THE ROMANCE OF
"Silence!" she said, "you drunkard. You were drunk last night, and so you dreamt these dreams."
"Drunk, and still so am I," said he, "but of such a draught that never can the influence fade. Queen Iseult, do you mind you of that hot and open day on the high seas? We thirsted and we drank together from the same cup, and since that day have I been drunk with an awful wine."
When the Queen heard these words which she alone could understand, she rose and would have gone.
But the King held her by her ermine cloak, and she sat down again.
And as the King had his fill of the fool he called for his falcons and went to hunt; and Iseult said to him:
"Sire, I am weak and sad; let me be go rest in my room; I am tired of these follies."
And she went to her room in thought
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