| 325 | 326 | 327 | 328 | 329 |
| 1 | 88 | 177 | 265 | 353 |
|
And she made bright eyes at him.
"Ye are something smallish, indeed"--began Dick.
And here again she interrupted him, this time with a ringing peal of
laughter that completed his confusion and surprise.
"Smallish!" she cried. "Nay, now, be honest as ye are bold; I am a
dwarf, or little better; but for all that--come, tell me!--for all that,
passably fair to look upon; is't not so?"
"Nay, madam, exceedingly fair," said the distressed knight, pitifully
trying to seem easy.
"
"
"
"
"
And a man would be right glad to wed me?" she pursued.
O, madam, right glad!" agreed Dick.
Call me Alicia," said she.
Alicia," quoth Sir Richard.
Well, then, lion-driver," she continued, "sith that ye slew my kinsman,
and left me without stay, ye owe me, in honour, every reparation; do ye
not?"
Page
Quick Jump
|