“He foreswore the comrades he had once courted, the revels he had once led.
“His halls were desolate.
“The only companion Sir Charles sought was Lord Warbeck; and Lord Warbeck bore with him.
“They had no subject in common, for on one subject Lord Warbeck at least felt too deeply ever to trust himself to speak.
“Yet did a strange and secret sympathy re-unite them.
“They had at least a common sorrow.
“Often they were seen wandering together by the solitary banks of the river, or amidst the woods, without apparently interchanging word or sign.
“Lord Warbeck was now companionless.
“In vain the king’s court wooed him to its pleasures.
“In vain the camp proffered him the oblivion of renown.