A Blot in the 'Scutcheon by Robert Browning
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AUSTIN. Hush! He reddens. GUENDOLEN. Mark him, Austin; that's true love! Ours must begin again. TRESHAM. We'll sit, my lord. Ever with best desert goes diffidence. I may speak plainly nor be misconceived That I am wholly satisfied with you On this occasion, when a falcon's eye Were dull compared with mine to search out faults, Is somewhat. Mildred's hand is hers to give Or to refuse. MERTOUN. But you, you grant my suit? I have your word if hers? TRESHAM. My best of words If hers encourage you. I trust it will. Have you seen Lady Mildred, by the way? MERTOUN. I... I... our two demesnes, remember, touch, I have beer used to wander carelessly After my stricken game: the heron roused Deep in my woods, has trailed its broken wing Thro' thicks and glades a mile in yours,--or else Some eyass ill-reclaimed has taken flight And lured me after her from tree to tree, |
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