s about to call upon him, but I wanted to see you first."

"I will go with you. I have not done him justice," replied Edward, "and
yet I hardly know how to explain to him--"

"Say nothing, but meet him cordially; that will be explanation
sufficient."

"I shall meet him as one whom I shall always revere, and feel that I owe
a deep debt of gratitude. 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 coloured 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 honour 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. Humphrey must take the first place. His love of farming
continued. Edward gave him a large farm, rent free; and in a few years
Humphrey saved up sufficient to purchase a property for himself. He
then married Clara Ratcliffe, who has not appeared lately on the scene,
owing to her having been, about two years before the Restoration,
claimed by an elderly relation, who lived in the country, and whose
infirm state of health did not permit him to quit the house. He left
his property to Clara, about a year after her marriage to Humphrey. The
cottage in the New Forest was held by, and eventually made over to,
Pablo, who became a very steady character,