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He
rides
to
where
the
barges
lie
in
readiness
,
and
the
great
Barons
step
forth
from
their
ranks
to
meet
him
.
He
greets
them
with
a
smile
and
laugh
,
and
pleasant
honeyed
words
,
as
though
it
were
some
feast
in
his
honour
to
which
he
had
been
invited
.
But
as
he
rises
to
dismount
,
he
casts
one
hurried
glance
from
his
own
French
mercenaries
drawn
up
in
the
rear
to
the
grim
ranks
of
the
Barons
'
men
that
hem
him
in
.
Is
it
too
late
?
One
fierce
blow
at
the
unsuspecting
horseman
at
his
side
,
one
cry
to
his
French
troops
,
one
desperate
charge
upon
the
unready
lines
before
him
,
and
these
rebellious
Barons
might
rue
the
day
they
dared
to
thwart
his
plans
!
A
bolder
hand
might
have
turned
the
game
even
at
that
point
.
Had
it
been
a
Richard
there
!
the
cup
of
liberty
might
have
been
dashed
from
England
's
lips
,
and
the
taste
of
freedom
held
back
for
a
hundred
years
.
But
the
heart
of
King
John
sinks
before
the
stern
faces
of
the
English
fighting
men
,
and
the
arm
of
King
John
drops
back
on
to
his
rein
,
and
he
dismounts
and
takes
his
seat
in
the
foremost
barge
.
And
the
Barons
follow
in
,
with
each
mailed
hand
upon
the
sword-hilt
,
and
the
word
is
given
to
let
go
.
Slowly
the
heavy
,
bright-decked
barges
leave
the
shore
of
Runningmede
.
Slowly
against
the
swift
current
they
work
their
ponderous
way
,
till
,
with
a
low
grumble
,
they
grate
against
the
bank
of
the
little
island
that
from
this
day
will
bear
the
name
of
Magna
Charta
Island
.
And
King
John
has
stepped
upon
the
shore
,
and
we
wait
in
breathless
silence
till
a
great
shout
cleaves
the
air
,
and
the
great
cornerstone
in
England
's
temple
of
liberty
has
,
now
we
know
,
been
firmly
laid
.
I
was
sitting
on
the
bank
,
conjuring
up
this
scene
to
myself
,
when
George
remarked
that
when
I
was
quite
rested
,
perhaps
I
would
not
mind
helping
to
wash
up
;
and
,
thus
recalled
from
the
days
of
the
glorious
past
to
the
prosaic
present
,
with
all
its
misery
and
sin
,
I
slid
down
into
the
boat
and
cleaned
out
the
frying-pan
with
a
stick
of
wood
and
a
tuft
of
grass
,
polishing
it
up
finally
with
George
's
wet
shirt
.
We
went
over
to
Magna
Charta
Island
,
and
had
a
look
at
the
stone
which
stands
in
the
cottage
there
and
on
which
the
great
Charter
is
said
to
have
been
signed
;
though
,
as
to
whether
it
really
was
signed
there
,
or
,
as
some
say
,
on
the
other
bank
at
"
Runningmede
,
"
I
decline
to
commit
myself
.
As
far
as
my
own
personal
opinion
goes
,
however
,
I
am
inclined
to
give
weight
to
the
popular
island
theory
.
Certainly
,
had
I
been
one
of
the
Barons
,
at
the
time
,
I
should
have
strongly
urged
upon
my
comrades
the
advisability
of
our
getting
such
a
slippery
customer
as
King
John
on
to
the
island
,
where
there
was
less
chance
of
surprises
and
tricks
.
There
are
the
ruins
of
an
old
priory
in
the
grounds
of
Ankerwyke
House
,
which
is
close
to
Picnic
Point
,
and
it
was
round
about
the
grounds
of
this
old
priory
that
Henry
VIII
.
is
said
to
have
waited
for
and
met
Anne
Boleyn
.
He
also
used
to
meet
her
at
Hever
Castle
in
Kent
,
and
also
somewhere
near
St.
Albans
.
It
must
have
been
difficult
for
the
people
of
England
in
those
days
to
have
found
a
spot
where
these
thoughtless
young
folk
were
not
spooning
.
Have
you
ever
been
in
a
house
where
there
are
a
couple
courting
?
It
is
most
trying
.
You
think
you
will
go
and
sit
in
the
drawing-room
,
and
you
march
off
there
.
As
you
open
the
door
,
you
hear
a
noise
as
if
somebody
had
suddenly
recollected
something
,
and
,
when
you
get
in
,
Emily
is
over
by
the
window
,
full
of
interest
in
the
opposite
side
of
the
road
,
and
your
friend
,
John
Edward
,
is
at
the
other
end
of
the
room
with
his
whole
soul
held
in
thrall
by
photographs
of
other
people
's
relatives
.
"
Oh
!
"
you
say
,
pausing
at
the
door
,
"
I
did
n't
know
anybody
was
here
.
"
"
Oh
!
did
n't
you
?
"
says
Emily
,
coldly
,
in
a
tone
which
implies
that
she
does
not
believe
you
.
