[062]
The lady gave entire credence to the scholar's words, and deeming
her lover as good as in her arms again, recovered half her wonted
spirits: wherefore: "Make no doubt," quoth she, "that I shall do
as thou biddest; and indeed I am most favoured by circumstance;
for in upper Val d'Arno I have an estate adjoining the river, and 'tis
now July, so that to bathe will be delightful. [063]Ay, and now I mind
me that at no great distance from the river there is a little tower,
which is deserted, save that now and again the shepherds will get
them up by the chestnut-wood ladder to the roof, thence to look out
for their strayed sheep; 'tis a place lonely indeed, and quite out of
ken; and when I have clomb it, as climb it I will, I doubt not 'twill
be the best place in all the world to give effect to your
instructions."
