Note 31 — THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN.

“Truly,” said Luned, “I thought thy good sense was greater than I find it to be. Is it better to grieve because thou canst not get that good man, than it is to grieve for anything else thou canst never get?” “I declare to heaven,” said the Countess, “that I could never get my lord in any other man, be he the best in the world.” “Oh yes,” said Luned, “thou couldst marry a husband that would be as good as he, or better than he.”