Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 280
hom Imust wed! Silence, daughter ! Affront not a greaterthan all my kingdom knows — who dared hislife for your hand. What I promise I perform.Strange sir, here is my daughter— Oh, Father, I cannot! Oh, sir, have pity!she cried, turning to Little Peter— have pity,when my father will have none! Sweet… … MARRY, SIR, WHAT AILS YOUR SQUIRE : SAID THE KING. lieve my eyes. My daughter and the kingdomare yours, brave sir. Go call the princess, page. Like the sunrise on a perfect day, she came :so fair that Little Peters heart, which falterednot at giants, stood stock-still. And yet, hemused, a father…
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