Excerpt from MartaA little while after this occurrence, the Queen, with the ladies of her court - among whom are Lady Harriet and her maid - hunt in a forest adjoining the village of which Plunkett's farm forms a part. Accidentally, Plunkett and Lionel fall in with a party of huntresses, headed by Lady Harriet. They recognize their former servants, but the ladies deny all knowledge of them. Their cortege comes to their assistance, and the two farmers are about to be arrested when Lady Harriet, who is at last touched by Lionel's wild grief, causes them to go off unharmed, stigmatizing them as madmen, unworthy Of serious notice. Lionel, driven almost frantic by the cruel calmness with which Martha pretends not to know him, bethinks himself that he has the ring left him by his father. He entrusts it to Plunkett, and as the Queen is passing by, Plunkett immediately delivers it to her. By means of this ring it is found out that Lionel is the only son of the late Earl of Derby, who ended his days in disgrace, into which he um justly had fallen. Queen Anne causes the title and all the possessions Of the late Earl to be restored to the son by an Act of Parliament.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.