"
She danced about in exultation, hardly knowing what wild nonsense she
talked, and Stead was obliged to check her sharply in an attempt to
sing
"The king shall enjoy his own again."
"But Stead," asked Ben, after long reflection, "how could Groom
William know all about brother Jeph?"
A question Stead would not hear, not wishing to destroy confidence in
His Majesty's veracity.
CHAPTER XVIII.
JEPH'S GOOD FORTUNE.
"Still sun and rain made emerald green the loveliest fields on earth,
And gave the type of deathless hope, the little shamrock, birth."
IRISH BALLAD.
The King's visit left traces. Emlyn had become far more restless and
consciously impatient of the dullness and seclusion of the Hermit's
Gulley. Not only did she, as before, avail herself of every pretext
for going into the village, or for making expeditions to Bristol, but
she openly declared the place a mere grave, intolerable to live in,
and she confided to Jerusha that the King had declared that it was a
shame to hide her there--such charms were meant for the world.
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