Hendon Hall

           AssoonasHendonandtheKingwereoutofsightoftheconstable,hisMajestywasinstructedtohurrytoacertainplaceoutsidethetown,andwaitthere,whilstHendonshouldgototheinnandsettlehisaccount.HalfanhourlaterthetwofriendswereblithelyjoggingeastwardonHendon’ssorrysteeds.TheKingwaswarmandcomfortable,now,forhehadcasthisragsandclothedhimselfinthesecond-handsuitwhichHendonhadboughtonLondonBridge.

           Hendonwishedtoguardagainstover-fatiguingtheboy;hejudgedthathardjourneys,irregularmeals,andilliberalmeasuresofsleepwouldbebadforhiscrazedmind;whilstrest,regularity,andmoderateexercisewouldbeprettysuretohastenitscure;helongedtoseethestrickenintellectmadewellagainanditsdiseasedvisionsdrivenoutofthetormentedlittlehead;thereforeheresolvedtomovebyeasystagestowardthehomewhencehehadsolongbeenbanished,insteadofobeyingtheimpulseofhisimpatienceandhurryingalongnightandday.

           WhenheandtheKinghadjourneyedabouttenmiles,theyreachedaconsiderablevillage,andhaltedthereforthenight,atagoodinn.Theformerrelationswereresumed;HendonstoodbehindtheKing’schair,whilehedined,andwaiteduponhim;undressedhimwhenhewasreadyforbed;thentookthefloorforhisownquarters,andsleptathwartthedoor,rolledupinablanket.

           Thenextday,andthedayafter,theyjoggedlazilyalongtalkingovertheadventurestheyhadmetsincetheirseparation,andmightilyenjoyingeachother’snarratives.