And yet I should like to give you something, such as ladies give their knights who have done brave deeds for them.

It must be something quite my own, and you must take it as a keepsake.

What shall it be, mamma ?" "Give him the bracelet which your cousin gave you last week," her mother said; "I would rather that you did not keep it, and I know you are not very fond of him." "I can't bear him," the girl said earnestly, "and I wish he would not kiss me; he always looks as if he were going to bite, and I will gladly give his bracelet to this brave boy." "Very well, Edith, fetch the bracelet from that coffer in the corner." The girl went to the coffer and brought out the little bracelet, then she approached Walter.
"You must go down on your knee," she said; "true knights always do that to receive their lady's gifts.

Now hold out your hand.

There," she went on in a pretty imperious way, "take this gage as a reward of your valour, and act ever as a true knight in the service of your lady." Bending down she dropt a kiss upon Walter's glowing cheek, and then, half frightened at her own temerity, ran back to her mother's side.
"And now," Dame Vernon went on, "will you thank your five comrades for their service in the matter, and give them each two gold pieces to spend as they will." "He is a noble lad," Dame Vernon had said to herself when Walter had taken his leave.