Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-08

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fectually through the opening, saying
you will find egress Mt one of tn,
other gates. Take care OF yourself.
cannot help you"
Breathing a sigh Of thank fitness, she
covered and ran along the end of tn,
banqueting hail, turned at the corner
then down the side. entering an arch
way that let her into Il passage. She
knew that she must turn to her right
but where after that she had not the
slightest notion. The tumult at the gate
was so frightful that she expected ev.
| cry moment TO hear the victorious as.
saulters at her heels. Her joy at find
ing herself thus unexpectedly within
the precincts Of the palace. unmpeded
| caused her to overlook the fact that
This was scarcely a proptious moment
| in which TO implorc the king to disre-
| gard the lusty giant rudcly beating at
| his doors. a frightened waiting maid
| came hurrying along the corridor, and
to her she directed inquiry regarding
! the entrance to the banquctng hail.
Turn to the right and mp the stair"
Taxa me there, | beg of you"
81 cannot. | bear n message"
But | bear message to the king,
so yours must wait"
AT this the maid turned and conduct
cd her to the door of the hail, saying
to the man Mt arms
This lady has message for his
majesty"
The first thing that struck her on on
tering the great painted chamber vas
that The nOblcman on the stone outside
had not spoken The truth when he said
the king heard the demands of his poo-
pie. a growi rs Of an angry lion pen
ctratcd the closed windows. but the
words spoken were not to be distin-
guishcd
The king was sitting at massive
table, his head in his hands. Behind
him were grouped II number Of bishops
in their robes and it certainly seemed
that his ma jesty was engaged in de-
votional exercises, as had been stated
by the orator. But if this were the
case they were OF a strangely mixed
order, for behind the lady who was
talking volubly to the king stood two
Capuchin monks with folded arms. En-
cepting the bishops none of the Eng
lish nobility were present, but several
Frenchmcn. among whom she rccog-
nized De Courcy held aloof from the
cluster at the table. so the girl quite
correctly surmised that the lady bear
Ing the whole burden OF the converse.
ton was no other than the queen her
self. and that these foreigners were
members Of her train.
Her majesty spoke sometimes in
French. sometimes in English, the lat |
ter with broken accent, and her elo- |
Quence was rather puzzling to follow,
for the flow of her conversation was
of extreme rapidity. Palpably she sup
posed herself talking in English, but !
whenever she came TO n difficulty in |
the choice of word she made no at !
tempt to surmount it by any effort of .
thought, bur swain swiftly round it on !
the easy current of her native tongue.
These good men have made it per-
fectly plain; for. as they say and who
shall question the dictum of the church
in such matters yo" have two con
sciences, the conscience of the prince
and the conscience of the man; and
where the conSciences come into con.
Ilict that OF the prince must Of necessity
rule. as is the axiom in all civilized
courts Is it right that you. king.
should icopardze yourself in a useless
'Hort to save one condemned by his
peers. because your private conscience
~ man urges YOU to keep a promise
which he himself has relieved You
rom, holding YOU gultlcss before God
and the nations and further advised