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"Well, then, this is what occurred: "They were all at me to put on that armor which hangs in the hall the same suit which belonged to the first Maid-at-Arms, and which she is painted in, and which I wore that last memorable night you remember. "So, to please them, I dressed in it helmet and all and came down.
As Cardigan pretended to portray life on the baronial estate of Sir William Johnson, the first uneasiness concerning the coming trouble, the first discordant note struck in the harmonious councils of the Long House, so, in The Maid-at-Arms, which followed in order, the author attempted to paint a patroon family disturbed by the approaching rumble of battle.
Then in a flash the forgotten legend of the Maid-at-Arms came back to me, ringing through my ears in clamorous words: "Serene, 'mid love's alarms, For all time shall the Maids-at-Arms, Wearing the ghost-ring, triumph with their constancy!" I sprang to the door in my excitement and stared at the picture of the Maid-at-Arms.
"This for the deed she did at Ashby Farms, Helen of Ormond, Royal Maid-at-Arms!" Staring at the picture, lips quivering with the soundless words, such wretched loneliness came over me that a dryness in my throat set me gulping, and I groped my way back to the settle by the fireplace and sat down heavily in homesick solitude.
"It is a famous picture, familiar to all present, I think, and celebrated in the Old World as well as in the New.... Draw the curtain, Cato!" Suddenly the curtain parted, and there stood the living, breathing figure of the "Maid-at-Arms." Her thick, gold hair clouded her cheeks, her eyes, blue as wood-violets, looked out sweetly from the shadowy background, her armor glittered.
Cato scoured the armor for me; it is the same armor she wore, they say the Maid-at-Arms. And it fits me like my leather clothes, limb and body. Hark!... They are applauding yet! But I do not mean to spoil the magic picture by a senseless repetition.... And some are sure to say a ghost appeared.... Why are you so silent?... Did I not please you?"
The first romance of the series, Cardigan, was followed by the second, The Maid-at-Arms. The third, in order, is not completed. The fourth is the present volume.
Perhaps you will not send me away next time, if they try to board the ship again. I can use a revolver quite well enough to count as one for the defense." "You are henceforth enrolled as maid-at-arms, Miss Maxwell," said the captain, lightly. He was by no means surprised at the coolness she displayed in the face of the new terror.
It is the fourth, chronologically, of a series of which "Cardigan" and "The Maid-at-Arms" were the first two. The third has not yet been written. These novels of New York in the Revolutionary days are another striking example of the enthusiasm which Mr. Chambers puts into his work. To write an accurate and successful historical novel, one must be a historian as well as a romancer. Mr.
Must I name the bravest maid in county Tryon? Must I say that the woman I love loves me Magdalen Brant?" He laughed like a boy in his excitement. "We wed in Albany on Thursday! Think of it, man! I showed her no mercy, I warrant you, soon as I was free!" He colored vividly. "Nay, that's ungallant to our Maid-at-Arms," he stammered. "I'm flustered you will pardon that.
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