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Updated: May 6, 2025
It seemed to her that words so sweet had never as yet been spoken since the world began, and all her strength ebbed from her, and she stood like one that is dumb, gazing piteously at her husband. Again Rudel called to her, but no answer could she make, and she turned and fled sobbing to the chamber of the princess. "I could not speak," she said; "my lips were locked, and Rudel holds the key."
Then did he weep, believing that in truth she had killed herself, but the princess must needs touch him upon the shoulder. "My lord," she said, "why weep for the handmaid when the princess lives?" Then the Sieur Rudel rose straightway to his feet and said: "This is thy doing!" For a little Joceliande denied it, saying that of her own will and desire Solita had perished.
As all poems were intended to be sung, the poet was also a composer; the biography of Jaufre Rudel, for instance, says that this troubadour "made many poems with good tunes but poor words."
But Rudel looked her ever sternly in the face, and again he said, "This is thy doing!" and at that Joceliande could gainsay him no more. But she dropped upon the floor, and kissed his feet, and cried: "It was for love of thee, Rudel. Look, my kingdom is large and of much wealth, yet of no worth is it to me, but only if it bring thee service and great honour.
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