"So am I, father; you took me off from a saraband."
"Fie on it! I don't mean dancing. Come into the coach, and sit with me. I have much to say."
"Am I to desert my partners?"
"In faith! I reckon the maids will be content to find another better favoured than thee, Tonie."
Fox reluctantly entered the carriage, but not till he had made another effort to be excused.
"Julian is here, is she to be left without an escort?"
"Julian has her attendants, and will be rejoiced to be free from your company, as when together ye mostly spar."
When the coach was in movement, Mr. Crymes said, "I have come back into the country, for, indeed, it is time that they who love the Constitution of their country and their religion should be preparing for that struggle which is imminent."
"I thought, father," said Fox, "you were sent up to Westminster to fight the battle there. It is news to me that warfare is to be carried on by Cut and Run. I suppose you were in risk of being sent to the Tower?"