What must he think of my not having
called upon him!"
"Nothing. You hold a place at court. You may not have known that he
was in London, as you have never met him; your coming with me will
make it appear so. Tell him that I have just made known to you his
noble and disinterested conduct."
"You are right--I will. I fear, however, Humphrey, that you are right
and Edith wrong as regards his daughter."
"Nay, Edward, recollect that I have, as Edith observed, passed my life
in the woods."
Edward was most kindly received by Mr. Heatherstone. Edward, on Mr.
Heatherstone repeating to him his intentions relative to Arnwood,
expressed his sense of that gentleman's conduct, simply adding--
"You may think me impetuous, sir, but I trust you will believe me
grateful."
Patience colored up and trembled when Edward first saw her. Edward did
not refer to the past for some time after they had renewed their
acquaintance. He wooed her again, and won her. Then all was explained.
About a year after the Restoration, there was a fete at Hampton Court,
given in honor of three marriages taking place--Edward Beverley to
Patience Heatherstone, Chaloner to Alice, and Grenville to Edith; and,
as his majesty himself said, as he gave away the brides, "Could
loyalty be better rewarded?"
But our young readers will not be content if they do not hear some
particulars about the other personages who have appeared in our little
history.
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