No, Mary : the people around you tell you the king
is a tyrant, and we must resist him, and you,
because you are a woman, and love justice, believe
it. Mary, there is another side, that men will see
after their passions cool. They may be very slow
to see it ; but time will prove it. Everything but
the king I will give up for you. And I will give
my life' to you, only to call you wife.'

" Will Mary Hastings speak now ? I think, yes.
I always knew Mary had fire enough when a thing
struck her heart a blow. The white lips say slowly,
in a low, firm voice, —

" ' Arthur Wareham, this can never be.'

" ' You would have never loved me, whatever I
might have been,' he answered, sharply.
" ' I do not say that at all. I do not know ; but
as you are, never. You are for the king. I do not
blame you for that. I pity. I am not. My fa-
ther's family are not. My brothers are going out to
the army, to give their Uves against the king. You
say truly, these times have separated you and



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yours from, your old friends. I am only a woman.
