Ta’en this precaution—never more to start
To Ruttendell, alone, with horse and cart.”
Then Arnold, after this tale, told in jest,
Touch’d on the subject which his heart lov’d best,—
Of making dearest Jane his loving wife;
“On whom,” he said, “depends my love of life.”
VIII.
A serious conversation then ensued—
The retrospect and future well reviewed—
Lord Arnold delicately sought to name