In place of her screeching brat.”
The delusion is removed and her senses restored in answer to the prayer of her husband.
“Now, mount and ride, my goodman,
As thou lovest thy own soul!
Woe’s me if my wicked fancies
Be the death of Goodwife Cole!”
J.G. Whittier, The Changeling.
W. Bayle Bernard, of Boston, Mass., has a tragedy on the same subject.
Favori´ta (La), Leonora de Guzman, “favorite” of Alfonzo XI. of Castile. Ferdinando fell in love with her; and the king, to save himself from excommunication, sanctioned the marriage. But when Ferdinando learned that Leonora was the king’s mistress, he rejected the alliance with indignation, and became a monk. Leonora also became a novice in the same monastery, saw Ferdinando, obtained his forgiveness, and died.—Donizetti, La Favorita (an opera, 1842).
Faw (Tibbie), the ostler’s wife, in Wandering Willie’s tale.—Sir W. Scott, Redgauntlet (time, George III.).