What a silence fell upon the crowd! what a silence! It was stiller than death itself. Then a roar broke out, drowning our puny outcry.
"Long live King Charles! Long live King Charles!"
But for myself I say this: another King had indeed come to his throne that day; a greater than Louis who was dead, a greater than Charles who had come to his own; a greater than any King who ever reigned in France; for it was the King of Life and Love.
The Lord God be praised for all His faithful mercies!
Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works, Frome, and London.