3/26 I would spare him for considerations, but he will thrust himself on his fate. Sussex, too, is almost as well as ever in his health." "My lord," replied Varney, "there will be rubs in the smoothest road, specially when it leads uphill. Sussex's illness was to us a godsend, from which I hoped much. He has recovered, indeed, but he is not now more formidable than ere he fell ill, when he received more than one foil in wrestling with your lordship. Let not your heart fail you, my lord, and all shall be well." "My heart never failed me, sir," replied Leicester. |