A Blot in the 'Scutcheon by Robert Browning
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No slightest spot in such an one...
MILDRED. Who finds A spot in Mertoun? GUENDOLEN. Not your brother; therefore, Not the whole world. MILDRED. I am weary, Guendolen. Bear with me! GUENDOLEN. I am foolish. MILDRED. Oh no, kind! But I would rest. GUENDOLEN. Good night and rest to you! I said how gracefully his mantle lay Beneath the rings of his light hair? MILDRED. Brown hair. GUENDOLEN. Brown? why, it IS brown: how could you know that? MILDRED. How? did not you--Oh, Austin 'twas, declared His hair was light, not brown--my head!--and look, The moon-beam purpling the dark chamber! Sweet, Good night! GUENDOLEN. Forgive me--sleep the soundlier for me! |
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