title: Poems and Carols (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Douce 302) (Middle English Texts)
author: Audelay John the Blind
description: Susanna Fein is Professor of English and Coordinator of the A&amp;S Minor in Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies (AMRS). She has served terms as English Department Chair, Undergraduate Studies Coordinator, and Chair of the Ph.D. Program in Literature. She was 2010 Bloomfield Fellow in Medieval English Studies at Harvard University and 2014 Visiting Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame. Professor Fein's research focuses on the literatures, languages, and manuscripts of medieval England, ca. 1100-1500.
zlib_text: #  Love is Blind  
  
  
  
  
  
   by
  
  
  
  
  
   Lynsay Sands
  
  
  
  
  
  ##  Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
   London, England, 1818
  
  
  
  
  
   " 'Love is a fever... in my blood.'"
  
  
  
  
  
   ClarissaCrambray winced as those words trembled in the air. Truly, this had
  to be the worst of the poems LordPrudhomme had recited since arriving at her
  father's town house an hour ago.
  
  
  
  
  
   Had it been only an hour? In truth it felt more like several days had passed
  since the elderly man arrived. He'd entered brandishing a book, announcing
  with triumph that, rather than go for their usual walk, he thought perhaps
  today she'd enjoy his reading to her. And Clarissa would have, had he chosen
  to read some-thing other than this poppycock. She also would have appreciated
  it more were he not acting as though he were doing her a favor.
  
  
  
  
  
   For all his words, Clarissa was not fooled. She knewthe reason for the sudden
  change in plans. The man
  
  
  
  
  
   was hoping to avoid calamity by restricting her to sit­ting decorously on the
  settee while he read alo