[Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Charles Major]@TWC D-Link bookDorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall CHAPTER IV 28/64
He says she has no good cause in England.
He is true to our queen.
Well--well he talked so interestingly that I could have listened a whole month--yes, all my life." "I suppose you could," I said. "Yes," she continued, "but I could not remain longer from home, and when I left him he asked me to accept a keepsake which had belonged to his mother, as a token that there should be no feud between him and me." And she drew from her bosom a golden heart studded with diamonds and pierced by a white silver arrow. "I, of course, accepted it, then we said 'good-by,' and I put Dolcy to a gallop that she might speedily take me out of temptation." "Have you ridden to Overhaddon for the purpose of seeing Manners many times since he gave you the heart ?" I queried. "What would you call 'many times' ?" she asked, drooping her head. "Every day ?" I said interrogatively.
She nodded.
"Yes.
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