He seemed surprised at this greeting, walked slowly with her to the arbour, and said rather suspiciously——
"Who had fun?"
"Why Lady Castlemaine, and Nell Gwynne, and the Duchess of Portsmouth,—and all those people. It says so here, if you don't believe it! I wish I'd lived at that time."
"I don't. There's fun now, too."
"Ah, but you don't know anything about it, Savile. I bet you anything you like you can't tell me those clever lines about the poor darling King's death!"
"Of course I can. Everybody knows them." Savile made an effort and then said, "You mean Fain would I climb but that ..."
"Oh no, no, no! Oh, good gracious, no! One more try, now."
"Had I but served my God as faithfully as I have served my king ..."
"Wrong again. That's Sir Philip Sidney," she said, shutting up the book with a bang. "It's
Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King
Whose word no man relies on ..."