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"Mistress Feversham"—the harsh
Voice seemed to easel* their ears, so
sharp it was, so merciless—"I ara. giv-
en to understand you ate a woman.
,But let me say that, in the moment I
saw .you first, I knew that ,you were
that." Here .the voice fell away with
the oddest..suddenness. A ,tense mom-
ent passed in which it seemed that
the sovereign could hardly trust her
self to speak. "And, you are a brave
woman! . . a very brave woman,
even if you area very froward one."
The Queen turned abruptly to the
.Lord Treaturer. There was a sour
and cruel smile on the thin lips.
"Do we understand," she said, "that
there is a boon Mistress Feversham
would crave at' our hands?" •
A silence followed the question—a
silence in which Elizabeth and her
minister looked 'without pity upon the
shrinking pair who stood before them.
In the next instant Anne had cast
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herself on her knees at -the QueeR'a
feet. ,
But it 'was left to Gervase to speak.
.,And he spoke as' one 'Who proudly
asks a favor to. which he feels • he
has, clearly established a claim.
,"Your grace." The young mao,
stank to his knees.. o "We crave cif
yoy mercy that we ,be permitted to
die' together." •
The Queen's answer was a swift
glance at. the 'Lord Treasurer. And
then, perhaps„ it may have been that
she' felt a sudden sting of remorse
for the cruel nature of the play. she
was enacting. Yetthe face of. her
adviser was as cold as stone. It bore
no trace of feeling. And it may have
been that such an impassiveness
smote the heart of one who, after all,
was a woman, with all a woman's
emotions. -
Involuntarily, as it seemed, the
Queen turned her eyes from Cecil to-
ward that , other, that more human
witness of the seene: 'Unconsciously,
as if at the beck of an invisible pow-
er,. her imperious gaze. sought the
mild one of •'him whose life was pass-
ed in the making of plays, His face,
averted from a. sight it could not en-
dure, was melted with tears. , ,
Of a sudden, something stirred in
the Queen's heart. It was such a
pang of nature, as had not, touched
it fpr many a long year. The time
was surely at hand in which to make
an end``of the cruel comedy. Upon a
quick impulse in which the woman
alone bore a part and the tyrannical
arbitress of life • and death had no
share, she raised 'the unhappy girl in
her, arms 'and gravely kissed), her on
the forehead.
' "You are a. brave thing," cried the
harsh, rough voice. "By God; you
are a brave thing. You shall suffer
no more.' Our pardon shall be grant -
.ed to you, and also .to this young man
against wham' as we are inform-
ed—"
But the sentence` so fraught with
destiny, was never finished. The frail
form had grown stiff and cold in the
arms of the Queen. .
CHAPTER XL
It happened that one afternoon of
early autumn, William Shakespeare
rode out to Richmond, as he had
done s'o• many times of late, and
sought poor Anne where she still lay
ithe house of a good friend. .Her
be was in a charming chamber,
from which she could see'. the sumlit
Thames winding through its .green
valley: Gervase, thin and careworn
was krieelingi by the bed,. .and 'hi
arms 'were holding its frail occupant.
For many days Anne had lain be-
tween life and 'death. But •the fire of
youth was in her veins. She had fine
courage, moreover, pure .strength of
body, therefore Nature fought fez. her.
And in the end Nature. prevailed. Yet
long after life itself had conquered,
It, was feared that reason, the sov-
ereign goddess, would be dethroned
forever in that finely tempered spirit.
Her friends never gave up hope.
Many were., the dark and cruel days
in which she hovered upon the verge
of that abyss, by comparison with
which death itself is more than kind.
And at last, 'very, slowly, very fitfully,
the wisdom,' the patience, the devo-
tiori' of those that watched over her
met: with their reward.
'When at last it became known that
the ,grimmest of all her perils was
past, there were those of her friends
who laid upon a certain .famous man
as being the foremost of their num-
ber, .the happy task of bearing the
tid,ings.•to the Queen that all was well
with peer., Rosalind. "
• The player, humble -minded as he
was, would have been the last man
in the world to arrogate to himself
any such privilege. But the insist-
ence ...of Anne's - friends was strong.
Well they knew the valiant part' this
.man' had ' played, Moreover, the
Queen, it seemed, had caused many
inquiries to 'be made df "the' brave
thing" who was fighting the sternest
of. all' her battles. The heart of the
woman had been moved by the gal-
lant story. It may have been that
Gloriana felt that honor had been
done to the sex of which she 'herself
was a foremost ornament. She may
have. felt that even in an heroic age
here was a fitting mother for heroes.
