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10 “Germaine, O lovely Germaine! Open the gate to me! 
Your husband has returned!” “You lie, unless you name 
The day when first to you a youthful bride I came.” 
! I “Do you remember, darling, the seventeenth of May? 
The day when all your kin came to make merry cheer?” (bis) 
12 “You lie unless you tell me what horse I rode that day. 
If you can not recall, then you must go away.” (bis) 
1 3 “Do you remember, darling, your palfrey white and grey?” 
“If you do speak the truth, then tell me what I wore 
When I appeared, that day, within the bridal door?” 
f 4 “Do you remember, darling, your dress of satin grey?” 
“No, no, you are not he, unless you tell me true: 
On our first married night, tell me, what did you do?” 
I 5 “Do you remember, darling, your rings of beaten gold . . . 
I held you, O so close, so close in my embrace. 
Here is the ring that broke, wrapped in a piece of lace!” 
16 “Make haste, page-boys and maidens! My ladies all make 
haste ! 
Now light me torches four to place by my bed-side, 
And to my husband throw the gate-way open wide!” 
