We shall see both in the next chapter.
Chapter Ten.
How the Rose was Grafted.
“To drive the deer with hound and horne
Earl Percy took his way;
The child may rue that is unborne
The hunting of that day.”
Ballad of Chevy Chase.
“Willemina!” said the old Lady Le Despenser to her bower-maiden, “what horn was that I heard but now without?”
“Shall I certify your Ladyship?” asked Willemina, rising and gathering together the embroidered quilt on which she was working.
“Ay, child,” said the Dowager; “so do.” But when Willemina came back, she looked very important.
“Madam, ’tis a sumner from my Lord’s Grace of Canterbury, that beareth letter for Sir Ademar. Counteth your Ladyship that he shall be made bishop or the like?”