Chapter XXVI

"Yea, he had won me, this same Rupert, when
He was our guest.--Thou know'st how gallantry
And beauty can make heroes of all men
To us weak women!--And so secretly
I vowed to be his wife. It happened then
My brother found him in some villainy;
The insult followed; he was killed ... and thou
Dost still remember how I made a vow.