n they could n't read, and when I came
back he was away.'

"I then ascertained that the carriage which had been ordered the day
before at a particular hour, and which we had forgotten to countermand,
had arrived during my servant's absence. Glencore, hearing it stop at
the door, inquired whose it was, and as suddenly springing out of bed,
proceeded to dress himself, which he did, in the suit he had ordered to
wait on the King. So apparently reasonable was he in all he said, and
such an air of purpose did he assume, that the nurse-tender averred she
could not dare to interpose, believing that his attack might possibly be
some sort of passing access that he was accustomed to, and knew best how
to deal with.

"I did not lose a moment, but, ordering post-horses, pursued him with
all speed. On reaching Croydon, I heard he had passed about two hours
before; but though I did my best, it was in vain. I arrived at Brighton
late at night, only to learn that a gentleman had got out at the
Pavilion, and had not left it since.

"I do not believe that all I have ever suffered in my life equalled what
I went through in the two weary hours that I passed walking up and down
outside that low paling that skirts the Palace garden. The poor fellow,
in all his misery, came before me in so many shapes; sometimes wandering
in intellect--sometimes awake and conscious of his sufferings--now
trying to comport himself as became the presence he was in--now reckless
of all the world and everything. What could have happened to detain
him so long? What had been the course of events since he passed that
threshold? were questions that again and again crossed me.

"I tried to make my way in,--I know not exactly what I meant to do
afterwards; but the sentries refused me admittance. I thought of scaling
the enclosure, and reaching the Palace through the garden; but the
police kept strict watch on every side. At last, it was nigh twelve
o'clock, that I heard a sentry challenge some one, and shortly after a
figure passed out and walked towards the pier. I followed, determined to
make inquiry, no matter of whom. He walked so rapidly, however, that I
was forced to run to overtake him. This attracted his notice; he turned
hastily, and by the straggling moonlight I recognized Glencore.

"He stood for a moment still, and beckoning me towards him, he took my
arm in silence, and we walked onward in the direction of the sea-shore.
It was now a wild and gusty ni