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She was back again in an instant, however, in another of her
varying moods.
"Look at that, my friend!" said she. "If you had been shut up in
abbey or in cell this day you could not have taught a wayward
maiden to abide by the truth. Is it not so? What avail is the
shepherd if he leaves his sheep."
"A sorry shepherd!" said Alleyne humbly. "But here is your noble
father."
"And you shall see how worthy a pupil I am. Father, I am much
beholden to this young clerk, who was of service to me and helped
me this very morning in Minstead Woods, four miles to the north
of the Christchurch road, where I had no call to be, you having
ordered it otherwise." All this she reeled off in a loud voice,
and then glanced with sidelong, questioning eyes at Alleyne for
his approval.
Sir Nigel, who had entered the room with a silvery-haired old
lady upon his arm, stared aghast at this sudden outburst of
candor.
"Maude, Maude!" said he, shaking his head, "it is more hard for
me to gain obedience from you than from the ten score drunken
archers who followed me to Guienne.


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