[Sketches New and Old by Mark Twain]@TWC D-Link bookSketches New and Old CHAPTER I 7/8
Do this until you are crowned and safe.
It is not likely that your sex will ever be discovered, but still it is the part of wisdom to make all things as safe as may be in this treacherous earthly life." "Oh, my father, is it for this my life hath been a lie? Was it that I might cheat my unoffending cousin of her rights? Spare me, father, spare your child!" "What, hussy! Is this my reward for the august fortune my brain has wrought for thee? By the bones of my father, this puling sentiment of thine but ill accords with my humor. "Betake thee to the duke, instantly, and beware how thou meddlest with my purpose!" Let this suffice, of the conversation.
It is enough for us to know that the prayers, the entreaties and the tears of the gentle-natured girl availed nothing.
Neither they nor anything could move the stout old lord of Klugenstein.
And so, at last, with a heavy heart, the daughter saw the castle gates close behind her, and found herself riding away in the darkness surrounded by a knightly array of armed vassals and a brave following of servants. The old baron sat silent for many minutes after his daughter's departure, and then he turned to his sad wife and said: "Dame, our matters seem speeding fairly.
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