Chapter 31 XXXI THE INTERVIEW

Hold fast thy truth, young soldier.-Gentle maiden,

Keep you your promise plight-leave age its subtleties,

And gray hair'd policy its maze of falsehood,

But be you candid as the morning sky,

Ere the high sun sucks vapours up to stain it.

THE TRIAL

On the perilous and important morning which preceded the meeting of the two Princes i