"I shall need your help," Quincy remarked gravely, and then with a quick
change in tone he said playfully, "I think it is about time for the
judge to get back upon the bench."
"This," said Alice, as she passed him a manuscript enclosed in a cover,
"is my capital offence. If I escape punishment for my other
misdemeanors, I know I shall not when you have read this." And she
handed him the paper.
Quincy opened it and read, The Lord of the Sea, a Cantata.
CHARACTERS.
Canute, the Great, King of England and Denmark.
A Courtier.
An Irish Harper.
Queen Emma, the "Flower of Normandy."
Courtiers, Monks, and Gleemen.
PLACE.
Part I.--The palace of the king.
Part II.--The seashore at Southampton.
Time--About A.D. 1030.
As he proceeded with the reading he became greatly interested in it. He
had a fine voice and had taken a prize for oratory at Harvard.
When he finished he turned to Alice and said, "And you wrote that?"
"Certainly," said she. "Can you forgive me?"
Quincy said seriously, "Miss Pettengill, that is a fine poem; it is
grand when read, but it would be grander still if set to music.
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