Inside the house none watched; and on we prest
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ill at her room I turned. “Madam,” I said,“Have you the wherewithal for this? Pray speak.Love fills no cupboard. You’ll need daily bread.” “We’ve nothing, sire,” said she; “and nothing seek.’Twere base in me to rob my lord unware;Our hands will earn a pittance week by week.”
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