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THE KING'S ACHIEVEMENT

By Robert Hugh Benson

Author of "By What Authority?" "The Light Invisible,"
"A Book of the Love of Jesus," etc.

Non minus principi turpia sunt multa supplicia, quam medico multafunera.

(Sen. de clem. 1, 24, 1.)

I must express my gratitude once more to the Rev. Dom Bede Camm,O.S.B., as well as to the Very Rev. Mgr. Barnes, who have done me greatservice in revising proofs and making suggestions; to the Rev. E.Conybeare, who very kindly provided the coins for the cover-design ofthe book; to my mother and sister, to Eustace Virgo, Esq., to Dr.Ross-Todd, and to others, who have been extremely kind in various waysduring the writing of this book in the summer and autumn of 1904.

I must also express my great indebtedness to the Right Rev. AbbotGasquet, O.S.B., both on account of his invaluable books, which I haveused freely, and for his personal kindness in answering my questions.

ROBERT HUGH BENSON

The Catholic Rectory,Cambridge,July 14, 1905.

CONTENTS

BOOK I.THE KING'S WILL.

CHAPTER

I. A DECISION II. A FORETASTE OF PEACE III. THE ARRIVAL AT LEWES IV. A COMMISSION V. MASTER MORE VI. RALPH'S INTERCESSION VII. A MERRY PRISONERVIII. A HIGHER STEP IX. LIFE AT LEWES X. THE ARENA XI. A CLOSING-IN XII. A RECOVERYXIII. PRISONER AND PRINCE XIV. THE SACRED PURPLE XV. THE KING'S FRIEND

BOOK II.THE KING'S TRIUMPH.

PART I.—THE SMALLER HOUSES.

I. AN ACT OF FAITH II. THE BEGINNING OF THE VISITATION III. A HOUSE OF LADIES IV. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING V. FATHER AND SON VI. A NUN'S DEFIANCE VII. ST. PANCRAS PRIORYVIII. RALPH'S RETURN IX. RALPH'S WELCOME

PART II—THE FALL OF LEWES.

I. INTERNAL DISSENSION II. SACERDOS IN AETERNUM III. THE NORTHERN RISING IV. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SEAL V. THE SINKING SHIP VI. THE LAST STAND VII. AXES AND HAMMERS

BOOK III.

THE KING'S GRATITUDE.

I. A SCHEME II. A DUEL III. A PEACE-MAKER IV. THE ELDER SON V. THE MUMMERS VI. A CATASTROPHE VII. A QUESTION OF LOYALTYVIII. TO CHARING IX. A RELIEF-PARTY X. PLACENTIA XI. THE KING'S HIGHNESS XII. THE TIDINGS AT THE TOWERXIII. THE RELEASE

BENEFICO—IGNOTOHVNC—LIBRVMD.

THE KING'S ACHIEVEMENT

CHAPTER I

A DECISION

Overfield Court lay basking in warm June sunshine. The western side ofthe great house with its new timber and plaster faced the evening sunacross the square lawns and high terrace; and the woods a couple ofhundred yards away cast long shadows over the gardens that lay beyondthe moat. The lawns, in their broad plateaux on the eastern sidedescended by steps, in cool shadow to the lake that formed aquarter-circle below the south-eastern angle of the house; and themirrored trees and reeds on the other side were broken, circle aftercircle, by the great trout that were rising for their evening meal. Thetall front of the house on the north, formed by the hall in the c

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