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Updated: June 11, 2025
But Phoebe's loving temper is not to be curdled; she has no such thing as hatred or contempt for mankind in her whole composition. She has all the simple fondness of heart of poor, weak, loving woman; and her only thoughts at present are, how to conciliate and reclaim her wayward swain.
She was in a bitter state of trepidation, or she would have thought twice before she touched a nerve of the enamoured lady, as she knew she did in calling her swain a poor brute, and did again by pertinaciously pursuing: 'Does he then shun his captivity?
But towards night a voice outside said softly, "Swain! swain!" and in the moonlight he saw a shadow cross the little hole. "Hist! hist! the old man is sleeping at the other side of the wall," it sounded. He knew by the voice that it was she, the golden-red one, who had behaved so prettily and been so bashful the moment he had come upon the scene.
"Stranger, I have fit them ar fellers night an' day in these yere mountings fer nigh onter three year me an' Mariar. "'For love-lorn swain in lady's bower Ne'er panted for the appointed hour As I, until before me stand This rebel chieftain and his band.
She married him not from love, but because she was touched by the love of the legal gentleman who, so it was said, had cleverly played the love-sick swain. On the way to the house the prince fell to talking. "It's three days since I have been at home," he said in a half whisper, with a sidelong glance at the driver.
We were with the fierce man, with Arthur the king, we have brought thee writs, words exceeding great Arthur is the keenest man that we ever looked on, and he is wondrous powerful, and his thanes are bold, there is every knave as if he were knight, there is every swain as if he were rich thane, there are the knights as if it were kings, meat there is most abundant, and men most bold, and the fairest women that dwell alive; and Arthur the bold himself fairest over all!
And they are too busy with the affairs of the province to be burdened as my executors. But," he added a little more strongly, "if what I fear is coming, Mr. Bordley will take the trust in your absence. If we have war, Richard, you will not be content to remain at home, nor would I wish it." I did not reply. "You will do what I ask?" he said. "I would refuse you nothing, Mr. Swain," I answered.
And when he sailed the raging main, She faithful was unto her swain, Ye heave ho, boys, ye heave ho! Emil always announced his arrival in that fashion, and in a moment he came hurrying in with Nat, who had been giving lessons in town all day.
But in his manner there was nothing studied, much less awkward, and his smile even included me, though he had not spoken to me alone all day. "Oh, no, I hadn't forgotten, Mr. Evers. I am looking forward to it," said my companion, with a smile of her own to which the most jealous swain could not have taken exception. Bob Evers looked hard at me. "You'd better come, too," he said.
It was she herself who had proposed going with me to see the Betsy sail. "I will drink some Madeira to wish you Godspeed, captain," I said. "What is the matter with you, Richard?" Dolly cried; "you are as sour as my Lord Sandwich after a bad Newmarket. Why, captain," said she, "I really believe he wants to go, too. The swain pines for his provincial beauty." Poor John Paul!
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