To sustain a cause which I thought sacred, I have lost the throne of my fathers and the heritage of my children.'" Charles II.

concealed his face in his hands, and a bitter tear glided between his white and slender fingers.
"'I have still a million in gold,' continued the king.

'I buried it in the vaults of the castle of Newcastle, a moment before I left that city.'" Charles raised his head with an expression of such painful joy that it would have drawn tears from any one acquainted with his misfortunes.
"A million!" murmured he, "Oh, count!" "'You alone know that this money exists: employ it when you think it can be of the greatest service to my eldest son.

And now, Comte de la Fere, bid me adieu!' "'Adieu, adieu, sire!' cried I." Charles arose, and went and leant his burning brow against the window.
"It was then," continued Athos, "that the king pronounced the word 'REMEMBER!' addressed to me.

You see, sire, that I have remembered." The king could not resist or conceal his emotion.