Chapter 20 THE TWENTIETH

The Kiugr call'd down his merry men all,

By one, and by two, and three;

Earl Marshal was wont to be the foremost man,

But the hindmost man was he.

OLD BALLAD.

If the Lady Eveline retired satisfied and pleased from her private interview with De Lacy, the joy on the part of the Constable rose to a higher pitch of rapture than he was in