This，andaman’slifeatstake！’’saidEdith，indignantly；
itpasseshumanpatience。Remainatyourease，madam，I
willgotoKingRichard-Iamapartyinterested-Iwillknowifthehonourofapoormaidenofhisbloodistobesofartamperedwith，thathernameshallbeabusedtotrainabravegentlemanfromhisduty，bringhimwithinthecompassofdeathandinfamy，andmake，atthesametime，thegloryofEnglandalaughing-stocktothewholeChristianarmy。’’
Atthisunexpectedburstofpassion，Berengarialistenedwithanalmoststupifiedlookoffearandwonder。ButasEdithwasabouttoleavethetent，sheexclaimed，thoughfaintly，Stopher-stopher。’’
Youmust，indeed，stop，nobleLadyEdith，’’saidCalista，takingherarmgently；andyou，royalmadam，Iamsure，willgo，andwithoutfartherdallying。IftheladyEdithgoesalonetotheKing，hewillbedreadfullyincensed，norwillitbeonelifethatwillstayhisfury。’’