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308 THE STORY OF QUEEN ISABEL.
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Which no man names "with blessing , though its work Is In And blest the such slow by a all story day the was of world the this . growth for Such Isabel days of . souls there , are
King John marries Ms fair Isabel literally sur le champ , and slie ¦ s whose its , a violent few day s' -wif jealou e , " enthroned s t beside has alread _lier ill-conditioned begun to appear spouse , ,
emper y when a herald arrives from Hugh de Lusignan , bearing a challenge to the king for that he did " Not openlbdaylight
But with base subterfuge and craft unkni y ghtl y y , , He Steal thinks a great unseeml treasure but from for him which , which he lived to name ,
y ; And is prepared to die . " _IDauses The herald as if about so speaking to hurl draws it at off the king his , clashing who , with gauntlet instin , ctive and
cowardice , shrinks and raises his hand . " The herald laughed
, And Sneer flung 'd as he it at answered his feet , . — King ' Go and John tell , being thy lord safe , , his blood
That if he is so lavish of He I will is too appoint small a for man me to . fi Let ght the with g him love ; lie . ' "
The unfortunate Isabel begins to comprehend what manner of man she has married ; and whispers pitifully
" ' Shall men say you were afraid ? 'Wh He y answered , aye , my li love htl , they in a must heartless and if jest they list , '
gy , You Quenching should his have ire staid . 'And beside if you the want Marcher a hero Hug , h ,
Who hath a gift that way . ' " An answer not well calculated to allay her dawning doubts , but nature
only too well endorsed by subsequent experience of John ' s , although " ! N " ot undeceived at once
Do They Creep hearts try back to give like cheat up beaten themselves their slaves idols , ; . and man Blank oft y shift repulsed wonder s first , obstinate confusion
Then unbelief and ; Then Slowl , y shock , with b many y shock an , after resisted thoug wh horror at ht it of seemed came how
And And hers why the the blunder vileness , was but not not his the shame . " , " Meantime her heart
Still She dared kept an not inner chamber but within , whose there barred dwelt door open
A memory and a name , . As piece the by p ifts iece ,
Wherewith And hue by her hue blind , the belief glories had and robed g the King within that door
Were rent away , they passed ,
308 The Story Of Queen Isabel.
308 THE STORY OF QUEEN ISABEL .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1863, page 308, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071863/page/20/
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