in his
last hour
the King,
thy
father,
when he
gave thee
into my
keeping,
spake also
this: that
I should
wed thee
to none
save the
fairest
and
doughtiest
man that
might be
found:
even so
would I do
now. What
then
sayest
thou?" She
answered
not, but
still wept
somewhat;
then said
the Earl:
"Lady,
give me
leave, and
I shall
send thy
women to
thee, and
sit in the
great hall
for an
hour, and
if within
that while
thou send
a woman of
thine to
say one
