The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24

~ielfypr, but it is stolen from him.
Meanwhile Tressilian had oecdSi''
20 return to his room, and is du"t
founded to find Amy there; but a.
she expected Leicester would come II
answer to her letter, she bound Tres
silian not to speak or act in her be
,alf for the next t~wenty-fOur hours
and he departed to witness the com
NO of the queen. According to his
cory it was a wonderful preparation
hat Leicester made for the reception
IF Elizabeth at Kenilworth.
The queen is adorned with countless
Jewels and attended by the ladies' OF
The court and valiant knights maghlll-
GENTLY attired, among whom Leicester
%yIitters like a golden image. The pro
,ession advances over a bridge bullt
for the occasion, and here the cour-
tiers dismount; a floating lslaha
reaches the shore and the Lady OF
The Lake, that this is the
first time she has ever risen 10 pay
homage, but she could not refrain
from obeisanee to her gracious majes-
Fy. Then, as the queen enters the
pastIe. there is a discharge OF ire
works new and wonderful in that age,
and she moves on through pageants
of heather gods and heroes of an
~ffouity to the great hall, which is
hung with gorgeous silken tapestry
where she is seated by Leicester upon
q ROYAL throne. who after kissing her
hand and eulogiztng her most protuse-
". retires and shortly reappears ap-
parelled from head to foot in dazzling
white.
The queen very shortly after sends
for Varney, and asks why his wife
presumes to disobey the mandate OF
her sovereign and absent herself from
the festivities, and he replies that II
is ~indisposed and presents certificates
to that purpose. These IfeSSiilah
madly asserts are false, but remem'
bering his promise to Amy to keer
silent for twenty-four hours, he halts
and stammers and the queen orders
Raleigh to place him under restraint.
Then follows the banquet, served
upon a most magnificent scale, and at
its close Varney seeks Leicester n
assures him that the stars promise
that he shall marry the queen, and he
also notifies him that Tressiltan mas
a mistress in Mervyn's tower.
From here events hurry to a climax.
The next morning Amy escapes from
her room and is in hiding near the
nlaisance. when close at hand Leices-
ter avows his love to Elizabeth, n
Is given great encouragement; but, as
they separate, the queen discovers
Amy. who declares that she is not the
wife of Varney, and that Leicester
knows ALL"
Accordingly she is hurried to tie
presence of the earl, where Eliza
beth RACES violently, but Leicester's
marriage remains still unreyealed, and
Amy is thought to be insane and she
is placed in custody. Moreover,
Leicester is angry with Amy for com
ing to Kenilworth and exposing him to
the resentment Of the queen, and he
resolves to see her and insist that fol
the present she must consent to be
known as Yarney's wife.
This proposition is s~cornfully re-
fused. Amy, no longer a child, but
with the strength of injured woman
hood, calls upon the earl as a man
and as her lawful husband to take
her to Elizabeth and acknowledge
that she is his wife.
Leicester yields to this mastery
plea to his honor and prepares for
the ordeal, but Varney, clearly per-
ceiving that this involves his own per-
sonal ruin, concludes that "either he
or Amy must die" and is not slow
In deciding which it shall be. He per-
suades Leicester that Amy is conniv-
ing with Tressilian and so convinces
him of her peridy that the earl final
ly consents to her doom.
That evening Leicester and Tres
silian meet. The latter still believes
that Varney holds Amy In his power,
and he begins to plead for her, but
his words and motives are misinter-
preted. Swords are drawn and they
do battle, but are interrupted and
meet again on the morrow in a Sc
Guided spot. Just as Leicester is about
to prevail, his sword is seized by the
young rascal, Dicky Smudge, who de-
livers to him Amy's letter, which he
had stolen from Wayland. The tangle
of affairs is u%nravelled and Amy is
proclaimed as the countess of Leices-
ter.
At this revelation, Elizabeth is be-
side herself with rage.
In the violence of her chagrin and
anger she forgets for a while her
royal dignity, and RECEIVERS command
Of herself only when Lord Burleigh
warns her that "such weakness little
becomes a queen" Meanwhile Varney
fatally shoots the drunken Lambourne
and conducts Amy to Cumnoe, where
she is confined in Fosters bedcham-
Der, a mysterious room reached by a
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