Oregon And Eldorado Or Romance of the Rivers Columbia And Amazon
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In consequence of some serious differ- ences which arose between him and his superior offi- cer, he found it necessary to repair to court to justify himself. It was at this time that an incident occurred which recommended him to the notice of Queen Eliza- 285 286 ELDORADO. beth, and was the foundation of his fortunes. Raleigh stood in the crowd one day where the queen passed on foot ; and when she came to a spot of muddy ground, and hesitated for a moment where to step, he sprang forward, and, ...throwing from his shoulders his handsome cloak (" his clothes being then, " says a quaint old writer, "a considerable part of his estate"), he spread it over the mud, so that the queen passed over dry-shod, doubtless giving an approving look to the handsome and quick-witted young officer. There is another story which is not less probable, because it is not less in character with both the parties. Find- ing some hopes of the queen's favor glancing on him, he wrote, on a window where it was likely to meet her eye, " Fain would I climb, but that I fear to fall.
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