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`` I will not say it ! Why should I care ? '' She was thinking that if the Queen drank a health it might be meant , in her heart , for the Guide of Aquitaine , and she nestled closer to him in the sunshine . A week the army stayed in camp by the pleasant waters of the Maeander , and daily at noon Gilbert and Beatrix met at the same place . She told him that she had not seen her father again , and believed that he had left the camp . The Queen knew that the lovers met , but she would not hinder them , though it was cruel pain to think of their happiness . Many have spoken and written evil things of Eleanor , for she was a haughty woman and overbearing , and she feared neither God nor man , nor Satan either ; but she had a strong and generous heart , and , having promised , she kept her word as well as she could .