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Chapter 3 HOLY PALMER'S KISS.

I might never have known but for this accident-I might never have had the chance of thanking you-as-as I should like to do now-only-only it isn't quite easy to say everything one feels-". It is true I made the offer; but it was not accepted; and why should I. Edward made it clear to Daisy that she was nothing to him. They were both victims of family greed -- the marriage was arranged for them. She remained quiet, gaining a reputation in the army as a tough-as-nails colonel. When she walked into his life again, Edward fell in love with this woman, unlike any he had known.

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She surprised and delighted him. But will Daisy take him back? To save my grandfather's self-respect-to prevent him being misunderstood by-by strangers-because-because he is so forgetful: And never saying a word, too! You should have told me, Vincent! But I suppose that was still further kindness-you thought I might be embarrassed-and not able to thank you-which is just the case-".

Friends are little to you-you have too many of them-". What have I done? I wish there was some real thing I could do to prove my friendship for your grandfather and yourself-then you might see-". At the little dinner that evening in the restaurant, there was quite an unusual animation, and that not solely because this was the ninth of November, and they were proposing to go out later on and look at the illuminations in the principal thoroughfares.

Vincent thought he had never seen Maisrie Bethune appear so light-hearted and happy; and she was particularly kind to him; when she regarded him, there still seemed to be a mild gratitude shining in the clear and eloquent deeps of her eyes. It was but an ordinary act of acquaintanceship: He felt ashamed of himself.

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It was earning gratitude by false pretences. The very kindness shining there in her eyes was a sort of reproach: Ah, if she only knew what he was ready to do-when occasion offered! And never before had he seen Maisrie so bravely confident about any of her grandfather's literary projects. And then, although grandfather says I take a low and mercenary view of literature, all the same I am glad he is to be well-paid for the articles; and there are to be as many as he likes; and when they are completed, then comes the publication of the book, which should be as interesting to Mr.

Carmichael, or Lord Musselburgh, or anyone, as the Scotch-American volume. And grandfather is going to begin at once; and I am asking him whether I cannot be of any use to him, in the humblest way. A glossary, grandfather; you must have a glossary of the Scotch words: I imagine the former belong more to the south country; and that most of the latter had their origin in the north.

And yet even in the Battle of Otterburn, the Douglas says. Well, that may have been an interpolation; at all events, it is a Highland touch; the strong, brisk, matter-of-fact Border ballad has seldom anything of that kind in it.


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The bold Buccleuch and Kinmont Willie were too much in the saddle to have time for wraiths. You remember, Maisrie, when they brought word to 'the bauld Keeper' that Kinmont Willie was a captive in Carlisle Castle? That is more like the ballad of the south: The Demon Lover is clearly of northern origin; its hell is the Scandinavian hell; not the fiery furnace of the eastern mind, but a desolation of cold and wet. It is a dangerous position-if he wishes her to go away with him; for a woman never forgets her first lover; what is more, she attributes all the natural and inevitable disillusionment of marriage to her husband, whilst the romance attaching to her first love remains undimmed.

Therefore, I say let Auld Robin Gray beware! Well, in this case, she who has been a false sweetheart, proves a false wife-. And the lover becomes the avenger; together they sail away on a strange ship, until they descry the mountains of hell; and the lover turned demon warns her of her doom. For that, I imagine, is where my co-operation might come in. Maisrie seems so anxious to help; and I should like to take my part too. And if I am so very mercenary, I can't help it; only I shall be all the better pleased to remember that you are being properly paid for your work.

Supposing the kitchen is my department? It will be a labour of love for you, grandfather, all the way through; and then, when the book is nearing completion, just think of the pride you will have in choosing someone, some distinguished person, for the dedication. It will be far more your own work than merely giving specimens of the Scottish-American poets; indeed it will be all your own; for the ballads are only to be texts, as you say.

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And I think we should go home now, and you will look over some of the books. I don't care about the illuminations-not I. We promised to show you the streets lit up. And mind you wrap yourself well, Maisrie, for the evenings are getting cold now. But little did Vincent Harris, as he helped her on with her cloak, and made ready to go out into the dusky and glaring thoroughfares, foresee what was going to befall him that night. When they issued forth into Regent-street, there was as yet no very dense crowd, though here and there the front of a tall building flamed in yellow fire; but nevertheless Maisrie said-.

Let me go between you two; and I will take your arm on the one side and Vincent's on the other; and if we have occasionally to go sideways, we can always keep together. And so the little group of friends, knit together by many intimate interests and much association, adventured out into the great world of London that was all astir now with a vague and half-subdued excitement. There was no need for them to talk; they had but to look at the blazing stars, and feathers, and initial letters, and to make their way through the murmuring throng.

There was no jostling; the crowd was entirely good-natured; and if these three could not always go abreast, they then went diagonally for a second or so, and were not separated. Of course, Vincent had to hold Maisrie a little more firmly now; his arm was parallel with hers, and his hand had hold of her wrist; and there was an intoxicating sense of warmth as well as of close companionship in this mutual clinging. Thus they slowly and idly passed away down Regent-street, well content with their own silence and the brilliant sights around them.

Then a little incident occurred. A vehicle was coming along one of the smaller thoroughfares they had to cross; there was a brief bit of a scrimmage; and Maisrie, the better to keep hold of her companion, slipped her hand from the muff that was slung round her neck, and seized his hand, that was ready enough, be sure, to respond. They got over without further trouble; they mixed once more in this vast, slow-moving assemblage-only he retained the hand she had given him, and that with no uncertain grasp.

It was a wonderful, mysterious, secret thing to be happening in the midst of all this great, careless, dusky crowd. Her hand, that was ungloved, was soft and warm after coming out of its cosy resting-place; and it was not likely to get cold, when it was held so tight, under the concealment of the hanging sleeve.

And then-well, probably the girl did not know what she was doing; she was affected by all this excitement around her; it was "Look, grandfather, look! Nay, she opened them again, and shut them again, the better to adjust that gentle clasp; and every touch thrilled through him, so that he walked as one in a dream.

He dared hardly breathe, he durst not speak, lest some stray word of his might startle her into consciousness, and shatter this miracle. She did not seem to be in the least aware: What did he see or hear of the crowd now, or of the garish lights along the houses? He walked in an enchanted land: There was wonder as well as joy in his mind; the sensation was so new and strange. Did he remember that "palm to palm" was "holy palmer's kiss"? No, he remembered nothing; he only knew that he held Maisrie's hand interlocked with his, in this secret fashion; and that all the wild phantasmagoria around them was something unreal and visionary with which neither he nor she had any concern.

And even now his cup of bliss and bewilderment was not yet full, on this marvellous night. When at last they drew away from the crowded streets and found themselves in quieter thoroughfares on their way home, the old man drew a breath of relief. The little impulsive movement-of gratitude perhaps; perhaps of affection; perhaps of both combined-could not have been perceived by any passer-by; and yet the young man seemed to be struck by a sudden shock of fear; he could not speak; his own heart was beating so that speech was impossible.

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