She spake with firmness—“I will Robert see,
Know what he wishes, and what I must be;” 340
For James had now discover’d to the maid
His inmost heart, and how he must be paid,
If he his lord would soften, and would hide
The facts that must the culprit’s fate decide.
“Go not,” he said—for she her full intent
Proclaime’d——To go she purposed, and she went;
She took a guide, and went with purpose stern
The secret wishes of her friend to learn.