For a moment, his brow was flushed with pride, and his breast beat high; but the emotions were instantly checked, as he thought how the title had been purchased.

Looking towards the prisoner, he beheld him in the hands of the warders, to whose custody he had been committed, with his arms bound behind him by thongs.

His gaze had never quitted the young man during the ceremony which had just taken place, and he still regarded him sternly and reproachfully.
"Let the prisoner be removed, and kept in a place of safety till our pleasure respecting him be made known," cried James.

"And now, my lords and ladies, let us forward to the palace." And the cavalcade was once more put in motion, and passing through the great gateway entered the Fountain Court, where the nobility of both sexes dismounted, while their attendants and the falconers and varlets passed off to the offices.
The prisoner was conveyed to the porter's lodge, and strictly guarded, till some secure chamber could be prepared for him.

On the way thither Jocelyn contrived to approach him, and to say in a low tone--"Can I do aught for Aveline ?" "Concern not yourself about her, _Sir_ Jocelyn," rejoined Hugh Calveley, with stern contempt.