Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 517
possessed by greed and a feeling ofinjustice, Ethelbald planned to raise a revolteven against his own father, if need arise, andto hold the little he had wrenched from theDanes for his own. But first he would sue forit peacefully, resorting to extreme measureonly should pleadings fail. Day by day… … ETHELBALD HAD DEFEATED THE DANES IN ONE INVASION plays with Alfred in the castle park gave riseto carping comments. And the old king, whose heart glowed at thesound of the merry laugh ringing through thesilent house, sighed softly, and longed for peaceon any terms. The young queen herself heard…
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