Lay of Kushta, Sonnet 33
Then dinner gong rang interrupting their talk. For to be
Late to a family dinner was almost a grave crime.
They sat at prepar’d places at a great table. There were cards
With their names on them to tell them where to sit. It surely
Was better than allowing sibling fights all of the time!
They ate nine course perfectly prepar’d. And then afterwards
Angela said outright to Edmund, Days ago a great
Eagle summon’d you to Temple. You have not yet said why.
Do so now, for all to hear; not just Abner, but for all.
So now begin! And Edmund did obey, and did relate
His quest. And his mother’s face grew stern and flush’d, and a cry
Rose from family who saw her change, and fret she might fall.
For so great was Angela’s anger at the news she got,
That some witnesses fear’d she would keel over on the spot.