It makes no question of the reward it receives, but only of the happiness which it bestows.

I saw in his pale, sorrowful face, how much he suffered; ought I not to think of comforting him?
I approached him, I addressed him; I heard his despairing lamentation over that misfortune, which, however, was not the fault of his activity and courage, but, as all the world saw, the fault of his horse, which was shy and stumbled.

And as he, in all the bitterness of his pain, was lamenting that you, queen, would despise and scorn him, I, with full trust in your noble and magnanimous heart, promised him that you would, at my request, yet give him to-day, before your whole court, a token of your favor.

Catharine, did I do wrong ?" "No, Jane, no! You did right; and your words shall be made good.

But how shall I begin?
What shall I do ?" "The earl this evening, after the king has read the Greek scene with Croke, will recite some new sonnets which he has composed.