing of the seas.
Drayton, _Polyolbion_, xix. (1622).
=Windmill With a Weather-Cock Atop= (_The_). Goodwyn, a puritan
divine, of St. Margaret’s, London, was so called (1593-1651).
=Windmills.= Don Quixote, seeing some thirty or forty windmills,
insisted that they were giants, and, running a tilt at one of them,
thrust his spear into the sails; whereupon the sail raised both man
and horse into the air, and shivered the knight’s lance into
splinters. When Don Quixote was thrown to the ground, he persisted in
saying that his enemy, Freston, had transformed the giants into
windmills merely to rob him of his honor, but notwithstanding, the
windmills were in reality giants in disguise. This is the first
adventure of the knight.--Cervantes, _Don Quixote_, I. i. 8 (1605).
_Windmills._ The giant Widenostrils lived on windmills. (See
WIDENOSTRILS.) Rabelais, _Pantagruel_, iv. 17 (1545).
=Windsor= (_The Rev. Mr._), a friend of Master George Heriot, the
king’s goldsmith.--Sir W. Scott, _Fortunes of Nigel_ (time, James I.).
=Windsor Beauties= (_The_), Anne Hyde, duchess of York, and her twelve
ladies in the court of Charles II., painted by Sir Peter Lely, at the
request of Anne Hyde. Conspicuous in her train of Hebês was Frances
Jennings, eldest daughter of Richard Jennings of Standridge, near St.
Alban’s.
=Windsor Sentinel= (_The_), who heard St. Paul’s clock strike
thirteen, was John Hatfield, who died at his house in Glasshouse Yard,
Aldersgate, June 18, 1770, aged 102.
=Wingate= (_Master Jasper_), the steward at Avenel Castle.--Sir W.
Scott, _The Abbot_ (time, Elizabeth).
=Wingfield=, a citizen of Perth, whose trade was
feather-dressing.--Sir W. Scott, _Fair Maid of Perth_ (time, Henry
IV.).
_Wingfield_ (_Ambrose_), employed at Osbaldistone Hall.
_Lancie Wingfield_, one of the men employed at Osbaldistone Hall.--Sir
W. Scott, _Rob Roy_ (time, George I.).
=Wing-the-Wind= (_Michael_), a servant at Holyrood Palace, and the
friend of Adam Woodcock.--Sir W. Scott, _The Abbot_ (time, Elizabeth).
=Winifred=, heroine of _The Last Meeting_, by Brander Matthews. In
defiance of all innuendoes and arguments, she remains true to her
lover throughout the period of his mysterious absence.