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Updated: May 10, 2025
"O Mistress Perrote! must she die without deliverance?" "Without earthly deliverance, it is like, my maid. Be it so. But, ah me, what if she die without the heavenly deliverance! She will not list me: she never would. If man would come by that she would list, and might be suffered so to do, I would thank God to the end of my days." "Anentis what should she list, good Mistress?"
Is it God's will when man speaketh a lie, or slayeth his fellow, or robbeth a benighted traveller of all his having? Crack me that nut, Perrote." "Truly, Dame, I am no priest, to solve such matters." "Then leave thou to chatter glibly anentis God's will. What wist any man thereabout?" Perrote was silent. "Open the window!" said the Countess, suddenly. "I am dying for lack of fresh air."
I always fall on my feet like a cat, and have nine lives." "Nine lives come to an end some day," replied Sir Roland, grimly. "On what art thou a-thinking thus busily, Phyllis?" "Your pardon, Mistress Perrote; I was thinking of you." "Not hard to guess, when I saw thine eyes look divers times my ways. What anentis me, my maid?"
"Dost await here for man to pass?" "Nay, Mistress leastwise O Mistress Amphillis, I wis not what to do!" "Anentis what, my maid?" "Nay, I'd fain tell you, but Lack-a-day, I'm all in a tumblement!" "What manner of tumblement?" asked Amphillis, sitting down in the window-seat. "Hast brake some pottery, Kate, or torn somewhat, that thou fearest thy dame's anger?"
My Lord writ that he was busily concerned touching the troubles in Brittany, and ill at ease anentis my Lady Duchess, that is besieged in the Castle of Auray, and he could not spare time to go a visiting; beside which, it might be taken ill of King Edward, whose favour at this present is of high import unto him, sith without his help he is like to lose his duchy. So there ends the matter.
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