Эдвард Бульвер-Литтон. The Last of the Barons — Volume 09
BOOK IX. THE WANDERERS AND THE EXILES
CHAPTER I. HOW THE GREAT BARON BECOMES AS GREAT A REBEL
CHAPTER II. MANY THINGS BRIEFLY TOLD
CHAPTER III. THE PLOT OF THE HOSTELRY—THE MAID AND THE SCHOLAR IN THEIR HOME
CHAPTER IV. THE WORLD'S JUSTICE, AND THE WISDOM OF OUR ANCESTORS
CHAPTER V. THE FUGITIVES ARE CAPTURED—THE TYMBESTERES REAPPEAR—MOONLIGHT ON THE REVEL OF THE LIVING—MOONLIGHT ON THE SLUMBER OF THE DEAD
CHAPTER VI. THE SUBTLE CRAFT OF RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER
CHAPTER VII. WARWICK AND HIS FAMILY IN EXILE
CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE HEIR OF LANCASTER MEETS THE KING-MAKER
CHAPTER IX. THE INTERVIEW OF EARL WARWICK AND QUEEN MARGARET
CHAPTER X. LOVE AND MARRIAGE—DOUBTS OF CONSCIENCE—DOMESTIC JEALOUSY—AND HOUSEHOLD TREASON
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Hilyard was yet asleep in the chamber assigned to him as his prison, when a rough grasp shook off his slumbers, and he saw the earl before him, with a countenance so changed from its usual open majesty, so dark and sombre, that he said involuntarily, "You send me to the doomsman,—I am ready!"
"Hist, man! Thou hatest Edward of York?"
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Edward seized the occasion, and told his tale; but however softened, enough was left to create the liveliest dismay in his listener. The lofty scaffolding of hope upon which the ambitious prelate was to mount to the papal throne seemed to crumble into the dust. The king and the earl were equally necessary to the schemes of George Nevile. He chid the royal layman with more than priestly unction for his offence; but Edward so humbly confessed his fault, that the prelate at length relaxed his brow, and promised to convey his penitent assurances to the earl.
"Not an hour should be lost," he said; the only one who can soothe his wrath is your Highness's mother, our noble kinswoman. Permit me to despatch to her grace a letter, praying her to seek the earl, while I write by the same courier to himself."
