yea, even
so long as
my Lady
dwelleth
here."
Christopher
flushed
and said:
"Lord,
thou art
kind and
gracious,
and I will
take thy
bidding."
The Earl
said:
"Well, so
it shall
be then;
and
presently
thou shalt
go out of
this
guard-room
a free
man. But
abide a
while."
Therewith
he drew a
stool to
him and
sat down,
and spake
not for a
long
while; and
Christopher
abode his
pleasure;
at last
spake the
Earl: "One
day,
mayhappen,
we may
make a
wedding
