[The Fair Maid of Perth by Sir Walter Scott]@TWC D-Link bookThe Fair Maid of Perth CHAPTER XVII 7/24
Away with him! let him be drenched to purpose, in atonement for his master's sobriety.
Leave me alone with Sir John Ramorny and his page; by my honour, I like not yon ruffian's looks." The attendants of the Prince left the apartment, and Eviot alone remained. "I fear," said the Prince, approaching the bed in different form from that which he had hitherto used--"I fear, my dear Sir John, that this visit has been unwelcome; but it is your own fault.
Although you know our old wont, and were your self participant of our schemes for the evening, you have not come near us since St.Valentine's; it is now Fastern's Even, and the desertion is flat disobedience and treason to our kingdom of mirth and the statutes of the calabash." Ramorny raised his head, and fixed a wavering eye upon the Prince; then signed to Eviot to give him something to drink.
A large cup of ptisan was presented by the page, which the sick man swallowed with eager and trembling haste.
He then repeatedly used the stimulating essence left for the purpose by the leech, and seemed to collect his scattered senses. "Let me feel your pulse, dear Ramorny," said the Prince; "I know something of that craft.
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