Had he been more a man of facts, one less under the influence of his own imagination; had it been his good fortune to live even in contact with those he now so devoutly worshipped, in a political sense at least, their influence over a mind as just and clear-sighted as his own, would soon have ceased; but, passing his time at sea, they had the most powerful auxiliary possible, in the high faculty he possessed of fancying things as he wished them to be.

No wonder, then, that he heard this false assertion of Sir Reginald with a glow of pleasure; with even a thrill at the heart to which he had long been a stranger.

For a time, his better feelings were smothered in this new and treacherous sensation.
The gentlemen, by this time, were at the landing, and it became necessary to separate.

The barge of the rear-admiral was with difficulty kept from leaping on the rock, by means of oars and boat-hooks, and each instant rendered the embarkation more and more difficult.

The moments were precious on more accounts than one, and the leave-taking was short.
Sir Reginald said but little, though he intended the pressure of the hand he gave his companion to express every thing.
"God be with you," he added; "and as you prove true, may you prove successful! Remember, 'a lawful prince, and the claims of birth-right.' God be with you!" "Adieu, Sir Reginald; when we next meet, the future will probably be more apparent to us all .-- But who comes hither, rushing like a madman towards the boat ?" A form came leaping through the darkness; nor was it known, until it stood within two feet of Bluewater, it was that of Wycherly.