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1、MaidMarianMaidMarianbyThomasLovePeacock1MaidMarianCHAPTERINowcomeyeforpeacehere,orcomeyeforwar?SCOTT."Theabbot,inhisalbarrayed,"stoodatthealtarintheabbey-chapelofRubygill,withallhisplump,sleek,rosyfriars,ingoodlylinesdisposed,tosolemnisethenuptialsofthebeautifulMatildaFitzwater,d
2、aughteroftheBaronofArlingford,withthenobleRobertFitz-Ooth,EarlofLocksleyandHuntingdon.TheabbeyofRubygillstoodinapicturesquevalley,atalittledistancefromthewesternboundaryofSherwoodForest,inaspotwhichseemedadaptedbynaturetobetheretreatofmonasticmortification,beingonthebanksofafinet
3、rout-stream,andinthemidstofwoodlandcoverts,aboundingwithexcellentgame.Thebride,withherfatherandattendantmaidens,enteredthechapel;buttheearlhadnotarrived.Thebaronwasamazed,andthebridemaidensweredisconcerted.Matildafearedthatsomeevilhadbefallenherlover,butfeltnodiminutionofherconfi
4、denceinhishonourandlove.Throughtheopengatesofthechapelshelookeddownthenarrowroadthatwoundalongthesideofthehill;andherearwasthefirstthatheardthedistanttramplingofhorses,andhereyewasthefirstthatcaughttheglitterofsnowyplumes,andthelightofpolishedspears."Itisstrange,"thoughtthebaron,
5、"thattheearlshouldcomeinthismartialarraytohiswedding;"buthehadnotlongtomeditateonthephenomenon,forthefoamingsteedssweptuptothegatelikeawhirlwind,andtheearl,breathlesswithspeed,andfollowedbyafewofhisyeomen,advancedtohissmilingbride.Itwasthennotimetoaskquestions,fortheorganwasinful
6、lpeal,andthechoristerswereinfullvoice.Theabbotbegantointonetheceremonyinastyleofmodulationimpressivelyexalted,hisvoiceissuingmostcanonicallyfromtheroofofhismouth,throughthemediumofaverymusicalnosenewlytunedfortheoccasion.Buthehadnotproceededfarenoughtoexhibitallthevarietyandcompa
7、ssofthismelodiousinstrument,whenanoisewasheardatthegate,andapartyofarmedmenenteredthechapel.Thesongofthe2MaidMarianchoristersdiedawayinashakeofdemisemiquavers,contrarytoalltherulesofpsalmody.Theorgan-blower,whowasworkinghismusicalair-pumpwithonehand,andwithtwofingersandathumbofth
8、eotherinsinuatingapeeping-placethroughth
