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"Down the nave Sybil came.... It was evident that she knew perfectly well where he stood who was to wear the crown."  P. 317
"Down the nave Sybil came.... It was evident that she knew perfectly well where he stood who was to wear the crown." P. 317

Lady Sybil's Choice

A Tale of the Crusades

BY

EMILY SARAH HOLT

AUTHOR OF "MISTRESS MARGERY," "SISTER ROSE," ETC.

"This Tale in ancient Chronicle,—
In wording old and quaint,
In classic language of the past,
In letters pale and faint,—
This tale is told. Yet once again
Let it be told to-day—
The old, old tale of woman's love,
Which lasteth on for aye."

NEW EDITION

LONDON
JOHN F. SHAW AND CO.
48 PATERNOSTER ROW
1879

PREFACE.

"Why, seeing times are not hidden from theAlmighty, do they that know Him, not see His days?"

From the earliest ages of the world, the needs-beof suffering has been a mystery. Down to thelatest, it will be a mystery still. Truly, the morewe "know Him," the less mystery it is to us: foreven where we cannot see, we can trust His love.Yet there are human analogies, which may throwsome faint light on the dark question: and one ofthese will be found in the following pages. "WhatI do, thou knowest not now"—sometimes becauseit is morally impossible,—our finite capacity couldnot hold it: but sometimes, too, because we couldnot be trusted with the knowledge

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