` Here dieth your favour , ' said I ; and he , my lord , with a most assured impertinence , ` Mine be the loss , ' quoth he . It shall be so , by the rood ! '' `` Said he so ? '' cried Alicia . `` Then well said , lion-driver ! '' `` Who is this ? '' asked the duke . `` A prisoner of Sir Richard 's , '' answered Lord Foxham ; `` Mistress Alicia Risingham . '' `` See that she be married to a sure man , '' said the duke . `` I had thought of my kinsman , Hamley , an it like your grace , '' returned Lord Foxham . `` He hath well served the cause . '' `` It likes me well , '' said Richard . `` Let them be wedded speedily . Say , fair maid , will you wed ? '' `` My lord duke , '' said Alicia , `` so as the man is straight '' -- And there , in a perfect consternation , the voice died on her tongue . `` He is straight , my mistress , '' replied Richard , calmly . `` I am the only crookback of my party ; we are else passably well shapen . Ladies , and you , my lord , '' he added , with a sudden change to grave courtesy , `` judge me not too churlish if I leave you . A captain , in the time of war , hath not the ordering of his hours . '' And with a very handsome salutation he passed on , followed by his officers .
`` Alack , '' cried XXXXX , `` I am shent ! ''
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