o his chamber; and, as he passed the casement again, he
heard, though far in the distance, through the dim air of the deepening
twilight, the cry of "Long live King Henry!"

This devotion without, this neglect within, was a wondrous contrast!
Meanwhile the spaniel, with that instinct of fidelity which divines the
wants of the master, had moved snuffling and smelling round and round
the chambers, till it stopped and scratched at a cupboard in the
anteroom, and then with a joyful bark flew back to the king, and taking
the hem of his gown between its teeth, led him towards the spot it had
discovered; and there, in truth, a few of those small cakes, usually
served up for the night's livery, had been carelessly left. They
sufficed for the day's food, and the king, the dog, and the starling
shared them peacefully together. This done, Henry carefully replaced his
bird in its cage, bade the dog creep to the hearth and lie still; passed
on to his little oratory, with the relics of cross and saint strewed
around the solemn image,--and in prayer forgot the world! Meanwhile
darkness set in: the streets had grown deserted, save where in some
nooks and by-lanes gathered groups of the soldiery; but for the most
part the discipline in which Warwick held his army had dismissed those
stern loiterers to the various quarters provided for them, and little
remained to remind the peaceful citizens that a throne had been
uprooted, and a revolution consummated, that eventful day.

It was at this time that a tall man, closely wrapped in his large
horseman's cloak, passed alone through the streets and gained the Tower.
At the sound of his voice by the great gate, the sentinel started in
alarm; a few moments more, and all left to guard the fortress were
gathered round him. From these he singled out one of the squires who
usually attended Henry, and bade him light his steps to the king's
chamber. As in that chamber Henry rose from his knees, he saw the broad
red light of a torch flickering under the chinks of the threshold; he
heard the slow tread of approaching footsteps; the spaniel uttered a low
growl, its eyes sparkling; the door opened, and the torch borne behind
by the squire, and raised aloft so that its glare threw a broad light
over the whole chamber, brought into full view the dark and haughty
countenance of the Earl of Warwick.

The squire, at a gesture from the earl, lighted the sconces on the wall,
the tapers on the table, and quickl