Rewards and Fairies - Penn State University
Rewards and Fairies - Penn State University
Rewards and Fairies - Penn State University
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<strong>Rewards</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Fairies</strong><br />
acting, but in a softer voice. ‘All this while—hark to it—the ons awfully—thus! They come up for judgement. Their lives<br />
wind blows through Brickwall Oak, the music plays, <strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> estates lie at her mercy whom they have doubly offended,<br />
with the company’s eyes upon her, the Queen of Engl<strong>and</strong> both as Queen <strong>and</strong> woman. But la! what will not foolish<br />
must think what this means. She cannot remember the name young men do for a beautiful maid?’<br />
of Pedro de Avila, nor what he did to the Huguenots, nor ‘Why? What did she do? What had they done?’ said Una.<br />
when, nor where. She can only see darkly some dark motion ‘Hsh! You mar the play! Gloriana had guessed the cause of<br />
moving in Philip’s dark mind, for he hath never written be- the trouble. They were h<strong>and</strong>some lads. So she frowns a while<br />
fore in this fashion. She must smile above the letter as though <strong>and</strong> tells ‘em not to be bigger fools than their mothers had<br />
it were good news from her ministers—the smile that tires made ‘em, <strong>and</strong> warns ‘em, if they do not kiss <strong>and</strong> be friends<br />
the mouth <strong>and</strong> the poor heart. What shall she do?’ Again her on the instant, she’ll have Chris Hatton horse <strong>and</strong> birch ‘em<br />
voice changed.<br />
in the style of the new school at Harrow. (Chris looks sour at<br />
‘You are to fancy that the music of a sudden wavers away. that.) Lastly, because she needed time to think on Philip’s<br />
Chris Hatton, Captain of her bodyguard, quits the table all letter burning in her pocket, she signifies her pleasure to dance<br />
red <strong>and</strong> ruffled, <strong>and</strong> Gloriana’s virgin ear catches the clash of with ‘em <strong>and</strong> teach ‘em better manners. Whereat the revived<br />
swords at work behind a wall. The mothers of Sussex look company call down Heaven’s blessing on her gracious head;<br />
round to count their chicks—I mean those young gamecocks Chris <strong>and</strong> the others prepare Brickwall House for a dance;<br />
that waited on her. Two dainty youths have stepped aside <strong>and</strong> she walks in the clipped garden between those two lovely<br />
into Brickwall garden with rapier <strong>and</strong> dagger on a private point young sinners who are both ready to sink for shame. They<br />
of honour. They are haled out through the gate, disarmed confess their fault. It appears that midway in the banquet the<br />
<strong>and</strong> glaring—the lively image of a brace of young Cupids elder—they were cousins—conceived that the Queen looked<br />
transformed into pale, panting Cains. Ahem! Gloriana beck- upon him with special favour. The younger, taking the look<br />
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