"
"Amazement!" cried Henry, again seating himself; once let the divorce
be settled, and I will effectually check the career of this lawless and
mysterious being."
"Pray heaven your majesty may be able to do so! "replied Bouchier.
"But I have always been of opinion that the only way to get rid of the
demon would be by the aid of the Church. He is unassailable by mortal
weapons."
"It would almost seem so," said the king. "And yet I do not like to yield
to the notion."
"I shrewdly suspect that old Tristram Lyndwood, the grandsire of the
damsel upon whom your majesty has deigned to cast your regards, is in
some way or other leagued with Herne," said Bouchier. "At all events, I
saw him with a tall hideous-looking personage, whose name I
understand to be Valentine Hagthorne, and who, I feel persuaded, must
be one of the remnants of the demon hunter's band."
"Why did you not arrest him?" inquired Henry.
"I did not like to do so without your majesty's authority," replied
Bouchier. "Besides, I could scarcely arrest Hagthorne without at the
same time securing the old forester, which might have alarmed the
damsel. But I am ready to execute your injunctions now.
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