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"Eldred . . . Eldred, promise me you'll never even think of such a thing . . . never!" He winced under her touch. "Quita, remember where we are," he said sharply; and she dropped her hand. "But all the same, promise me . . what I asked; or I shall never have an easy moment." "It might come to seem the kindest thing one could do for you," he persisted, still without looking at her.
Then they fell silent till the parade-ground came in sight. This, their first appearance together in public, was something of an ordeal to both; and at the last minute Quita's courage evaporated. "Eldred . . . stop, please," she said suddenly. "I'm shy of them all; and I don't want to talk to them just now."
"Isn't it too unbelievable that that queer little letter with that ridiculous fancy name at the end should have done so much? Violet Ethelyn Eldred! It hasn't nearly so pleasant a sound to me now as Hannah. And the child thought no one would write to her if she signed her own name, it was so 'homely'! Ah me! I suppose I should be getting dressed instead of sitting about in the sunshine, mooning.
I can think of no maiden as things are." Whereon we met Eldred, and his face was not pleasant to look on, though he said nothing at that moment, and turned and walked silently with us on the other side of the maiden. When we came to the village I said that we would wait outside until she came back, and thought that Eldred would go along with her.
'Poor gentleman! said Garrett to the labourer, when they had laid him down, 'what happened to him, do you think? 'I wasn't two hundred yards away, said the man, 'when I see Squire Eldred setting reading in his book, and to my thinking he was took with one of these fits face seemed to go all over black. 'Just so, said Garrett. 'You didn't see anyone near him?
"Oh, Eldred," she rebuked him through her tears. "I never knew you could behave . . like that!" "No more did I," he answered bluntly. "Forgive me, darling, if you can. I was a brute to lose control of myself. But you pushed me too far. There are things no man of human passions can put up with; and if you are going to begin by doubting my sincerity, all hope of real union between us is at an end."
In a few minutes of all the Saxon band which had for so many hours successfully resisted the onslaught of the Danes, not one survived save a few fleet-footed young men who, throwing away their arms, succeeded in making their escape, and a little group, consisting of Algar, Toley, Eldred, and the other leaders who had gathered together when their men broke their ranks and had taken up their position on a knoll of ground rising above the plain.
When Thane Eldred first met Vida Irving he was immediately taken captive. So fair a vision never crossed his path before; whatever of enchantment might have been wanting in golden curls and blue eyes was completed by a voice such as few possess, rich, sweet, and fine compass; had she been poor it might have brought her a fortune.
Such is the resolution of Algar and our other brave chiefs, and Eldred the ealdorman must not be the only one of the leaders to run from the fray." Edmund was deeply touched at his father's words, but the parental rule was so strict in those days that it did not even enter his mind to protest against Eldred's decision.
'Certainly, sir, and I'll have the book ready for you if we But Mr Eldred was already off, and hurrying more than one would have thought wholesome for him. Garrett had a few moments to spare; and, thought he, 'I'll go back to that case and see if I can find the old man. Most likely he could put off using the book for a few days.
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