`` And did they knight you ? '' `` Ay , dear , ye are my lady now , '' he answered , fondly ; `` or ye shall , ere noon to-morrow -- will ye not ? '' `` That will I , Dick , with a glad heart , '' she answered . `` Ay , sir ? Methought ye were to be a monk ! '' said a voice in their ears . `` Alicia ! '' cried Joanna . `` Even so , '' replied the young lady , coming forward . `` Alicia , whom ye left for dead , and whom your lion-driver found , and brought to life again , and , by my sooth , made love to , if ye want to know ! '' `` I 'll not believe it , '' cried Joanna . `` Dick ! '' `` Dick ! '' mimicked Alicia . `` Dick , indeed ! Ay , fair sir , and ye desert poor damsels in distress , '' she continued , turning to the young knight . `` Ye leave them planted behind oaks . But they say true -- the age of chivalry is dead . '' `` Madam , '' cried Dick , in despair , `` upon my soul I had forgotten you outright . Madam , ye must try to pardon me .
Ye see , I had new found XXXXX ! ''
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