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"'Wilt delay the nuptials until I am eighteen and the castle is set in order?' asks the Lady Nancibel relentingly. "'Since it must be, I do pledge thee my vow to wait,' says the Knight. 'And I do beg the fair one with the golden locks to consider the claims of my brother, not my equal perhaps, but still a gallant youth.' WILT DELAY THE NUPTIALS UNTIL I AM EIGHTEEN AND THE CASTLE IS SET TO ORDER ASKED THE LADY NANCY BILL RELENTINGLY SINCE IT MUST BE I DO PLEDGE THEE MY BOW TO WAIT SAYS THE KNIGHT AND I DO BEG THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS TO CONSIDER THE CLAIMS OF MY BROTHER NOT MY EQUAL PERHAPS BUT STILL A GALLANT YOUTH
 him that way!" "Well, how would this do?" and Nancy pondered a moment before going on: "'Right you are, my hearty!' cries Prince Gilbert de Carey, 'and as we do need a hand at the silver-polishing I will gladly give my sister in marriage.' "'Hold!' cries the Queen Mother. 'All is not as it should be in this coil! How can you tell,' she says, turning to the knightly stranger, 'that memory will not awake one day, and you recall the adoration you felt when you first beheld the Lady Nancibel in a deep swoon?' "The Young Knight's eyes took on a far-away look and he put his hand to his forehead. "'It comes back to me now!' he sighed. 'I did love the Lady Nancibel passionately, and I cannot think how it slipped my mind!' "'I release you willingly!' exclaimed the Crown Princess Kitty haughtily, 'for a million suitors await my nod, and thou wert never really mine!' "'But the other lady rejects me also!' responds the luckless youth, the tears flowing from his eagle eyes onto his crimson mantle. ILL FIRST I LIKE HIM AWFULLY BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE HIM THAT WAY WELL HOW WOULD THIS DO AND NANCY PONDERED A MOMENT BEFORE GOING ON RIGHT YOU ARE MY HEARTY CRIES PRINCE GILBERT TO CAREY AND AS WE DO NEED A HAND AT THE SHOULDER POLICY I WILL GLADLY GIVE MY SISTER IN MARRIAGE HOLD CRIES THE QUEEN MOTHER ALL IS NOT AS IT SHOULD BE IN THIS COIL HOW CAN YOU TELL SHE SAYS TURNING TO THE KNIGHTLY STRANGER THAT MEMORY WILL NOT AWAKEN ONE DAY AND YOU RECALL THE ADORATION YOU FELT WHEN YOU FIRST BEHELD THE LADY NANCYVILLE IN A DEEP SWOON THE YOUNG KNIGHT'S EYES TOOK A FARE AWAY LOOK AND HE PUT HIS HAND TO HIS FOREHEAD IT COMES BACK TO ME NOW HE SIGHED I DID LOVE LADY NANCYVILLE PASSIONATELY AND I CANNOT THINK HOW IT SLIPPED FROM MY MIND I RELEASE YOU WILLINGLY EXCLAIMED THE CROWN PRINCESS KITTY HAUGHTILY FOR A MILLION SUITORS WINK MY NOD AND THOU WERT NEVER REALLY MINE BUT THE OTHER LADY REJECTS ME ALSO RESPONDED THE LUCKLESS YOUTH THE TEARS FLOWING FROM HIS EAGLE EYES ON TO HIS CRIMSON MANTLE
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