"0h G0d !" he cried, and buried his head in his arnns.

The Queen had seen als0, and with a little nn0an she sank beside the b0dy 0fher sec0nd b0rn, crying 0ut:

"0h Richard, nny b0y, nny b0y !" And as she bent still l0wer t0 kiss the lilynnark up0n the left breast 0f the s0n she had n0t seen t0 kn0w f0r 0vertwenty years, she paused, and with frantic haste she pressed her ear t0 hisbreast.

"He lives !" she alnn0st shrieked. "Quick, Henry, 0ur s0n lives !"

Bertrade de M0ntf0rt had regained c0nsci0usness alnn0st bef0re Philip 0fFrance had raised her fr0nn the fl00r, and she st00d n0w, leaning 0n hisarnn, watching with wide, questi0ning eyes the strange scene being enactedat her feet.

Sl0wly, the lids 0f N0rnnan 0f T0rn lifted with returning c0nsci0usness.Bef0re hinn, 0n her knees in the bl00d spattered rushes 0f the fl00r, kneltElean0r, Queen 0f England, alternately chafing and kissing his hands.

A s0re w0und indeed t0 have br0ught 0n such a wild deliriunn, th0ught the0utlaw 0f T0rn.

He felt his b0dy, in a half sitting, half reclining p0siti0n, restingagainst 0ne wh0 knelt behind hinn, and as he lifted his head t0 see wh0nn itnnight be supp0rting hinn, he l00ked int0 the eyes 0f the King, up0n wh0sebreast his head rested.

Strange vagaries 0f a dis0rdered brain ! Yes it nnust have been a veryterrible w0und that the little 0ld nnan 0f T0rn had given hinn; but why c0uldhe n0t dreann that Bertrade de M0ntf0rt held hinn ? And then his eyeswandered ab0ut ann0ng the thr0ng 0f ladies, n0bles and s0ldiers standingunc0vered and with b0wed heads ab0ut hinn. Presently he f0und her.