Greenharbour
must thou
abide with
Dame
Elinor.
There is
no help
for it."
She
shrieked
out at
that word
of his,
and well
nigh
swooned,
lying back
in her
chair: but
presently
fell
a-weeping
sorely.
But the
Earl said:
"Hearken,
my Lady, I
am not
without
warrant to
do this.
Tell me,
hast thou
ever seen
any fairer
or
doughtier
than this
youngling?"
"Never,"
said she.
"So say we
all," he
said. "Now
I shall
tell thee
(and I can
bring
witness to
it) that
