`` 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 Joanna ! '' `` I did not suppose that ye had done it o ' purpose , '' she retorted . `` But I will be cruelly avenged . I will tell a secret to my Lady Shelton -- she that is to be , '' she added , curtseying . `` Joanna , '' she continued , `` I believe , upon my soul , your sweetheart is a bold fellow in a fight , but he is , let me tell you plainly , the softest-hearted simpleton in England . Go to -- ye may do your pleasure with him ! And now , fool children , first kiss me , either one of you , for luck and kindness ; and then kiss each other just one minute by the glass , and not one second longer ; and then let us all three set forth for Holywood as fast as we can stir ; for these woods , methinks , are full of peril and exceeding cold . '' `` But did my Dick make love to you ? '' asked Joanna , clinging to her sweetheart 's side .
`` Nay , fool girl , '' returned XXXXX ; `` it was I made love to him .
Alicia Ay Joanna Shelton left lion-driver methinks minute second sooth