Page 165 (2/2)

herself down in the darkness, in the woods, hiding her face against the

earth! But though she was only Audrey and so poor a thing, she had for her

portion a dignity and fineness of nature that was a stay to her steps

Barbara, though not so poor and hu from the room and the house; but to do that Audrey

would have been ashahed, I think?" said Haward "To-morrow I

shall send to know the reason of your mirth Mr Everard, you will answer

to me for that pretty oath Mr Travis, there rests the lie that you

uttered just now: stoop and take it again" He flung his glove at Mr

Travis's feet

A great hubbub and exclalove with the

point of his rapier, and in a loud voice repeated the assertion which had

given u unsteadily

forward, and the blades of the two crossed in dead earnest A moment, and

the men were forced apart; but by this time the whole room was in

coallery rail, a woentlemen of years and authority started from

the crowd of witnesses to the affair and made toward the centre of the

roo further trouble Where much wine had been

drunken and twenty rapiers were out, o from bad to worse