ly behind the king, who walked alone,
came the queen and the Duke of York walking together hand in hand, as
if they were on the most loving terms imaginable, and so with the
rest.

[Sidenote: Mock reconciliation.]

The citizens of London, and vast crowds of other people who had come
in from the surrounding towns to witness the spectacle, joined in the
celebration by forming lines along the streets as the procession
passed by, and greeting the reconciled pairs with long and loud
acclamations; and when night came, they brightened up the whole city
with illuminations of their houses and bonfires in the streets.

[Sidenote: Fighting again.]

In about a year after this the parties to this grand pacification were
fighting each other more fiercely and furiously than ever.

[Illustration: The Little Prince and his Swans.]

[Sidenote: The prince's journey.]

[Sidenote: The little swans.]

At one time, when the little prince was about six years old, the queen
made a royal progress through certain counties in the interior of the
country, ostensibly to benefit the king's health by change of air, and
by the gentle exercise and agreeable recreation afforded by a journey,
but really, it is said, to interest the nobles and the people of the
region through which she passed in her cause, and especially in that
of the little prince, whom she took on that occasion to show to all
the people on her route. She had adopted for him the device of his
renowned ancestor, Edward III., which was a _swan_; and she had caused
to be made for him a large number of small silver swans, which he was
to present to the nobles and gentlemen, and to all who were admitted
to a personal audience, in the towns through which he passed. He was a
bright and beautiful boy, and he gave these little swans to the people
who came around him with such a sweet and charming grace, that all who
saw him were inspired with feelings of the warmest interest and
affection for him.

[Sidenote: War breaks out again.]

Very soon after this time the war between the two great contending
parties broke out anew, and took such a course as very soon deprived
King Henry of his crown. The events which led to this result will be
related in the next chapter.

CHAPTER XV.

MARGARET A FUGITIVE.

[Sidenote: 1459.]

[Sidenote: The battle of Blore Heath.]

[Sidenote: The queen's orders.]

In the summer of 1459, the year after the grand reconciliation took
place which