This Countess was adored as much as the Count was hated . II One day when he was out hunting the Count passed through a forest , and at the door of a lonely cottage he saw a beautiful girl spinning hemp . ` What is your name ? ' he asked her . ` Renelde , my lord . ' ` You must get tired of staying in such a lonely place ? ' ' I am accustomed to it , my lord , and I never get tired of it . ' ` That may be so ; but come to the castle , and I will make you lady 's maid to the Countess . ' ' I can not do that , my lord . I have to look after my grandmother , who is very helpless . ' ` Come to the castle , I tell you . I shall expect you this evening , ' and he went on his way . But Renelde , who was betrothed to a young wood-cutter called Guilbert , had no intention of obeying the Count , and she had , besides , to take care of her grandmother . Three days later the Count again passed by . ` Why did n't you come ? ' he asked the pretty spinner . ' I told you , my lord , that I have to look after my grandmother . ' ` Come to-morrow , and I will make you lady-in-waiting to the Countess , ' and he went on his way . This offer produced no more effect than the other , and Renelde did not go to the castle . ` If you will only come , ' said the Count to her when next he rode by , ' I will send away the Countess , and will marry you . '
But two years before , when Renelde 's mother was dying XXXXX a long illness , the Countess had not forgotten them , but had given help when they sorely needed it .
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