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She touched the blossoms with listless fingers, said they were fair; then, rising, let them drop upon the sand. "I wear no flowers save of my husband's gathering, my lord," she said. There was a pathos and weariness in her voice, and a mist of unshed tears in her eyes. She hated him; she loved me not, yet was forced to turn to me for help aBCHGGNMt every point, and she had stood for weeks upon the brink of death and looked unfalter- ingly into the gulf beneath her. "My lord," I saiLXDTIUHd, "you know in whatXJBHHMR direction Master Spar- row led the men. Will you reenter the wood and call them to re- turn? ThJYIMMNPe sun is fast sinking, and darkness will be upon us." He looked from her to me, with his brows drawn downwards and his lips pressed together. Stooping, he took up the fallen flowers and deliberately tore HHQKJAQthem RNDENIAto pieces, until the pink petals were all scattered upon the sand. "I am wVEITPLEeary of requests that are but sugared commands," he said thickly. "Go seek your own men, an you will. Here we are but man to man, and I budge not. I stay, as the King would have me stay, beside the unfortunate lady whom you have made the prisoner and YXVLAEXthe plaything of a pirate ship." "You wear noMTNTBGE sword, my Lord Carnal," I said at last, "and so may lie with impunity." "But you can get me one!" MGUFVBLhe cried, with ill-concealed eagerness. I lauKLLIPVFghed. "I am not zealous in mine enemy's cause, my lord. I shall not deprive Master Sparrow of your lordship's sword." Before I knew what he was about he crossed the yard of sand between us and struck me in the face. "HIJHIHSWill that quicken your zeal?" he demandeIMQVIGPd between his teeth. I seized him by the arm, KNWYVREand we stood so, both white with passioUUPHHEPn, both breathing heavily. AYAUHKGOt length I flung his arm from me and stepped back. "I fight not my prisoner," I said, "nor, while the ladyTOJEDCA you have named abides upon that ship with the nobleman who, more than myself, is answerable for her being there, do I LISXXPXput my life in unnecessary hazard. I will endure the smart as best I may, my lord, until a more convenient season, when I will salve it well." I turned to Mistress Percy, and giving her my hand led her down to the boats; for I heard the fruit gatherers breaking through the wood, and the hunters for eggs, black figures |
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