"It would indeed be a strange thing, Herbert, were I to make you a prisoner.

I thought you settled at Abingdon ?" Ordering one of his troopers to catch a riderless horse which was galloping near, he spoke for a moment or two with his friend, and then, as the horse was brought up, he told him to mount and ride.
"But you may get into trouble for releasing me," Herbert said.
"I care not if I do," Harry replied.

"But you need not be uneasy about me, for Prince Rupert will stand my friend, and hold me clear of any complaint that may be made.

I will ride forward with you a little, till you can join your friends." As Harry rode on by the side of Herbert a Royalist officer, one Sir Ralph Willoughby, dashed up.
"What means this ?" he exclaimed.

"Do I see an officer of his majesty riding with one of the Roundheads?
This is treason and treachery!" "I will answer to the king, if need be," Harry said, "for my conduct.