[St. George and St. Michael by George MacDonald]@TWC D-Link bookSt. George and St. Michael CHAPTER XII 11/18
He has put me to great shame.
But he hath more in him than mere brute, and understands when I beg you to pardon him.
He misbehaved himself on purpose to be taken to me, for at home no one ever dares punish him but myself.' The marquis laughed. 'If you are so completely his mistress then, why did you call on me for help ?' 'Pardon me, my lord; I did not so.' 'Why, I heard thee call me two or three times!' 'Alas, my lord! I called him Marquis when he was a pup.
Everybody about Redware knows Marquis.' The animal cocked his ears and started each time his name was uttered, and yet seemed to understand well enough that ALL the talk was about him and his misdeeds. 'Ah! ha!' said his lordship, with a twinkle in his eye, 'that begets complications.
Two marquises in Raglan? Two kings in England! The thing cannot be.
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