The herald., 1898-10-02
There" Said Thou Seest What Manner Of Man Am"

in a vain attempt to tune their untun-
able instruments. They now struck up
the music of the dance, that is to say,
according to their own peculiar ideas;
and led the high born and matchless
damgella to her place upon the floor.
The quick movement Of the courante
was a complete transition from the
languishing measure OF our former
dance, but it is safe to say that in the
leaping and the caracoling and the sud-
den rush and swoop of 1t, Ippolita and
I outdid all other couples even as we
danced all around them in the sara
bande. When the strains Of the rebec
and fidel ceased I led her, still rosy
and painting from her graceful exertion.
to a secluded and Swallowed nook with
in an arched transept, behind some
palm trees and aloes.
And now, sweet lady," said I, de
mand of me the thing which thou hadst
in mind to ask Of me. and may perdi-
ton seize me if I say thee nay"
by my halidom, fair lord, thou mis-
apprehendest me in supposing the
thing to be Of such weight or difficulty.
1t is simply that thou shouldst
straightway unmask myself and dis
close thy identity"
I Immediately removed the black
domino with which 1 had concealed the
upper part of my countenance.
There" said I. Thou seest what
manner of man I am. I will give thee
warrant. however, that thou art as far
as before from a knowledge Of my
name and lineage"
She looked at me with some surprise
and great deal Of attention. She COL
ored slightly and cast down her soft
dark eyes, and could not help but see
that she was quite we'll pleased with
my appearance.
II must confess" said she, that
know thee not, though scarcely could
there be gentleman of the realm
whose face have not seen. Tell me.
prythee. who art thou?"
"Alas sweet countess, thou askest Of
me now thing which is harder for me
than would be all the labors of Her.
cules. If I should tell thee my name,
thou wouldst hate me. Whenas, 1 de-
clare to thee, that even at this mo-
ment, 1 hoped for something vastly diff
ferent."
Tell me thy name. now, and I swear
to thee, by our Lady. that I will not
hate thee
She spoke with considerable warmth
and with a certain degree of tender
ness, so that I felt sure that 1 had
made no small Roadway in enlistins
her virgin affections. I was almost
minded to tell her at once that was
Prince Timoteo, the enemy of her
house, and thus to put myself entirely
in the power of this enchantress, who
already had my heart so completely in
her keeping. I thought Of the story Of
Romeo and Juliet, and their case
seemed to resemble our own, that
concluded to tell Ippolita the story, as
Shakespeare has given it to us, and a.
the end of it to reveal my identity, and
to show her how it was altogether rea-
sonable that she being a daughter Of
the Albzzi and being the son Of
their enemies. the Pazzi, we should
think every whit as much Of each
other, as did the son of the Montagues
and the daughter of the Capulets.
"Didst ever hear" said I, 1.-The story
of Romeo and Giulietta Capuletti?"
The effect upon her Of this question
was most surprising to me. She COL
ored to the temples, turned away her
head, pulled at the ribbons Of her neck
gear, and seemed to be in veritable
confusion. Finally she turned to me,
with a tear of despite in the corner Of
each big lustrous eye.
ut is a vexatious tale" said she,
land was not ware that 1t was known
and banded about, through the realm
Of Firenzalino. I take it much unkind-
ly. Sir Knight. that thou shouldst mem