Then, with a sigh, she turned to Hilyard, and resumed more calmly, "Yes, thou art right,--adversity hath taught me much.

And though adversity will too often but feed and not starve our pride, yet thou--thou hast made me know that there is more of true nobility in the blunt Children of the People than in many a breast over which flows the kingly robe.

Forgive me, and the daughter of Charlemagne shall yet be a mother to the Commons, who claim thee as their brother!" Thoroughly melted, Robin of Redesdale bowed over the hand held to his lips, and his rough voice trembled as he answered, though that answer took but the shape of prayer.
"And now," said the princess, smiling, "to make peace lasting between us, I conquer myself, I yield to thy counsels.

Once more the fugitive, I abandon the city that contains Henry's unheeded prison.

See, I am ready.
Who will know Margaret in this attire?
Lead on!" Rejoiced to seize advantage of this altered and submissive mood, Robin instantly took the way through a narrow passage, to a small door communicating with the river.