. The Phynodderree, and other legends of the Isle of Man . nd the whole court were struckdumb with horror and amazement at such an unheard-of breach of fairyetiquette, such a flagrant departure from the rules of all elfin decorum. The outraged monarch gave command for the immediate pursuit, and,putting himself at the head of his fairy guards, started off on the pinions ofthe evening breeze to seize the culprit who had dared to so transgressthe elfin laws. Estella, whose jealousy was now about to have its sweet reward, and allwhose rejected addresses were to be so amply revenged, was but toogoo
. The Phynodderree, and other legends of the Isle of Man . nd the whole court were struckdumb with horror and amazement at such an unheard-of breach of fairyetiquette, such a flagrant departure from the rules of all elfin decorum. The outraged monarch gave command for the immediate pursuit, and,putting himself at the head of his fairy guards, started off on the pinions ofthe evening breeze to seize the culprit who had dared to so transgressthe elfin laws. Estella, whose jealousy was now about to have its sweet reward, and allwhose rejected addresses were to be so amply revenged, was but toogood a guide in pointing out the exact spot where to find the guilty pair. Uddereek was instantly torn from theembrace of the frightened Kitty,and ruthlessly hurried off to trial. The king and all his court, at least all the male portion of the retinue,could not help paying a gallant and flattering tribute to the surpassingbeauty of the mortal maid who had enslaved their truant comrade, andopenly expressed their admiration of the sweet Kitty Kerruish. Their. UDDEREEK SEIZED BY THE FAIRY GUARDS. A TALE OF FAIRY LOVE. 23 openly expressed encomiums of the fair maiden were not altogetherapproved or endorsed by the little lady fairies; and the queen herself wasseen to change colour and fan herself with more than usual vigour as shenoticed how her royal spouse stood gazing all too admiringly upon poorUddereeks lovely enslaver. As for Estella, all this undisguised admiration of her hated rival onlyincreased her rage beyond all bounds, and she passionately entreated thefairy monarch to visit the poor girl with the most instant and horriblevengeance in the elfin power to inflict. That, however, he resolutely andgallantly refused to do; but turning from the furious fairy to the tremblingmortal, he thus addressed her: Most fair but erring mortal, my heart istoo chivalrous to punish you as requested by this furious and jealous , I can quite excuse, and almost pardon, the rash Udde
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