God grant he prove so! If," she added, with a faint smile, "if it be such mad folly to cling to a beloved one in danger as in joy, in adversity as in triumph, forgive me, royal lady, but thy maidens have learned that tale of thee." "And would to God I could teach them thus again!" exclaimed the queen, tears coursing down her cheeks.

"Oh, Agnes, Agnes, were Robert here, not death itself should part us.

For my child's sake, for his, I go hence for safety.

Could my resting, nay, my death benefit him, Agnes, I would meet it, weak as thou deemest me." "Nay, nay, I doubt it not, my queen," answered Agnes, soothingly, "It is best thou shouldst find some place of repose till this struggle be past.
If it end in victory, it will be joy to hail thee once again within its walls; if otherwise, better thy safety should be cared for." "But for thee, my child, is it not unmaidenly for thee to linger here ?" "It would be, royal madam," and a bright vivid flush glowed on her pale cheeks, "but for the protection of the Lady Seaton, who will not leave her husband." "I may not blame her, after mine own words," said the queen, sorrowfully; "yet she is one I could have wished beside me.

Ha! that trumpet.