Be that as it may, the heart of the
woman had been melted'. And • that
golden afternoon. William Shake-
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from the Queen in her palace at
Gt•eenwich. She was graciously pleas-
ed to grant a full and. free pardon to
Gervase Heriot and' Anne Feveraham.
There was a look of joy .in the face
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ber with the high news. He found
her •propper up with pillows, thin as
a ghost, but her eyes were no longer
wild. '13y the side of the 'bed knelt.
Gervase. One arm clasped the frail
form•••abet. now, was all his life•.; and
in one hand• he held the newly print-
ed and authentic version of the tragi-
cal history of "Romeo and Juliet"
which he was, reading to Anne in his
gentle-- voice, -
"Ah, here is the author himself."
Gervase laid the book down on the
counterpane and rose with a shy
smile. 'The , lovers greetedtheir
friend,. to whom they owed every-
thing, with shining , eyes. Theplay-
er's apology for so Unseasonably dis-
turbing them was humorously tender,
but such -news admitted no delay.
"1 arra the bearer .of great tidings,"
the player cried, All is forgiven."
-There came a silence, and then
"All! gasped- Anne.
"All," said the player, "All is for-
give, you by Gloriana in her clem-
ency." l .
Aga.in,,a silence.
"i3ut my father!"
The three simple' words seemed al-
most to tear at the heart of the poet.
• "All is 'irorgiven him_ also."
That also was true.
"But. why does he not coine to me?
Is it that ,he will not?" •
Alas, that was a. question the poet
dare not answer. The plain truth was
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he knew not in what sort to answer
it. As soon as the Queen had ibeen
apprised of 8,ir John Feversliam's
}complete innocence, almost her first
act had been to order his immediate
release from the Tower. But even
when a free pardon had been grant-
ed to him and he was once .more at
liberty and no longer in danger of
losing his.head, he was, yet a very
unhappy man. He was as one com-
pletely overborne by the sense, of his
daughter',s crime. Even as she lay in
her extremity, he could not be induc-
ed to visit her; nor even to speak of
her: And now that the awful force
of her suffering was past, and wan
and spent, yet with mind at last clear
and reasonable, poor Anne waited in
vain for her father's coming. A pow-
erful nature had, been wounded , to
the depths. It was not the . act of
Altai treachery that Sir John •Fever -
sham found unforgivable; it was the
disloyaltyto the. august sovereign
whom he had served all his days that
he found, impossible to overpass.
Now it chanced that -one man, and
he the 'most devoted among 'all the
friend's of Mistress Anne had had the
wit to realize the' why and wherefore
of this.Shakespeare saw clearly that
even if the outraged father had been
able to forgive, the 'loyal and devoted
subject yet found; it impossible so to
do, • And no sooner did .this terider-
hearted maker' of plays realize that
such was the case than daring great-
ly he went to the Queen..
"That is a matter, Master Shake-
speare, in whifh we may never be
able to move," was' the Queen's an-
'swer. "And .yet perhaps. . .
For the present, the player felt he
must rest content with that.
In the meantime, the author of the
tzagical history of "Romeo and Juliet"
had to suffer the entreaties of this
pair of young lovers that he should
remain and read to them a portion
of that wondrous tale of .love whicf
he had given to the world in the.
spring tide of his own youth.
The poet was not proof against the
importunities of these 'children, of
destiny whom he had come to love
with a father's tenderness. Therefore
he took his book 'presently from the
hands of Gervase and, sat at the 'bed
foot. In his low and clear voice he
began to read the immortal story.
„Hand in hand, their fingers inter-
twined, Anne and, Gervase ' listened
with strange rapture. That recital was
ever afterwards to be a landmark in
their lives. The romance which. rav-
ished their ears had its parallel in
their own experience. They could live
again their hours of supremest exal-
tation. Was it not all distilled in
those magical pages? It has been the
destiny of this story of ill-starred love
to et'oke the wide world over the
tears 'of those who -have .known a
great passion. But here were' two who
had greatly loved to whom - even the
author's own.- reading of the exquis-
ite story brought no tears.
