I might do otherwise if there were no Angele in my life to pilot my heart, but that were worse for me." "Thou art the best lover in all the world." "I hope to make a better husband.

To-morrow is carmine-lettered in my calendar, if thou sayst thou wilt still have me under the sword of the Medici." Her hand pressed her heart suddenly.

"Under the sword, if it be God's will," she answered.

Then, with a faint smile: "But no, I will not believe the Queen of England will send thee, one of her own Protestant faith, to the Medici." "And thou wilt marry me ?" "When the Queen of England approves thee," she answered, and buried her face in the hollow of his arm.
An hour later Sir Hugh Pawlett came to the manor-house of Rozel with two-score men-at-arms.

The Seigneur himself answered the Governor's knocking, and showed himself in the doorway, with a dozen halberdiers behind him.
"I have come seeking Michel de la Foret," said the Governor.
"He is my guest." "I have the Queen's command to take him." "He is my cherished guest." "Must I force my way ?" "Is it the Queen's will that blood be shed ?" "The Queen's commands must be obeyed." "The Queen is a miracle of the world, God save her! What is the charge against him ?" "Summon Michel de la Foret, 'gainst whom it lies." "He is my guest; ye shall have him only by force." The Governor turned to his men.