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CHAPTER VIII--CONCLUSION
About nine in the morning, Lord Foxham was leading his ward, once more
dressed as befitted her sex, and followed by Alicia Risingham, to the
church of Holywood, when Richard Crookback, his brow already heavy with
cares, crossed their path and paused.
"Is this the maid?" he asked; and when Lord Foxham had replied in the
affirmative, "Minion," he added, "hold up your face until I see its
favour."
He looked upon her sourly for a little.
"Ye are fair," he said at last, "and, as they tell me, dowered. How if I
offered you a brave marriage, as became your face and parentage?"
"My lord duke," replied Joanna, "may it please your grace, I had rather
wed with Sir Richard."
"How so?" he asked, harshly. "Marry but the man I name to you, and he
shall be my lord, and you my lady, before night. For Sir Richard, let me
tell you plainly, he will die Sir Richard."
"I ask no more of Heaven, my lord, than but to die Sir Richard's wife,"
returned Joanna.
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