"
"Never, while my sisters are under my protection," replied Edward;
"were they safe, I would be out of it to-morrow."
"I think, Edward, that there is great truth in what Jacob says; you
could do no good (for they would not restore your property) by making
your seclusion known at present, and you might do a great deal of
harm--'bide your time' is good advice in such troubled times. I
therefore think that I should be very wary if I were you; but I still
think that there is no fear of either you or I going out of the
forest, in our present dresses and under the name of Armitage. No one
would recognize us; you are grown tall and so am I, and we are so
tanned and sunburned with air and exercise, that we do look more like
Children of the Forest than the sons of Colonel Beverley."
"Humphrey, you speak very sensibly, and I agree with you. I am not
quite so fiery as the old man thinks; and if my bosom burns with
indignation, at all events I have sufficient power to conceal my
feelings when it is necessary; I can oppose art to art, if it becomes
requisite, and which, from what you have said, I believe now is really
so. One thing is certain, that while King Charles is a prisoner, as he
now is, and his party dispersed and gone abroad, I can do nothing, and
to make myself known would only be to injure myself and all of us.
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