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"You loved me," she said "I had rather you had hated ht reen meadow beyond the church they wooed me as such This one came and that one, and at last a fellohen I said hione, did dare to seize led one ca that dastard out of the way, then asked h or insult in his voice I earied and fordone and desperate So I met my husband, and so I married him That same day I told him a part of my secret, and when my Lord Carnal was come I told him all I had not met with much true love or courtesy or coer in which he stood because of ht swear to what they pleased, whistle me off, save himself, and I would say no word of blame There ine upon the table, and he filled a cup and brought it to ether We drank of the same cup then, your Honor, and ill drink of it still We tedded, and the world strove to part us Which of you here, in such quarrel, would not withstand the world? Lady Wyatt, would not thy husband hold thee, while he lived, against the world? Then speak for mine!"

"Frank, Frank!" cried Lady Wyatt "They love each other!"

"If he withstood the King," went on the King's ward, "it was for his honor and for inia, it was because I willed it so Had he stayed, ain, you er journey to a ht e fled, why did you come upon us, my lord? The moon burst forth from a black cloud, and you stood there upon the wharf above us, calling to the footsteps behind to hasten We would have left you there in safety, and gone ourselves alone down that strea down the steps and grapple with the ht have thrust you beneath the flood and drowned you there did but fling you into the boat We wished not your coone without you I trust, my lord, you have entleave you, a prisoner whom he wanted not, all fair and honorable treatment That you have done this I dare take my oath, my lord"-She stood silent, her eyes upon his The lint of drawn steel went from one pair of eyes to another