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 Alicia ; `` it was I made love to him . I offered to marry him , indeed ; but he bade me go marry with my likes . These were his words . Nay , that I will say : he is more plain than pleasant . But now , children , for the sake of sense , set forward . Shall we go once more over the dingle , or push straight for Holywood ? '' `` Why , '' said Dick , `` I would like dearly to get upon a horse ; for I have been sore mauled and beaten , one way and another , these last days , and my poor body is one bruise . But how think ye ? If the men , upon the alarm of the fighting , had fled away , we should have gone about for nothing . 'T is but some three short miles to Holywood direct ; the bell hath not beat nine ; the snow is pretty firm to walk upon , the moon clear ; how if we went even as we are ? ''
`` Agreed , '' cried Alicia ; but Joanna only pressed upon XXXXX 's arm .
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