and told them that the Duke of Gloucester now
occupied Berwick. When they heard this they went wild with delight,
and we had to shut ourselves in our rooms to keep from being carried,
on their shoulders, all over the city; so great was the admiration of
this sturdy, simple, congregation of England's stalwart sons.

Bonfires were lighted wherever they could find sufficient open space in
which to build them. Processions were continually marching through the
streets, singing and cheering.

We had intended staying here for a few hours, in order that we might
get some much needed sleep; but we soon found this to be outside the
bounds of possibility, on account of the uproar which was increasing
every moment.

My friend and I, after cursing our folly in telling them the good news,
decided to not wait for a longer time than should be necessary for us
to get some supper and a change of horses, and then proceed on our
journey.

Needless to say, we did eat ravenously, after the long ride we had had.
When we had refreshed ourselves, all that it was possible for us to do,
we mounted our horses and set out through the surging, screaming,
half-drunken mass of humanity and made our way slowly towards the city
gates.

One drunken fellow, which did recognize us as being the persons who had
brought the good news, caught my horse by the head and insisted upon
our joining him in a friendly bowl at a near by inn. When I tried to
persuade him to let me go, and to excuse the duty that did make our
presence with him impossible, he said:--

"No, by the Virgin, your Royal Highness shall not pass out of the old
city of your father without drinking with some of its citizens. Were
his Royal Highness, thy father, alive he would not pass out till he had
made the whole town drunk, and so shall not you. Stay and revel with
us, for this is a glorious day for England,--glorious day," and he did
lean his head against the neck of my horse, and seemed inclined to
spend the night thus.

I spurred my steed sharply and, as he bounded forward, the poor
tradesman was thrown to the ground; but as we rode on we could still
hear him calling out to "his Royal Highness," so long as he could make
himself heard above the uproar that was going on around us. He
evidently thought that I was the Duke of Gloucester, and he was most
determined to show his patriotism and loyalty, by giving us what he
considered a glorious time.

We were permitted to pass thr