ral guests. The lady of the house was Lady Springett, the
widow of a Parliamentary officer; she had some years before married
Isaac Pennington, both having adopted the Quaker principles. But there
was one person present who seemed more especially to attract the young
Quaker's attention. She was the daughter of Lady Springett; her name,
Gulielma Maria, though addressed always by her family as Guli. William
Penn had not been dreaming of love, but he at once felt himself drawn
towards her; and before he left the Grange he acknowledged to himself
that she had the power of adding greatly to his worldly happiness.
Again, however, he went forth on his mission, but he frequently returned
to Chalfont, and at length the fair Guli promised to become his wife.

CHAPTER SEVEN.

We left Captain Christison and his son just as they had gallantly
rescued the stranger who had been set upon by ruffians in one of the
principal thoroughfares of London. They had scarcely time to proceed
far with him before they met a carriage accompanied by a couple of
running footmen.

"O my lord duke! Are you safe? are you safe?" exclaimed the men.

"No thanks to your bravery, varlets," answered the nobleman. "Had it
not been for these gentlemen, you would probably have never seen me
again alive. And now, gentlemen," he said, turning to the captain and
his son, "let me beg you will take a seat in my carriage, that I may
convey you to your abode; or, if you will, honour me by coming to my
mansion, that I may thank you more particularly for the essential
service you have rendered me. I am the Duke of Ormonde. I was seated
in my carriage, not dreaming of an attack, when two men suddenly opened
the door, dragged me out, and, before my attendants could interfere, one
of them, a powerful fellow, hoisted me up on the saddle before him. I
struggled, and had just succeeded in bringing him with myself to the
ground, when you came up. Why I have been thus assaulted I cannot tell,
but I fear that it was in consequence of the animosity of some political
opponents."

"Thank you, my lord duke," answered Christison. "We are lodging in the
City, and I would not wish to take your grace so far out of your way,
nor can we intrude upon you at this hour of the evening; but to-morrow
morning we will, with your leave, wait on your grace. We have met
before, though perhaps the recollection of the circumstances may not be
altogether pleasant. I will not ther