"Not even the rack affrights him; and in his blasphemous haughtiness he moves along in the midst of the soldiers, not as a prisoner, but as a commander.

Oh, these Howards are destined to torment me; and even their death will scarcely be a full satisfaction to me." "Sire," said Earl Douglas, who had observed the king with a keen, penetrating eye, and knew that he had now reached the height of his wrath, at which he shrank from no deed of violence and no cruelty--"sire, you have sent Earl Surrey to the Tower.

But what shall be done with the queen, who lies there on the floor in a swoon ?" The king roused himself from his reverie; and his bloodshot eyes were fixed on Geraldine's motionless form with so dark an expression of hate and rage, that Earl Douglas exultingly said to himself: "The queen is lost! He will be inexorable!" "Ah, the queen!" cried Henry, with a savage laugh.

"Yea, verily, I forgot the queen.

I did not think of this charming Geraldine! But you are right, Douglas; we must think of her and occupy ourselves a little with her! Did you not say that a second coach was ready?
Well, then, we will not hinder Geraldine from accompanying her beloved.