The intendant said, as he concluded.
"Edward, you must now perceive that, for the present, nothing more can
be done; if it pleases the Lord, the time will come when the monarch
will be reseated on his throne; at present, we must bow to the powers
that be; and I tell you frankly, it is my opinion that Cromwell aims
at sovereignty and will obtain it. Perhaps it may be better that we
should suffer the infliction for a time, as for a time only can it be
upheld, and it may be the cause of the king being more schooled and
more fitted to reign than, by what you have told me in the course of
your narrative, he at present appears to be."
"Perhaps so, sir," replied Edward. "I must say that the short campaign
I have gone through has very much opened my eyes. I have seen but
little true chivalric feeling, and much of interested motives, in
those who have joined the king's forces. The army collected was
composed of most discordant elements, and were so discontented, so
full of jealousy and ill-will, that I am not surprised at the result.
One thing is certain, that there must be a much better feeling
existing between all parties before such a man as Cromwell can ever be
moved from his position; and, for the present, the cause may be
considered as lost.
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