This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ..."And I swear it to you, noble dame, she shall have in him a valiant protector," added Guy de Rochaigue, who accompanied his son. Fairly distraught, Dame Eleanor looked at Father Odon. He too was struck with consternation: he shared the mother's alarm. Jehan! They both knew him. Undoubtedly he was stalwart, brave, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ..."And I swear it to you, noble dame, she shall have in him a valiant protector," added Guy de Rochaigue, who accompanied his son. Fairly distraught, Dame Eleanor looked at Father Odon. He too was struck with consternation: he shared the mother's alarm. Jehan! They both knew him. Undoubtedly he was stalwart, brave, dexterous; he might shine in tourney or battle, and conquer domains and castles; but, alas! what indications of craft and cunning he had shown when residing in the castle, at an age, too, that reveals the true character, because one has not yet learned the art of dissimulation! He indeed was not, and never would be, a chevalier like Sir Hugues, as tender and gentle towards the weak, as valiant against the strong, loyal and courteous, brave and sincere, to whom Eleanor would willingly commit the destiny of her little Agnes. She was seeking words to refuse, or at least to entreat for some delay, when Agnes, who during the funeral rites had been guarded by Michonne in an upper chamber, yearning to see her mother, quitted her apartment, and began to look for her all over the castle. Michonne, ignorant of what had passed, did not oppose her wish, and the two arrived in the great hall at the moment when Dame Eleanor, raising her eyes towards her suzerain, began her reply. Michonne sought to detain Agnes by her side, but the child escaped and ran to her mother. Her arrival caused a temporary diversion. The Sieur de Maulignage was not a man harsh and severe, and he preferred to attain his end by persuasion rather than by force. Moreover, he saw nothing unacceptable in his proposition, since he had been careful to choose for the young heiress a husband of an age not ill-adapted to her own: other suzerains, in similar cases, had not scrupled to mar...
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