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The Salamanca Corpus: Yeoman Fleetwood (1900)
notorious in that accursed place that her name was in every one's mouth. At the actual
sound of this name he sprang to his feet, and was
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on the point of angrily taking the two speakers to task for their impertinence, when a
shadow suddenly fell across the sunlit entrance to the enclosure, and the young
gentlemen simultaneously rose.
"Talk of the devil," he heard one of them mutter; and in another moment a lady crossed
the threshold and looked inquiringly around.
It was the same lady whom Simon had before noticed; but the recent conversation had
given him a clue, and he now recalled when and where he had previously seen her. It
was in the Prince's “box” the night before. This dignified, sweet-faced lady was no other
than Mrs. Fitzherbert herself.
She bowed to the two friends a little coldly, responded quietly to some trivial
observation which they made, and finally sat down. The dandies took a respectful leave
of her, and swaggered away, arm in arm; and then she turned, fixing once more her
beautiful mournful eyes on Simon.
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CHAPTER XXXII.
Thou art alone
(If thy rare qualities, sweet gentleness,
Thy meekness saint-like, wife-like government,
Obeying in commanding, and thy parts
Sovereign and pious else, could speak thee out)
The queen of earthly queens. — Shakespeare.
For a full minute Yeoman Fleetwood and the lady, who, if report said truly, was the true
wife of the Heir to the Throne, sat gazing earnestly at each other. Then Simon,
removing his hat, rose, and said respectfully:—