At seven in the evening the party mounted, William Long and Jacob each leading a spare horse.

Lord Ashburnham and Sir John Berkeley joined them outside the village, and they rode together until, crossing the bridge at Hampton, they stopped on the river bank, at the point arranged, near the palace.
Half an hour passed, and then footsteps were heard, and two figures approached.

Not a word was spoken until they were near enough to discern their faces.
"Thank God you are here, my Lord Ashburnham," the king said.

"Fortune is always so against me that I feared something might occur to detain you.
Ha! Master Furness, I am glad to see so faithful a friend." The king and Major Legg now mounted, and the little party rode off.
Their road led through Windsor Forest, then of far greater extent than at present.

Through this the king acted as guide.