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"It would carry us a good deal too far," interrupted Lothair, "into the realm of the most horrible dreams, and to speak generally of that amount of crack-brainedness of which there can never be any question amongst us Serapion Brethren. So let us abandon the subject of all that sublimity of mental unhingedness which is the foster-mother of religious mania."
"There is a great meaning in this token amongst the youths and maidens of the Gael," said he. "I know that," answered Deirdre. Deirdre returned to Levarcam. "Thou hast gathered the flower," said Levarcam. "I have," she replied, "and death and life are one to me now, dear foster-mother." Naysi went away through the forest and there is nothing related concerning him till he reached Dun Usna.
She had been his foster-mother in those years that he and his brother had known no other fostering hand than that of old Hi Wingle, the cook, whose efforts to "raise" the Corliss boys were more largely faithful than discriminating. Señora Loring knew at a glance that he was in trouble of some kind. She asked no questions, but held out her hands.
During the halt Pierre and his companion came up with what speed they could; he led Louise to the back of the death cart, and placed her hands on the bound and standing figure of poor little Henriette. "It is your sister!" said Pierre softly. Gently the blind girl's fingers traveled up to the wet face of her little foster-mother, now bending towards her.
It was the force of circumstances which led Jan to "make pigs" on his slate so constantly, instead of nobler subjects; and it dated from the time when his foster-mother began to send him with the other children to school at Dame Datchett's. Dame Datchett's cottage was the last house on one side of the village main street.
So his Majesty neither saw nor heard how the son of an Emperor and the brother of a King rushed up to his foster-mother, threw himself into her outstretched arms, and exclaimed with warm affection, 'Mother! my dear, dear mother!"
Then he said: "Your words, O Queen, cut like a two-edged sword, and methinks they leave a poison in the wound. Say now, if you are human, how it comes about that after seven days of want your flesh is not minished nor has your beauty waned. Say also who brought to you those glorious robes you wear here in this empty temple, and where is your foster-mother, Asti?"
My foster-mother never kissed me, never put her arm about me or even laid her hand lightly upon my shoulder as did that girl do to you on the stairs.... I tell you, to see her do it went through me like a Shawanese arrow " She forced a mirthless smile, and clasped her fingers across her knee: "So bitterly have I missed affection all my life," she added calmly. "...And now you come into my life!
There was no awkward shyness on her part now, and no boredom on his. Little Harry fused them. She had remembered to bring fresh milk and rusks for a possibly hungry baby, and he sat on her lap as she fed him, and cooed to her when his mouth was not too full, and seemed to forget that any other foster-mother had ever existed.
'You are beautiful, Sir Knight, she said, 'but how did you come to this little cottage? Have you looked for us long before you could find us? Have you had to pass through the terrible forest ere you could reach us, Sir Knight? The knight would have told the maiden the story of his adventures in the wood, but Undine's foster-mother was already speaking, and her tones were loud and angry.
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