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As the campaign had finished early, they thought they should have time to perform some exploits before the bad weather obliged them to repass the mountains. They sallied forth, therefore, not unlike Amadis de Gaul or Don Galaor after they had been dubbed knights, eager in their search after adventures in love, war and enchantments.
Something vaguely sweet and irresistible overpowered her, she was barely conscious of herself, or of anything, save that "Amadis de Jocelyn" was beside her.
On the other hand, there was an inborn nobility in Lady Ellinor's sentiments that must have struck the most susceptible chord in Roland's nature, and the sentiments took eloquence from the look, the mien, the sweet dignity of the very turn of the head. Yes, she must have been a fitting Oriana to a young Amadis. This was perceptible when she spoke of her husband, even of her daughter.
Don Quixote renewed his thanks to the duchess; and having supped, retired to his chamber alone, refusing to allow anyone to enter with him to wait on him, such was his fear of encountering temptations that might lead or drive him to forget his chaste fidelity to his lady Dulcinea; for he had always present to his mind the virtue of Amadis, that flower and mirror of knights-errant.
And when he died he was buried on his own land and his effigy is on his tomb it was sculptured by himself. I used to put flowers on it, just where his motto was carved 'Mon coeur me soutien. For I I was brought up at Briar Farm... and I was quite fond of the Sieur Amadis!"
"So you made quite a friend of the Sieur Amadis!" he said. "He was your teacher and guide! I'm jealous of him!" She laughed softly. "He was a spirit," she said "You are a man." "Well, his spirit has had a good innings with you!" and, taking her hand, he drew it within his arm "I bear his name, and it's time I came in somewhere!" She laughed again, a trifle nervously. "You think so?
I think you did! but of course if you had thought twice you wouldn't have said it! It was uttered quite truly and naturally, Robin! don't regret it! Only I want to explain to you that the Sieur Amadis was not like that he loved just once and the lady he loved must have been a very beautiful woman who had plenty of admirers and did not care for him at all. All he writes proves that.
And, lurking sometimes at the back of all his thoughts there crept the suggestive shadow of "Amadis de Jocelyn," not the French Knight of old, but the French painter, of whom she had told him and of whose very existence he had a strange and secret distrust.
A refined gallantry, a deferential courtesy to dame and demoiselle, united the language of an Amadis with the licentiousness of a Gaolor; and a far more alluring contrast than the court of Charles II. presented to the grim Commonwealth seduced the vulgar in that of this most brave and most beautiful prince, when compared with the mournful and lugubrious circles in which Henry VI. had reigned and prayed.
"When are you coming back?" "Ah! That's my own affair!" he answered carelessly "In the spring perhaps, perhaps not for a year or two " "Amadis!" The name sprang from her lips like the cry of an animal wounded to death. She rose suddenly from his side and stood facing him, swaying slightly like a reed in a cruel wind. "Well!" he rejoined "You say 'Amadis' as though it hurt you! What now?"
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