Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-05-22
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/ know they woulG rather nave gone
off with pack. of imps than with u.s.
The inducement was that it gave them
better opportunities to be together. an
arrangement connived at by the queen
think. and they were satisfied. The
earl had a wife, but he fancied the old
dowager and she fancied him. and
probably the wife fancied somebody
else, so they were all happy. 1t great
ly amused the young people. you may
be sure, and Mary said. probably with
out telling the exact truth. that every
night she prayed God to pity and for
give their uglness. One day the prin-
cess said she was becoming alarmed.
Their uginess was so intense she fear
ed it might be contagious and spread
Then. with q most comical seriousness
she added:
"Mon Dieu, Sir Edwin what if I
should catch it? Master Charles would
not take me-"
"No danger of that, my lady. He is
too devoted , see anything but beauty
in you, no matter how much you might
change"
"Do you really think so? He says
so little about it that sometimes / al
most doubt
Therein she spoke the secret of Bran
don's success with her, at least in the
beginning, for there is wonderful POI
tency in the stimulus of healthy lit
tie doubt.
We had a delightful canter over to
Windsor, I riding with Mary most of
the way. | was not averse to this ar
rangement, as ! not only relished Ma
rvs mirth and joyOusness, which were
at their height. but hoped might give
my little Lady Jane twinge or two
of jealousy, perchance to fertilize her
sentiments toward me.
Mary talked and laughed and sang,
for her soul was a fountain of glad.
ness that dubbed up the instant pres
sure was removed. She spoke of little
but our last trip over this same road,
and, as we passed objects on the way,
told me of what Brandon had said at
this place and that She laughed and
dimpled eXquistey in relating how
she had deliberately made opportuni-
ties for him to fatter her until at last
he smiled in her face and told her she
was the most beautiful creature liv-
Ing. but that. after all, beauty was as
beauty did"
THAT made me angry" said she. 81
pouted for awhile and two or three
times was on the point of dismissing
him, but thought better of it and asked
MIN plainly wherein | did so much
amiss. Then what do you think the
impudent. fellow said?'
Il cannot guess
HE said. oh. there is so much 1t
would take lifetime to tell it,.
This made me furious. but | could
not answer, and a moment later he
said Nevertheless | should he only
too glad to undertake the task
The thought never occurred to Ell
ther of US then that he would be taken
Mt his word Bold? I should think he
was. | never saw anything like it.
have not told you tenth part of what
he said to me that day. He said any
thing he wished. and it seemed that
could neither stop him nor retaliate.
Half the time l was angry and half
the time amused, but by the time we
reached Windsor there never was a
girl more hopelessly and desperately in
love than Mary Tudor" And she
laughed as if it We're a huge joke on
Mary.
She continued: THAT day settled
MATTERS with me for all time l don't
know how he did it. Yes, do" And
she launched forth into an account of
Brandon's projections, which l found
somewhat dull, and so would you.
We remained a day or two at Wind
sor and then, over the objections of our
chaperons, moved on to Berkeley cas-
tie, where Margaret of Scotland was
spending the summer.
We had another beautiful ride I'D
the dear old Thames to Berkeley, but
Nary had grown serious and saw none
of it,
On the afternoon of the appointed
day the princess suggested hawking
party, and we set out in the direction
of the rendezvous Our party consist
ed of myself, three other gentlemen
and three ladies besides Mary Jane
did not go. ! was afraid to trust her.
She wept and with difficulty forced
herself to say something about head