Otherwise they thought they would have lived enough.

The causes of their trouble were respectively these: While they wrought with an armourer, in a city famed for workmanship in steel and silver, the elder had fallen in love with a lady as far beneath him in real rank, as she was above the station he had as apprentice to an armourer.

Nor did he seek to further his suit by discovering himself; but there was simply so much manhood about him, that no one ever thought of rank when in his company.

This is what his brother said about it.

The lady could not help loving him in return.