Of which I had great assurance, and God did it.
(The singing still heard)
THE SCENE CLOSES
SCENE VI
_An evening in November, 1647. A room in Hampton Court, where CHARLES
THE FIRST, now a prisoner with the army, is lodged._
_At a table, writing, is NEAL, the King's secretary. He finishes his
document, and, going to a bureau, locks it away. He returns to the
table, and, taking up an unopened envelope, examines it carefully. As he
is doing so CHARLES enters from an inner room._
_Charles:_
From Hamilton?
_Neal:_
Yes, sire.
_Charles:_
Has it been opened?
_Neal:_
I think not.
(CHARLES takes the letter, opens and reads it.)
_Charles:_
Good. The commissioners from Scotland are in London. They are prepared
to hear from us.
_Neal:_
Andrews goes to London to-night. He is to be trusted.
_Charles:_
Everything begins to move for us again. To-morrow they will miss us
here, eh, Neal? In a week we should be at Carisbrooke.
_Neal:_
Do not be too confident, sire. Things have miscarried before.
_Charles:_
But not this time, Neal, believe me. Their House and their army are at
odds. I've seen to that. It has gained time, and perplexed their
resolution. And now Scotland will strike again, and this time mortally.
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