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Updated: May 8, 2025
The old rascal blinked his eyes, jerking his head many times at the shameful girl. Then he said, "Love is there fast and sure. She is all for loving. They call her Isoult la Desirous, you must know." "Yes," said Prosper, "I do know it, for she has told me so already. "And to-morrow she will desire no more, since she will be hanged," said Matt-o'-the-Moor. Prosper started and flushed, and
He took the ring, blessed it, gave it to Prosper, and saw that he put it in its proper place; he said all the words, blessed the kneeling couple, and gave them a brisk little homily, which I spare the reader. There they were wedded. Matt-o'-the-Moor at the end of the ceremony gave Prosper a nudge in the ribs. He pointed to a heap of leaves and litter.
"It is the girl Isoult of Matt-o'-the-Moor; Isoult whom they call La Desirous," replied his spiritual father. The heart of Galors gave a hot jump; he knew the girl well enough too well for her, not well enough yet for himself. It was precisely to win the woeful beauty of her that he had set his snares and unleashed his dogs. Did the Abbot know anything? Impossible; his reference forbad the fear.
"Content you, my master," replied Matt-o'-the-Moor; "here is what you need." And he gave him a silver ring made of three thin wires curiously knotted in an endless plait. "The ring will serve the purpose," Prosper said. "Now, brother, at your disposition." Brother Bonaccord had no book, but seemed none the worse for that.
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