I trust the evil spirit did not
make you any such offer, brother of Surrey?"
The earl gravely shook his head.
"If I were to meet him, and he offered me my heart's dearest wish, I fear
he would prevail with me," observed the duke, glancing tenderly at the
Fair Geraldine.
"Tush!--the subject is too serious for jesting, Richmond," said Surrey
almost sternly.
"His grace, as is usual in compacts with the fiend, might have reason to
rue his bargain," observed Lady Mary Howard peevishly.
"If the Earl of Surrey were my brother," remarked the Fair Geraldine to
the Lady Mary, "I would interdict him from roaming in the park after
nightfall."
"He is very wilful," said Lady Mary, smiling, "and holds my commands
but lightly."
"Let the Fair Geraldine lay hers upon me, and she shall not have to
reproach me with disobedience," rejoined the earl.
I must interpose to prevent their utterance," cried Richmond, with a
somewhat jealous look at his friend, "for I have determined to know
more of this mystery, and shall require the earl's assistance to unravel
it. I think I remember Morgan Fenwolf, the keeper, and will send for him
to the castle, and question him.
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