Nevertheless, while fooling most of them, she
could not help greatly loving one whom she called her cousin, a name
which furnished a pretext for closer fellowship.
1 M. de Lincy surmises that Margaret is referring to
herself both here and in the following tale, which concerns
the same lady. His only reason for the supposition, however,
is that the lady's views on certain love matters are akin to
those which the Queen herself professed.--Ed.
However, as there is nothing in this world of firm continuance, their
friendship often turned to anger and then was renewed in stronger sort
than ever, so that the whole Court could not but be aware of it.
One day the lady, both to let it be seen that she was wholly void
of passion, and to vex him, for love of whom she had endured much
annoyance, showed him a fairer countenance than ever she had done
before. Thereupon the gentleman, who lacked boldness neither in love nor
in war, began hotly to press the suit that he many a time previously had
addressed to her.
She, pretending to be wholly vanquished by pity, promised to grant his
request, and told him that she would with this intent go into her room,
which was on a garret floor, where she knew there was nobody.
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