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You cannot sail her in such a night as this!" "I will adventure!" said Ronsard. "If, as you say, it was the King, I will save him if he can be saved! Once a King's life was nothing to me; now it is something! The tide veers round these Islands, and the vessel on which they have placed the body of Lotys, can scarcely drift away from the circle till morning, unless the waves are too strong for it "
"Your Majesty is welcome to my service in whatever way it can be of use to you," replied Ronsard slowly; "As you see, I am an old man and poor I have lived here for well-nigh thirty years, making as little demand as possible upon the resources of either rough Nature or smooth civilization to provide me with sustenance. There is poor attraction for a king in such a simple home as mine!"
Rene Ronsard, coming back from his pleasurable duties as host and chairman to his fishermen-friends, found the cottage deserted, and smiled, as he sat himself down in the porch to smoke, and to wait for the lover's return. "What a thing it is to be young!" he sighed, as he gazed meditatively at the still beauty of the night around him; "To be young, and in love with the right person!
Two or three minutes passed, weighted with unuttered and unutterable thoughts in the minds of both men; and then, in a somewhat hushed voice, the Professor said: "Ronsard, I am just now reminded of the tragic story of Rudolf of Austria, who killed himself through the maddening sorrow of an ill- fated love!
Delighted at having thus come upon the very person most likely to provide some sort of diversion for their Majesties, and requesting Ronsard to wait at a distance for a moment, he hastened back to the King and explained the position.
And now, sitting with old Rene Ronsard, by a fire which had been kindled on this somewhat chilly night for his better comfort, he was, despite the impression of sadness and disaster which hung upon his mind as darkly as the clouds were hanging in heaven, doing his best to rouse both himself and his companion to greater cheerfulness.
We were especially interested in a bust of Ronsard with his emblem of three fishes, which delighted Walter and Archie, who now propose a fishing trip to his Château of La Poissonnière. We love Ronsard for many of his verses, above all for the lines in which he reveals his feeling for the beauties of nature, which was rare in those artificial days.
In fact, Alice was reading by a sputtering lamp a book Farnsworth had sent her, a volume of Ronsard that he had picked up in Canada. Hamilton made his way in that direction, at first merely curious to know who was burning oil so late; but after a few paces he recognized where the light came from, and instantly suspected that Captain Farnsworth was there. Indeed he felt sure of it.
Naught knew these wedded lovers of the strange reception awaiting them; of the half-mourning, half-rejoicing people, of national flags suddenly veiled in crape, of black funeral-streamers set distractedly amidst gay bridal garlands; of a widowed Queen, broken-hearted and despairing, weeping vainly for the love she had so long misprized, and had learned too late to value, of a Crown resigned, of the lost Majesty and hero of a nation's idolatry; of the death of Ronsard, and the inexplicable disappearance of the famous Socialist leader, Sergius Thord, and of all the strange and tragic history of vanished lives, even to that of Sir Roger de Launay whom no man ever saw again, which it fell to their faithful friend, Heinrich von Glauben to relate, with passionate grief and many tears.
Oh, it was cruel of you, cruel, cruel." Susanna looked out of her window, across the dark bay, to where the electric lamps along the Riva threw wavering fronds of light upon the water. Then she went into the library, and hunted for a volume of Ronsard. There are two men, as they that know Sampaolo will not need to be reminded, two young men, who, during the summer months, pervade the island.
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