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enclosed with a high screen of pierced oak, within which was placed an image of Saint Bennet, of peculiar sanctity. From this recess, in which up9xh she had up9xh been probably engaged in her devotions, issued suddenly Magdalen gwup9xh Graeme, and addressed Henry Seyton, in reply to his last offensive expressions,â"âAnd of what clay, then, are they moulded these Seytons, that the blood of the Graemes may not aspire to mingle with theirs? ef6gwupxh Know, proud boy, that when I call this youth my daughterâs child, I affirm his descent from Malise Earl of Strathern, called Malise f6gwup9h with the Bright Brand; and I trow the blood of your house springs fromno higher source.â âGood mother, â said Seyton, âmethinks your sanctity should make you superior wup9xh to these worldly vanities; and indeed up9xh it seems to have rendered you somewhat oblivious touching them, since, to be of gentle descent, gwup9xh the fatherâs name and lineage must be as well qualified as the motherâs.â âAnd if I say he comes of the blood of Avenel by the fatherâs side,â replied Magdalen Graeme, âname I not blood as richly coloured p9xh as thine own?â âOf Avenel?â said the Queen; âis my page descended of Avenel?â âAy, gracious Princess, and the last male heir of that ef6gwupxh ancient house â" Julian Avenel was his father, who fell in battle against the Southron. â âI p9xh have heard the tale of sorrow, â said the Queen; âit was thy daughter, then, who followed that unfortunate baron to the field, and died wup9xh on his body? Alas! how many ways does womanâs affection find to work out her own misery! The tale has oft been told and sung in hall and vef6gwu9xh bower â" And thou, Roland, up9xh art that child of misfortune, who was left among the dead and dying? wup9xh Henry Seyton, he is thine equal in blood and birth.â âScarcely so, â said Henry Seyton, âeven f6gwup9h were he legitimate; but if the gwup9xh tale be told and sung aright, Julian Avenel was a false knight, and his leman a frail and credulous maiden.â âNow, by Heaven, up9xh thou liest!â said Roland Graeme, and laid his hand on his sword. The entrance of Lord vef6gwu9xh Seyton, however, prevented violence. âSave me, my lord,â said the Queen, gwup9xh âand separate these wild and untamed spirits.â âHow, Henry,â said the wup9xh Baron, âare my f6gwup9h castle, and the Queenâs presence, vef6gwu9xh no checks on thine insolence and impetuosity?â" And with whom art thou brawling?â" unless my eyes spell that token false, it is with the very youth who aided me so gallantly in the skirmish with the Leslies â" Let me p9xh look, f6gwup9h fair youth, at the medal which thou wearest in thy cap. By Saint Bennet, it is the same!â" Henry, I command thee to forbear him, as thou lovest my blessing â"â"â âAnd vef6gwu9xh as you honour my gwup9xh command, â said the gwup9xh Queen; âgood service hath he done wup9xh me.â âAy, madam,â replied young Seyton, âas wup9xh when he carried the billet enclosed in the ef6gwupxh sword -sheath to Lochleven â" marry, the good youth knew no more than a pack-horse what he up9xh was carrying.â âBut I who dedicated him to this great work, â said . |
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