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"There goes a good soul," said Prosper "Giveto drink,

child, I beseech you"

Isoult brought a great bowl of h he never saw her) she drank of it from the place

where he had put his lips Then it was tiain, and returned leading Prosper's horse and

shield; she brought an ass for herself to ride on Curtseying to hi in life, my child," said he as he took her up and

put her on the ass Then he mounted his horse They set off at once

over the heath, striking north None watched theo

The sky was noithout cloud White all about, it swaht breeze, brisk and fresh, blew the land clear,

only little patches of the ed about the

furze-bushes The forest was still densely veiled, but the sun was up,

the larks afloat; the rains of over-night crisped and sparkled on the

grass: there was proreat weather Presently with its slant

roofs shining, its gilded spires and cross, Prosper saw on his left

the great Abbey of Holy Thorn He saw the river with a boat's sail,

the village of Malbank Saint Thorn on the further bank and the cloud

of thin blue smoke over it; far across the heath caan to rise before hirew ht of all this

freshness, the splendour of theHe was disposed to be well

contented with everything, even with Isoult, upon whoently beside hiraceful possession "Well, friend," he said to hi wife, it appears, of whoan to question her, and this ti he

asked her, except why she was called Isoult la Desirous As to this,

she persisted that she could not tell hi

"I see so mysterious in all this, child," said he, "and am not

fond of man

and not thy secrets fro her head