This story puzzled the children for a long time; even the ladies could not at first remember the fact. "Was he a king?" asked one.
"No; he on that occasion confessed that he was not of royal blood."
"Was he the only impostor obliged to relinquish his pretensions in that reign?" enquired Mrs. Arabin.
The answer that he was the second, solved the mystery.
Annie next took her turn, and gave an account of the meeting of two kings. It was in another country, although the ground on which it took place belonged to the English; the different suites were lodged around their respective masters. At the moment I have selected, the two latter appear to have been wrestling; one has been conquered, and has fallen; he is of a fresh and ruddy complexion, and of an athletic form, which shew great expertness in his companion to have vanquished him."
"It is certainly an uncommon thing," said Willie, "for two monarchs to fight like schoolboys; is it really in English history?"
Wolsey arriving at Leicester.
"Yes. I have merely related facts; they gave more than one proof of their familiarity, and one had a few days before gone to the other early in the morning whilst he was yet asleep. This unceremonious visit seems to have produced the freedom of intercourse I have just described."