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I was deluded and disturbed; facts were misrepresented to me, threats were made that could never have been executed; my fears were excited for your life; my affections were wrought upon; I was driven out of my senses even before I did consent to be his nominal wife the legal sumpter-mule to carry him an estate. I promised nothing more, and I have kept all my promises.
"Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, man," was the answer. "Uncover, varlet!" "Surely," said the prince, pausing by the gate, "surely this is no sumpter-mule, bearing provisions to the Lord Henry of Windsor.
Never mind, thou wilt see worse than honest Jobst before thou hast done. Now, eat a morsel and be ready mountain air will make thee hungry ere thou art at the castle. And, hark thee, Jobst, thou must give stable-room to yon sumpter-mule for the present, and let some of my daughter's gear lie in the shed." "O father!" exclaimed Christina, in dismay.
Early the next morning Sydney Oliphant rode up to the door, followed by two grooms, one of whom had a led horse, and the other a sumpter-mule, which was partly laden. Captain Dave went down with Cyril to the door. "I pray you to enter, my Lord," he said. "My wife will not be happy unless you take a cup of posset before you start.
To what lengths so unsavoury a simile might have driven Halbert's indignation, is left uncertain; for at that moment Edward rushed into the apartment with the intelligence that two most important officers of the Convent, the Kitchener and Refectioner, were just arrived with a sumpter-mule, loaded with provisions, announcing that the Lord Abbot, the Sub-Prior, and the Sacristan, were on their way thither.
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