The English vessel recrossed the
Channel, and went on to its original port of destination; and Lord
Wilmot and the king, relieved now of all their anxieties and fears,
walked in their strange English dress up into the village to the inn.
CHAPTER IX.
THE RESTORATION.
As the readers of a tale are generally inclined to sympathize with the
hero of it, both in his joys and in his sorrows, whether he is deserving
of sympathy or not, they who follow the adventures of Charles in his
wanderings in England after the unfortunate battle of Worcester, feel
ordinarily quite a strong sensation of pleasure at finding him at last
safely landed on the French shore. Charles himself doubtless experienced
at first an overwhelming emotion of exultation and joy at having thus
saved himself from the desperate dangers of his condition in England.
On cool reflection, however, he soon perceived that there was but
little cause for rejoicing in his condition and prospects. There were
dangers and sufferings enough still before him, different, it is true,
from those in which he had been involved, but still very dark and
threatening in character.
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