e arrival of Captain Radford before I told Sir
Thomas and Lady Anne of my engagement to Aveline. Seeing my patron,
however, in so kind a mood, and believing that he would not be less
inclined to obtain a post for me than he was to find one for A'Dale, I
mustered up courage to confess to him that the chief object of my heart
was to marry Aveline.

"Eh! is it so?" said Sir Thomas, turning to her.

A blush rose to her cheeks as she confessed that she had resolved to
marry no one else, having also, she added, her father's permission; and
she then narrated the way in which she had discovered her father at
Master Clough's house. Sir Thomas was not a little surprised to find
that he was the Captain Rover whom he had for so long known, who was
employed in the service of the merchant adventurers. Still more
surprised was he when I introduced the minister, Overton, and told him
how we had again met each other.

"He will, then, be glad to meet a friend who is in the house--that most
excellent divine, Master John Foxe," he observed. "He lately came up to
London from his living in Wiltshire, which he has for some time held.
Happy is the parish which enjoys his ministrations; for not only does he
preach the word of truth from the pulpit, but he carries the Gospel from
door to door, and ministers both to the temporal and spiritual wants of
his people. He is indeed a true shepherd of sheep, and spends his life
in imitation of the blessed example set by our Lord and Master."

While he was speaking, Master John Foxe entered the room. He looked
considerably older and somewhat thinner than when I last had seen him,
but the same pleasing smile lighted up his countenance. He welcomed
Master Overton and me warmly, knowing us both immediately.

"And now, my friend," he said, turning to Master Overton, "you will
continue in this country, I trust, to preach the Word, as I hear you
have been doing in Antwerp; and that you may have the means of so doing,
I will forthwith endeavour to obtain a cure for you."

Master Overton warmly thanked the minister, saying that it was his wish
to devote himself as heretofore to the work of the Lord. That first
evening we spent at Gresham House, after our arrival, was one not easily
to be forgotten. We all had so many adventures to relate. John Foxe
narrated the circumstances which occurred while he resided in
Switzerland; Master Overton described his wanderings, and his numberless
escapes. Maste