To such a nadir of the spirit had
these twin souls descended ,that it
seemed to them then that they could
never weep again. They could never
weep again; yet were they very, far
from being unhappy. Still, even now
they could hardly realize the nature
of the- miracle that had happened to
them. Gervase was -a free man; life
and liberty had been granted to him;
Anne' had been given back her rea-
son; and henceforth, th only fetters
they were to knew we e, to lbe the
,silken • one each imp ed upon the
other. Yet it was a very hard to
realize!
While the poet continued to read
his noble invention he was gravely
preoccupied. His thoughts were for-
ever straying from the creatures of
his fancy to that wan acid fragile
thing propped, up with pillows who
looked as if she could never .smile
nor weep again. If only Sir John
eversham could come to his daugh-
ter now! If only the forgiveness of
that just man could, be granted to
her! Even as he read, the words of
the Queen were ever in his ears. "It
is a Matter, Master Shakespeare, in
which we may never be able to move.
And yet perhaps,,..,.
The poet, howevbr, had wrought
,better than he kuew. The plea to
Gloriana had not fallen barren on
those august ears, The girl had earn-
ed absolution by her courage, nor had
the Queen been slow to make her
pleasure known to Sir John . Fever-
sham.
eversham. .
And so it came to 'pass that the
poet was still seated 'at the bed foot
reading aloud to these children of
destiny his entrancing tale of love
when a servant -entered the Groom. A
few words were whispered into the
'poet's ear. And then with a sudden
startled smile, William Shakespeare
laid down the book on the bed and
went hastily out of the room.
It seemed, that a miracle had hap-
pened. Sir .John Fevers.ham had ar-
river at that house, was waitih.g be-
low and was desirous of seeing his
daughter.
Only a very little while was Wil-
liam Shakespeare gone frons the
room. He had soon returned., to usher
into the sunlit chamber a man who
looked, strangely bent and old. His
hair was perfectly white. Sir John
Fevereham had changed much ip. ap-
pearance. And the events of more
than. one lifetime had been crowded
'into poor Anne's experience since last
she had seen her .father.
At first she did not realize who the
frail man was with the snow white
hair who had come into, the room.
It was not indeed until this grave'
personage informed Anne that he was
come from the Queen, ivi'th' a present
and a message that she recognized her
father. And even then it may have
been the BROW and deep melancholy
of the voice that told her. She gave
a Little wild cry, and clutched Ger-
vase With a sudden pang of terror.
But there w'as,•nought in her father's
voice nor 'in his bearing to inspire it
now.
With a gesture all humility, as one
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little, and that man himself is hardly
more than a puppet .in the hands of
fate, Sir John Faversham knelt by
the bed and gave .his daughter a kiss
an the 'lips., ' a -
"It is the token of the Queen's for-
giveness," .he said, cwhich I am com-
manded to bring you."
Anne shivered:, Dry-eyed andin sil-
ence, her arms were flung round her
father's neck. It was as if she also
had came to understand 'that she was
no more than a plaything in the hands
of :Fate.
The Queen's messenger rose ,from
his knees.. And now for all his look
of frailty which was almost pitiful, he
had the tense and vital air of a man
of; affairs -who is proud to serve a
great sovereign.
"Further I am bidden •'by the
Queen's majesty," be said in his slow
and melancholy speech which was yet
like a fine and' rare music,,, "to be-
stow upon you, Mistress Anne Fever -
sham, in her name,' this chaplet of
pearls." •
As Sir John spoke• he took a small
shagreen case out of the lining of his
cloak. It contained a small necklace.
"At the Queen's behest, ,thus do I
place it round your throat, Mistress
Anne Feversham,• Moreover, it is her
Majesty's express command that you.
be well and strong again by Twelfth'
Night, since noon of that day is the
hour her Majesty has appointed for
the celebration of your nuptials with
Mr, Gervase Heriot in the Chapel of
her grandfather within the Abbey at
Westminster. The Queen tropes her-
self to be. present on the occasion.
And 1 am further to inform you that
on the eve of that day Mr. William,
Shakespeare; to whose efforts on your
behalf the tate signal acts of the
Royal clemency are wholly due, has
undertaken to present • a new inter-
lude
nter
lude to the Queen 'and the ladies and
gentlemen •of her Court. His former
ones, 'the Queen commands me to
say," --Sir John Feversham bowed to
the playwright who with a grave
smile 'bowed to him again—"have
been much• admired." '
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