This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...spoke him but of mean degree.' The lady professed her willingness to take charge of his person, saying that she had a very safe hiding-place. She could not, however, trust her servants, and she therefore desired the King to depart openly with Phelips next morning, and return towards night, when she, having sent out all ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...spoke him but of mean degree.' The lady professed her willingness to take charge of his person, saying that she had a very safe hiding-place. She could not, however, trust her servants, and she therefore desired the King to depart openly with Phelips next morning, and return towards night, when she, having sent out all her servants, would admit him secretly at the back door. Charles then retired to his room, where he held long conference with Henchman ere he slept. On the next morning Charles took a formal leave of October 7thMrs. Hyde, as directed, and set out with Phelips, as x7" though to continue his journey. All day the two rode about the Downs, counting and recounting the stones of 1 Hughes, p. 251. Stonehenge in order to pass the time, and Phelips records that'the King's arithmetic gave the lie to the fabulous tale that those stones cannot be told twice alike.' At evening they returned to Heale, and Phelips, having delivered up the King to Mrs. Hyde, departed with the horses to Newton Tony. Charles was taken in secretly, according to promise, and was concealed, as at Trent, in a private room, being waited upon exclusively by Mrs. Hyde and her sister. 'I went up into the hidinghole, that was very safe and convenient, ' he says, ' and staid there, all alone, some four or five days.'1 On the same night, Colonel Gounter, who had been temporarily released from his five-mile circuit, in order that he might raise money for a new fine imposed upon him by the Government, returned home between eight and nine o'clock in the evening. He was met in the hall by his wife, with the information that 'a Devonshire gentleman ' was waiting in the parlour to see him, and, in some wonder, he retired to remove the stains of travel from his person. Entering the parlour a...
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