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KENILWORTH - Penn State University

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Sir Walter ScottTo this proposal Sussex, though scarce understanding howthe Queen came to make it could only bow and express hisacquiescence. He then entreated her to remain till refreshmentcould be offered, but in this he could not prevail. And after afew compliments of a much colder and more commonplacecharacter than might have been expected from a step so decidedlyfavourable as a personal visit, the Queen took her leaveof Sayes Court, having brought confusion thither along withher, and leaving doubt and apprehension behind.CHAPTER XVI.Then call them to our presence. Face to face,And frowning brow to brow, ourselves will hearThe accuser and accused freely speak;—High-stomach’d are they both, and full of ire,In rage deaf as the sea, hasty as fire.Richard II.“I AM ORDERED to attend court to-morrow,” said Leicester,speaking to Varney, “to meet, as they surmise, my Lord ofSussex. The Queen intends to take up matters betwixt us.This comes of her visit to Sayes Court, of which you mustneeds speak so lightly.”“I maintain it was nothing,” said Varney; “nay, I know froma sure intelligencer, who was within earshot of much that wassaid, that Sussex has lost rather than gained by that visit. TheQueen said, when she stepped into the boat, that Sayes Courtlooked like a guard-house, and smelt like an hospital. ‘Like acook’s shop in Ram’s Alley, rather,’ said the Countess of183

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