Who and where is the second?
we have heard but of one." "A puny, spiritless wench, as I have heard, my liege; one little likely to affect your highness, and not worth the seeking." "Nay, an she hath her mother's influence, we differ from thee, sir earl, and would rather see her within the walls of our court than in the traitor's train.

I remember not her name amid those taken with the Bruce's wife.

Hast inquired aught concerning her ?" "Not I, your grace," carelessly replied the earl; "of a truth, I had weightier thoughts than the detention or interest of a simple wench, who, if her mother has taught to forget me as her father, is not worth my remembering as a child." "I give you joy of your most fatherly indifference, sir earl," answered the king, with an ill-suppressed sneer.

"It would concern you little if she takes unto herself a husband midst your foes; the rebel Robert hath goodly brothers, and the feud between thy house and theirs may but impart a double enjoyment to the union." The earl started, as if an adder had stung him.

"She dare not do this thing," he said, fiercely; "she will not--she dare not.