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His father was a right good lord. His mother a lady of high degree; But they, alas! were dead him frae. And he loved keeping companie. To spend the day with merry cheer. To drink and revel every night; To card and dice from eve to morn. It was, I ween, his heart's delight.
THE HEIR OF LYNNE. It had been Monina's design to return to the protection of Lady Brampton, immediately on the fulfilment of her task in England. The appearance of Clifford suggested other ideas. It was the duty of every friend of York to declare his existence, and claim the allegiance of his subjects. It might seem a hopeless enterprise for her, a young foreign girl to do this in the heart of the usurper's power; and yet she fancied that she might attempt it with success.