“Discontented, wroth with himself, a savage gladness seized him.
“He longed to wreak his desperate feelings even on his brother.
“Nor had he ever, in his jealous heart, forgiven that brother his virtues and his renown.
“At the appointed hour the brothers met as foes.
“Lord Edward Warbeck’s visor was up, and all the settled sternness of his soul was stamped upon his brow.
“But Sir Charles, more willing to brave the arm than to face the front of his brother, kept his visor down.
“Redgill stood by him with folded arms.
“It was a study in human passions to his mocking mind.
“Scarce had the first trumpet sounded to this dread conflict, when a new actor entered on the scene.
“The rumour of so unprecedented an event had not failed to reach the convent wherein Leoline had sought refuge.