Well, now, it is our pleasure to set in our crown a new blood-red ruby; and if we want to take it from Geraldine's heart's blood, your sonnets will not hinder us from doing so, my good little earl.

That is all the reply I have to make to you; and I think it will be the last time that we shall meet on earth!" "There above we shall see each other again, King Henry of England!" said Earl Surrey, solemnly.

"There.

But still this hour was hers, and she would enjoy it.

She clung fast to his breast; she drew him with irresistible force to her heart, which now trembled no longer for love, but from a nameless anxiety.
"Let us fly! Let us fly!" repeated she, breathlessly.