Part 17 (1/2)
”They can have no such effect”
”No: and yet the rogue who invents them may think they will”
”I should not be at all anxious, Faith,” said Anne ”Here are my father, and yours, and my chivalrous brother, and--”
”And Mr Tho she hesitated
”Yes, and Mr Pownal; I areat deal of breath and a little money in your service They will protect Father Holden What are the gentlerace a fair lady thus far?”
”And Mistress Anne, should they fail, would, like another Don Quixote, with lance in rest, charge the eneht, herself,” said her father, pinching her cheek
”Like Amadis de Gaul, father, and then would I present the captive of h what you would do with him I do not know”
”Do not let us hear of swords and lances from you, Anne,” said her mother ”Thimbles and needles become you better”
”If I had been a man,” exclailoried in such an adventure! You, Faith, should have been the distressed daht, and Father Holden a captured seneschal Hoould I have slashed aroundaboutby the hand your venerable servitor!”
”What! what!” cried her father, ”before the seneschal?”
”He would be so old he could not see, or, if he was not, tears of joy would fill his eyes so that they would blind him,” said Anne
”An excellent idea, -work”
”What! a knight hand knitting-work?”
”Certainly,” said her father ”It is a knight's business and delight, to be employed in the service of the fair”
”Here is your knitting, ed by so her needle
”Worth twice all the preux chevaliers fro cheek
”Who is in great danger of being spoiled by the flattery of her fond father,” said Mrs Bernard, s
”Dear ht?”
”I will crave your aid in the hour of peril, Sir Knight,” said Faith, rising ”Meantiood will”
”Or retainer,” said the Judge
Faith left her friends in better spirits than she had e Bernard had relieved her ht, from the manner in which the subject was treated by the faaiety of Anne, too, had not failed of its design It was, indeed, scarcely possible to be in the presence of this sweet girl without feeling the charht and happiness about her It was the overflow of an innocent and happy heart, and as natural to her as light to the sun, or fragrance to the rose
Faith found her father in the house on her return She communicated to him what she had heard, and asked his opinion He knew, he said, that while there were so Holden's conduct as only an impropriety, would be disposed to overlook it; there were others ould desire to have him punished, in order to prevent a repetition of such scenes ”Such,” said he, ”are the feelings of the world, but they are notcensure, Holden is entitled to all honor and praise, for he spoke from the inspiration of conviction Nor, whatever may be the attempts to injure him, will they succeed As St Paul shook the deadly viper from his hand, so will this man rid hiainst hier”