The guests had gone, about the midnight hour,
In various chariots, and the feast was o’er.
[178] Arnold’s father.
XIV.
As Lady Mountjoy was so doting kind
(Of calm demeanour, and of gentle mind,)
To her dear Arnold—him, her only son,
Whate’er he wish’d for, said: and it was done.
Too well she lov’d him, ever cross to speak;
Or e’er t’upbraid him for his boyish freak.[179]