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Wit ye well there was not a flower or a tree or a shrub or a bird in all that full fair garden which they did not know and love, and in very sooth every flower and tree and shrub and bird therein did know and love them. WIT YE WELL THERE WAS NOT A FLOWER OR A TREE OR A SHRUB OR A BIRD IN ALL THAT FULL FAIR GARDEN WHICH THEY DID NOT KNOW AND LOVE AND IN VERY SOOTH EVERY FLOWER AND TREE AND SHRUB AND BIRD THEREIN DID NO ONE LOVE THEM
 he must be a very sorry sweetheart; yet, that he was a sweetheart unto his mother at least he had no doubt, for she did love to hold him in her lap and call him by that name; and many times when she did so he saw that tears were in her eyes,--a proof, she told him when he asked, that Master Sweetheart was her sweetheart before all others upon earth. It befell that our little Mistress Merciless and Master Sweetheart became fast friends, and the Queen of Sheba was handmaiden to them both; for the simple, loyal creature had not a mind above the artless prattle of childhood, and the strange allegory of the lame boy's speech filled her with awe, even as the innocent lisping of our little Mistress Merciless delighted her heart and came within the comprehension of her limited understanding. So each day, when it was fair, these three came into the full fair garden, and rambled there together; and when they were weary they entered into the arbor and sate together upon the Siege of Restfulness. RELY BEING A CRIPPLE HE MUST BE A VERY SORRY SWEETHEART YET THAT HE WAS A SWEETHEART UNTO HIS MOTHER AT LEAST HE HAD NO DOUBT FOR SHE DID LOVE TO HOLD HIM IN HER LAP AND CALL HIM BY THAT NAME AND MANY TIMES WHEN SHE DID SO HE SAW THAT TEARS WERE IN HER EYES A PROOF SHE TOLD HIM WHEN HE ASKED THAT MASTER SWEETHEART WAS HER SWEETHEART BEFORE ALL OTHERS UPON EARTH IT BEFELL THAT OUR LITTLE MISTRESS MERCILESS AND MASTER SWEETHEART BECAME FAST FRIENDS AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBO WAS HANDMAIDEN TO THE MOTH FOR THE SIMPLE LOYAL CREATURE HAD NOT A MIND ABOVE THE ARTLESS PRATTLE OF CHILDHOOD AND THE STRANGE ALLEGORY OF THE LAME BOY'S SPEECH FILLED HER WITH AWE EVEN AS THE INNOCENT LISPING OF OUR LITTLE MISTRESS MERCILESS DELIGHTED HER HEART AND CAME WITHIN THE COMPREHENSION OF HER LIMITED UNDERSTANDING SO EACH DAY WHEN IT WAS FAIR THESE THREE CAME INTO THE FULL FAIR GARDEN AND RAMBLED THERE TOGETHER AND WHEN THEY WERE WEARY THEY ENTERED INTO THE ARBOUR AND SATE TOGETHER UPON THE SIEGE OF RESTFULNESS
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