CHAPTER XIII.
PUBLIC EVENTS.
For some days Harry remained quietly with his friend.

He did not stir beyond the door, although he had but little fear of any of his old friends recognizing him.

The two years which had passed since he was at school had greatly changed his appearance, and his closely-cut hair, and the somber and Puritanical cut of his garments so completely altered him that it would have been a keen eye indeed which had recognized him when merely passing in the street.

A portion of each day he spent out in the garden strolling with Lucy, or sitting quietly while she read to him.
The stiffness in his arm was now abating, and as the search for him had to a great extent ceased, he intended in a short time to make for Oxford.
The news from the various points at which the conflict still continued was everywhere disastrous for the king.

Montrose had been defeated.