...lcons upon a perch, the other a hunting-horn, which he blew with a careless note at twenty paces from the castle. Every one about this listless prince... ...anged his dress, and as Madame had not yet sent orders respecting breakfast, Monsieur stretched himself upon a chaise longue, and was soon as fast asl... ... write. Thence the thousand cries, the thousand railleries, the thousand laughs, one of which, more brilliant than the rest, had startled the birds in... ...the steps of the maitre d’hotel. The noise of quick steps, an odor of wine and vi- ands, a clinking of crystal and plates, warned them that they were ... ...sty is about to pay me the honor of passing a day at Blois; I depend upon the 18 Ten Years Later – V ol. 1 king, my nephew, not having to repent of t... ...aw this movement, and called M. de Saint Remy. “This is not the time for gossiping, but working,” said she, with the tone of an angry housekeeper. M. ... ...om London. The two armies came in sight of each other near Newcastle, Lambert, arriving first, encamped in the city itself. Monk, always circumspect, ... ... had had to reflect, or if he did reflect, it must have been after a sad fashion, for history relates — and that modest dame, it is well known, never ... ...een two stones, diluted with the water of the fountain, and cooked upon another stone, heated. The Scotch, their distribution of barley being made, ca...

...plain that it would never come to an end, Oliver Cromwell sent some of his officers to take King Charles into their hands, instead of the persons appo... ...settled while the king lived, nor by the Parliament, so he sent one of his officers, named Pryde, to turnout all the mem- 96 Young Folk’s History of ... ...uld not do his will, and then the fifty who were left appointed a court of officers and lawyers to try the king. Charles was brought before them; but,... ...n up, and the men sent to their homes, except one regiment which came from Coldstream in Scotland. These would not disband, and when Charles II. heard... ...t disband, and when Charles II. heard it he said he would take them as his guards. This was the beginning of there being always a regular army of men,...