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The first day we were retarded about two hours by the dutchess D lle, and her son the duc de R f t, who by virtue of an order from the minister, had anticipated all the horses at the post. They accosted my servant, and asked if his master was a lord?
"Don't crow quite yet, old chap," thought I to myself, and putting my hand into my pocket, I took out a penny, and offering it to the child said: "Now, small man, Peth yw y enw y lle hwn?" Instantly the boy's face became intelligent, and putting out a fat little hand, he took the ceiniog and said in an audible whisper, "Waen y Bwlch."
"And this is the hill of Owain Glyndwr?" said I. "Dyma Mont Owain Glyndwr, sir, lle yr oedd yn sefyll i edrych am ei elvnion yn dyfod o Gaer Lleon. This is the hill of Owain Glendower, sir, where he was in the habit of standing to look out for his enemies coming from Chester." "I suppose it was not covered with trees then?" said I. "No, sir; it has not been long planted with trees.
"Aed lle mae'r eang dangneff, Ac aed y gerdd gydag ef." "To Heaven's high peace let him depart, And with him go the minstrel art."
When her father comes to carry her to court, her rustic lover, Clermont, pleads so effectually that she consents to a secret union with him. In the glare of the court she half forgets her country husband until too fatally reminded of him by being sought in marriage by the Marquis of Ab lle.
You desire to know the fate of my books. My lord H d is not yet come to France; but my letter was transmitted to him from Paris; and his lordship, with that generous humanity which is peculiar to his character, has done me the honour to assure me, under his own hand, that he has directed Mr. N lle, our resident at Paris, to apply for an order that my books may be restored.
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