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82 AGNES BBRNAUEBIN;
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Angela the The proud blow sat was duke , and unexpected . saw He her cast cowering , and a hast for y beneath a glance moment at the , the seemed malicious place to where paral glances yse his
denunciation of the multitude so _, terrible and half to -fainting a woman under . The the shock duke of soon a manned his noble heart . The tide of loyaltynobleness
knighthood , surged high within him . He spurred his , horse into , the centre of the listsand lifting the visor of his helmetand
rising in his stirrups , , he proclaimed aloud to that assembl , y of royalty and honourable , knighthood wife , . and His womanhood voice rang , that like A a gnes trumpet was throug his true h
the lists as he challenged to mortal combat any who should dare to assail the name and fame of his Duchess Agnes . He cast
but down none his mailed replied . glove A , thrill and waited of sympath haug y htil for y for noble a challenger man and ,
womanhood ran through the chivalrous assembly , and loud cries arose of Long live the duke and duchess ! " Albrecht demanded
Answered haughtily , in if the the affirm prohibition ativehe ag require ainst him d that self his were wife withdrawn should be ?
conducted to the place due , to her rank . This was done ; and was Agnes led , pal amid e and strangel blushing y conflicting by turns , emotions half-joyful to and the half high -fearful places ,
of the lists , . Albrecht marked with wondering , pride the modest dignity and inborn grace with which she bore herself ; and many ,
could especiall ill y brook of her the own sudden sex , whose elevation feudal of pride the burg and femal her ' s e daug jealousy hter
owned in their hearts that Duke Albrecht could scarcely have , found a worthier bride . All hearts bow willingly to the royalty
and of womanhood beautand , when sympath woman is ' s contag worth is ious draped in all in masses woman of 's men grace .
y ; y And yet the occasion was no slight ordeal for the gentle Angela . She knew that she was the subject of all thoughts ; she felt that
she was the cynosure of all eyes . And then all thought for times herself she vanished dreaded , as vaguel , knowing y some well ill the for ideas himfor and her feelings loyal of noble her
husban , d , loved then with an aching yearning , of tenderness , such as she had never known before .
But the tournament proceeded—and now the shattering trumpets shrilled through the sunny air , and the knights darting
from Bending the opposite lowwith barriers lumes , spurred streaming their backwards horses to in full " the career wind .
of their own , speed , p " they thunder on , while from the beaten earth rise clouds of dust . All hearts beat fast ; all eyes are bent
eagerly upon the arena . A moment , a brief , breathless moment ,
upon and and tumult they the h ard shock , that shining together the steel golden , ; the and harness A spear gnes s passed saw crashing dizzil on y unscathed , and amidst splintering the , while dust
82 Agnes Bbrnauebin;
82 AGNES BBRNAUEBIN ;
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 82, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/10/
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