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A PAIE OF BLUE

27

EYES.

listen— it

sounds better read aloud than

when you

j^ore

over

A

of Kelly on Castle,

By

dle Ages.

monotonous tails in

silently

Romance

"

The Court

of the Mid-

Ernest Field.

In the belief

a while

escaping the

we were

that

it

for

of wearisome

repetition

modern

de-

social scenery, analyses of

uninteresting character,

or the unnatural

unfoldings of a sensation plot,

we took

this

volume into our hands with a feehng of

We

pleasure.

were disposed to beguile

with a fancy that

ourselves

new

some

change might possibly be rung upon donjon keeps, chain and plate armour, deeplyscarred as

cheeks,

pages,

ning in

which we had not listened

to

long ago."

my

tender maidens disguised

Xow

that's a

opinion,

very good begin-

and one

of having brought out of a

to be

proud

man who

has

never seen you.'

  • Ah,

yes,'

murmured

But, then, see farther '

Well the next

Elfride wofully.

on.'

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