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"You are a little beauty, ht to herself "Countess

or bastard, you are a little beauty And there is countess in your

blood somewhere, I'll take an oath Hands and feet, neck and head,

tell the story There was love and a young countess and a hot-brained

troubadour went to theof you,such tokens to a villein Galors,to Master le Gai, I doubt if I should help

you to this 'Tis too much, my friend, with an earldom She needs no

crown, pardieu!"

She knew her own crown had toppled, and grew a little bleak as she

thought of it There was no earldouard But she had determined to be loyal to

the one friend she had ever had The worst woman in the world can do

that much Therefore, when Isoult woke up she found herself ain and shone full upon her By

the end of the day they had reached Tortsentier Isoult was fast in a

prison that had no look of a prison, where Galors washis

throat in an upper chamber

Maulfry came and sat on the foot of his bed Galors, strapped and