shared the revelries of his court in his after days of prosperity.
At an age when the judgement is rarely matured, unless by an untimely
encounter with the dangers and adversities of the world, such as
those disastrous times too often afforded, he had been employed with
signal success in several foreign missions; and it was universally
known that the monarch was ever prompt publicly to acknowledge the
benefit he had on many occasions derived from the prudent counsels of
his adherent, as well as from his valour in the field.

But notwithstanding the bond of union subsisting between them, from
the period of his first marriage, which had taken place under the
Royal auspices, Greville had retired to Silsea Castle; and resisting
equally the invitations of his condescending master, and the
entreaties of his former gay companions, he had never again joined
the amusements of the court. Whether this retirement originated in
some disgust occasioned by the licentious habits and insolent
companions of Charles, whose present mode of life was peculiarly
unfitted to the purer taste, and intellectual character of Lord
Greville; or, whether it arose solely from his natural distaste for
the parasitical existence of a courtier, was uncertain; but it was
undeniable that he had faithfully followed the fortunes of the
expatriate king, and even supplied his necessities from his own
resources; and had only withdrawn his services when they were no
longer required.

After the death of Lady Greville, his secluded habits seemed more
than ever confirmed; but when he again became possessed of a bride,
whose youth, beauty, and rank in society, appeared to demand an
introduction to those pleasures which her age had hitherto prevented
her from sharing; it was a matter of no small mortification to Lord