The things we do!

"Jane is right; it was what I deserved. I did not think
when I spoke, and did not really mean it as it sounded. He acted like
a man, and looked like one, too, when he defended himself. I warrant
the pope at Rome could not run over him with impunity. For once I have
found a real live man, full of manliness. I saw him in the lists at
Windsor a week ago, but the king said his name was a secret, and I
could not learn it. He seemed to know you, Jane. Who is he? Now tell
us all you know. The queen can wait."
And her majesty waited on a girl's curiosity.
I had told Jane all I knew about Brandon, so she was prepared with
full information, and gave it. She told the princess who he was; of
his terrible duel with Judson; his bravery and adventures in the wars;
his generous gift to his brother and sisters, and lastly, "Sir Edwin
says he is the best-read man in the court, and the bravest, truest
heart in Christendom."
After Jane's account of Brandon, they all started by a roundabout way
for the marble landing.


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