Excerpt: ...all to shame, and make the folk trow we came from some selvage land, ' said Jean, tossing her head. 'Hast ever seen me carry myself unworthy of King James's daughter?' proudly demanded Eleanor. 'Nay, now, bairnies, fash not yoursells that gate, ' interfered old Christie; 'nae fear but Lady Elleen will be douce and canny enow when folks are there to see. She kens what fits a king's daughter.' Jean made a little hesitation over kirtles and hoods, but fortunately ladies, however royal, had no objection to wearing ...
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Excerpt: ...all to shame, and make the folk trow we came from some selvage land, ' said Jean, tossing her head. 'Hast ever seen me carry myself unworthy of King James's daughter?' proudly demanded Eleanor. 'Nay, now, bairnies, fash not yoursells that gate, ' interfered old Christie; 'nae fear but Lady Elleen will be douce and canny enow when folks are there to see. She kens what fits a king's daughter.' Jean made a little hesitation over kirtles and hoods, but fortunately ladies, however royal, had no objection to wearing the same robes twice, and both she and her sister were objects to delight the eyes of the crowding and admiring nuns when they mounted their palfreys in the quadrangle, and, attended by the Lady of Glenuskie and her daughter, rode forth with the Marchioness of Suffolk at the great gateway to join the cavalcade, headed by Suffolk and Sir Patrick. After about two miles' riding on a woodland road they became aware of fitful strains of music and a continuous hum of voices, heard through the trees and presently a really beautiful scene opened before them, as the trees seemed to retreat, so as to unfold a wide level space, further enclosed by brilliant tapestry hangings, their scarlet, blue, gold and silver hues glittering in an April sun, and the fastenings concealed by garlands of spring flowers. An awning of rich gold embroidery on a green ground was spread so as to shelter a cloth glittering with plate and bestrewn with flowers; horses, in all varieties of ornamental housings, were being led about; there was a semicircle of musicians in the rear; and, as soon as the guests came in sight, there came forward, doffing his embroidered and jewelled cap, a gentleman of middle stature and of exceeding grace and courtesy, whose demeanour, no less than the attendance around him, left no doubt that this was no other than Rene, Duke of Anjou and of Lorraine, Count of Provence, and King of the Two Sicilies and of Jerusalem. 'Welcome, ' he exclaimed in French, ...
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