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"Hey-day!" said Lord Dalgarno, with an air of great astonishment, "what passion is this? Why, Nigel, this is King Cambyses' vein! You have frequented the theatres too much lately Away with this folly, man; go, dine upon soup and salad, drink succory-water to cool your blood, go to bed at sun-down, and defy those foul fiends, Wrath and Misconstruction."
"To redeem the insulted honour of my master's house, I mixed the contents of the packet with the jar of succory-water: They seldom fail to drain it, and the woman loves it over all." "It was a work of hell," said the Lady Lochleven, "both the asking and the granting. Away, wretched man, let us see if aid be yet too late!"
The jar of succory-water," said she "Roland, if thou be'st a man, help me empty the jar on the chimney or from the window make such waste among the viands as if we had made our usual meal, and leave the fragments on cup and porringer, but taste nothing as thou lovest thy life. I will sit by the Queen, and tell her at her waking, in what a fearful pass we stand.
"Was ever woman in a strait so fearful!" exclaimed the Lady of Lochleven "At least, thou rash boy, beware that no one tastes the food, but especially the jar of succory-water." She then hastened to the turret, where Dryfesdale had composedly resigned himself to imprisonment. She found him reading, and demanded of him, "Was thy fell potion of speedy operation?" "Slow," answered the steward.
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