He o'ertopped every boy of his age in height, and the bearing of his lovely youthful body was masculine grace itself.
The town and the Court knew these children, and talked of their beauty and growth as they had talked of their mother's.
"To be the mate of such a woman, the father of such heirs, is a fate a man might pray God for," 'twas said.

"Love has not grown stale with them.

Their children are the very blossoms of it.

Her eyes are deeper pools of love each year.".