"Enter," he said to Surrey, "and do not forget the debt you owe to Herne
the Hunter."
And as the earl stepped into the chamber, the door was locked behind
him.
II. How Sir Thomas Wyat found Mabel in the Sandstone Cave, and what
happened to him there
A week after the foregoing occurrence, the Earl of Surrey was set free.
But his joy at regaining his liberty was damped by learning that the Fair
Geraldine had departed for Ireland. She had left the tenderest
messages for him with his sister, the Lady Mary Howard, accompanied
with assurances of unalterable attachment.
But other changes had taken place, which were calculated to afford
him some consolation. Ever since the night on which he had been told
the Lady Mary was not indifferent to him, Richmond had devoted
himself entirely to her; and matters had already proceeded so far, that
he had asked her in marriage of the Duke of Norfolk, who, after
ascertaining the king's pleasure on the subject, had gladly given his
consent, and the youthful pair were affianced to each other. Surrey
and Richmond now became closer friends than ever; and if, amid the
thousand distractions of Henry's gay and festive court, the young earl
did not forget the Fair Geraldine, he did not, at least, find the time hang
heavily on his hands,
About a week after Wolsey's dismissal, while the court was still
sojourning at Windsor, Surrey proposed to Richmond to ride one
morning with him in the great park.
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