Moreover,hecouldnotsleepwell。Nightmareshauntedhiminwhichhewasbeinghuntedandmockedbyajeeringcrowd,untilSimsarrivedandrescuedhiminthecab。OnlyitwasthedeadSimsthatdrovewithstaringeyesandfallenjaw,andthesideofthehorsewastornopen。
NexthesawIsobelandtheKnightinArmour,whokeptpaceoneithersideoftheghostlycabandmockedathim,tossingrosestoeachotherastheyspedalong,untilfinallyhisfatherappeared,calledIsobelayoungserpent,atwhichshelaughedloudly,andboreoffSimstobeburiedinthevaultwiththePlantagenetladyatMonk’sAcre。
Godfreywokeupshakingwithfear,wetwithperspiration,andreflectedearnestlyonhislatterend,whichseemedtobeathand。Ifthatgreat,burly,raucous-voicedSimshaddiedsosuddenly,whyshouldnothe,Godfrey?
HewonderedwhereSimshadgoneto,andwhathewasdoingnow。
Explainingthematterofthehalf-sovereigntoSt。Peter,perhaps,andhopinghumblythatitandotherswouldbeoverlooked,“sinceafterallhehaddonetherightthingbytheyounggent。“