King Francis was a great lover of all kinds of spots; and one day he and his courtiers, noblemen and ladies, sat watching wild savage lions fighting each other in the enclosure below. Amongst the courtiers sat Count de Lorge beside a beautiful and lively lady of noble birth whom he loved and hoped to marry. The lions roared, and bit and tore each other with savage fury, until the king said to his courtiers, "Gentlemen, we are better up here than down there!"
The lady, hearing him, thought she would show the king and his court how devoted her lover was to he: so she dropped her glove down among the savage lions, and then looked at Count de Lorge and smiled at him. He bowed to her, and leaped down among the savage lions without hesitation, recovered the glove, and climbed back to his place in a few moments. Then he threw the glove right in the lady's face.
King Francis cried out, "Well and bravely done! but it was not love that made you lady set you such a dangerous thing to do, but her vanity!"
The lady, hearing him, thought she would show the king and his court how devoted her lover was to he: so she dropped her glove down among the savage lions, and then looked at Count de Lorge and smiled at him. He bowed to her, and leaped down among the savage lions without hesitation, recovered the glove, and climbed back to his place in a few moments. Then he threw the glove right in the lady's face.
King Francis cried out, "Well and bravely done! but it was not love that made you lady set you such a dangerous thing to do, but her vanity!"
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true story.. :)
Very nicely Explained
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