LADY-BIRD. CHAPTER I. "A prince can make a belted knight, But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith! he mauna' fa' that. For a' that and a' that, Their dignities and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth Are higher ranks than a' that." "Virtue and knowledge are endowments greater Than nobleness and riches; careless heirs May the two latter darken and expand; BURNS. SHAKESPEARE. WEEKS and months passed away, and nothing worthy of remark disturbed the even tenor of Gertrude's life. She went once or twice to Woodlands, but the Apleys were often away, and none of them except Mark seemed particularly VOL. II. B |