[Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords] Complete by Gilbert Parker]@TWC D-Link bookMichel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords] Complete CHAPTER IX 10/12
"The man is brave indeed," she said under her breath, and, turning to the dumfounded Seigneur, bade him bring in Mademoiselle Aubert. A moment later Angele entered, came a few steps forward, made obeisance, and stood still.
She showed no trepidation, but looked before her steadily.
She knew not what was to be required of her, she was a stranger in a strange land; but persecution and exile had gone far to strengthen her spirit and greaten her composure. Elizabeth gazed at the girl coldly and critically.
To women she was not over-amiable; but as she looked at the young Huguenot maid, of this calm bearing, warm of colour, clear of eye, and purposeful of face, some thing kindled in her.
Most like it was that love for a cause, which was more to be encouraged by her than any woman's love for a man, which as she grew older inspired her with aversion, as talk of marriage brought cynical allusions to her lips. "I have your letter and its protests and its pleadings.
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