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Updated: May 31, 2025
Lord Rippingdale suggested to his Majesty that one of the gentlemen should ride ahead to guard against surprise or ambush, but the King laughed, and said that his shire of Lincoln bred no brigands, and he rode on. He was in the coach with a gentleman beside him, and Lord Rippingdale rode upon the right.
"Great God!" said Sir John, with a groan, "my son my only son a traitor!" Turning to his men he bade them cease firing. Throwing open the entrance doors, he stood upon the steps and waited for Lord Rippingdale. "You see, Sir John Enderby, your son " began my lord.
Enderby came forward to meet him. "I am Sir Richard Mowbray," said the newcomer. "I am sent by Lord Rippingdale, who arrives on a mission from his Majesty." Enderby, recognising his visitor, was mild in his reply. "Sir Richard Mowbray, I pray you tell Lord Rippingdale that he is welcome as commissioner of the King." Mowbray smiled and bowed.
The two Earls had been reconciled afterwards, but Lord Rippingdale had never forgiven Enderby. In Enderby's brain ideas worked somewhat heavily; but to-day his slumberous strength was infused with a spirit of action and the warmth of a pervasive idea. There was no darkness in his thoughts, but his pulse beat heavily and he could hear the veins throbbing under his ear impetuously.
"I am an Enderby," answered the youth, moodily, "and I stand with the head of our house." That night as candles were being lighted, three score of the King's men, headed by Lord Rippingdale, placed themselves before the house, and an officer was sent forward to summon forth John Enderby.
Almost as the hoofs of the leaders plunged into the stream there came the whinny of a horse from among the boulders. Alarmed, the coachman whipped up his team and Lord Rippingdale clapped his hand upon his sword.
Of the part which Enderby had played Lord Rippingdale said no more to the King than this: "Sir John Enderby was of these gentlemen who saved your Majesty's life. Might it not seem to your Majesty that "
"Quite old enough to be a countess," he said charmingly, "and young enough to enjoy the honours thereof." So saying he bowed again, and with a gracious smile dismissed her. She went so quickly that she did not see two gentlemen almost at her elbow as she left the gallery. One of them was Lord Rippingdale. "Ha," said my lord, with a wicked smile, "a new violet in the King's garden!"
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