The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-24

scene by Hubert de- Bursh, leader Of the
English feet. and by the stanch and loyal
Roland de Born. Says Sir Hubert:
Ess forty shipsl But forty slit sailed drabs
OF storm and watery danger to meet ali FRANCE
Fresh winged upon the seal And yet no word
Nor stir Of help. Methinks were ! ahe King,
or Pembroke with his power In my mouth,
Each English road should be ablazc to night
With swift nint striking hoofS.
Says Sir Rowland in bitter answer:
The King Is powerless.
Pembroke Is dead. Tho barOns to covert SLIM.
Saving their loyalty binds them to night
No further than the shore. The bishops smirk
beneath lbeir mitres, roll their eyes and cry
God and great Rome deliver u.s." witch means
Deliver us to Louis, king OF MONKS
And darling OF the PODc.
As the drama proceeds the reader will
nnd movement and interest in every line.
We have marked a passage TO show how the
soldiers talk. Says stephen: As good
liquor az ever wet an oath since Noah was
a ~vintner." Says Baldur: ~Vintner? An
you put him in the trade the Bishop will
have you up for it," Says Stephen: "A
groat for your Bishop, and that of your
grandam's eyes! I'm no little King Henry
pulled TO mince meat by his bishops and
barons. I'm take on your mitre,' roars
he to his Bishop. An you take of my
mitre I'll clap on a helmet, by the lord
says my Bishop. I'm nave your castlel'
shouts he to his baron. An you take my
castle III give you London Tower says
master baron. Ay, and he would, with the
keeper thrown in"
As character develops. the goodness is
perhaps somewhat sentimental, the villainy
somewhat plain. But there cannot be much
fsulthnding. 1t is charming to near lovely
Glaia talk. Sir Roland loves her. SO doubt
less does the King. Says Glaia TO her faith
fnl servant, whose watchfulness inks her
at imes: my good Eldra, you would teach
my shadow constancy, for you follow me
without let or leave from the SUM-" Says
Eldra: Il follow not you. but my orders,
mistress. Sir Roland says that I must not
leave you" Says Glaia: THE gates are all
locked. Does he think me a bird to fly
over the walls?" Says Eldra: That he
does, The bonniest bird that ever sang in
Greenot Woods. Isn't Sir Roland a man
my lady?' Says Glsia: BY his cap and
feather I should not doubt it," Says Eldra
But a man you may look at, my LADY,"
Says Glsis: PRAY God | may, madam, for
It's sad to be young and blind"
Gregory. a Captain, comes upon Glaia rs
SIT ~ ~ W NNNAy INV Nopbaih OD-
serves that her lips are like twin straw
berries meath one leaf" and offers to kiss
her. She protests: You would not kiss
me-" Whereupon Gregory:
You wrong me. duck. Why. I'm a man OF mIrtn
A soldier, sweet. And would not kiss Now. nowi
You take me for \ ghost, or Siarye bone saint;
/ am not padded MI out my coat
And owe but for the cloth. 4 man, my chick!
We must not omit Eldra, speaking elo-
quently OF her husband. Says Eldra:
An my man were here you'd drop to your
fours and 60 like a beast for shame, you
would. The p~rettiest figure tween here and
Jerusalem! He had an arm He could
sling a sword! And such . Leg Dick
Lion Heart never shaped n trimmer stocking.
Hair like a raven fannin' the wind! An
eye like Sallydeen's! For all the world a
black coal with a fire in the middle. No
watery peppers like present company's."
IL will be seen that the dialogue has wit
20 commend it. The dramatic quality Of
the play is no less effective and admirable.
There are two plays that 20 to make Lords
and Lovers. and the hook contains. besides.
THE Shepherd" a highly effective prose
drama dealing with the troubles Of Russia
and The Siege" a blank verse play of
Syracuse in the time Of Dionysius. A good
and a remarkable book.